Bonhams, the auction house, has appointed Magnus Renfrew as deputy chairman, Asia and director of fine arts for Asia.

Bonhams, the auction house, has appointed Magnus Renfrew as deputy chairman, Asia and director of fine arts for Asia. This is a newly-created position and part of the firm's drive to expand business in the region, a spokesperson told this publication.
 
Renfrew will be responsible for defining the strategy for Bonhams in Asia relating to the fine arts and will oversee the established departments of Classical, Modern and Contemporary Art in the region. Renfrew will sit on the board of Bonhams Asia and report to Malcolm Barber, co-chairman of Bonhams Group and chief executive at the Hong Kong Board.
 
Renfrew joins in September, having previously been director for Asia and member of the executive committee of Art Basel, where he was responsible for its Hong Kong edition and for the participation of galleries, collectors and the wider art community from Asia in Art Basel shows worldwide. He was founding fair director of ART HK – Hong Kong International Art Fair and oversaw its development from its inception in 2008 through its acquisition by MCH Group (the parent company of Art Basel) in 2011 and transition through its first two editions as Art Basel in Hong Kong in 2013 and 2014.