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“Radial Perspectives” (2023), Howie Tsui. This work by the Canadian-Chinese artist is part of the Art Continuum Hong Kong Collection at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery)
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‘Transformative’ collection of Hong Kong art donated to Vancouver gallery

An anonymous donation of 131 artworks to the Vancouver Art Gallery elevates the international profile of Hong Kong art.

Asia travel

New arts venues in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, including the ‘Airpod building’

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Chopin Competition winner Eric Lu thrills in Hong Kong recital

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Why it’s mission complete for Hong Kong chamber music festival founder

Premiere Performances boss Andrea Fessler opens up ahead of the 18th and final Beare’s Premiere Music Festival.

Premiere Performances founder Andrea Fessler poses at the performing arts group’s office in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The Vancouver-raised impresario started Beare’s Premiere Music Festival “to spark an interest in chamber music” in Hong Kong. After 18 years, she says that has been accomplished. Photo: Sun Yeung
Premiere Performances founder Andrea Fessler poses at the performing arts group’s office in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The Vancouver-raised impresario started Beare’s Premiere Music Festival “to spark an interest in chamber music” in Hong Kong. After 18 years, she says that has been accomplished. Photo: Sun Yeung
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Singaporean buyer of US$69 million Beeple NFT opens art and technology space

Vignesh Sundaresan explains the aim behind Padimai Art & Tech Studio, which opens with a virtual reality work by artist Olafur Eliasson.

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Exclusive | Tai Kwun art head Pi Li to step down for new role in Shenzhen

Tai Kwun is closing in on a successor for Pi, who leaves in February after his contract at the Hong Kong heritage and arts centre expires.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Thrilling Bruce Lee dance show explores Hong Kong star’s life and career

‘Kung Fu Artistry: Bruce Lee’s No Way as Way’ by the Hong Kong Dance Company is a powerful mix of dance and martial arts.

Ong Tze-shen gives a consummate portrayal of Bruce Lee in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s “Kung Fu Artistry”. Photo: Arliugraphy, courtesy of HKDC
Ong Tze-shen gives a consummate portrayal of Bruce Lee in the Hong Kong Dance Company’s “Kung Fu Artistry”. Photo: Arliugraphy, courtesy of HKDC
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Eileen Chang exhibition in Hong Kong reveals the woman behind the icon

Photos, letters, manuscripts and even furniture at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature preserve Chang’s legacy 30 years after her death.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Violinist Midori works magic in Hong Kong concert double bill

Midori dazzled alongside pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute on November 27, two nights before sharing the stage with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

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Want a da Vinci but are short a few million? Get the digital version instead

Limited-edition, certified digital copies of Italian masterpieces sold at a fraction of the originals’ cost are boosting museums’ cash flow.

A high-definition digital version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Lady with Dishevelled Hair hangs at the Brera Art Gallery in Milan, Italy, on November 24, 2025. Photo: AP
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Why this Hong Kong-born artist chose to ‘smash up’ tradition for Taiwan show

Canada-based Lam Tung-pang’s fragmented works search for hope in his new exhibition at Galerie du Monde in Taipei.

From giant, trembling hands of supplication to deconstructions of mountains listed in an 18th-century Chinese encyclopaedia, Lam Tung-pang reconstructs fragments of the past in the name of faith in “Everyone’s Journey Toward Faith is Different”, at Galerie du Monde’s Taipei space, in Taiwan. Photo: Anpis Wang
From giant, trembling hands of supplication to deconstructions of mountains listed in an 18th-century Chinese encyclopaedia, Lam Tung-pang reconstructs fragments of the past in the name of faith in “Everyone’s Journey Toward Faith is Different”, at Galerie du Monde’s Taipei space, in Taiwan. Photo: Anpis Wang
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Pianist Mao Fujita delivers a technical masterclass alongside HK Phil

Fujita balanced grandiosity and introspection in an authoritative, emotionally aware performance in the wake of the Tai Po fire.

Art

‘Endless supply’ of sweets among works at new Hong Kong exhibition

Cuban-American visual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died in 1996, created ephemeral artworks that constantly change, echoing life.

