This Weekend

Brooding American Gothic work Buried Child – which tells a woeful but intriguing story of family dysfunction – is staged in Hong Kong for the first time

This one-hour walking tour will reveal the secret stories behind Hong Kong’s enigmatic street art across bustling and suave SOHO.

This is a thoughtfully-curated selection of beautiful relics from the world’s largest museum.

Presenting a varied programme that incorporates art, photography, contemporary dance, and classical music, the longstanding cultural festival caters to diverse tastes.

The exhibition celebrates Paris’ urban panorama with a focus on artistic renderings of the roofs of the city that has inspired creatives for centuries. 

Featuring around 670 exhibitors from 35 countries, Hong Kong’s 28th book fair offers a plethora of reading options on the theme of travel.

Kitty Chou’s charming abstract compositions speak to simpler times when photographs weren’t so easy to manipulate.

Bringing together emerging and established local artists, this exhibit offers points of comparison between generations.

This series offers a cherry-picked selection of classic films across genres and geographies through June and July.

Jacques Henri Lartigue’s iconic photographs of the Belle Epoche celebrate life and demonstrate his keen eye for beauty.

In a bid to raise awareness of dramatically dwindling shark populations,  artists create works inspired by the magnificent apex-predator.

Described as the “Anne Leibovitz of the conceptual world,” multimedia artist Taryn Simon creates ambitious works that often deal with themes of control and authority.

With works of diverging Hong Kong artists, this is an interesting exhibit that invites citizens to look back at their own history.

This exhibit addresses concerns and stresses specific to Hong Kong life, showcasing noted local artists.

This exhibit showcases thirteen paintings and photographs of the emerging Chinese artist who questions the role and nature of images in an increasingly digitalised world.

‘Urban Fragments’, a collective of four young photographers from Hong Kong, finds beauty in forgotten spaces.

British artist Rachel Kneebone’ s intricate ceramic sculptures invite spectators to think about the boundaries of the body.

Los Angeles – based artist captures the spirit of the recording studio, playing with its sonic infrastructure to make us explore how pop music is made.

A wild ride into the fantastical world of cyperpunk artist Fury, the prints on show explore a girl’s desire to break free from society’s shackles.

The photography of Leo K.K Wong spans decades and styles while at times expressing the emotions of a Chinese literati painter.

Artist Cheng Ting Ting depicts the lives of children in Hong Kong through her distinctive colour palette and style.

Three artists explore the complexity of identity, a line of inquiry that unites their otherwise quite different practices and backgrounds.

A series of operas hailing from across China will showcase the diversity and rich traditions of the art form.

Exploring the sentimentality of Chinese culture through the emblem of Miss Hong Kong, this exhibit combines fantasy with feminism and humour.

Grappling with issues pertaining to life and culture in the Pearl River Delta, this is a re-staging of an old -but still very much relevant – exhibit.

Gao Feng and his disciples’ elegant works draw from both ancient wisdoms as modern influences and techniques.

Inspired by the swashbuckling story of Hong Kong’s own pirate legend, Cheung Po Tsai, this exhibit is a rare survey of the colliding worlds of maritime crime and trade.

Hong Kong-based Portuguese artist Vhils introduces to Macau his iconic brand of mural art that comments on the interdependent relationship between contemporary life and its urban context.

Liang Yi  explores the themes of loss, absence, and return in the process of building a collection of antique Chinese furniture as inspired by three movements from Beethoven’s Les Adieux and the history of the museum.  

Serving gourmet delicacies at the Fringe Vault, a selection of handmade tableware is presented in seasonal themes by contemporary Japanese ceramists.

This exhibit offers a curious window into the religious iconography of the Church of the East, showcasing ancient Nestorian crosses ( 12th-13th centuries) found in north-west China.