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Without Hong Kong’s thriving entertainment industry and open culture, the genius and creativity of the literary giant and his martial arts epics would have no chance to shine.

While Hong Kong’s creative industries are not quite the ‘Oriental Hollywood’ they once were, it is important to invest in this key economic pillar and foster cultural identity.

Nearly 30 overseas arts and cultural institutions are expected to sign agreements with the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in March, with more art exhibits and performances to follow.

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With a design district flourishing in the Qatari capital, Doha, and a cultural district being built, Shaika Nasser Al-Nassr, director of the Museum of Islamic Art, looks forward to meeting peers in Hong Kong.

Conceptual artist Glenn Ligon’s first Greater China solo show features his paintings of text rendered illegible that explore the complexities of being a black artist, and the post-truth world of ‘fake news’.

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Ahead of her first Hong Kong exhibition, ArtisTree Selects: Enchanted Forest, Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos talks about how the city inspires her, and her painstaking creative process.

The ‘Thinking About Monet’ exhibition marks the first time Daniel Brush’s work is presented as a body of work in Japan, thanks to Van Cleef & Arpels’ L’École School of Jewelry Arts

The Biennale of Sydney art exhibition, Ten Thousand Suns, is a celebration of diversity, with works by 96 artists from 53 nations, many of whom are relatively unknown on the global arts scene.

Two-metre-tall statues of characters from the works of Cha, also known as Jin Yong, on display at Edinburgh Place in Central and Heritage Museum in Sha Tin.

Authorities expect more than 2 million people to visit five installations, two of which will be on Hong Kong Island and three in Kowloon between March 25 and June 2.

The Supper Club, which will run at Hong Kong’s Fringe Club for six nights at the end of March, coinciding with Art Basel, will present art more casually than at the international fair.

The Gourmand’s Lemon celebrates a fruit that has inspired designers, writers and artists – as well as chefs – all the way back to the ancient Egyptians

A Korean artist born in Japan channels childhood trauma for her work, including chandeliers she creates by upcycling discarded items including toys and dolls.

The pixellated work of French street artist Invader is more prominent than ever in Paris as the 2024 Olympics loom, leading some to wonder what else he has in store as millions ‘invade’ the city this summer.

Performed at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Van Gogh in Me is a multimedia display of music and visual art by the Netherlands Chamber Choir using works by Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Saint-Saëns and more.

Organisers of the inaugural Art Week Shenzhen hope to capitalise on the presence of international collectors who will be attending Art Basel Hong Kong in the same week just across the border.

German museums have begun to research the provenance of their vast collections of imperial Chinese artefacts in an attempt to identify items that were looted amid the chaos of the Boxer war.

The inaugural WestK FunFest, at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District this spring, will feature a range of Cantonese Opera events among its diverse 150-programme schedule, to promote the art form.

Ida Lam worked on the first Festival of Arts with the Disabled, in 1986, and was moved by the way it championed people with mental and physical disabilities, who often faced discrimination in the city.

Post cartoonist Harry Harrison is back with his annual Lunar New Year auction of original illustrations, this time paying homage to the Year of the Dragon – but why did Messi mess things up for him?

The focus of Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, which will feature 243 galleries, will be on young people who are ‘now taking power’ and educating older generations on how to collect art, the fair’s director says.

Influential art figure Yeewan Koon, associate professor and chair of the University of Hong Kong’s art history department, talks about overcoming adversity and her book on Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara.

Singaporean director Tan Pin Pin reflects on her 30 years of putting Singapore on film and the motivation behind her new documentary, walk walk, which explores the significance of walking beyond exercise.

American visual artist Sarah Morris’ new film ‘ETC’ – which is being screened on the facade of M+ until March 17 – displays her unique artistic language in offering an outsider’s depiction of Hong Kong.