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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions
Illusion and Reconstruction
Lucille Lo Yuk-yin's mixed-media works borrow Taoist concepts to portray ideologies in Hong Kong since the handover. Opening reception  today, 5.30pm. Daily, 10am-9pm,  HK Visual Arts Centre, 7a Kennedy Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2545 3262. Ends Feb 28
A Return to Silence
Patrick Lee's spiritual images of everyday objects visualise his emotions. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, or by appointments, Art Statements Gallery, 5 Mee Lun St, Central. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Feb 29
One More, Please
Twelve artists from Europe and Asia present works on childhood innocence. Daily, 9pm-10.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; Fubon Bank Building, 38 Des Voeux Rd, Central;  2/F Central Tower, 28 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2842 6085. Ends Feb 29
The History of 20th Century European Costumes
More than 50 exhibits from the Edwardian period to the 1960s collected by fashion designer and historian Alexandre Vassiliev,  including early designs by Dior,  Chanel  and Yves Saint Laurent.  Daily (except public holidays), 9am-10pm, Academy Painters' Corner and Atrium, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai.  Inquiries: 2584 8592. Ends Feb 29
Black on White
Two decades of Lei Ling's black ink drawings. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-7.30pm, Art Beatus, G/F, 35-39 Graham St, Central. Inquiries: 2522 1138. Ends Feb 29
Small Bangs
Hugues Reip's installations, videos, linocuts and drawings explore fantasy and reality. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-8pm,  Agnes b.'s Librairie Galerie, 1/F, 18 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2869 5505. Ends Mar 1
Deconsequences
Evangelo Costadimas' photo sequences explore human interaction in Hong Kong. Tue-Sun, 1pm-8pm, Shanghai Street Artspace, G/F, 404 Shanghai St, Yau Ma Tei. Inquiries: 2770 2157. Ends Mar 2
Feelings of the Brush
Three decades of Kan Tai-keung's  paintings inspired by Chinese calligraphy.  Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Mar 9
Crosscurrents
Mainland artists Qui Zhijie  and Jin Jiangbo's  interactive pieces explore history, ideology, consumerism and globalisation; while Kingsley Ng's  installation about Kwun Tong combines sound, light and engineering. Tue-Sun, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Mar 9
Desire's Bazaar
Spanish artist Mario Pasqualotto's  light installations made of plastic bags. Daily, 10am-7pm, CityU Gallery, 6/F Amenities Building, City University of HK, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong. Inquiries: engarral@cityu.edu.hk Ends Mar 9
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Works by local illustrator b.wing. Daily, 10am-10pm, Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, Kowloon Station. Inquiries: 2418 8878. Ends Mar 9
Refabricating City
The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture showcases works by 60 local, mainland and international architects and artists including Chan Yuk-keung,  Ho Siu-kee  and Cao Fei.  Features forums and lectures on architecture and urban space.  Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm (Fri-Sat until 8pm), Central Police Station compound, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: www.hkszbiennale.asia Ends Mar 15
Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula
More than 70 photos collected by historian Cheng Po-hung  show Kowloon's changes over the past century. Mon-Sat, 9am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Mar 16
Deluge
New York-based artist Rick Lewis' mixed media paintings with the theme of historic and mythic great floods. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, 2pm-7pm, Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F, 1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels; Sin Sin Annex, 53 Sai St, Central. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Mar 20  (silent charity  auction  until Sat, Sin Sin Annex)
The Development of Banks in Shanghai and Hong Kong
Traces  the past 150 years of banking in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Highlights include the first set of renminbi  notes. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sun until 7pm), closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Mar 24
Contemporary Japanese Pottery from Traditional Kilns
Features 70 modern ceramics created by traditional techniques. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. End Mar 30
Ethereal Elegance
The Huaihaitang collection of Qing porcelain vases. Daily, 10am-5pm,  East-wing Galleries, Art Museum,  Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin. Inquiries: 2609 7416. Ends Mar 30
Made in Hong Kong
