Is Art More Meaningful When It’s In Public?
Art Basel Hong Kong is marking its 10th anniversary in a city whose approach to public art has been transformed...
Visual Art
Zheng Bo Thinks Plants Are More Interesting Than People
At the Venice Biennale, Hong Kong-based artist Zheng Bo showcases drawings, installations and videos that encourage viewers to reflect on their relationship with nature...
Daphné Mandel’s Time Rift: Art That Explores Hong Kong’s Abandoned Ruins
Artist Daphné Mandel has spent the pandemic exploring Hong Kong's abandoned places, channeling her discoveries into a new exhibition...
The Space Between: Zao Wou-Ki’s Life and Work
Few artists were able to bridge Western and Chinese traditions as much as Zao Wou-Ki, whose visit to Hong Kong changed his life....
PHD Group: How a 1970s Clubhouse Became Home to Cutting-Edge Art
Ysabelle Cheung and Willem Molesworth have teamed to open a new contemporary art gallery in a very unusual space...
How Lui Shou-kwan Changed Chinese Ink Art Forever
A self-trained Hong Kong artist launched a revolution in an ancient art form when he emphasised individual expression...
Hong Kong’s Skyline Icons: M+, the Museum Made to Order
M+ is finally open, and it enjoys a rare position among world institutions: a massive new building designed in collaboration with its own curators ...
The Human Spirit of Calligraphy: Kurt Chan’s Radical New Work
Known as a mixed-media artist, Kurt Chan returns to the studio to explore a longstanding interest in Chinese calligraphy...
The Newly Discovered Collages of Luis Chan, Hong Kong’s Emblematic Artist
Born in Panama, orphaned in Hong Kong, Luis Chan was a self-taught artist who embodied the spirit of a colony caught between worlds...
What is Hong Kong Art? On Its 20th Anniversary, Grotto Fine Art is Trying to Find Out
Since Henry Au-Yeung opened Grotto Fine Art 20 years ago, it has been on the vanguard of contemporary Hong Kong art. But what is Hong Kong art?...
Tang Kwong-san’s Quest to Understand Hong Kong
Fragments of Hong Kong—and his own life—inform the work of this young artist, who is enjoying a streak of exhibitions....
Lo Ting: The Legend of Hong Kong’s Rebellious Human-Fish Hybrid
For centuries, a tribe of merpeople called Lo Tings have been said to inhabit Hong Kong's waters. They are increasingly becoming a symbol of the city's contentious relationship with power....
Hong Kong’s Colonial Heritage, Part XI: Cassels Block and Hong Kong Park
What is now vA!, the Visual Arts Centre, was once part of a 19th century British military barracks. How did it end up as Hong Kong Park?...
Sound Art is Bringing New Life to a Decrepit Local Mall
Soundpocket's latest exhibition is taking place in the Fu Lee Loy Shopping Centre, tapping into a spirit of creativity that is emerging in Fortress Hill...
Chu Teh-chun: The Man Behind the Legendary Painter
A new documentary reveals some intimate details about the life of renowned French-Chinese painter Chu Teh-chun....
Alisan Fine Arts: 40 Years Old and Still Pushing the Envelope
Hong Kong's oldest surviving commercial art gallery turns 40 this year. We check in with second-generation owner Daphne King to hear her plans for the future....
More Than Reality: How Stephen Wong Paints During the Pandemic
Known for his imaginative landscape paintings, Stephen Wong Chun-hei has found himself adapting to the reality wrought by Covid-19....
After_: Leading Creative Figures Help the Next Generation Look Past Covid
Supported by Design Trust, Zolima CityMag presents an exhibition of work by young writers, poets, videographers and photographers....
Neighbourhood Guide: The Star Street Precinct, a Quietly Fashionable Enclave
The stars, sun and moon align in a stylish, laid back corner just beyond the bustle of Wan Chai....
Asia Art Archive at 20: How Claire Hsu Built a Home For Asia’s Own Stories
Claire Hsu was just 24 when she founded the Asia Art Archive. Two decades later, she reflects on what it has achieved – and what's to come....
