Notes on the Future Depicts Hong Kong and Macau
Macau artist Eric Fok’s paintings are showcased in his second solo exhibition at Karin Weber Gallery, where he attempts to envisage the future of Hong Kong and Macau.
art Events
City of Darkness: 50 Years in the Shadow Revealed in Photographs
The exhibition explores the famous and infamous long gone Walled City of Kowloon by photographers Greg Girard and Ian Lambot and reveals the extraordinary community that cuts a dark presence in the heart of Hong Kong.
Staging Textiles: Shifting Contexts from Studio to Museum
CHAT’s Winter Programme 2019 presents the fourth edition of the annual Discussion Forum, exploring the possibilities of textiles in different contexts.
Silver Moon or Golden Star: Samson Young Discusses Utopia
Multimedia artist Samson Young discusses his upcoming exhibition at the University of Chicago “Silver Moon or Golden Star”, focusing on how utopian views continue to be projected on and taken up by society.
Ten Hours by American Contemporary Artist Carol Bove
American artist Carol Bove (b. 1971) inventive and colourful collage sculptures question the expressive potential of steel and the very limit of its physicality.
Bloomed: A French Ballerina’s Celebration of the Human Body
Ballet dancer Ophelia Jacarini showcases her entire series of work—from canvas paintings and photography to installations and performance art—that demonstrates her artistic growth over her past five years in Hong Kong, which highly influences her understanding of the relationship between art, the human body and the city.
Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Science, Then and Now
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1919), famously known for painting Mona Lisa, Milan’s historic Ambrosian Library is lending both replicas and other rare original works that showcase the polymath’s inventive vision and artistic talent.
Along China’s Coast: Dezső Bozóky’s Photographs From 1908–1909
UMAG expands on its 2016 exhibition Pictures of the Past to present Hungarian photographer Dezső Bozóky’s even larger group of photographs he took along China’s coast from 1908–1909—documenting inhabitants, the countryside and the city.
Arts Collective Presents Very Natural Actions at Tai Kwun Contemporary
Hong Kong-based curators André Chan and Jing Chin-yin Chong present works from emerging artists from Hong Kong, the Mainland, and Taiwan, who encourage viewers not to linger on the surfaces of works but to seek out that gem of a tree within the forest of forms and meanings.
“Leaves of Grass” by Beijing Painter Wang Gongyi
Inspired by Walt Whitman’s eponymous poetry collection Leaves of Grass, Wang Gongyi depicts her love for nature by mixing mineral pigment, charcoal and ink on special Chinese silk.
Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future
Curated by Lauren Cornell, Dawn Chan, Xue Tan, and Tobias Berger, the exhibition examines how cyberpunk aesthetics and futurism have seeped into contemporary art and visual culture, while exploring how the initial allure of the cyber-metropolis has morphed into an inescapable feedback loop.
I seriously doubt it: Solo exhibition by Dutch artist Parra
The exhibition i seriously doubt it features a series of new works by Dutch artist Parra, starring his signature curvaceous hybrid characters and highly saturated colours while exploring scenes of modern domestic life and the emotions associated with it.
Enriching Steles: Ink Artist Lee Chun-yi’s First Solo Exhibition
Enriching Steles showcases a selection of ink art by Taiwan-born and Hong Kong-bred artist Lee Chun-yi, featuring traditionally-inspired landscapes and scholar rocks created by a self-made stamping technique.
Holy Mosses: Exploring the Non-Binary Fluidity of Gender
Holy Mosses features works of art that explore the non-binary fluidity of gender from eight artists who identify as female or gender non-binary.
The Modern Maverick: Al Held, Abstract Expressionist
Foremost American post-war painter Al Held’s exhibition features works drawn from across his long career, focusing on his Modernist roots and his sustained exploration of abstract painting.
Home Sweet Home: Solo Exhibition by Mak Ying Tung 2
The exhibition Home Sweet Home features a new multimedia collection of work by Hong Kong-based conceptual artist Mak Ying Tung 2 which explores the integration of simulation into reality and more.
