Arts & Music
Shooting star: the rapid rise of Hong Kong photographer Leungmo
As one of Hong Kong’s most in-demand photographers, Leung Yat-ting, aka Leungmo, has worked with Adidas, Vogue and more. She talks about her inspirations and offers advice to young photographers.
Hong Kong’s first Jungle Island Music Festival to be held on Lantau Island
Hong Kong’s first Jungle Island Music Festival, set to rock Lantau between March 15 and 17, has music and community at its heart, with 50 DJs and 10 local bands providing the soundtrack.
How European maps helped paint a picture of China in the age of exploration
A new book containing reproductions of 127 printed European maps of Ming and Qing China from 1584 to 1735 reveals how they helped paint a reasonably accurate picture of the Middle Kingdom for the first time.
Taiwan’s forgotten disco era and how it changed the course of Mandopop
As Taiwan’s young generation dust off disco records from the 1970s and 80s, scholars consider how the island came to embrace a Western music genre at a time when even dancing in public was illegal.
Across Victoria Harbour exhibition is a window to Hong Kong’s maritime past
Across Victoria Harbour, an exhibition at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, shows the harbour’s role in shaping Hong Kong, through old photos, interviews, models and more.
He works with Ariana Grande and wins Grammys – but his early music ‘sucked’
Fresh from his Grammy win last month, A-list producer Khris Riddick-Tynes reflects on a sterling career that has seen him work with the likes of Ariana Grande, Toni Braxton and Tia Ray.
How the Hong Kong Festival of Arts with the Disabled changed my life
Ida Lam worked on the first Festival of Arts with the Disabled, in 1986, and was moved by the way it championed people with mental and physical disabilities, who often faced discrimination in the city.
Chinese rapper Feezy on ‘woke’ hip hop and his new album The Weatherman
Shanghai-based rapper and ‘fortune-teller’ Feezy – of hip-hop trio Straight Fire Gang – offers his predictions for the future of the genre in China.
How a photo of Muhammad Ali underwater inspired a Hong Kong swim charity CEO
The founder of Splash Foundation, a Hong Kong charity that provides swimming lessons to people in low-income communities, reveals how the iconic 1961 photo ‘Muhammad Ali Boxing Underwater’ inspired her.
Language Matters | Unesco mother tongue day is a nod to language’s link to sustainability
Curiously, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals do not explicitly include language. Unesco’s International Mother Language Day recognises the links between language and sustainability.
Photos starring abandoned statues of deities and demons reveal their magic
A photographer who is showing his photos of abandoned statues in an exhibition at the HKCACC Gallery travelled to temples and makeshift shrines across Hong Kong to snap them.
The Hong Kong DJ bringing a taste of European industrial sounds to the city
With acts like Years of Denial and Soft Crash, DJ Nanogram, with his party collective Entropy, is introducing European industrial techno sounds to Hong Kong, with his next club night later this month.
High, wide and handsome: drone photos of trains in China’s varied landscapes
A peripatetic drone photographer has focused his passion on documenting China’s vast rail network from a bird’s-eye perspective.
Why Jet Li’s Danny the dog role in Unleashed didn’t help him crack Hollywood
Jet Li received praise for his role as Danny the dog in Luc Besson’s gritty 2005 action movie. While he shone among co-stars such as Morgan Freeman, it didn’t help the martial arts actor crack Hollywood.
Profile | ‘Guerilla’ live music promoter gives underground Hong Kong bands a platform
The founder of live gig promoter Rice, Adrianna Lee Ka-yee, tells Post Magazine about her mission to bring niche music to the Hong Kong masses.
Architect shows his knife skills in second career making paper cuttings
Nick Tsao tells Kate Whitehead about the passion he saw interning at Foster + Partners that made him want to be an architect, learning traditional Chinese paper cutting and looking for ways to update it.
After ‘Picasso of the East’ left China, his life was a mystery. Until now
Chang Dai-chien, or Zhang Daqian, was one of China’s most famous 20th-century artists, but little is known of his life after he left his homeland in 1949. A new documentary aims to fill in the gaps.
‘The best show I’ve been to’: Banksy’s amusement park parody Dismaland
Tim Yu, founder and director of Hong Kong contemporary art space JPS Gallery, explains how Banksy’s so-called bemusement park Dismaland in the UK transformed his view of exhibitions.
‘Looking for my childhood’: Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara on why he paints
Japanese contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara, whose Knife Behind Back sold for US$24.9 million at auction in 2019, talks to Kate Whitehead about his journey and influences, and why he isn’t driven by money.
Profile | R&B singer Tia Ray: my music isn’t ‘fast food’, it takes time to understand
Singer-songwriter Tia Ray tells Post Magazine about the inspiration behind her new album, Allure, and why she wanted to step out of her comfort zone for her coming English-language release.