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The Affordable Art Fair 2026 will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai from May 14 to 17. Photo: Affordable Art Fair
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this rainy weekend, May 15-17

Check out the Affordable Art Fair, enjoy pickleball and Pilates to the sounds of Justin Bieber or get into the spirit at the Hong Kong Whisky Festival.

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Photographer’s snaps of 1970s Hong Kong given life by grandson 5 decades on

World of performing arts

A female Hamlet, a BMW-driving Hamlet: how Shakespeare’s play is having a moment

Art

Sex, desire and intimacy explored in Singapore art exhibition for over-18s

‘Passion is Volcanic’ at National Gallery Singapore focuses on the artistic expressions of sexual pleasures.

Dissolving into the Same Breath #3 (2024), by Taiwanese-Singaporean artist Lavender Chang, used long-exposure photography to capture two people engaging in intimacy. The piece is one of more than 70 works in National Gallery Singapore's “Passion is Volcanic" exhibition. Photo: National Gallery Singapore
Dissolving into the Same Breath #3 (2024), by Taiwanese-Singaporean artist Lavender Chang, used long-exposure photography to capture two people engaging in intimacy. The piece is one of more than 70 works in National Gallery Singapore's “Passion is Volcanic" exhibition. Photo: National Gallery Singapore
Art

Hong Kong wows the crowds to sleep at the 2026 Venice Biennale

The theme of the Biennale was to slow down enough to hear ignored voices, but Hong Kong’s pavilion might have taken things too far.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | East meets West as Opera Hong Kong’s Carmen takes place in 1970s Hong Kong

Opera Hong Kong’s bold Hong Kong-set Carmen reimagines Bizet’s classic with triad gangsters, Cantonese lines and electrifying performances.

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The Tai Po fire took this artist’s home and life’s work. Now she’s starting anew

Deaf artist Apple Tong, whose home and works were destroyed in the Wang Fuk Court fire, reveals how she is turning disaster into positivity.

Apple Tong, a celebrated deaf Hong Kong illustrator, poses for a portrait at the ADA Arts Hub in Cheung Sha Wan. She is using art to heal from the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po and to preserve the city’s vanishing heritage. Photo: Karma Lo
Apple Tong, a celebrated deaf Hong Kong illustrator, poses for a portrait at the ADA Arts Hub in Cheung Sha Wan. She is using art to heal from the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po and to preserve the city’s vanishing heritage. Photo: Karma Lo
World of performing arts

Pioneering South Korean soprano Sumi Jo joins K-pop label, sings with Exo’s Suho

Sumi Jo opens up on great moments in her 40-year career, her new album Continuum, and why she signed with K-pop label SM Entertainment.

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When London’s museums started losing visitors, they decided to get creative

Faced with falling visitor numbers, the British capital’s museums – both old and new – have a plan to win back the crowds. But will it work?

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Russia and Israel’s Venice Biennale participation is causing big problems

The jury has resigned, EU funding has been cut, there’s no Golden Lion prize. One curator says: ‘You can’t be neutral when people are dying’.

A group of Palestinians protest in front of the main entrance of the Venice Biennale on May 5, 2026. The event has come under fire for allowing Russia and Israel to take part, with both their leaders under investigation by the International Court of Justice. Photo: AP
Performing arts in Hong Kong

HK Phil’s compressed Ring cycle recording is Wagner made accessible

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of Wagner: The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure is a symphonic narrative of just over an hour.

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra’s Deutsche Grammophon recording of Henk de Vlieger’s Wagner: The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure compresses Wagner’s Ring cycle from 16 hours to just over an hour. Photo: courtesy of Universal Music Group
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra’s Deutsche Grammophon recording of Henk de Vlieger’s Wagner: The Ring – An Orchestral Adventure compresses Wagner’s Ring cycle from 16 hours to just over an hour. Photo: courtesy of Universal Music Group
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Gardens of China and Europe juxtaposed in spectacular Hong Kong exhibition

A new exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art features works including Monet’s water lilies and Qing dynasty masterpieces.

Art

Asian-American artists shine at US fair amid ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric

Artists including Leland Wong and Liu Tianlian featured at the San Francisco Art Fair whose group exhibition focused on the local Chinatown.