Chow Chun-fai,  Chu Hing-wah,  Kevin Fung, 'Frog King' Kwok Mang-ho  , Kum Chi-keung,  Wan Qingli  and Vincent Yu  display works that represent the city's culture. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sat until 8pm), closed Thu, HK Museum of Art,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Apr 6
The Animated Spirit
Paintings of animals, still lifes and landscapes by Lam Wu-fui,  a student of Lingnan School artist Chao Shao-an.  Daily, 10am-6pm, Sun until 7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum,  1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free  on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188.  Ends Apr 7
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
About 200 winning entries of the competition organised by the BBC and the Natural History Museum, England. Mon-Fri, 1pm-9pm, Sat-Sun and public holidays, 10am-9pm, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST, HK$25, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2732 3232. Ends May 1
Conservation & Revitalisation
A look at the history of the Central Police Station compound through photos, videos, architectural plans and models. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm, HK Racing Museum, 2/F Happy Valley Stand, Happy Valley Racecourse, Wong Nai Chung Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2966 8065. Ends May 4
Beyond the Surface
The HK International Poster Triennial showcases more than 400 works from 46 countries.  Daily, 10am-6pm (Sun and public holidays until 7pm), closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends May 19
Performing Arts
The 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival
The city's annual arts event features more than 30 programmes by international talent in opera, music, dance and theatre,  including the following 13 shows.  Various times, venues and prices, Urbtix (except shows at the HK Academy for Performing Arts through HK Ticketing). Inquiries: www.hk.artsfestival.org Ends Mar 16
Stuttgart Ballet
The German dance company's  performance based on Pushkin's novel Eugene Onegin. Accompanied by the HK Philharmonic Orchestra.  Today, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$780.
Tomatito Sextet
The Spanish guitarist and his band perform gypsy flamenco.  Today, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$380.
Orpheus X
American Repertory Theatre revisits the Greek myth of Orpheus in a rock music production. In English with Chinese surtitles.  Today-Sat, 8pm, Feb 24, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$480 (pre-performance discussion with the artists  tomorrow, 7pm).
Pius Cheung Marimba Recital
The young Chinese-Canadian  musician plays a Chopin ballade, a Mozart sonata, excerpts from Bach's Goldberg Variations and his own works. Tomorrow and Feb 24, 8.15pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$200 (master class  today, 12.30pm, Lee Hysan Concert Hall, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin, free. Inquiries: 2609 6716).
London Philharmonic Choir
Edo de Waart  conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and the choir in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Symphony of Psalms, and Rachmaninov's The Bells on  Sat, 8pm; then Neville Creed  leads pianist-organist Iain Farrington  and the choir in choral music by Handel, Purcell, Vaughan Williams  and more, Feb 24, 8pm. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$480.
Trio Mediaeval
Oslo-based sopranos Anna Maria Friman,  Linn Andrea Fuglseth  and Torunn Ostrem Ossum  sing medieval polyphonic music, traditional Norwegian ballads and modern works. Accompanied by Birger Mistereggen  on percussion and Jew's harp. Feb 26-27, 8pm, St John's Cathedral, 4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$200.
Music about China 2
Yan Huichang  conducts the HK Chinese Orchestra in works by contemporary composers Wang Ning,  Yang Wing, Zhang Haofu,  Tang Lok-yin  and South Africa's Bongani Ndodana-Breen.  Feb 27, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$300.
Piano Trio
Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff  teams up with his violinist wife Yuuko Shiokawa  and cellist Miklos Perenyi  to perform Beethoven's piano trios. Feb 28, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$380.
Tears of Barren Hill
Zuni Icosahedron presents Danny Yung's experimental multi-media theatre inspired by the life of late Beijing opera performer Cheng Yangqiu. With Chinese and English text. Feb 29, 8.15pm, Mar 1, 3pm, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$80-HK$180.
The Master of Chou: Xiao Changhua
The Peking Opera House of Beijing presents four pieces,  paying tribute to the late Chinese opera comic. Feb 29-Mar 1, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$280.
Titus Andronicus
Tang Shu-wing directs an adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy, about a Roman General's murderous revenge on his enemy. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Feb 29, Mar 1, Mar 3, 7.45pm, Mar 2, 5pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$250.
