This Month

Jazz heads and complete agnostics alike can appreciate the mellow, rustic sonic palette of Norway’s sublime soundscapers.

Across disciplines including painting and ceramics, Form gathers seven artists to explore the tangible and intangible — from matter to imagination.

Ahead of the city’s second HKPAX, a series of free al fresco performances will be hosted against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s iconic skyline.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta combines its exploration of brave, contemporary and regional sounds in commissioning Charles Kwong’s concerto for traditional Chinese instrument, the sheng.

In an age of automation, the 15th edition of HKForeword asks whether creativity can return to the human at its core. Through traces of daily life, 13 emerging local artists bring this idea to life.

At the re-showcase of the Creative Cross-Pollination: The Future of Crafts, Crafts on Peel presents seven craftworks by local and international artists with the debut of two exquisite artworks.

Voyage of the Eight Graces weaves together music, dance and theatre to reimagine Chinese philosophy on meaning of life.

The first comprehensive exhibition in over a decade, Asia Society’s Singing and Dancing with Brush and Ink retrospective revisits Wesley Tongson’s experimental ink through spirituality, identity and Hong Kong’s modern ink history.

Celebrated artist Zheng Jing constructs different ecologies using non-solid elemental media at Oi!, reimagining and recontextualising familiar Hong Kong spaces.

L’ÉCOLE Hong Kong’s Precious Coral traces the material’s biology, craftsmanship and global cultural history through 120 rare works.

Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre’s Incising the Matrix: If Birdwood Block exhibition showcases artist Jay Lau’s prints and installations, reimagining a parallel reality where Birdwood Block still exists. 

You don’t need accreditation to experience world-class dance, drama and music at Hong Kong’s performing arts expo — as our handy guide proves. 

The Blue House is celebrating this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival with lanterns outside the building, as well as a special display of Red A’s iconic red market lampshades along its ground floor corridor.

NYC jazz stalwart Ari Hoenig has been hailed as a pioneer of “melodic drumming” — find out what that means for yourself. 

The creative team behind HKB’s smash Butterfly Lovers adaptation turn to the mystery of the Silk Road with their latest homegrown production, a world premiere that opens the company’s 2026/27 season.

CUHK Art Museum’s The Qianlong Emperor reconstructs Qing court art through the Huaihaitang Collection and rare imperial workshop archives.

In an age where AI technology never ceases to advance, M+ Cinema fittingly probes the idea of human consciousness and the soul, with film screenings of Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

Discover The Little Prince and the Pilot, an intimate journey on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s life, imagination and legacy.

This year, Macau’s Lion Dance Festival returns with a highlight exhibition bringing together four lion dance inheritors from different regions and five contemporary cross-media artists.

Featuring 200 masterpieces from the Met, Hong Kong Palace Museum’s latest exhibition traces global jewellery across cultures and time.

Two BBC New Generation Artists winners unite to present a bold programme of music for voice and guitar, inspired by Virginnia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece.

Contemporary artist Eric Lai Wai-lam’s first Hong Kong solo exhibition invites visitors into his world of “Tranquil State” to search for peace and enjoyment.

After taking a year off in 2025, Hong Kong Arts Centre’s IFVA returns with a bumper edition of short films to mark its 30th anniversary.

What does post-rock music, Ennio Morricone soundtracks, the films of Gabriel Axel, and the canvases of Henri Rousseau and Paul Gauguin have in common? They all fed this artist’s vision.

Artist, illustator and printmaker June Hon finds serenity and nonchalence amid the bustle in her soothing, whimiscal Hong Kong illustrations.

In Canvas of Sound, music meets calligraphy as three virtuoso musicians perform a calm, yet improvised soundscape in its Asian premiere in Hong Kong.

Celebrating Kat O’s once-in-a-decade Jiao Festival, an art festival welcomes villagers and visitors with a series of events, from art installations and documentary screening to guided tours around the island.

Fresh from curating the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, CHAT chief curator Takahashi Mizuki presents a playful summer show.

