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Flower markets and other Greater Bay Area cultural events in February 2026
Check out our list of some of the best arts and culture events in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Macau coming up in February.
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The National Ballet of China return to Hong Kong with a dazzling Giselle
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Tourism
Exhibition of love letters from history, from spies to poets and royalty
25 Jan 2026 - 4:15PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 23-25
A huge wellness expo, a luxury pop-up bar, a reimagined classic holiday ballet and more await Hongkongers this weekend.
23 Jan 2026 - 11:07AM
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Vitality Living Asia is back from January 23 to 25 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Chinese culture
World’s first Chinese rosewood cello stars in Hong Kong exhibition
Made over six months from a 200-year-old piece of Chinese rosewood, or huanghuali, the cello is now on show at Sheung Wan’s Liang Yi Museum.
20 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
Performing arts in Hong Kong
Singaporean musician living with OCD uses toy pianos to tell her story
Margaret Leng Tan talks about weird instruments and ‘the magic of timing’, following her Hong Kong performance of ‘Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep’.
21 Jan 2026 - 10:45AM
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Chinese culture
This remote Chinese minority uses horsetail hair to create beautiful embroidery
A craft passed down for thousands of years, the horsetail embroidery of China’s Shui people is deemed a local intangible cultural heritage.
19 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
A Shui minority woman embroiders with horsetail in Sandu Shui Autonomous County in China’s Guizhou province. Shui minority women can spend months or even years making a piece of horsetail embroidery, which is used as decoration on clothes, shoes, wallets and more. Photo: Visual China Group via Getty Images
Art
Beijing artist Bingyi reimagines history in ink for her solo show in Hong Kong
In her solo exhibition, ‘Taihang Rhapsody’, at Asia Society Hong Kong, the Yale University-educated artist challenges Western conventions.
19 Jan 2026 - 4:19PM
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Performing arts in Hong Kong
Hong Kong composer’s unusual journey from finance to writing Cantonese musicals
Lora Chow’s musical Dr Clown will feature at the coming Fringe Festival in Hong Kong. We look at her eclectic career path, driven by passion.
19 Jan 2026 - 10:07AM
World of performing arts
The new generation of talented leaders taking centre stage at Royal Opera House
Hrusa takes over from Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera’s music director for 22 years; Scappucci is first principal guest conductor in 30 years.
17 Jan 2026 - 12:15PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 16-18
Loosen up for the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, shop discounted home goods, enjoy special-edition buns and more this weekend.
16 Jan 2026 - 10:55AM
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Women-focused running club She Runs Collective will host a session on January 17 to help runners prepare for the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. There is also plenty on this weekend for non-runners, from a printing exhibition to a special-edition barbecue bun set at some branches of Tim Ho Wan.
Tourism
‘Unabashed nationalism’? Louvre increases ticket prices for non-Europeans
Debate about so-called ‘dual pricing’ is raging as France hikes prices for non-Europeans visiting the Louvre by 45 per cent this week.
15 Jan 2026 - 5:15PM
Fashion
Wicked stars’ incredible costumes among exhibits at Oscar winner’s new show
Costume designer Paul Tazewell’s Chicago exhibition features his designs for Wicked’s Glinda and Elphaba, Hamilton, West Side Story and more.
14 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
Art
Hong Kong artist challenges labels surrounding disability in new show
In ‘Decolonising Madness’ at Eaton HK, Sophie Cheung explores colonial-era definitions of ‘mental incapacity’ that still inform laws.
15 Jan 2026 - 11:57AM
Art
Hong Kong artist’s ceramic forest inspired by old Shanghai’s wooden staircases
At the Shanghai Biennale, Jaffa Lam explores the climate crisis and community with her Longquan-celadon-style ceramic columns.
13 Jan 2026 - 4:15PM
“Windbreak” (2025), by Jaffa Lam, an installation of ceramic columns, is part of the 15th Shanghai Biennale that runs until March 31, 2026, at the Power Station of Art in Huangpu. Photo: Jaffa Lam and Shanghai Biennale
Art
Damien Hirst and Do-ho Suh among top artists showing in Seoul in 2026
Seoul’s 2026 art scene will also see the opening of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha Seoul and the return of the Gwangju and Busan biennales.
13 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM
Art
A father dies before his art museum is finished. His son achieves his dream
Thai collector Petch Osathanugrah died in 2023 before he could finish Dib Bangkok, but his son recently opened the 7,000 square metre space.
14 Jan 2026 - 4:17PM
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Art
New art fair to offer Taipei and Hong Kong ‘a different kind of experience’
Pavilion offers a slower alternative to the ‘hyper-accelerated pace’ of Asia’s big contemporary art fairs, says one of its co-founders.
13 Jan 2026 - 9:35AM
Pavilion co-founders Ysabelle Cheung (left) and Willem Molesworth (right) with Pavilion Taipei partner Michelle Hsieh. The new art fair, opening in Taipei on January 22, will provide a “more in-depth” art-viewing experience, meeting a need that the founders believe bigger events have “struggled to satisfy”. Photo: courtesy of Pavilion
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UCCA’s Philip Tinari named new head of art at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun
American-born curator Philip Tinari, long-time head of Beijing’s UCCA Centre for Contemporary Art, is set to replace Pi Li.
13 Jan 2026 - 10:05AM
World of performing arts
Frozen, Spirited Away among shows lighting up Seoul’s theatre stages in 2026
Broadway imports Hell’s Kitchen and Lempicka, novel adaptation Arang and musical Six also among the South Korean capital’s highlights.
11 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM
Art
Hong Kong’s women tattoo artists who draw on Chinese culture to ink differently
These artists channel elements of Chinese painting, calligraphy and Buddhism through their needles in a new form of ‘poetic expression’.
6 Jan 2026 - 5:22PM
Art
Artist’s digital clones spark identity crisis in Hong Kong exhibition
Digital art pioneer Lau Wai explores identity and technology in a short-film screening at the Hong Kong Design Institute.
6 Jan 2026 - 12:18PM
Artist Lau Wai is pictured in front of W.A.I – The Cast of the Invisible, a short film by the artist that is being screened as part of a new exhibition at the Hong Kong Design Institute. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Performing arts in Hong Kong
New Hong Kong street dance festival aims to change ‘troubled kid’ stereotype
Hong Kong’s Flo Fest will see performances from eight emerging local choreographers as well as from Ivan Michael Blackstock and The Ruggeds.
5 Jan 2026 - 6:37PM
Chinese culture
‘I’d lie on the floor and cry’: Peking opera actress on the art’s challenges
Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting performs poses that can take months to perfect, and leave more than a few bruises.
5 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
Chinese culture
For Shanghai’s elderly, dancing ‘makes us feel we still have value’
Shanghai’s elderly are flocking to the city’s dance halls for exercise, socialising and entertainment, with some venues open as early as 6am.
4 Jan 2026 - 5:15PM
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