Far From Apart: Nicole Schoeni’s disConnect Brings Art from London to Hong Kong
Seven years after shutting down her family's renowned gallery, Nicole Schoeni is back with an ambitious exhibition in a Causeway Bay tenement building....
Disrupting the Flow: Artist Mark Chung Reflects On An Ailing Hong Kong
How a Hong Kong artist channelled his angst over Hong Kong's dire situation into a summer residency at de Sarthe Gallery...
Unscheduled: What’s the Future of Art Fairs Post-Covid?
An event at Tai Kwun brings together Hong Kong galleries and Asian artists in an unusual way, setting a new path forward for art fairs. ...
Artists Are Fighting for Justice in Hong Kong
Hope, guilt and a sense of duty: all of these are pushing artists to take a more active role in addressing social and political problems....
A Painter in Protest: Chow Chun-Fai Confronts Hong Kong’s Unrest
Best known for his ironic paintings based on classic Hong Kong films, Chow Chun-fai has turned his attention to Hong Kong's protests....
Johnson Chang and Hanart TZ: Hunting For a Chinese Perspective on Art
For nearly 40 years, Hanart TZ founder Johnson Chang has sought to tell new stories about Chinese art...
Tear Gas City: How the Microwave Arts Festival Reflects Hong Kong in 2019
As the whole world seems to burn, the programme director of Hong Kong’s oldest new media arts festival thinks art has the power to heal –and serve as a warning....
Why Gallerists Edouard and Lorraine Malingue Put Their Faith in Asian Art
With a keen eye for unique talent, Edouard and Lorraine Malingue are building a bridge between Asian contemporary artists and the rest of the world....
Chop Suey Canada: Karen Tam is Turning Chinese Restaurants Into Art
How a Montreal artist has turned a childhood spent in her family's Chinese restaurant into a lifelong investigation of Chinese-Canadian spaces...
Rubber Bullets and Cockroaches: Hong Kong Artists Respond to the Protests
An exhibition at Blindspot Gallery by artists Luke Ching and South Ho reflects the Hong Kong protests and the role of art in a difficult time...
The Sight of Sound: Samson Young Explores the Audio of Authenticity
As Hong Kong is roiled by ongoing protests, Samson Young explores the cultural politics of sound and music....
Inside Negative Space, Hong Kong’s Newest Artist-Run Gallery
Following in the footsteps of Para Site, five artists have launched their own art space....
Neighbourhood Guide: Tai Ping Shan, An Old Soul With a Trendy Heart
A traditional neighbourhood is thriving thanks to an infusion of fresh energy....
Italian Artist Vanni Cuoghi Turned Typhoon Hato Into an Exhibition
Typhoon Hato left Italian artist Vanni Cuoghi marooned inside a hotel – but his experience proved fruitful. ...
Murakami vs. Murakami: Tai Kwun Takes on the Flamboyant Japanese Artist
A major new exhibition at Tai Kwun's JC Contemporary delves into the mind of Japan's most attention-grabbing artist...
Eaton HK: The Counterculture Haven That Wants to Be More Than Just a Hotel
Katherine Lo, third-generation scion of the Great Eagle dynasty, has taken a staid hotel and transformed it into a lively haven for the arts, queer culture and alternative politics. Can it work?...
Exiled Chinese Artist Ma Desheng Channels Personal and National Tragedy Into Captivating Work
Part of the legendary Xing Xing group of Chinese artists, Ma Desheng reflects on the political and personal costs of fighting for freedom....
Art Consultant Alison Pickett’s Favourite Hong Kong Object is a Tiny Tree
A bonsai-like tree in an electrical plug follows art consultant Alison Pickett around her studio...
Reading the City’s Hidden Poetry—城市詩意—A New Series by Photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze continues his documentation of Hong Kong's urban landscape, this time with a poetic twist. ...
The Vancouver Art Gallery Looks Across the Pacific
For a time in 2017, the best museum to see Hong Kong art was in Vancouver. That year, Tsang Kin-wah, the artist known for his so-called “wallpaper art,” wrapped the Vancouver Art Gallery in creeping vines of text pulled from local newspaper editorials in the 1980s and 90s, when an influx of Hong Kong migrants […]...