Vollmond
A watery episodic dance theatre by Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal. Feb 29, Mar 1, Mar 3, 7.30pm, Mar 2, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$650.
Andras Schiff Piano Recital
Schumann's Papillons and Fantasie, and two sonatas by Beethoven. Mar 1, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$380.
Zingaro
An equestrian circus theatre from France.  Today-Mar 23: Tue, Wed and Fri, 8pm; Sat, Sun and public holidays, 6pm. Hung Hom Ferry Pier Lawn, HK$200-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2877 1330
Standup Comedy
ImprOlympics Challenge  tomorrow, with American Community Challenge and Peoples Liberation Improv Troupe battling in situations suggested by the audience, 8pm, HK$100.  English shows: tomorrow-Sat, 9.30pm, HK$150; Cantonese show: Sat, 8pm, HK$100. TakeOut Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: takeoutcomedy.com
Quanzhou Marionette Troupe China
The puppet group present Nikolai Googol's comedy play The Inspector General tomorrow, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; and Chinese operatic excerpts on Sat, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, then on Feb 24, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$120-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Trance
Chan Ming-fung's  experimental theatre tells a surreal tale of a love triangle between a struggling writer, a psychiatrist and a drag artist who used to be old school friends. Stars Lee Fire, Johnny Tan and E Run. In Cantonese.  Tomorrow-Mar 1, 7.45pm (except Feb 26), Mar 2, 3pm, 7.45pm, McAulay Studio, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9661 7573
Stand-Up in Soho
The Hong Kong Komedy Kollective's show features local expat comics.  Sat, 9pm, Le Rideau, 1/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Rd, Central, HK$150. Inquiries: 2850 8833
Hua Mulan
Li Liuyi directs this tale about a legendary  Chinese heroine who disguises herself as a man and takes her  father's place in war. The drama combines Peking opera-style vocals and modern stage design. In Putonghua with Chinese and English surtitles.  Sat-Feb 24, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Gay Singers
The  a cappella ensemble perform  their Cantonese  hits.  Feb 24, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central; Mar 14, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$90-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321 (workshop  tomorrow, 7.30pm, CR1, 7/F HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, in Cantonese)
29+1
Forth run of Kearen Pang's play about a woman turning 30. In Cantonese. Feb 29-Mar 8 (except Mar 3), 8pm (Mar 2, Mar 8 also at 3pm), Shouson Theatre, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbours Rd, Wan Chai, HK$165, HK$195 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9032 5272
The Rite of Spring
Edo de Waart conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and the symphony orchestra from the Academy for Performing Arts in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings and a Mozart symphony. Mar 1, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Extra-curricular
Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom
Tibetologist Francoise Pommaret discusses the country's history, culture and ecology. In English.  Today, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), Union Church Hall, 22 Kennedy Rd, Central, HK$150, HK$50 (Royal Geographical Society members). Inquiries: 2583 9700
Education and Careers Expo
Trade Development Council's event for prospective students and employees to meet more than 500  institutions and companies.  Today, 10.30am-7pm,  tomorrow-Sat, 10am-7pm, Feb 24, 10am-6pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: hkeducationexpo.tdctrade.com
Poetic Theatre Vs Narrative Theatre
American Repertory Theatre's Rinde Eckert  compares the two, with a focus on the significance of the former. In English.  Tomorrow, 4pm-6pm, Common Room, G/F HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, free (tickets available at HK Cultural Centre and HK City Hall). Inquiries: 2824 2430
How Should We Fund the Arts?
A symposium with policy makers, arts advocates and representatives from funding bodies.  In English with Cantonese translation.  Sat, 10am-5pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$300, includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Standup Comedy Class
Free class organised by TakeOut Comedy Club.  Sat, 2pm-6pm, 34 Elgin St, SoHo, booking required. Inquiries: 6220 4436 or jami@takeoutcomedy.com
Jumping Frames
The festival presented by City Contemporary Dance Company and Emergency Lab is calling for submission of dance videos. Application deadline: Feb 29. Submission deadline: May 30. Inquiries: www.jumpingframes.hk



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