Yet Sanjiang South station was in operation, with state-of-the-art bullet trains gliding up near-silently to the platform before zooming off and reaching speeds of up to 350kmh.
Not true, say the lobbyists and art-collectors who make up the committee that decides these things.
The inaugural event in 2012 had events ranging from surf film premiers to pop-up art galleries in shipping containers to beach parties and street theatre.
Attempting to stem the talent flow, and to make Hong Kong more tech-friendly, the Hong Kong government spent millions to develop Cyberport, an ultra-modern tech campus with state of the art infrastructure and its own start-up incubator program.
In the years following, he set up similar art-sharing networks for cities around the world.
But as government-funded art centers sprang up, giving access to modern materials, the work moved away from dot painting and became more experimental -- incorporating brighter colors and a more painterly form.
These are the exhibitions that will get the attention, but don't forget the publically-funded modern art galleries up and down the country that show great art all year round, from the Bristol Art Museum to the National Galleries of Scotland.
How could an unknown start-up revitalize the seemingly mundane art of coupons to create a hyper-growth business that has caught the attention (and is even threatening) the likes of established global brands like Walmart and Google?
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Kramer says he spent a year remastering the old analog tapes, using state-of-the-art digital technology to clean up the sound.
"We will now have an elite performance centre that will afford the players the opportunity to train in a brilliant set-up, with state-of-the-art equipment, " he said.
In 1975, Lili (Isild Le Besco), a quiet upper-bourgeois Parisian girl bored with her twin roles as daughter and art student, abruptly takes up with a handsome, gentle-looking boy (Ouassini Embarek) of Moroccan descent.
The idea was that it would sample emerging art and provide encouragement to the up-and-coming artists of the future.
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Christie's plans to offer at least 30 online-only art sales this year, up from just seven last year.
Despite the stepped-up activity, some art dealers still bemoan what they call the indifference of the tech world and write off tech billionaires as glorified engineering nerds who skipped art history to play with their computers.
And the hard work of coming up with a brand new art-style had largely been taken care of.
They ended up funding avant-garde art, and music and literature of a kind that many of their own voters would have found mystifying or even repellent.
The main space shows international names such as Conceptual Art movement founder Sol LeWitt, while up-and-comers such as South African video artist Candice Breitz are featured in the basement.
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Along with perusing some visually stimulating art, drop by some of the pop-up bars and galleries tied to the festival before kicking back for the rest of the evening at Island Bar.
For Wong and his Accelera yachts, the next step is to build a larger shipyard, with state-of-the-art facilities, that would allow for up to 15 yachts to be made a year.
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All over the city, art auctions are consistently breaking records, a handful of big-name international galleries are opening up outposts and Hong Kong is preparing to host an Art Basel fair in May next year.
For the last three years the French wine and spirits giant, whose portfolio includes Absolut vodka, Chivas Regal scotch and Malibu rum, has invited an up-and-coming fine art photographer to shoot a series of portraits for its annual report, building a one of a kind collection in the process.
Museum officials also have said the folk-art building's floors wouldn't line up with those of the MoMA building.
For a window on up-to-the-minute art news, stop at the gallery bookshop for independent, edgy magazines and lush tomes in both French and English.
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While shadow foreign-affairs spokesman, he popped up at art gallery openings in Sydney, bookshop debates and almost any venue guaranteed to draw a crowd.
Filatov says he will continue to invest in art as long as his business -- which he built up in the 1990s and now straddles shipping, ports and infrastructure -- allows.
To sell the Baccarat Residences, a 50-story glass condominium tower under construction across from the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan, a model set up in the building's showroom includes striking materials like lacquered ziricote-wood walls and a crackled bronze sculptural wall embedded with tiny pieces of glass made by a British artist.
Album cover art is displayed and users can personalize their stations by thumbing-up favorite songs or artists to refine their stations.
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The new Long Island City facility is being built from the ground up with state-of-the-art security systems, fire protection and climate controls.
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