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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions
Tales from Venice
Hiram To and MAP Office's work about Hong Kong's identity, inspired by their installation showcased at last year's Venice Biennale.  Today-tomorrow, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends tomorrow
The Studio and the Altar
One hundred pieces of Daoist artworks, dating from the Han to the Qing dynasties, in painting, porcelain, calligraphy and scripture forms. Daily, 10am-5pm, Art Museum, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin. Inquiries: 2609 7416. Ends May 11
Christopher Ku
The artist's large-scale abstract paintings present an imaginary world of symbols. Sat-Sun, 1pm-6pm, Blue Lotus Gallery, Unit 24, 5/F, Block A, Wah Luen Industrial Building, 15-21 Wong Chuk Yeung St,
Fo Tan. Inquiries: 6100 1295. Ends May 11
Love Art
British graffiti artist Banksy's works are displayed alongside pop art by Robert Indiana, Damien Hirst, Keith Haring, Romero Britto and Mel Ramos.  Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Art Gallery,
21-31 Old Bailey St, Central. Inquiries: 2521 1498. Ends May 13
Walasse Ting
A retrospective of the New York-based Chinese painter.  Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, Alisan Fine Arts, 315 Prince's Building, 10 Chater Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2526 1091. Ends May 14
Sharaku through the Eyes of Contemporary Japanese Artists
Features reproductions of 28 portraits by 18th-century Japanese woodcut artist Toshusai Sharaku, and contemporary works inspired by his art in media including painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends May 18
Intersections
An inter-cultural exchange project that involves nine emerging artists from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, including Samson Young, Yuko Tanaka and Kira Kim. Wed-Fri, 3pm-7pm, Sat-Sun, noon-6pm, or by appointment, Gallery Benten 17, G/F, 17 Wa In Fong East, Central. Inquiries: 2559 0054. Ends May 18
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
Mindscapes
Liu Wei distorts the perspective in his paintings to create a new optical experience. Opening reception  today, 6pm-8pm. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-5pm, Yan Gallery, 1/F Oriental Crystal Commercial Building, 46 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central. Inquiries: 2139 2345. Ends May 21
Club Primavera
Wu Junyong's animations and paintings mock at social absurdities. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-8pm. Mon-Fri, 10am-6.30pm, Sat until 6pm, Hanart T Z Gallery, 202 Henley Building, 5 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2526 9019. Ends May 23
Riverglyphs
Andrew Logan's bronze sculptures inspired by the Earth's surface. Opening reception  today, 6pm-9pm. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2291 0006. Ends May 24
Andy Warhol Prints
Limited-edition works by the American pop artist selected from the Saunderson Private Collection. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Branch Gallery, 27 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2869 8802. Ends May 29
Sick Leave
Kum Chi-keung, Louise Lee Pik-wai, So Hing-keung, Doris Wong Wai-yin, Clara Cheung and Gum Cheng Yee-man explore modern institutional life through the titled theme. Thu-Mon, 2pm-7.30pm,
C & G Artpartment, 3/F, 222 Sai Yeung Choi St South, Prince Edward. Inquiries: 2390 9332. Ends May 31
A Tranquil Journey, Odyssey
Kay Yuen's surrealistic photos taken by Pinhole Camera. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mon-Thu, 1.30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat until 12.30am, Culture Club Gallery, 15 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 2127 7936. Ends May 31
Bertrand Lavier
Twenty-five years of work by the French artist who uses mundane objects as materials to challenge the concept of art. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-9pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, or by appointment, Art Statements Gallery, 5 Mee Lun St, Central. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Jun 5
Photos by Roland Fischer
The  artist's portraits and architectural images suggest characteristics of early modernist abstract painting. Mon-Fri, 10am-8pm, Sat, 2pm-6pm, Goethe-Institut, 14/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: www.goethe.de/hongkong. Ends Jun 7
The Exquisite Pirate
Australian artist Sally Smart's surrealistic installation traces the history of female pirates.  Opens  today.  Tue-Fri, 11am-7pm, Sat until 6pm, or by appointment, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F 6-10b Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286. Ends Jun 7
Mobility - Chinese is a Plus Sylvie Boisseau and Frank Westermeyer explore how public space is invaded by linguistics. Part of Le French May. Tue-Sun, 2pm-8pm, 1a space, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2529 0087. Ends Jun 13
Paris 1730-1930: A Taste for China
Features 170 works of Chinese porcelain, lacquer, bronze, furniture, drawings, prints and paintings acquired in 18th-20th century Paris, from the collections of Musee Guimet, the Louvre Museum, Musee d'Orsay and the Centre Pompidou. Daily, 10am-6pm, Sat until 8pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$20. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Jun 15
Performing Arts
En Famille
Fourteen-year-old French clarinettist Raphael Severe and his parents - pianist Tunde Hajdu and basset horn soloist Yves Severe - join the HK Wind Kamerata in Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Mendelssohn's Konzertstuck No 2, Debussy's Premiere Rhapsody for clarinet and piano, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite.  Today, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9498 4554  (performing in Macau on May 11)
Werther
HK Opera presents Massenet's work based on Goethe's tragic novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.  Stars Warren Mok and Denyce Graves. Accompanied by the Macau Orchestra.  Today-Sat, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$980 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2234 0303
Thunderstorm
David Jiang directs HK Academy for Performing Arts students to perform Cao Yu's tragic play in a modern set. In Cantonese.  Today-Sat, 7.30pm  (Sat also at 2.30pm), HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$65, HK$100, HK$45 (concessions) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8592
The Punchline Comedy Club
Paul Thorne, Tom Wigglesworth and Ian Moore perform stand-up. In English.  Today-Sat, 9pm, Viceroy, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$320. Inquiries: 2827 7777
