Kevin Kwong

Kevin is an award-winning journalist who has been the Post's Arts Editor since 2005. He has previously worked for the BBC World Service, People magazine and Variety.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta music director to step down in 2020 after 18 years at the helm

Music

Yip Wing-sie, music pioneer, to pass baton at Hong Kong Sinfonietta

27 Nov 2018 - 1:10pm 1

The Apple Watch Series 4 tracks how many calories you burn and how much you move. Photo: Antony Dickson

Gadgets

Apple Watch fitness challenge put to the test

26 Nov 2018 - 3:00pm

These foldable phones all beat Samsung’s Infinity Flex to the punch

Gadgets

Samsung’s crazy new foldable phone? Pah, these guys did it first

9 Nov 2018 - 2:51pm 2

Brie Larson will play the eponymous Captain Marvel in a 2019 film.

Film & TV

Four big talking points from the Captain Marvel trailer and posters

27 Sep 2018 - 5:04pm

When drills provide the soundtrack to a massage, the spa treatment becomes a stress-inducing, rather than reducing, experience.

Short Reads

Drills and deep relief? When a spa treatment goes bad

23 Sep 2018 - 1:01pm

We try the pampering at Banyan Tree Spa, The Spa at Wynn Palace and Morpheus Spa

Travel

Spa treatments that show there’s more to Macau than entertainment

12 Sep 2018 - 7:45pm 1

Paris Opera Ballet’s first Chinese dancer, Lam Chun-wing, a first-time winner at Varna International Ballet Competition, and his Hong Kong teacher Jean Wong recalls 21-year-old’s ‘extraordinary concentration and hard work’

Culture

First Hong Kong dancer in Olympics of ballet wins prize for artistry

8 Aug 2018 - 12:01pm

One of the world’s top woman conductors brings her Brazilian orchestra to Hong Kong, Canadian theatre director gets autobiographical, there’s a Chinese Hamlet, a German Wagner and much more at city’s biggest annual arts event

Culture

A Chinese Hamlet, a German Wagner: Hong Kong Arts Festival 2019 picks

7 Aug 2018 - 6:45pm

Taking in everything on show in Dismantling the Scaffold exhibition at former Central Police Station compound will take more than one visit, but on first impression it is witty while making some serious points

Culture

Debut contemporary art show at Tai Kwun makes most of new venue

25 Jun 2018 - 1:39pm

Ashtanga yogi David Swenson enjoys himself while teaching a class during the Asia Yoga Conference at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Edmond So

Health & Wellness

This man helped introduce yoga to Hong Kong 30 years ago

20 Jun 2018 - 5:00pm

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people from China participating in workshops and classes at the Asia Yoga Conference in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Health & Wellness

A yoga who’s who showing their moves in Hong Kong in June

28 May 2018 - 11:09am

Tai Kwun in Central, Hong Kong. Picture: Sam Tsang

Opinion

Why is debut art show at former Central Police Station so hush-hush?

6 Apr 2018 - 10:42am

Asia’s largest contemporary art fair opens today and for those of you who are unable to visit, the Post’s digital interactive team have created a virtual tour with photos, interviews with artists and collectors, and other content

Culture

Take a virtual interactive tour around Art Basel Hong Kong

29 Mar 2018 - 4:50pm

The only Cantonese dramas in Hong Kong Arts Festival, Tang Chi-kin’s The Great Learning tells stories of Occupy Central protesters entering adulthood, and Doctrine of Happiness is a satire on them as parents, and works less well

Culture

Trilogy on Hong Kong protest aftermath should have stopped at two

19 Mar 2018 - 1:04pm

Characters in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

Post Magazine

Seconds out: Final Fantasy fight game landing in Hong Kong

5 Jan 2018 - 6:46pm 1

Divas from Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the Musical, which showed at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in October. Photo: Rachel Cheung

Culture

The best – and worst – of Hong Kong’s performing arts in 2017

29 Dec 2017 - 4:49pm

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won the top prize at The Game Awards 2017 in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Lifestyle

Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is 2017’s best game

8 Dec 2017 - 5:33pm

Detail from a photo Thomas Campbell posted of Salvator Mundi, a painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and auctioned for US$450 million, prior to its conservation. Photo: Courtesy of Instagram

Culture

Ex-Met director triggers war of words over US$450m Da Vinci

23 Nov 2017 - 6:22pm

The Nokia 3310 is back, and it is filled with all the nostalgic features from the 2000 edition.

Lifestyle

Nokia 3310 review: a nostalgia-packed, no-frills HK$568 phone

12 Nov 2017 - 6:27pm

Booster packs selling for HK$779 in mobile game Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire bestow players with things like new items, extra experience points and much more. Photo: May Tse

Lifestyle

Why I have spent thousands of dollars on a ‘free’ mobile game

29 Oct 2017 - 7:45pm 8

Priscilla Queen of the Desert is on at the Lyric Theatre in Wan Chai until October 22. Photo: Rachel Cheung

Culture

Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical will have you in stitches

29 Dec 2017 - 4:51pm

Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact. Photo: James Wendlinger

Lifestyle

Review: Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact – worthy successor to Z5

1 Oct 2017 - 6:11pm

New handset is a confident statement by Korean electronics giant after exploding-battery fiasco that sank Galaxy Note 7, brimming with useful and fun features

Lifestyle

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 phablet: giant memory, fun camera features

13 Sep 2017 - 7:40pm 3

Samsung was the first major manufacturer to bring a smartphone with edge-to-edge display to market, with the launch of the Galaxy S6 Edge in March 2015. Photo: Kevin Kwong

Lifestyle

The evolution of edge-to-edge phone display, from S6 Edge to iPhone X

13 Sep 2017 - 4:04pm

Apple is expected to unveil long anticipated iPhone 8 in California on September 12, days after new LG, Samsung and Sony models came out; Nokia is joining the fray with ‘bothie’ phone and Xiaomi with a bezel-free handset

Lifestyle

Premium smartphone battle heats up with Apple event, LG’s release

1 Sep 2017 - 3:46pm

For its upcoming season, the concert promoter will continue to present young and upcoming talent including cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan. Photo: courtesy of Premiere Performances of Hong Kong.

