Christie’s lavish new Asia HQ opens in Hong Kong with Chinese ceramics and van Gogh sales

Christie’s unveiled its lavish Asia headquarters at The Henderson, in Central, Hong Kong, on September 20, 2024.

The opening comes just over three years after the auction house announced its plan to take up four floors inside the curvilinear, glass-walled landmark.

The lower two floors are vast halls equipped with electronically movable walls, adjustable lighting systems and windows that block out 100 per cent of ultraviolet light and offer sweeping views.

Expansive, pillar-free space and with high ceilings, the space allows the auction house to host year-round sales and exhibitions in-house, rather than holding two weeks of back-to-back auctions at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai every spring and autumn – as it had done previously.