https://www.scmp.com/rss/324220/feed News and insight on trends in fine art, art auctions and leading artists en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Peter Shadbolt Peter Shadbolt Taking the temperature of the Hong Kong art market is rarely straightforward. While aggregate sales suggest cooling momentum, the resilience of blue-chip works – including the recent high-profile sale of The Great Wave off Kanagawa – shows that demand at the very top remains intact. In November 2025, a rare impression of Katsushika Hokusai’s Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as The Great Wave, sold for a record US$2.8 million (HK$21.7 million) at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. The result was all... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3351635/hong-kongs-art-market-resilience-proven-great-waves-us28-million-sale?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3351635/hong-kongs-art-market-resilience-proven-great-waves-us28-million-sale?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:16 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century – a bridge-builder who combined traditional ink painting with the bold abstraction of Western modernism. Later this month, the Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDance) will explore his visual language in the cross-disciplinary Grand Dance Poem In Between – Wu Guanzhong’s Ink Odyssey. Co-presented with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and co-organised by the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA),... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3351519/incredible-works-wu-guanzhong-reimagined-hong-kong-dance-crossover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3351519/incredible-works-wu-guanzhong-reimagined-hong-kong-dance-crossover?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Macau has always embodied dialogue between East and West. As one of Macau’s landmark cultural destinations – and the only museum in the region built entirely around the Silk Road – Poly MGM Museum’s “Silk Roads Beyond Borders” enters a fresh phase with three major additions. New Italian and Persian treasures make their Asia debut, illuminating centuries of exchange. Macau’s history as a major node of the Maritime Silk Road gives that mission a natural foundation. “That gives our work a level of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3351144/style-edit-poly-mgm-museums-silk-roads-beyond-borders-adds-european-masterpieces?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3351144/style-edit-poly-mgm-museums-silk-roads-beyond-borders-adds-european-masterpieces?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:38:03 +0000 Payal Uttam Payal Uttam Since the late 1980s, Singaporean artist Amanda Heng Liang Ngim has invited the public to participate in unusual performances. In Singapore, Tokyo and Paris, people have joined her in walking barefoot backwards through the city streets with high-heeled shoes stuffed in their mouths to protest unfair beauty standards. In other instances, they have joined Heng for more intimate gatherings, where they help her peel raw bean sprouts and chat over tea. “Today you call that community building, but for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3351321/singapores-amanda-heng-making-feminist-art-country-wasnt-ready-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3351321/singapores-amanda-heng-making-feminist-art-country-wasnt-ready-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:15:08 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu Fret not if you did not manage to secure HK$30 (US$3.80) tickets for this year’s Hong Kong Cinema Day, as there are still plenty of events in the city to fill up your weekend itinerary. From time-limited menus of sweet treats to fun fitness events with some fluffy company, no weekend in Hong Kong will be dull. Here are five things to do in Hong Kong this weekend. 1. Dog Adoption Day: Puppy Yoga On Saturday, April 25, The Hive Sai Kung will host a fitness session alongside animal welfare... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3351074/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-april-24-26?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3351074/5-best-things-do-hong-kong-weekend-april-24-26?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:45:08 +0000 Aidyn Fitzpatrick Aidyn Fitzpatrick At Milan Design Week, it can sometimes feel as though every brand is vying to launch the biggest installation or exhibition in town. Much of the action centres on the Brera district, where its showrooms, galleries and installations draw a steady flow of designers, buyers and style enthusiasts. At the same time, the area’s courtyards and heritage buildings can become intimate counterpoints to the buzz of the main fair, offering visitors a chance to slow down and experience design at a more human... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3350806/style-edit-loro-piana-explores-art-plaid-milan-design-week-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3350806/style-edit-loro-piana-explores-art-plaid-milan-design-week-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:48:11 +0000 Amanda Sheppard Amanda Sheppard Every year when Art Basel Hong Kong opens its doors, Hong Kong once again assumes its role as East Asia’s art world crossroads. Collectors, gallerists and curators from across the region converge on the city, reinforcing a perception that Hong Kong remains Asia’s most globally integrated art market. But beneath the spectacle lies a more nuanced question. What is Hong Kong’s position within an increasingly multicentred East Asian art ecosystem? From the vantage point of Asia Art Archive (AAA),... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3350942/hong-kongs-rise-east-asias-thriving-art-hub?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3350942/hong-kongs-rise-east-asias-thriving-art-hub?