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How Hong Kong’s 91-year-old Haw Par Mansion will transform into new cultural hub

Once the anchor of the iconic Tiger Balm Garden, the restored Grade 1 historic building will start a new chapter as Villa Haw Par this year.

Located on Tai Hang Road above Causeway Bay, Haw Par Mansion was built in 1935 and was once the site of the Tiger Balm Garden, a sprawling estate and theme park built by the Tiger Balm family. Photo: Edmond So
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong on Labour Day weekend, May 1-3

Hunt for rare Pokemon cards, savour French wine and cheese, shop for antiques, enjoy a Cantopop Pilates party or watch Aaron Kwok’s new film.

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PokeFest 2, Hong Kong's largest dedicated Pokemon card expo, will take place at D2 Place One mall in Lai Chi Kok from May 1 to 3, 2026. It is one of many things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, alongside enjoying food and wine at French GourMay, watching Cold War 1994 and more.
PokeFest 2, Hong Kong's largest dedicated Pokemon card expo, will take place at D2 Place One mall in Lai Chi Kok from May 1 to 3, 2026. It is one of many things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, alongside enjoying food and wine at French GourMay, watching Cold War 1994 and more.
Art

Why Lacma’s new US$724 million David Geffen Galleries space flows like oceans

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building encourages accidental interactions with artwork that visitors often ignore.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Yo-Yo Ma, Gustavo Dudamel among stars of HK Phil’s 2026-27 season

Nobuyuki Tsujii and Eric Lu also feature in a top line-up for Tarmo Peltokoski’s first season as the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s music director.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

The ‘brutal, horrific’ thrills of Tarmo Peltokoski’s HK Phil concert

Shostakovich’s Symphony No 11 was brought to life in ways that left listeners in a state of shell-shock.

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No 11 in G minor during a Hong Kong Philharmonic concert on April 24, 2026. Photo: Keith Hiro/HK Phil
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts Shostakovich’s Symphony No 11 in G minor during a Hong Kong Philharmonic concert on April 24, 2026. Photo: Keith Hiro/HK Phil
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Incredible works of Wu Guanzhong reimagined in Hong Kong dance crossover

Featuring music by Cantopop star Ivana Wong, the Hong Kong Dance Company’s new cross-disciplinary production explores Wu’s visual language.

World of performing arts

Find classical music and opera boring? Hong Kong production aims to change that

A new production aims to make classical music accessible and engaging by fusing opera, contemporary dance, theatre and media art.

Art

Singapore’s Amanda Heng on making feminist art in a country that wasn’t ready for it

Amanda Heng talks about engaging with the public through art since the 1980s and why her installation at Venice Biennale is all about rest.

Amanda Heng at Art SG 2026. The Singaporean artist will represent her country at the 2026 Venice Biennale in May. Photo: Instagram/stpi_singapore
World of performing arts

‘Bad boy of classical music’, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, dies at 81

Former child prodigy Michael Tilson Thomas led many of the world’s top orchestras, including 25 years with the San Francisco Symphony.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’s Symphony No 2 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on March 24, 2015. The renowned conductor has died at the age of 81. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’s Symphony No 2 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on March 24, 2015. The renowned conductor has died at the age of 81. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS
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‘Real bodies’: Met Gala fashion exhibits show shapes rarely seen on catwalks

The coming spring exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum will feature mannequins representing pregnant, disabled and other body types.

Art

‘Raw honesty’: new museum preserves Thai-Chinese art rebel’s remarkable legacy

The Tang Chang Private Museum opens on May 1 as the Bangkok-born artist’s family aims to show the world his work before it’s too late.

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Midea Group scion’s Shunde art museum shifts focus to amplify local voices

New projects at the He Art Museum, opened by the owners of Chinese appliance giant Midea, explore complex realities born of societal shifts.

“At least There is Love” by Li Jinghu, an installation of street lamps forming a heart shape, seen here in front of a building owned by Midea Group, the conglomerate behind He Art Museum in Shunde, Guangdon province. (Photo:Cheung Hokhang)
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