Design to Bridge uses the bridge as metaphor to connect heritage with innovation through immersive, multi-sensory works by various design studios like Noodo Lab and Mososisi.

Discover 70 Tibetan Buddhist treasures from the Tsui Art Foundation, including thangka paintings and sculptures, alongside a multimedia display on Xuanzang’s pilgrimage and Buddhism’s impact on Chinese culture.

Chiu Wei-hsiang’s debut solo exhibition Toil and Soil draws on his childhood memories of labour and caregiving, reflecting on the essence of life.

Held at WKM Gallery, Japanese artist Soh Souen’s first Hong Kong solo exhibition offers a wide-ranging look at the artist’s exploration of life through multimedia works spanning painting, video and installation.

Hong Kong’s biannual contemporary dance festival opens with the existential search of Maguy Marin’s Beckett-inspired May B, closes with Jiří Kylián’s classic meditation on creativity, Sleepless.

Canton porcelain master Cheung Kam-ping joins hand with disciples to present an exhibition celebrating the exquisite artistry of this intangible cultural heritage.

Celebrating art and gastronomy, Tai On Coffee & Tea Shop collaborates with food illustrator Kai collaborates and luxury hotel Cortis to present Tea Time Stories, an edible exhibition complemented by a collection of creative delicacies.

Following its first chapter in May and June, At 25: Artists’ Early Worlds, Part II revisits artists’ formative years through archives, early works and new commissions.

The first Iraqi movie to win an award at Cannes Film Festival, The President’s Cake is an intimate portrait of a young girl’s efforts to bake Saddam Hussein a birthday cake amid the horrors of the Gulf War.

Starring former Miles Davis bassist Dave Holland, this jazz supergroup promises to be Hong Kong’s hottest jazz ticket of the year.

Stanley Whitney’s first solo show in Asia, Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing, surveys jazz-inflected paintings built on his signature colour grids.

This tactile group show collects works by artists across different geographies and material practices to examine how borders are stretched, untethered and reimagined.

As part of its 45th-anniversary “Then and Now” programme, Alisan Fine Arts’ Tradition Renewed highlights four Chinese literati masters whose practices have redefined the possibilities of ink painting since the 1980s.

Organised by gallerist Matthew Brown, Nocturnal convenes 14 artists whose practices unfold in the hours of darkness, exploring night’s creative and introspective energies.

Contrasting urban Hong Kong with brutal war imagery, Ellen Pau’s jolting Blue (1989–90) sits at the heart of this firy blockbuster mediation on creativity and resistance. 

The Central gallery presents What Remains to Be Seen, a solo exhibition by Myonghi Kang featuring a selection of the South Korean artist’s recent significant works.

At DX design hub, two exhibitions explore how Hong Kong’s cultural heritage is remembered, reimagined and experienced through design, food and everyday life.

Ink master Peng Kanglong’s latest solo show, Losing My Way to Watch the Flowers Bloom, features nearly 40 works that trace his practice from landscape to flower painting.

Revisiting the Jade Terrace brings together the artists from Alisan Fine Arts’ 2014 exhibition Beyond the Jade Terrace, showcasing the work of these now-major figures in contemporary ink.

In its third edition, the Inter-island Festival 2026 sets sail and explores a shared maritime heritage across four ports connected by the Inter-island Ferry.

The Hong Kong Design Institute’s new exhibition, Kwan Kwa: Chinese Wedding Costume Reimagined, celebrates the iconic traditional Chinese wedding costume through historic and innovative works.

The arthouse king is back with what is shaping up to be another late-career, meditative masterpiece; any similarity to actual events is strictly a misfortune.

Renaud Capuçon, Jan Lisiecki and Bomsori lead a raft of superstar soloists coming to Hong Kong for the Great Music 2026 classical music concert series.

Curated by Mankit Lai and featuring 13 Asian artists, award-winning group show Garden Whisperers reimagines Hong Kong as a night garden of coexistence.

