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    ARTHUR DE VILLEPIN Path of Self-discovery

    Jul 01, 2020 4 minutes
    BY LAUREN LONG

    Arthur de Villepin started collecting art when he was 22 years old. His first acquisition was a red-and-black rendering of the Parisian Basilica, Sans Titre (Sacré-Coeur) (1948), painted by Zao Wou-ki just after the artist had moved to the French capital from China at the age of 28. The work captured Villepin with its composition and its history, reflecting an artist adjusting to a different culture.

    Now aged 32, Villepin is the co-founder of a newly opened 186-square-meter art gallery in Hong Kong. I met him at the space, located on Hollywood Road, in mid-May. Wearing a white shirt and a tailored, dark navy suit, he was in a buoyant mood as he

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