Conversations | How to succeed as an artist in Asia today

Organized in partnership with ARTE Generali

Isa Lorenzo, Founder & Co-Director, Silverlens Gallery 
Sophie Perceval, Co-Founder & Co-PDG, Wondeur AI
Stefano Rabolli Pansera, Founding Director, Bangkok Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest 

Moderated by Coline Milliard, Executive Editor, Art Basel 

With an introduction from Jean Gazançon, CEO of ARTE Generali

As Asia cements its role as a global art hub, a vibrant East-to-East dynamic is reshaping the region’s art landscape. Artists are forging new paths by exhibiting, collaborating, and building careers across neighbouring markets, creating new opportunities within Asia’s diverse cultural ecosystem. This panel explores the evolving networks of support and demand, examining how artists navigate these shifting currents and sustain long-term success. How are regional connections elevating Asia’s presence on the international art stage? This conversation delved into the strategies and structures shaping artistic careers today. 

Isa Lorenzo is the founder and co-director of Silverlens Galleries (2004, Manila; 2022, New York City). She takes the lead role in artist management, sales, and programming, including special projects and art fairs. She has been instrumental in establishing and maintaining the professional structure of the gallery, finding the right opportunities for artists, and keeping in close contact with the different members of the art world, locally and internationally. Through artist representation, institutional collaborations, and exhibition programming including art fairs and gallery partnerships, Lorenzo aims to place its artists within the broader framework of the contemporary art dialogue. 

Wondeur AI provides insurance companies, wealth management firms and cultural institutions with intelligence on trillions of dollars of alternative assets. Sophie Perceval brings 25 years of experience in the contemporary art world, particularly in artist development, research and innovation. 

Stefano Rabolli Pansera is an architect and curator working across architecture, contemporary art,
and geopolitics. A 2005 graduate of the Architectural Association in London, he worked at Herzog & de Meuron (2005–2007) and taught at the AA (2007–2011). In 2013, he founded Beyond Entropy Ltd., a curatorial agency at the intersection of art, architecture, and geopolitics, and curated the Angola Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, winning the Golden Lion. He later designed the Mangiabarche open-air gallery and directed MACC’s exhibition program in Sardinia. From 2017 to 2022, he was Director of Hauser & Wirth London, leading the opening of Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz and overseeing institutional projects in Europe and Asia. Since 2022, he has been Founder and Artistic Director of the St. Moritz Art Film Festival and the Founding Director of Bangkok Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest. His curatorial projects have featured artists such as Yoko Ono, Louise Bourgeois, Michel Auder, Richard Nonas, Christoph Büchel and Fujiko Nakaya. 

Coline Milliard is Executive Editor at Art Basel, where she oversees the editorial strategy and implementation, as well as the Conversation program worldwide. Over the last 15 years, she has held several senior editorial positions including at artnet News and Garage Magazine and has written extensively about art across all sections of the market. Coline has lectured at London’s Royal College of Art and Chelsea College of Arts and holds post-graduate degrees from the Royal College of Art and the Sorbonne in Paris. 

The Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 Conversations program is curated by Stephanie Bailey.
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