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In His First Hong Kong Show, British Artist Gordon Cheung Explores the Meaning of Home

Christopher DewolfDecember 5, 2018
Forgotten at Home, Hong Kong’s Junks Sail on Foreign Waters

Ryan KilpatrickDecember 5, 2018

Dish of the Month: Sweet, Savoury, World-Famous Char Siu

Zoe LiMay 25, 2016

Ronan Erwan Bouroullec

A French Design Duo Daydream About How to Improve Hong Kong’s Urban Space

Catherine ShawNovember 28, 2018

Pop Cantonese: Word of the Month – 傷風 – Injury Wind or a Simple Cold

Gabriella ZanzanainiNovember 17, 2016

Stair Culture: Digging Into the Past and Present of Hong Kong’s Ladder Streets

Christopher DewolfMay 5, 2016

junk

Forgotten at Home, Hong Kong’s Junks Sail on Foreign Waters

Ryan KilpatrickDecember 5, 2018

IFFAM

Macau’s Film Festival Punches Above Its Weight

Elizabeth KerrDecember 5, 2018

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Meet Hong Kong’s Ten Thousand Buddhas – A Journey to a Spectacular Monastery

Tom BillingeJanuary 5, 2017
This Mid-Autumn, Walk Over Hot Coals for the Monkey King

Tom BillingeSeptember 27, 2017
Hong Kong’s New Wave of French Cuisine – Part I: High and Homestyle

Gabriella ZanzanainiApril 14, 2016
Ding Ding Stories: Who is Riding Hong Kong’s Trams?

Zolima CityMagSeptember 3, 2018
Why Close-Knit Shek O Erupts in Celebration Once Every Ten Years

Gabriella ZanzanainiNovember 8, 2016
Explore Hong Kong’s Markets: Mountain Weeds and Healing Herbs in Tai Po

Laine Tam & Christopher DeWolfJuly 7, 2016

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Gordon Cheung

In His First Hong Kong Show, British Artist Gordon Cheung Explores the Meaning of Home

Christopher DewolfDecember 5, 2018

junk

Forgotten at Home, Hong Kong’s Junks Sail on Foreign Waters

Ryan KilpatrickDecember 5, 2018

IFFAM

Macau’s Film Festival Punches Above Its Weight

Elizabeth KerrDecember 5, 2018

DFA awards

The DFA Awards is Drawing a New Future for Hong Kong’s Young Designers

Amanda SheppardDecember 3, 2018

Time Travel Made Easy: Hong Kong’s Vintage Guidebooks

Christopher DewolfNovember 29, 2018

The Big Ideas Being Lone Figures: Photographer Valentina Loffredo

Leanne MirandillaNovember 29, 2018

Ronan Erwan Bouroullec

A French Design Duo Daydream About How to Improve Hong Kong’s Urban Space

Catherine ShawNovember 28, 2018

Circus Tram: A Hong Kong Tram Unlike Any Other

Christopher DewolfNovember 22, 2018

Tracey

In “Tracey,” Actor-Director Jun Li Explores Trans Identity and More

Elizabeth KerrNovember 22, 2018

desmond lo

Hong Kong on Instagram: @des.lo Reimagines the Past

Leanne MirandillaNovember 21, 2018

playkits

ESKYIU PLAYKITS: A Shape-Shifting Exhibition That Changes Every Day

Christopher DewolfNovember 15, 2018

Amos Why

How Director Amos Why Found Creative Freedom in the Collapse of Hong Kong Film

Elizabeth KerrNovember 14, 2018

ernest chang

Ernest Chang Wants You to Destroy His Art

Christopher BabbNovember 14, 2018

tofu

Hong Kong Bites: Stinky Tofu – 臭豆腐

Andrea LoNovember 14, 2018

Sham Shui Po

Neighbourhood Guide: Sham Shui Po is Hong Kong’s Most Quintessential Neighbourhood

Janice ChenNovember 7, 2018

railway

Hong Kong’s Train to China: A Brief History of the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Christopher DewolfNovember 7, 2018

pei yau

The Cryptozoology of Hong Kong, Part IV: The Endangered Fearsome Pei Yau

Billy PottsNovember 6, 2018

clockenflap

A Big Audience for Hong Kong Bands: Clockenflap 2018

Christopher DewolfOctober 30, 2018

pop=up

Pop Cantonese: Word of the Month – 朝行晚拆 HK-Style Pop-Up

Andrea LoOctober 30, 2018

para site

Para Site: The Past and Present at Hong Kong’s Pioneering Art Space

Christie LeeOctober 30, 2018

literary

Don’t Ignore Hong Kong’s Quietly Growing Literary Scene

Amanda SheppardOctober 25, 2018

Urbex

Inside the Famously Haunted Nam Koo Terrace With HK Urbex

Christopher DewolfOctober 25, 2018

Canadian Artist Howie Tsui Reimagines Hong Kong as a Ghoulish Hellscape

Christopher DewolfOctober 23, 2018

principle

Guiding Principles: A New Play Takes Hong Kong’s Educational System to Task

Amanda SheppardOctober 23, 2018

neonopolis

Electric Dreams: Richard Mark Dobson’s Neo-Noir Narrative of Hong Kong

Leanne MirandillaOctober 17, 2018

lantau

Lantau Peak: A Hike Through the Poetic Landscape of Hong Kong’s Green Heart

Viola GaskellOctober 17, 2018

wan chai

The Hong Kong Arts Centre’s 40th Anniversary Show Examines the Fluidity of Wan Chai

Christie LeeOctober 17, 2018

Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part I: A City That Made Things

Christopher DewolfOctober 11, 2018

ADC

Making Do With Less: Hong Kong’s Art Development Council Faces the Future

Simon CartledgeOctober 11, 2018

What Does the Future Hold for Victoria Harbour?

Christopher DewolfOctober 4, 2018

Strangers at Home: Hong Kong Poets Tammy Ho Lai-Ming and Kate Rogers

Sarah KaracsOctober 4, 2018

Hong Kong Bites: XO Sauce – XO醬

Andrea LoOctober 4, 2018

The Cryptozoology of Hong Kong, Part III: Dragons and Their Evil Counterpart

Billy PottsSeptember 26, 2018

ink

Contemporary Ink Art is Breaking Tradition, One Virtual Brushstroke at a Time

Sarah KaracsSeptember 26, 2018

durlacher

Two Australian Photographers are Capturing Old Hong Kong Before it Disappears

Christopher DewolfSeptember 26, 2018

beach

A Place to Escape: Hong Kong’s Beach Culture Through the Years

Christopher DewolfSeptember 20, 2018

Ackbar Abbas

Born, Raised and Corrupted in Hong Kong: A Chat With Ackbar Abbas

Sarah KaracsSeptember 20, 2018

bamboo

Macau Artist João Ó is Blending Cultures Through Bamboo

Christopher DewolfSeptember 19, 2018

Elaine Li

Hong Kong on Instagram: @lielaine’s Arthouse Cool

Leanne MirandillaSeptember 14, 2018

crime wave

Hong Kong Crime Wave: Why the 1990s Were a Decade of Famous Gangsters and Spectacular Robberies

Christopher DewolfSeptember 14, 2018

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