The Ladies
All-female troupe Ho Leng Loi Theatre's comedy explores women's relationships. In English. Today-tomorrow, 9pm, TakeOut Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo;  Sat, 8.30pm, Makumba's African Bar, G/F Garley Building, 48 Peel St, Central. HK$150. Inquiries: 6107 7460
Art
HK Repertory Theatre  in Yasmina Reza's comedy about three friends debating the cost of an expensive painting one of them has purchased. Directed by Weigo Lee.  In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles.  Part of Le French May.  Today-May 12,  7.45pm    (Sat also at 2.45pm), HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
Too Wild
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's musical revolves around the love-hate relationship of two female friends with very different personalities, played by Bondy Chiu Hok-yee and Perry Chiu Woon. Directed by Roger Lin. In Cantonese.  Today-May 12, 8.15pm  (Sat-May 12 also at 2.30pm), HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$190-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Modern Rhapsodies
French pianist Maxence Cyrin covers from pop rock to electronic and trip hop. Tomorrow, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$195, HK$245 Urbtix. Inquiries: www.frenchmay.com
Grieg & Mahler
Edo de Waart conducts pianist Chen Weiyin, soprano Jessica Rivera and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in Lindberg's Chorale, Mahler's Symphony No 4 and Grieg's piano concerto.  Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
TakeOut Comedy Club
Chinese stand-up show tomorrow, 9.30pm, Cliq, 2/F On Hing Building, 1 On Hing Terrace, Central; English stand-up shows on Sat: 8.30pm, Cliq; 9.30pm, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo. HK$150. Inquiries: www.takeoutcomedy.com
Painting with Chinese Music
Yan Huichang conducts pipa soloist Wong Chi-ching, Wuji Ensemble and the HK Chinese Orchestra in works by local composer Law Wing-fai.  Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Cellistra Annual Concert
The cello ensemble perform Dvorak's Songs My Mother Taught Me, Fritzenhagen's Ave Maria and Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasilleiras No 1. May 11, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9211 2191
Harlequin Travels in China
The Asphodels Theatre Company's drama is a crossover between Commedia dell'arte and Chinese opera.  May 13, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$150-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: www.frenchmay.com
Ho Chi Minh in Hong Kong
The Vietnamese revolutionary's encounter with lawyer Frank Loseby in 1931 Hong Kong is put on stage by playwright Peter Wesley-Smith and director Peter Jordan. Stars Lee Chun-chow as Ho Chi Minh. In English. May 15-18, 8.15pm (May 17 also at 3.15pm), HK Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$99-HK$150. Inquiries: 2521 7251
We Will Rock You
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions presents this musical written by Queen and  Ben Elton, featuring 26 hits of the rock band. In English with Chinese subtitles. May 16-Jun 15: Tue-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2pm, 8pm, Sun, 1pm, 7pm, HK Academy for Performance Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299
La Perichole
Jerome Savary directs a musical comedy based on Offenbach's opera bouffe. Accompanied by the HK Sinfonietta, pianist Ariele Zanini and the Opera Society of HK. Part of Le French May. May 15-17, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$190-HK$620 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3196 6209
Les Bonnes
Mike Ingham directs a mime of Jean Genet's play that blurs between reality and imagination, about two maids imitating their exploitative madame while she's away. Stars Gus Mok and Jessica Yeung. Part of Le French May. May 15-17, May 22-24, 8pm (May 17 and May 24 also at 3pm), HK Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$120, HK$100 (members), HK$80 (concessions). Inquiries: 2521 7251 (a talk about Genet and the play, hosted by Ingham, theatre director Tang Shu-wing and Alliance Francaise's Serge Priniatokis:  Sat, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Fringe Club, free, booking: nychuk@gmail.com. In English.)
Pahud Flautist Supreme
Edo de Waart conducts Swiss-French soloist Emmanuel Pahud and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in Nielsen's Maskarade: overture and Flute Concerto, and Wagner's The Ring. May 16-17, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
An Evening of Opera Excerpts and Chinese Songs
Nine local young vocalists, including soprano Yuki Ip, mezzo-soprano Carol Lin and tenor David Quah, perform excerpts from Verdi's La Traviata, Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and more. May 18, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
Extra-curricular
Homemakers' Workshops
A series of four workshops organised by the HK Design Centre, including a jewellery making session hosted by Jessica Fong. In Cantonese.  Today, noon-2pm, InnoCentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, HK$180, includes light lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2522 8688 or www.hkdesigncentre.org
What is Shanghai Style
Lynn Pan talks about painting, illustration and architecture in Shanghai between the wars. In English.  Tomorrow, 6pm, Helena May, Garden Rd, Central, HK$70, HK$50 (Helena May and Royal Asiatic Society members). Inquiries: 2813 7500
Hong Kong Treasures
Members from HK Miniature Art Society and art historian Pamela Kember discuss the challenges to preserve the city's cultural heritage. In English.  Sat, 11.30am-12.30pm (reception, 11am), University Museum and Art Gallery, 94 Bonham Rd, University of HK, Pok Fu Lam, HK$180, HK$120 (students, Asia Society or HKU Museum Society members), booking required. Inquiries: 2103 9508
Slam Connection
A poetry slam where participants read original works and compete.  In Cantonese, English and French.  Sat, 8pm, Gecko Lounge and Wine Bar, LG/F, Ezra Lane, Hollywood Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: www.frenchmay.com
Acting Auditions
For Fringe Firsts - a new English-language theatre festival in Hong Kong: Sat, 3pm-5pm, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7a Kennedy Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 3008; for HK Singers' production of Beauty and the Beast in October: May 12, 5.30pm-9pm, May 14, 7pm-9.30pm, Glenealy School, 7 Hornsey Rd, Mid-Levels. Inquiries: www.hksingers.com



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