Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K11 Art Foundation


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) -- Sam Sailor Talk! 00:14, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

K11 Art Foundation

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I cannot see how this passes WP:GNG. It reads like an advertisement for K11 (Hong Kong). This article has been deleted multiple times in the past per WP:G11. sovereign°sentinel (contribs) 10:45, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 18:47, 9 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. On first read I agreed with nom, but after a search I think it is easily a strong keep. Yes, the article is badly written in a promotional tone, but it easily passes WP:GNG in my view, as there are plenty of solid and significant references that go into detail about the foundation's activities. See the article references, as well as new items like this short piece in Artforum. How about this recent ArtNet article describing a collaboration, with the title "K11 Art Foundation's Chinese-French Connection at FIAC"? What about this article in the New York Times describing the work of the K11 Art Foundation? The refs in Artforum, Artnet, ArtNews and Blouin Artinfo are pretty much the best quality available in terms of art refs. A Google news search comes up with dozens of recent mentions of "K-11 Art Foundation". When you're a billionaire, notability might be easy! New Media Theorist (talk) 21:33, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I went through and added more than a half-dozen solid refs (Art News, Forbes, Financial Times, the Art Newspaper, NY Times etc). This is a notable foundation without a doubt. You cannot get better press in the art world than what they have as refs.New Media Theorist (talk) 22:17, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Speedy Keep - K11 is one of the best known private art foundations in Greater China, as attested in plentiful sources included in the article. It has organized highly popular art exhibitions in Hong Kong and China, and has its own private museum in Shanghai. -Zanhe (talk) 06:16, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:31, 24 September 2015 (UTC)


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