Music

Top international musicians to perform at free concert in Hong Kong

18 Aug 2017 - 6:03pm

Canto-pop singer Prudence Liew. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Music

Canto-pop star Prudence Liew on her upcoming Coliseum comeback shows

16 Aug 2017 - 5:19pm

The search for Hong Kong’s best fast-food fried chicken

Lifestyle

The search for Hong Kong’s best fast-food fried chicken

27 Jul 2017 - 11:21am 4

Some of the characters from the immensely popular Final Fantasy 15 are expected to make an appearance in A New Empire.

Lifestyle

Game review: FFXV New Empire - addictive, but it can be a grind

7 Jul 2017 - 9:45pm

The BlackBerry KeyOne smartphone was released this month in Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse

Lifestyle

Review: BlackBerry KeyOne a ‘workhorse’ smartphone

24 Jun 2017 - 7:46am

Septime Webre picked from 70 candidates to succeed Madeleine Onne, with ballet board impressed by his passion, energy and artistic vision; 55-year-old says he looks forward to growing the company’s impact locally and overseas

Culture

Ex-Washington Ballet artistic director to lead Hong Kong Ballet

14 Jun 2017 - 6:01pm 2

The Huawei 10 Plus smartphone (left) and the Samsung S8+ smartphone.

Lifestyle

The best phone camera? Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Huawei P10 Plus

1 Jun 2017 - 5:27pm 2

There was sniggering when Chinese opera venue at Hong Kong arts hub was named Xiqu Centre, given Putonghua word sounds in Cantonese like word for a woman’s private parts - now photos show entrance that looks like them

Culture

Hong Kong Chinese opera centre looks like woman’s private parts

1 Jun 2017 - 6:20am 25

Aoi Toba in the lead role of musical production Melodia. Photo: Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation

Culture

Review: Melodia raises the bar high for local productions

29 Dec 2017 - 4:51pm

Pianist Yuja Wang, cellist Jian Wang and conductors Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach and Vladimir Ashkenazy are all back, and Jaap van Zweden leads orchestra in Wagner’s Götterdammerung and a Bernstein celebration

Music

HKPhil announces impressive line-up for new season

28 Apr 2017 - 5:54pm

Photographer Antony Dickson puts three phone cameras through their paces in daylight and low light, and gives his professional verdict on which one produces the best images

Lifestyle

Which takes best photos: Huawei P10, LG G6 or Sony Xperia XZs?

7 Apr 2017 - 4:17pm

Detail from Shen Shaomin’s installation Summit (2009), showing the corpse of Kim Il-sung in a crystal coffin, at Art Basel Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse

Culture

Shock and awe: first impressions of Art Basel Hong Kong 2017

22 Mar 2017 - 10:51am

Straight Line, Landscape (2014) by Li Ming, at the .cn/.com show.

Culture

The top 10 exhibitions and events to see in Hong Kong Arts Month

24 Mar 2017 - 7:14pm

Google’s foray into making smartphones has yielded a debut model with impressive specs that offers welcome variety in a market dominated by Apple and Samsung

Lifestyle

World’s top 10 smartphones, starting with Google Pixel

10 Mar 2017 - 5:33pm 2

Venezuelan maestro to conduct Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s nine symphonies in November, two years after his acclaimed Asian debut in city; tickets selling fast

Music

Hong Kong makes date with Dudamel for Beethoven cycle

6 Mar 2017 - 5:22pm

Actors (from left) Poon Chan-leung, Yip Chun, Alan Yeung, Alice Lau and Shirlee Tsoi in a scene from All Out of Love. Photos: Yvonne Chan/Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Culture

Review: A Floating Family - A Trilogy is story of modern Hong Kong

29 Dec 2017 - 4:52pm

The Gabriels is a wonderful ensemble piece marked by outstanding acting and beautiful, poetic and funny writing

Culture

The Gabriels at Hong Kong Arts Fest – family life during US election

29 Dec 2017 - 4:51pm

Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 smartphone.

Lifestyle

Smartphone maker Huawei catching up on Samsung, Apple: study

24 Feb 2017 - 6:09pm 2

Since the idea was first proposed two decades ago, the West Kowloon Cultural District has been plagued by delays and controversy. But a visit to the site by Post Magazine shows that it may all be slowly coming together

Long Reads

Is the West Kowloon Cultural District finally taking shape?

23 Feb 2017 - 6:22pm 7

Food bloggers share their best shots of Lunar New Year dishes.

Food & Drink

Food photography tips from Hong Kong’s favourite bloggers

28 Jan 2017 - 2:59pm

Beijing-born founding director and visual arts professor at the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University was also an adviser for museums on Chinese painting and calligraphy

Culture

Hong Kong mourns revered artist and art historian Wan Qingli

24 Jan 2017 - 3:27pm

Don’t ram content down our throats based on your hunches, Facebook.

Short Reads

Facebook, stop feeding us shocking videos of animal cruelty

12 Jan 2017 - 6:02pm