Arts & Music

Songwriters (from left) Gaston Pong, Chris James, and Chiyo, who were in Hong Kong recently. Photo: Gaston Pong, Chris James, Chiyo

Why China will be Asia’s next music hub, according to global hitmakers

A recent songwriting camp in Hong Kong brought Chris James, Gaston Pong and Chiyo – who between them have written for BTS, Tia Ray, and Priscilla Abby – to create all-but-guaranteed chart-toppers.

29 Apr 2024 - 3:46PM
Tonkatsu – deep-fried breadcrumbed pork cutlet. The name of the dish is one of 23 Japanese words newly entered in the Oxford English Dictionary. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Language Matters | Japanese ‘katsu’, from English ‘cutlet’, now English word in its own right

Among Japanese origin added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2024 is katsu, a ‘boomerang word’ – one the Japanese borrowed from English in the first place.

27 Apr 2024 - 7:59AM
Makayla Ng, Hong Kong fashion designer and founder of plus-size label Fashion Corner Plus, discovered DPR Ian and his debut album Moodswings in This Order in 2021. Photo:  Fashion Corner Plus

Plus-size fashion designer on how DPR Ian helped get her strength back

Makayla Ng, Hong Kong fashion designer and founder of plus-size label Fashion Corner Plus, reveals how Korean-Australian musician DPR Ian’s EP Moodswings in This Order helped her accept who she was.

25 Apr 2024 - 6:15PM
The DJ team behind Möth Agency, a collective aimed at creating safe spaces for Hong Kong’s queer and alternative communities to enjoy alternative music. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Music for ‘the weirdos’: meet the DJs of LGBTQ collective Möth Agency

Möth Agency evolved to fill a gap in Hong Kong’s dance music scene, one of the DJs leading it says, but its mission extends to providing social welfare and solidarity for people who feel marginalised.

25 Apr 2024 - 5:15PM
Detail from Cave of Avoidance (Not Yours), part of Trevor Yeung’s “Courtyard of
Attachments” exhibition representing Hong Kong at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio

Review | Fishing for meaning in rows of empty aquariums at Venice Biennale

Hong Kong artist Trevor Yeung’s aquarium installations at the Venice Biennale are devoid of fish. Post Magazine finds out why.

27 Apr 2024 - 5:41PM
Richard Jobson, frontman of 1970s Scottish punk outfit Skids, who are playing their first Hong Kong gig on April 30. Photo: Skids

‘My favourite place’: Skids singer Richard Jobson excited to play Hong Kong

Scottish punk rockers Skids are playing their first Hong Kong gig on April 30. Frontman Richard Jobson, who can’t wait to perform in his favourite city, talks about starting out in music aged 16 in 1977.

22 Apr 2024 - 5:33PM
Jaap van Zweden conducts the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a concert in Basel, Switzerland. Photo: Desmond Chan/HK Phil

Like a school trip for grown-ups: Hong Kong Philharmonic tours Europe

Named orchestra of the year in 2019, HK Phil planned a tour to capitalise on the accolade, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed it. Five years later it finally set off. Post Magazine went along for the ride.

22 Apr 2024 - 2:33PM
Patricia Ho, who helps marginalised groups such as refugees and human trafficking victims both in her role as a
human rights lawyer and as the founder of NGO the Hong Kong Dignity Institute.. Photo: Patricia Ho

The painting that changed this human rights lawyer’s life

Hong Kong human rights lawyer and charity founder Patricia Ho explains how The Dive, by New Zealand-born Veronica Green, continues to empower her years after she fell in love with it at an art fair.

17 Apr 2024 - 5:15PM
Leo1Bee grew up in northeast China and attended Peking University before joining the Berklee College of Music. He talks about his album Wilderness. Photo: Leo1Bee

Leo1Bee on his new album Wilderness and redefining Chinese R&B

Leo1Bee, the artist behind conceptual record Wilderness, talks about his influences, love of R&B and why his latest album is his critique of society that has been a long time in the making.

17 Apr 2024 - 12:15PM
Trevor Yeung’s “Soft Breath” exhibition at Para Site in Hong Kong links a London gay cruising hotspot with Hong Kong’s sacred Lam Tseun Wishing Tree. Photo: Ray Leung

Gay cruising spot or sacred Hong Kong wishing tree? This art is both

What have a London gay cruising hotspot and Hong Kong’s sacred Lam Tseun Wishing Tree got in common? Get down to artist Trevor Yeung’s ‘Soft Breath’ art exhibition at Para Site to find out.

