From Art Basel and Art Central to smaller fairs, exhibitions and screenings, these are the must-sees in Hong Kong Art Week. If they look like a lot, don’t worry – some of them run all month and beyond.
French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin explains how helping artists realise their dreams once saw him dress up as male genitalia and why Hong Kong should make more effort to accommodate foreign galleries.
Chinese filmmaker and painter Yang Fudong explains the premise of his latest film, showing on the giant M+ facade, and why ‘abundant’ Hong Kong makes it the ideal city in which to shoot artistic movies.
The Hong Kong artist known for using shredded magazine paper to knit clothes tells Kate Whitehead how her unusual medium has helped her make a world of friends, and why she still writes love letters.
Cuban-born artist Wifredo Lam spent time in France and Spain in the 1920s and 30s, and his surreal paintings, given a solo show in Hong Kong for the first time, reflect his multicultural influences.
The president of Europe’s largest museum of Asian art, Paris’ Guimet, talks about restitution and repatriation, and the importance of collaboration, ahead of her panel discussion at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
A Hong Kong art gallery owner’s hilltop family home in the New Territories is a kaleidoscope of vibrant, fun artworks – every room inspires creativity and tells a different story.
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.
Yes, there’s the Sistine Chapel at The Vatican, but there’s more dazzling ceiling art to admire elsewhere, from Edinburgh to Kathmandu, in churches, a temple, a monastery, a mosque, a mansion and a museum.
For many Hong Kong POWs, the abundance of time the Japanese occupation afforded allowed latent artistic talents to blossom.
Having lived in Hong Kong from the 1990s until recently, our columnist shares his collection of paintings gathered during his time in a city often derisively referred to as a cultural desert.
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.
Luxury hotels vie to stand out from the pack through their art collections and programmes. Experts rate properties in Beijing, Hong Kong and Japan, but seem to agree two hotels are a cut above the rest.
From Martin Scorsese as Vincent van Gogh in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, to Kenji Sawada-led Yumeji and The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway, 10 of the best films made in Asia about artists and their art.
The practice of burying the dead with funerary objects began in China over 3,000 years ago. At first of bronze or clay, they were superseded by ceramic ‘sancai’ wares. Today these are coveted as ornaments.