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Why this Aids charity’s Hong Kong art show smells of resilience

Aids Concern’s ‘Emanate’ exhibition features art and fragrances created by people affected by HIV and Aids that tell their stories.

Tea Arts, Network, by King Nam, is one of the pieces on show at Aids Concern’s new exhibition “Emanate”, which is taking place at Wyndham Social in Hong Kong’s Central neighbourhood until December 7. Photo: Aids Concern
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He paints like he’s making jazz: Spencer Sweeney’s exhibition in Hong Kong

Sweeney says he improvises like a jazz musician, waiting for the figures on canvas to ‘start evolving and personalities to emerge’.

Kama on Halloween, 2025. Oil on linen, 40 x 30 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (101.6 x 77.5 x 3.5 cm). Photo: Ringo Cheung.
Kama on Halloween, 2025. Oil on linen, 40 x 30 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (101.6 x 77.5 x 3.5 cm). Photo: Ringo Cheung.
World of performing arts

Lea Salonga on Disney roles, crying at KPop Demon Hunters and discrimination

Ahead of her Hong Kong Disneyland show, the Filipino singer talks about why Mulan is still so dear to her and her wish to tell Asian stories.

Hong Kong culture

Should Hong Kong abandon bamboo scaffolding after Tai Po fire tragedy?

Hong Kong’s iconic bamboo scaffolding holds much cultural significance, but will the Wang Fuk Court blaze see the end of its use?

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New cultural salon Gold to reflect Hong Kong’s changing art scene

Gold will open in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang during Art Basel in 2026. Its founders talk about the changing face of art in the city.

Previously colleagues at Tai Kwun, Daniel Ho (left) and Tobias Berger are the co-founders of Gold, an upcoming cultural salon in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood. The pair were brought together by their love for the arts and of Hong Kong as an international art hub. Photo: Serakai Studio
Previously colleagues at Tai Kwun, Daniel Ho (left) and Tobias Berger are the co-founders of Gold, an upcoming cultural salon in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood. The pair were brought together by their love for the arts and of Hong Kong as an international art hub. Photo: Serakai Studio
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Champion Hong Kong pianist joins Rome-based orchestra in powerful concert

The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma, assisted by Aristo Sham, put on a strong opening night in Hong Kong.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Hong Kong-invented electronic tap shoes take first steps in imaginative show

Time will tell if the shoes, created in Hong Kong and used in the dance performance The Next Movement, will spur a major evolution for tap.

Art

Taiwan’s National Palace Museum marks 100-year history with stunning displays

The Taipei museum’s centennial exhibitions feature spectacular works spanning paintings, sculptures, pottery and more.

“Meat-shaped Stone”, from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), is a piece of jasper carved to resemble a piece of “dongborou”, or braised pork belly. It is considered one of the “Three Treasures” in the National Palace Museum collection and included in “Enduring Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of the National Palace Museum” exhibition. (Photo: NPM)
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Her feminist art was once censored. Now, she has a show in Hong Kong

Ann Leda Shapiro’s exhibition at Axel Vervoordt Gallery shows how her art combines her politics with traditional Chinese medicine concepts.

Ann Leda Shapiro sits in front of paintings in her studio on Vashon Island, in the US state of Washington. The artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia, “Ann Leda Shapiro: Body is Landscape”, is being held at the Axel Vervoordt Gallery in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. Photo: Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong
Ann Leda Shapiro sits in front of paintings in her studio on Vashon Island, in the US state of Washington. The artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia, “Ann Leda Shapiro: Body is Landscape”, is being held at the Axel Vervoordt Gallery in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. Photo: Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong
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Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists

The sale at Sotheby’s in New York also topped Kahlo’s own auction record for a work by a Latin American artist.

World of performing arts

San Francisco Opera’s The Monkey King is a landmark in cultural exchange

This timeless Chinese folk tale retold as an opera is a sumptuous feast for the eyes and ears that provides a showcase of Chinese culture.

Art

5 of the best exhibits at Hong Kong Palace Museum’s ancient Egypt exhibition

The wonders of ancient Egypt are revealed in a new exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, from cat mummies to a female pharaoh and more.

A statue of Tutankhamun is seen at the “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. The statue has been made “whole” with special projection-mapping technology. Photo: Sam Tsang
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