Hong Kong’s Legendary Frog King Debuts New Performance “Smoke of Change”
For his new exhibition, “The Living Legend,” Hong Kong performance artist Frog King showcases half a century of his diverse and multifarious art forms – paintings, installations and sculptures – and a new performance, “Smoke of Change.”
Catherine Henriette: China’s Winter and Summer Tales
Conte d’hiver, conte d’été features French artist Catherine Henriette’s photographic works of the series of the same name (winter tale, summer tale), which captures life in Songhua River in the northeast of China.
Jen Bervin’s Silk Poems Weave Text Onto Textile
American poet Jen Bervin’s Silk Poems “weaves” her poems on silk films at nanoscale, an invention of a six-year research project (2010–2016) developed with expertise from more than 30 international textile archives, medical libraries, nanotechnology and biomedical labs, and sericulture sites in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Yang Yongliang’s Views of Water Showcases VR Chinese Art
The exhibition Views of Water showcases works by Chinese artist Yang Yongliang, including a new video project of Views of Water and Yang’s latest VR work Nine Dragons.
The Original Story by Indonesian Artist Yunizar
The Original Story features prominent Indonesian artist Yunizar’s works, which carry his signature abstract style with a focus on texture that invites viewers to reach out for a feel.
Theatre of New Gods: Unique Perspectives on God and People
Featuring 12 artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, Theatre of New Gods presents each of their unique perspectives on the relationship between God and people.
The Next Wave: Modern Vietnamese Art at Bonhams Hong Kong
The world’s first ever selling exhibition dedicated to the second-generation of Vietnamese artists, “The Next Wave | Modern Vietnamese Art” will be the first of its kind globally to highlight the artists – many of whom trained in Ecole des Beaux Arts, Indochine – working through the post-war years in Vietnam.
Annie Leibovitz. Work from The Early Years, Archive Project No. 1 [POSTPONED]
American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz, known for capturing celebrities for Rolling Stone and important people such as Richard Nixon, showcases works from the formative period of her career that capture the dramatic cultural and political shifts of the Seventies and Eighties.
Rare Paintings by Irene Chou: Rediscovered at Duddell’s
Irene Chou Rediscovered: Paintings from the M K Lau Collection at Duddell’s features a rare, large-scale masterpiece by leading Hong Kong ink artist Irene Chou, which has been hidden from public view for decades.
HKACT! Act 9: WYSIWYG Jeffrey Shaw Solo Exhibition
WYSIWYG is used in a sense to describe Shaw’s contemporary media art in the sense of an experience gained from interactively exploring the artworks.
Step Inside Museums of Art at K11’s Documentaries
UA CineHub’s new series of “ARTiculate” and “In Search of the Great Composers” bring to the Hong Kong audience at K11 Art House documentaries about great artists and collections in first-rate museums and galleries around the world.
Reiko Sudo Brings the Art of Japanese Textiles to CHAT
Reiko Sudo, established Japanese textile designer, presents the creative process behind her nuno (textiles/fabrics) through her drawings and sketches, raw materials and design prototypes, as well as immersive video and sound installations.
Koloa: Tongan Art, Female Wealth and Self Empowerment
Koloa: Women, Art and Technology presents an array of Tongan art practices, including ngatu (bark cloth) making, fine weaving such as ta’ovala garments and ceremonial mats, and kafa (woven rope) while exploring their significance in expressing female wealth and self-empowerment.
Hong Kong and the Way It Was Through the Lens of Ed van der Elsken
In celebration of its 5th anniversary, F11 Foto Museum presents the series, shown in its entirety for the first time, of over 130 photos of our city taken in 1959 and 1960 by Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990), one of the most influential Dutch photographers of the 20th century.
Yutaka Inagawa Curates “Another Pair of Eyes” At Duddell’s
Japanese artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa features 28 artworks from the collection of Jehan Chu,
Michael Xufu Huang, William Lim and Cindy Chua-Tay that experiments on balancing discreet and obvious protagonists that resonate with a cultural cohesion.
Time Will Tell: Stanley Wong x Anothermountainman
Stanley Wong, alias anothermountainman, an award-winning visual communicator from Hong Kong, showcases his “Positive Hong Kong redwhiteblue” series, graphic designs and promotion campaigns created in his 40-year creative career.
