HART x The Sovereign Art Foundation
Sharing Session by Howard Bilton
HART is honored to be able to invite Howard Bilton, Founder and Chairman of The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF), to come to share with us his experience in promoting art especially in Asia through the establishment of the Foundation.
In this session, Bilton will introduce and discuss the accomplishments of SAF and its annual art award, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, in promoting the careers of artists across Asia Pacific and bringing the best of the region’s contemporary art to the Hong Kong public through its programme of exhibitions and art auctions. As a seasoned collector, Bilton will also offer his own insights into building a successful art collection.
The event will be conducted in English.
Date: 12th February, 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: HART Haus
Free admission
About the Speaker
Howard Bilton
Chairman and founder of The Sovereign Group
Howard Bilton is Chairman and founder of The Sovereign Group – one of the world’s largest privately owned consultancies specialising in the provision of offshore trusts and companies and associated international tax advice. He holds a joint honours BA degree in Classics and Law from the University of Keele and is qualified as a Barrister and called to the Bars of England/Wales and Gibraltar. As a visiting non-resident Professor at Texas A&M University, he assists with their LLM and Master’s degrees in International Tax and Offshore Centres. He is a regular contributor of articles to The Telegraph and Financial Times. In 2003 he formed The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF), a charity registered in Hong Kong, Singapore, Guernsey, South Africa and the UK. SAF has since raised over US$9 million and has helped many thousands of disadvantaged children using expressive arts as a means of rehabilitation and education. He is Founder and Chairman of Howard’s Folly, which makes wine in Portugal. All wines use art on the labels, often featuring work by finalists of The Sovereign Asian Art Prize of the same year. A proportion of the wine operations revenue goes to support SAF.
About the Organisers
HART
Established in 2018, HART is a new arts initiative to explore art and space and artful community catalysts. Through the HART collective of art spaces, we aim to revitalise a culture of creativity with active participation and focus on the process of hands-on making. Over time HART will encompass an experimental and evolving platform of programmes and arts spaces in Hong Kong.
The Sovereign Art Foundation
The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) was established in 2003 with a well-defined twin focus: to recognise the growing wealth of contemporary art talent in Asia and bring the proven benefits of expressive arts to disadvantaged children. The beauty of this model is that we can achieve both goals in an eminently sustainable way. The Sovereign Asian Art Prize – now the largest and most established contemporary art prize in Asia-Pacific – raises funds by auctioning artworks that reach the final stage of the competition. Proceeds are then shared equally between the artists and the Foundation, to fund charitable projects across Asia.
To learn more about SAF: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/