16 Apr 2024 - 5:15PM
Flower Drum Song was the first Hollywood film with a mostly Asian cast. From left: Kam Tong, Miyoshi Umeki, James Shigeta, Nancy Kwan and Victor Sen Yung in a lobby card for Flower Drum Song. Photo: Getty Images

Why did the first Hollywood film with a mostly Asian cast flop?

Flower Drum Song (1961), the first Hollywood film with a mostly Asian cast, was a rare box-office dud for Rodgers and Hammerstein. Was it a coincidence? We look back at the groundbreaking musical.

15 Apr 2024 - 4:15AM
Ink artist T.K. Chan, a co-founder of Hong Kong’s Blink Gallery, is inspired by Chinese artist Water Poon’s innovative ink paintings. Her own works focus on cuteness and incorporate the blending of ink strokes with various shades of ink.

How this ink artist learned to be bold and break the rules

Ink artist T.K. Chan, a co-founder of Hong Kong’s Blink Gallery, explains how Chinese artist Water Poon’s innovative ink paintings, especially Get Together (2015), changed her life.

11 Apr 2024 - 4:15PM
A non-verbal adaptation of King Lear performed by an all-female cast from Hong Kong and Romania will feature in the Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, along with other reinterpretations of The Bard’s plays by troupes from around the world. Photo: Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio

Hong Kong to host Asia’s first international Shakespeare festival

In an Asian first, the Hong Kong International Shakespeare Festival, taking place in June, will see works by the British playwright reinterpreted by troupes from Romania to the UK to South Korea.

10 Apr 2024 - 11:24AM
Seeman with Jacky Cheung, the Cantopop star for whom she has written several songs. Photo: Facebook/Roxanne Seeman

Profile | She’s written songs for everyone from the Jackson 5 to Jacky Cheung

Roxanne Seeman has written for Barbra Streisand, The Jacksons and Phil Collins among others. Now she is penning Cantopop and Mandopop songs. The New Yorker reveals what shaped her Chinese sensibilities.

5 Apr 2024 - 7:33AM
Interior of the Lin Fa Kung Temple in Tai Hang. Photo: Jonathan Wong

‘Lotus rock’ temple in Tai Hang, Hong Kong, where worshippers seek mercy

In a quiet corner of Tai Hang, the Lin Fa Kung Temple has been providing solace and serenity to residents of the urban village since 1863.

2 Apr 2024 - 3:37PM
Slowdive members at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo. The British shoegaze pioneers sat down with the Post ahead of their recent concert to talk about changing with age, their musical tastes and creative process. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Shoegaze pioneers Slowdive on how success ‘feels different’ now

Ahead of their recent Hong Kong show, British shoegaze band Slowdive sat down with the Post to talk about how getting older has changed them, their musical tastes and creative process.

30 Mar 2024 - 5:15PM
Filipino-Chinese artist MM Yu holds her first solo exhibition, Tracings, in Hong Kong from March 28-April 28, 2024.  Photo courtesy of  MM Yu

Filipino artist explores her ‘Chineseness’ in Hong Kong show Tracings

Manila-born Filipino-Chinese artist MM Yu didn’t fit in growing up, and turned to art to document everyday life. In her first Hong Kong solo exhibition, she recreates her past to explore her identity.

29 Mar 2024 - 12:45PM
British sculptor Henry Moore’s life was celebrated in an exhibition in Hong Kong in 1986, opened by the Duchess of Kent (above), and an extensive catalogue, published in Chinese and English in 1987. Photo: SCMP

When sculptor Henry Moore was celebrated in a Hong Kong exhibition

British sculptor Henry Moore’s life and work was celebrated in an exhibition in Hong Kong in 1986, opened by the Duchess of Kent, and an extensive catalogue published in Chinese and English in 1987.

28 Mar 2024 - 11:15AM
Indonesian duo Senyawa will present a live music installation at this year’s Tai Kwun Artists’ Night. Photo: Tai Kwun

Asian artists provide feast for the senses at Tai Kwun Artists’ Night

Artist’s Night at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun heritage arts centre spotlights three Asian artists, as well as one South African, in an eclectic programme featuring sonic and visual installations.

27 Mar 2024 - 5:17PM
Bank of China Tower (left) in Hong Kong, designed by architect I.M. Pei. Photo: Shutterstock

How I.M. Pei’s Bank of China Tower changed this architect’s life

I.M. Pei’s distinctive, angular Bank of China Tower, in Hong Kong, was a heavy influence on architect and artist Raymond Fung, who recalls seeing it under construction and later working for Pei.

27 Mar 2024 - 7:15AM