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:14 +0000 Enid Tsui Enid Tsui There was never any doubt that Nawapooh Sae-tang, the grandson of the late Bangkok-born artist Tang Chang, would inherit the family business of protecting and promoting his legacy. “My father had told me from a young age that as his eldest son, I would have to be involved in the running of the estate,” he says ahead of the May 1 opening of the Tang Chang Private Museum in Nakhon Pathom, an hour outside the Thai capital. It might not have been his choice, but Nawapooh has blossomed into a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350850/new-tang-chang-art-museum-thailand-preserves-thai-chinese-art-rebels-remarkable-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350850/new-tang-chang-art-museum-thailand-preserves-thai-chinese-art-rebels-remarkable-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:15:10 +0000 Cheung Hok-hang Cheung Hok-hang Ahead of Art Basel and the slew of buzzy satellite events that made up Hong Kong art week in March, many international art enthusiasts headed to the He Art Museum in Shunde, over the border in mainland China’s Guangdong province. The private museum was opened in 2020 by the He family, who own Midea Group, the world’s biggest home appliance maker. Housed inside an elegant building designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando that resembles a stack of discs, the museum has become a regular stop for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350669/shundes-he-art-museum-pivots-carrying-family-legacy-amplifying-local-voices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350669/shundes-he-art-museum-pivots-carrying-family-legacy-amplifying-local-voices?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Ilaria Maria Sala Ilaria Maria Sala “Remembrance”, the title of the solo show at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery dedicated to Dinh Q. Le and curated by writer David Elliott, can be read in two ways. The most pointed one, as intended by its curator, is as a tribute to the work of this exceptional Vietnamese-American artist, who died in 2024. But a significant thread of remembrance also runs through Le’s work in his constant reflections on the Vietnam war (1955-75) and its ongoing aftermath. “In Vietnam, it’s called the American war,”... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350410/vietnamese-american-artist-dinh-q-les-war-themed-works-stir-painful-parallels-today?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3350410/vietnamese-american-artist-dinh-q-les-war-themed-works-stir-painful-parallels-today?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre In 2015, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts acquired a piece of prime real estate in the heart of Amsterdam. Located on the Prinsengracht in the city’s historic Canal District, the landmark building began its life as an orphanage in 1665, before becoming the Palace of Justice in the 1820s. After being vacated in 2010, it fell into disrepair and was occupied by squatters – but in 2015, the Hong Kong-based hospitality company became its new owner. It took almost 10 years to bring the neoclassical building... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/travel-hotels/article/3350317/rosewood-amsterdam-blends-luxury-and-heritage-heart-dutch-capital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/travel-hotels/article/3350317/rosewood-amsterdam-blends-luxury-and-heritage-heart-dutch-capital?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:09 +0000 Francesca Fearon Francesca Fearon In November 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the most exciting discoveries of the modern era when he opened the tomb of the young King Tutankhamen, to find that all its precious 3,200-year-old treasure lay intact within. Now, a century later, those treasures along with others spanning 7,000 years of human history are being displayed together in the new six-storey Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt. Wandering around the museum, Egyptian jewellery designers, Amina Ghali and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/jewellery/article/3350465/100-years-after-king-tuts-discovery-ancient-egypt-inspires-new-wave-jewellery-design?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/jewellery/article/3350465/100-years-after-king-tuts-discovery-ancient-egypt-inspires-new-wave-jewellery-design?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:00:14 +0000 Natasha Tang Natasha Tang In Hong Kong, where space is always at a premium, the best dining rooms are often the ones that understand how much a meal is impacted by its surroundings. Lighting, table size, chair height and furniture layout all start shaping your experience before the first plate arrives. Thoughtful execution lends a sense of ease and generosity, while less considered choices can distract from even capable cooking. At Dieci, those choices are woven into the experience from the moment you walk in. Upon... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3350245/why-thoughtful-restaurant-design-so-important-even-dense-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3350245/why-thoughtful-restaurant-design-so-important-even-dense-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Gloria Fung Gloria Fung From being the industrial hub of Hong Kong Island’s south side to its transformation into a commercial and residential district, Wong Chuk Hang is one of the city’s key contemporary art hubs. Galleries like Sin Sin Fine Art, Ben Brown Fine Arts have called the neighbourhood home for close to two decades; these intimate gallery spaces make up a tight-knit art community, numbering around 26 galleries and art institutions (and growing). Wong Chuk Hang, with its relatively affordable rent and... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3350111/how-wong-chuk-hang-became-hong-kongs-answer-beijings-798?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3350111/how-wong-chuk-hang-became-hong-kongs-answer-beijings-798?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:15:11 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A Parisian man could not believe his luck on Tuesday when he found out he had won a Pablo Picasso painting worth US$1 million with a US$117 raffle ticket. “How do I check that it’s not a hoax?” said Ari Hodara, 58, after organisers called him following the draw at Christie’s auction house in the French capital. Hodara described himself as an art amateur fond of Picasso and said he bought his ticket over the weekend after finding out about the charity raffle by chance during a meal in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350098/stunned-frenchman-wins-us1-million-picasso-us117-raffle-ticket?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3350098/stunned-frenchman-wins-us1-million-picasso-us117-raffle-ticket?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:44:51 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu At first glance, Natalia Jagielska’s workspace looks like a clash between a scholarly science laboratory and a whimsical art studio. On one hand, she studies reconstructions of 200-million-year-old dinosaurs; on the other, she creates “cute” digital sketches of Jurassic-era creatures. For Jagielska, a 28-year-old postdoctoral researcher in palaeontology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the two worlds are inseparable. Apart from research, she also works as a freelance illustrator... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3349977/how-hong-kong-dinosaur-expert-making-her-mark-what-was-gentlemans-science?