Arts Development Council

A war of words fuelled by critics, critiques

4 Mar 2013

A new war of words sparked by Hong Kong-mainland tensions was waged last week over a piece of writing. The first Arts Development Council Critic's Prize went to Jia Xuanning, a 24-year-old working...

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Arts prize winner works with judge

28 Feb 2013

The Arts Development Council (ADC) defended its first ever Critic's Prize yesterday after the winner of the HK$50,000 award turned out to have connections with at least two of the six judges.

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Dinners with poet Leung Ping Kwan a cultural delight

28 Jan 2013

Leung Ping-kwan loved eating, and wrote a number of excellent poems about food. He liked to bring together friends from various cultural fields to all kinds of places and fed us with good food, as...

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Arts Development Council election system under review

17 Nov 2012

Individual artists excluded from voting for members of the Arts Development Council may gain the right to vote under changes proposed by the arts funding body.

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Hong Kong row over Venice Biennale project

5 Oct 2012

A row in the Hong Kong art world over the city's representation at the 55th Venice Biennale next year has erupted into fury.

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Artist Chow Chun-fai says Hong Kong's Arts Development Council has lost credibility

2 Oct 2012

Liverpool Biennial exhibiting artist Chow Chun-fai, who lost a bid for the culture sector seat in the Legislative Council election, said the Arts Development Council lost its credibility when it...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Arts studio in factory deemed fire risk

An industrialist's initiative to convert part of his factory into a cheap rehearsal studio for artists has failed to win the support of the Planning Department.

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Funding request rejected from indie film group

For the first time, the Arts Development Council has rejected a funding application from veteran independent film organisation Ying E Chi.

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Arts council rejects magazine's funding

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Performing groups get HK$10m fund boost

The government has launched a HK$10 million scheme to boost small to medium-sized performing arts groups during the financial crisis.

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Art projects are vital, but the logo?

This week witnessed a series of performance art events and a workshop on the nature of creativity organised by Hong Kong On the Move. Members of the art project involved local artists and those...

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Arts to hit the streets in promotion plan

Several districts have agreed to offer low-rent advertising space to arts groups to counter what one official called the city's problem in promoting cultural events.

The Arts...

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