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Repeated blocks on travel and performances are damaging Hong Kong’s arts scene, with music soloists and orchestras unwilling to come, quarantining conductor says as arts promoters reel from new Covid-19 curbs.
Repeated blocks on travel and performances are damaging Hong Kong’s arts scene, with music soloists and orchestras unwilling to come, quarantining conductor says as arts promoters reel from new Covid-19 curbs.
Chinese artist Pan Daijing combined music, dance and theatre for her ‘Echo, Moss and Spill’ installation, which concluded Tai Kwun’s months-long ‘Trust and Confusion’ exhibition.
Chinese artist Pan Daijing combined music, dance and theatre for her ‘Echo, Moss and Spill’ installation, which concluded Tai Kwun’s months-long ‘Trust and Confusion’ exhibition.
Sotheby’s and Christie’s sold a total of US$14.4 billion alone in a year marked with incredible moments, such as the US$69 million sale of Beeple’s Everydays – The First 5,000 Days.
Sotheby’s and Christie’s sold a total of US$14.4 billion alone in a year marked with incredible moments, such as the US$69 million sale of Beeple’s Everydays – The First 5,000 Days.
Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island is just a restaurant strip serving pricey imported seafood in the eyes of most Hong Kong people. Lamma Mia aims to change their perception.
Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island is just a restaurant strip serving pricey imported seafood in the eyes of most Hong Kong people. Lamma Mia aims to change their perception.
The Russian-owned auctioneer will rent space in a building next to the new M+ Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District; income from the deal will help fund the district’s growth.
The Russian-owned auctioneer will rent space in a building next to the new M+ Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District; income from the deal will help fund the district’s growth.
‘Remnants’ confirms Kelvin Mak as one of the most exciting choreographers of his generation in Hong Kong as it asks: is individuality possible in a rotten collective system?
‘Remnants’ confirms Kelvin Mak as one of the most exciting choreographers of his generation in Hong Kong as it asks: is individuality possible in a rotten collective system?
Artist wants to draw attention to the role of an overlooked army of low-paid workers and the conditions they endure to keep stations on the city’s MTR network clean.
Artist wants to draw attention to the role of an overlooked army of low-paid workers and the conditions they endure to keep stations on the city’s MTR network clean.
When Jerome Hoberman joined the choir as music director in 1992 its expat make-up mirrored the divisions in Hong Kong society. Today he likes to think of it as a utopian model for society.
When Jerome Hoberman joined the choir as music director in 1992 its expat make-up mirrored the divisions in Hong Kong society. Today he likes to think of it as a utopian model for society.
The first major Chinese artist to tour M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of visual culture, Zhang, 63, gives it a positive review and reaffirms his intention to move his home and studio to the city.
The first major Chinese artist to tour M+, Hong Kong’s new museum of visual culture, Zhang, 63, gives it a positive review and reaffirms his intention to move his home and studio to the city.
A painting by Scott Kahn has been bought for US$963,000 at a Hong Kong auction, its value driven up by his association with the late Matthew Wong, a recent art sale darling.
A painting by Scott Kahn has been bought for US$963,000 at a Hong Kong auction, its value driven up by his association with the late Matthew Wong, a recent art sale darling.
Only a Girl by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation tells of how a 15-year-old who falls in love with another girl deals with her conservative parents and homophobia in the city.
Only a Girl by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation tells of how a 15-year-old who falls in love with another girl deals with her conservative parents and homophobia in the city.
The organiser of the sculpture’s display, Hong Kong creative agency AllRightsReserved Limited, is accused by The Ryan Foundation in Singapore of breaching confidentiality and intellectual property rights.
The organiser of the sculpture’s display, Hong Kong creative agency AllRightsReserved Limited, is accused by The Ryan Foundation in Singapore of breaching confidentiality and intellectual property rights.
Ai Weiwei’s whitewashed Neolithic pots that ask a question about history, Antony Gormley’s field of clay figures among the pick of exhibits in M+ museum shows.
Ai Weiwei’s whitewashed Neolithic pots that ask a question about history, Antony Gormley’s field of clay figures among the pick of exhibits in M+ museum shows.
Hong Kong’s museum of visual culture has opened, after much delay and controversy, in a city much changed since its conception. Whether it can fulfil its global ambitions and satisfy Beijing remains to be seen.
Hong Kong’s museum of visual culture has opened, after much delay and controversy, in a city much changed since its conception. Whether it can fulfil its global ambitions and satisfy Beijing remains to be seen.
Find out who the artists are, what they created and how to buy their NFT artworks as part of the South China Morning Post and RTHK’s annual fundraising drive.
Find out who the artists are, what they created and how to buy their NFT artworks as part of the South China Morning Post and RTHK’s annual fundraising drive.
Ophelia Jacarini's artistic practice is informed by 17 years of ballet training and focuses on finding new ways to capture and represent ephemeral movements of the body. She tells the SCMP's arts editor Enid Tsui about the non-fungible token (NFT) and hologram she has created to raise money for Operation Santa Claus. She is among five Hong Kong artists who have minted NFTs to be auctioned on behalf of the annual charity campaign run jointly by the Post and RTHK.
