Wifredo Lam: Exploring a Famous Cuban Artist’s Cantonese Roots
An exhibition at the Asia Society surveys the life and works of a renowned artist whose Chinese ancestry is overlooked...
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France’s Biggest Asian Art Museum is Building a Bridge to Hong Kong
The Musée Guimet is leading the French effort to build cultural links with Asia...
Magdalen Wong Isn’t Clowning Around
Clowns are a vehicle to explore failure, idealism and progress in a new exhibition ...
Chan Ka-kiu and the Nature of Desire
Heavy themes are dealt with a light touch in a video work at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong...
Art History: Lee Kai-chung and the Underbelly of Hong Kong History
Armed with deep research and artistic imagination, The Narrow Road to the Deep Sea dives into unexpected corners of history...
Kurt Chan’s Elemental Art
After decades teaching, artist Kurt Chan has once again picked up his brush – and he think he's entered a new stage of his art...
Artist Ant Ngai Dreams of Hong Kong
A painter offers an ambiguous take on her hometown, its people and places...
In the Mood for Hong Kong: Jonathan Jay Lee’s Illustrations
The Taiwanese-American illustrator has tried to capture the spirit of his adopted home...
Meet the Six Artists in the Running for the 2023 Sigg Prize
Six artists from Hong Kong and mainland China are competing for the prestigious Sigg Prize – and you can see their works at M+ right now...
This Rising Art Star Wants You to Feel, Not Just Look
We meet Trevor Yeung, who will represent Hong Kong at next year’s Venice Biennale, as he prepares a new show for London...
Zheng Mahler Wants You To Be a Bat
The Lantau-based artistic duo brings their research-intensive art to PHD Group with a show that lets the audience experience bat life...
Here’s How Ancient History Inspired Li Ning’s Latest Show
Li Ning's art ranges from tattoos to linocuts, and his latest show draws from Hong Kong's ancient rock carvings...
Together in Art: Sara Wong and Leung Chi-wo
Hong Kong artists Sara Wong and Leung Chi-wo are renowned for their individual artworks, but their practices — and lives — are inextricably intertwined...
With the Right Keys, Any Space is a Space for Art
Curatorial duo Hilda Chan and Iven Cheng's project MUSTHAVEKEYS is turning unusual venues into contemporary art spaces...
Arise in Protest: Angela Su Represents Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale – Now at M+
Angela Su brings a history of protests, science fiction, psychology and much more to the Hong Kong pavilion in Venice...
Neighbourhood Guide: Tai Hang, Laid-Back and Creative
This historic corner of Hong Kong offers good coffee, great food and an easy-going vibe under the watchful eye of the fire dragon...
You Can’t Swim in Hong Kong’s Newest Pool – Because It’s Art
Learning to swim opened artist Chan Wai-lap up to the fascinating world of swimming pools, and helped him escape a creative rut in the process...
Why Was Jaffa Lam Going to Burn All Her Art?
Despite being one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed artists, Jaffa Lam was in a rut – until a solo show at Axel Vervoordt Gallery changed everything...
Polo Bourieau’s Rock Sculptures Are Gloomy and Optimistic
French sculptor’s latest exhibition of stone sculptures dive into thorny contemporary issues...
With Wood and Paint, Bouie Choi Distills Hong Kong Into Art
A young painter’s last exhibition explores the unseen forces shaping Hong Kong...
Is Hong Kong Still Asia’s Art Hub? Yes, Says Art Basel’s New Hong Kong Director
As Art Basel Hong Kong prepares its largest edition since the start of the pandemic, its new director Siyang-Le reflects on the state of the art market...
Mak2’s Newest Art is Too Hot to Handle
Irreverent artist, filmmaker and standup comedian Mak Ying Tung 2 was inspired by reality TV shows like Love Island for her latest art project...
Hong Kong’s Queer Evolution: Patrick Sun Brings LGBTQ+ Art to Tai Kwun
A major new show at Tai Kwun shines a spotlight on queer art in Hong Kong, a city that is still struggling to accept LGBTQ+ people...
Celebrity Culture Under the Spotlight at Para Site
A new exhibition delves into the frenzy surrounding Cantopop phenomenon Mirror to examine our fascination with fame...
Meet Two Collectors Whose Works Are On Show at HKMoA
Leo Wong and Anthony Cheung have dedicated years to collecting Chinese art. Now it’s available to the public...
Meet Hong Kong’s Creative Diaspora in London, Part II
From comics to photography, by way of contemporary art, Hong Kong creatives are making waves in London...
When Advertising Gives Way to Art: Julian Opie in Pacific Place
A corridor once filled with ads is now home to public art. What if more?...
Yayoi Kusama’s Art of Healing
Yayoi Kusama’s extraordinarily long and complex career has been a constant process of healing and connection...
Current Plans: Hong Kong’s Collaborative Art Space
Hong Kong’s creative community has rallied behind an odd little gallery tucked inside the cockloft of a Sham Shui Po café...
Arrivals and Departures: Hong Kong’s Aviation History, Part II
Air travel has been a lynchpin of Hong Kong's economy – as well as its culture...
Meet Hong Kong’s Creative Diaspora in London, Part I
We're shining a spotlight on artists in the UK with roots in Hong Kong...
Angelika Li is Building a Bridge From Hong Kong to Basel
A Hong Kong culture maven has planted roots in the Swiss city known for its museums and international art fair ...
A Hongkonger in Germany: Isaac Chong’s Spheres of Interest
Inspired by Käthe Kollwitz, Isaac Chong’s new work explores memory, history and human interaction...
The Short But Extraordinary Life of Artist Tseng Kwong-chi
Born into an affluent Shanghainese family in Hong Kong, Tseng Kwong-chi ended up on the avant-garde of the 1980s New York art scene...
Gretchen So’s Evolving Territories: Hong Kong in the Midst of Change
A photo exhibition captures Hong Kong's changing landscape in the years around the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule...
Caroline Chiu’s Porcelain Cups Are An Homage to Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s spirit is channelled into a series of hand-painted cups made in China’s ancient capital of ceramics...
Jeweller, Inventor – And Now Artist: Wallace Chan in Venice
A Hong Kong jeweller-turned-artist is showing some of the most ambitious works of his career...
M+ Cinema Offers a Haven for Hong Kong Film, Video and Art
Moving image finally gets a permanent home in Hong Kong’s museum of visual culture...
Virtue Village Explore the Post-Human World
Queer identity and marginalised communities inform an unusual solo show at PHD Group...
Hong Kong’s Newest Generation of Art Spaces
Despite difficult times, new art spaces continue to push Hong Kong’s art scene ahead...