Hong Kong’s beloved arthouse cinema Broadway Cinematheque celebrates its 30th anniversary with a commemorative programme spotlighting 30 old favourites, 10 recent festival hits, and the premieres of three notable new Hong Kong movies

Lucio Fontana’s Spatialist revolution — from the seminal buchi (holes) to the iconic tagli (cuts) — showcases how he redefined the canvas as a dynamic field of light, gesture and infinite space.

JCCAC’s monthly Saturday Film series continues its theme on “life,” inviting viewers into a dialogue about family, human bonds and self-reconstruction.

M+’s Making It Matters explores the creative process, blending art, design and societal reflection through historic and contemporary works.

HKDC’s Great Design Lives Here campaign explores Sham Shui Po through an eclectic mix of showcases, installations and community design.

M+ marks its fifth anniversary with Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus, a showcase of the world-renowned firm’s donated architectural materials and China projects.

Anne Imhof’s first major solo exhibition in Asia, House of Swans, stages a heroine’s struggle toward love through evocative installation, sound and live performances.

From chopsticks to toothbrushes, M+ museum’s Design Ah! exhibition encourages viewers of all ages to consider how everyday objects shape our lives.

CHAT’s family exhibition Snuggle and Stitch explores how textiles shape childhood in Hong Kong, weaving together memory, play and material care.

HKPM’s new group exhibition is big on Instagram-friendly installations, while drawing thought-provoking parallels between then and now.

The Korean craze isn’t going away any time soon. In its 16th edition, Festive Korea 2026 returns with over 30 programmes spanning visual art, film, performance and food across Hong Kong.

Heavenly Horses brings together nearly 100 masterpieces to trace the evolution of Chinese classical horse painting from the 14th to the 20th centuries.

The Hong Kong Film Archive turns 25 with a blockbuster exhibition celebrating the city’s rich movie heritage.

WoW! Hong Kong Design Series II – East‑West Design Reflections traces Ming furniture’s legacy and its dialogue with modern design.

Leslie Cheung would’ve turned 70 this year. Celebrate Gor-gor’s legacy through over 300 exhibits and free screenings, honouring the global icon’s impact in music, fashion and film.

A new show drawn from the M+ Sigg Collection traces emotional landscapes in contemporary Chinese art, reflecting how artists navigated rapid transformation between the 1990s and 2010s.

Liang Yi Museum’s Furnishing the Forbidden: Throne, Study and Bedchamber highlights Qing imperial life through 90 treasures highlighting the private worlds of the emperor, scholar and sonsort.

Mini-figures in Paintings spotlights tiny figures in traditional Chinese landscape paintings from the Chih Lo Lou Collection, revealing how they embody the painter’s intent and animate vast natural scenes.

Discover master painter Wu Guanzhong’s lifelong journey from Jiangnan to the wider world through sketches, ink and oil paintings that reveal his path toward modern abstraction.

Discover over 150 exquisite Chinese folding fans from the HKMoA’s Jingguanlou Collection, complemented by Chinese paintings from the museum’s holdings in the Fantastic Breeze exhibition.

The Kowloon Walled City: A Cinematic Journey exhibition brings the 1980s Walled City back to life through immersive movie sets from the award-winning 2024 film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.

Discover 600 years of global exchange through Forbidden City treasures, from Zheng He’s voyages to Qing court European clocks.

Sound artist Janet Cardiff’s acclaimed The Forty Part Motet reworks a 16th-century choral composition, Spem in Alium, via 40 individually recorded Salisbury Cathedral Choir voices.

Discover Hong Kong’s textile legacy through archival imagery, vintage cotton artefacts and hands-on spinning experiences inside a former factory space.

Trace Hong Kong’s layered past through immersive scenes and over 2,800 artefacts, from ancient roots to its rise as a global city.

A new heritage exhibition at Tai Kwun’s F Hall reveals untold stories of Vietnamese boat people and migrants through rare photos and a powerful mural designed by artist Eric Okdeh.