Ophelia Jacarini's artistic practice is informed by 17 years of ballet training and focuses on finding new ways to capture and represent ephemeral movements of the body. She tells the SCMP's arts editor Enid Tsui about the non-fungible token (NFT) and hologram she has created to raise money for Operation Santa Claus. She is among five Hong Kong artists who have minted NFTs to be auctioned on behalf of the annual charity campaign run jointly by the Post and RTHK.
Tang Shu-wing’s non-verbal, all-female King Lear uses gestures, bodily interactions and occasional howls of anguish to immerse audiences in the Shakespearean tragedy.
Tang Shu-wing’s non-verbal, all-female King Lear uses gestures, bodily interactions and occasional howls of anguish to immerse audiences in the Shakespearean tragedy.
Artist Tino Sehgal’s two works, This Variation and These Associations, are coming to Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun – these are ‘constructed situations’ for audiences to experience and to join in with.
Artist Tino Sehgal’s two works, This Variation and These Associations, are coming to Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun – these are ‘constructed situations’ for audiences to experience and to join in with.
Nicole Kidman was allowed a quarantine waiver but not Hong Kong Philharmonic music director Jaap van Zweden – hence the scrapping of his remaining 2021 concert dates.
Nicole Kidman was allowed a quarantine waiver but not Hong Kong Philharmonic music director Jaap van Zweden – hence the scrapping of his remaining 2021 concert dates.
A Picasso set an Asian auction record but a Renoir and a Van Gogh sold for below presale estimates and several lots found no bidders or were pulled from Sotheby’s autumn Hong Kong auctions.
A Picasso set an Asian auction record but a Renoir and a Van Gogh sold for below presale estimates and several lots found no bidders or were pulled from Sotheby’s autumn Hong Kong auctions.
Fairy tale characters such as Puss in Boots and the White Cat will make appearances in the Hong Kong Ballet’s performance of The Sleeping Beauty for four days in October.
Fairy tale characters such as Puss in Boots and the White Cat will make appearances in the Hong Kong Ballet’s performance of The Sleeping Beauty for four days in October.
‘We have a lot of young people joining,’ says president of Oriental Ceramic Society ahead of its centenary exhibition in London – a contrast to Hong Kong, where dealers and collectors lament lack of youth interest.
‘We have a lot of young people joining,’ says president of Oriental Ceramic Society ahead of its centenary exhibition in London – a contrast to Hong Kong, where dealers and collectors lament lack of youth interest.
From a Vincent van Gogh still life to Botticelli’s Man of Sorrow and a self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, works valued at tens of millions of dollars will be on display.
From a Vincent van Gogh still life to Botticelli’s Man of Sorrow and a self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, works valued at tens of millions of dollars will be on display.
Non-profits running projects devoted to meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals will receive proceeds from the sale of art at the Impact NFT Exhibition.
Non-profits running projects devoted to meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals will receive proceeds from the sale of art at the Impact NFT Exhibition.
Quartet for the End of Time – mournful, foreboding and ultimately transcendental – was written by French composer Olivier Messiaen 80 years ago. It will be played in Hong Kong to mark its anniversary.
Quartet for the End of Time – mournful, foreboding and ultimately transcendental – was written by French composer Olivier Messiaen 80 years ago. It will be played in Hong Kong to mark its anniversary.
A collection of essays by British cultural historian David Elliott about contemporary Asian art is as eclectic as it is erudite. Full of historical titbits, it is more a work to dip into than to consume at one sitting.
A collection of essays by British cultural historian David Elliott about contemporary Asian art is as eclectic as it is erudite. Full of historical titbits, it is more a work to dip into than to consume at one sitting.
‘Enchanting Expeditions’ at the Chinese University of Hong Kong art museum pairs rare ceramics from China with the appearance of similar porcelain in Western paintings.
‘Enchanting Expeditions’ at the Chinese University of Hong Kong art museum pairs rare ceramics from China with the appearance of similar porcelain in Western paintings.
One half of the duo behind an upcoming evening of ‘freakish’ electronic music in Hong Kong, Xper.Xr (‘you can call me Chris’) wishes Hong Kong musicians would make more of their good fortune.
One half of the duo behind an upcoming evening of ‘freakish’ electronic music in Hong Kong, Xper.Xr (‘you can call me Chris’) wishes Hong Kong musicians would make more of their good fortune.
Avan Yu, who sent audiences into raptures at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre last week, says the demands of the city’s schooling left little time for playing the piano.
Avan Yu, who sent audiences into raptures at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre last week, says the demands of the city’s schooling left little time for playing the piano.
Arguably the most important museum ever to be built in Hong Kong, M+ is also a litmus test for artistic and curatorial freedom under the National Security Law.
Arguably the most important museum ever to be built in Hong Kong, M+ is also a litmus test for artistic and curatorial freedom under the National Security Law.