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3349977/how-hong-kong-dinosaur-expert-making-her-mark-what-was-gentlemans-science?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:15:08 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung In January, the American-born artist Nissa Kauppila was accepted into the Hong Kong Artists Association, a professional organisation founded in 2014 to promote traditional Chinese culture, becoming the first non-ethnic-Chinese practitioner admitted into its midst. The association chairman, Lam Tianxing, an ink painter, has high praise for the 43-year-old Lantau Island resident. “When I first saw her work, I was particularly impressed,” he says. “She possesses exquisite painting skills while... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349828/hong-kong-artists-associations-first-non-chinese-inductee-leaving-legacy-beauty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349828/hong-kong-artists-associations-first-non-chinese-inductee-leaving-legacy-beauty?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:15:06 +0000 Carolyn Yim Carolyn Yim Hong Kong is navigating a period of significant economic transition. The city is seeing a surge in family offices. It is an offshore renminbi hub and has one of the world’s most meaningful capital markets. However, it needs systemic change to attract and retain top talent, bring the Hong Kong diaspora back home and lure high-spending tourists. While our capital infrastructure is strong, our cultural infrastructure demands urgent attention. As outlined in China’s 15th five-year plan, the central... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3349328/why-securing-hong-kongs-economic-future-cultural-question?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3349328/why-securing-hong-kongs-economic-future-cultural-question?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:30:08 +0000 Melissa Twigg Melissa Twigg In 2018, my house in London was broken into and quite a few things were stolen. At the time, these losses conjoined into one upsetting blur – but over the years I stopped caring about most of them: the laptops and iPads have long been replaced, as have my bike and radio, and the clothes would no longer be particularly fashionable even if they were still hanging in my wardrobe. There is, however, one item that I have struggled to forget about: a necklace filled with individually chosen charms... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3348802/why-charm-jewellery-remains-timeless-way-wear-your-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3348802/why-charm-jewellery-remains-timeless-way-wear-your-story?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:00:16 +0000 Enid Tsui Enid Tsui White gloves are traditionally given to an auctioneer if every single lot in a sale finds a buyer, a ceremonial touch that adds to the drama of these infrequent events. In March, during Hong Kong art week, the city saw two “white glove” auctions, which certainly raised hope that its multi-year auction market slump is finally over. The first of these milestone events occurred on March 27, when Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale was 100 per cent sold. The auction was led by Gerhard... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349243/sold-out-auctions-suggest-hong-kongs-art-market-back-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349243/sold-out-auctions-suggest-hong-kongs-art-market-back-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:15:10 +0000 Wilson Lau Wilson Lau Hong Kong’s art auctions in 2025 saw a shift to quality and selectivity, with Picasso and Nara works leading high-profile sales. Hong Kong’s live auction market opened 2025 with a striking sense of momentum, defined by breadth, competition and a confident interplay between modern, contemporary and classical Chinese art. By autumn, however, that early exuberance had evolved into something more deliberate. A maturing market – buoyed by regional optimism yet sharpened by global realities – shifted... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348602/how-picasso-and-nara-are-driving-hong-kongs-live-art-auctions-record-highs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348602/how-picasso-and-nara-are-driving-hong-kongs-live-art-auctions-record-highs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:00:07 +0000 Enid Tsui Enid Tsui As the humidity settles over Hong Kong, a spectral spring mist veils Victoria Harbour. Yet, in the evenings, the luminous hand-drawn vision of Shahzia Sikander pierces the haze from the 110-metre-wide (328ft) LED facade of the M+ museum. Her nine-minute animation, 3 to 12 Nautical Miles (2026) – co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel – stands as a monumental reflection on the mercantile ghosts embedded in the city. Sikander, a Pakistani-American winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, who last had an... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349148/new-film-ms-giant-screen-asks-hongkongers-confront-their-imperial-past?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3349148/new-film-ms-giant-screen-asks-hongkongers-confront-their-imperial-past?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:15:09 +0000 Oliver Giles Oliver Giles Winnie Wong, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was on holiday in the summer of 2019 when she received the kind of call historians dream of. “I started screaming,” Wong says, laughing. “My family was like, ‘What?’” On the line was fellow historian Jordan Goodman, who had just visited the Canterbury Cathedral Archives & Library in England. There, he had discovered a trove of documents belonging to John Bradby Blake, an English botanist who worked for the East India Company in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348746/extraordinary-tale-chinese-british-collaboration-revealed-new-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348746/extraordinary-tale-chinese-british-collaboration-revealed-new-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:15:08 +0000 Ashlyn Chak Ashlyn Chak As the force behind two of Hong Kong’s most revered craft cocktail bars – Coa and The Savory Project – Jay Khan is kept busy enough with his day, or rather, night job and is perhaps one of the last people you would expect to get a side gig. However, as a self-described “very restless person”, he got one anyway. In March, less than six years after buying his first camera in 2020, he unveiled his first-ever photography exhibition, “Pouring Shadow”, at Sin Sin Fine Art, an independent gallery in... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348740/hong-kong-bar-maestro-jay-khan-swaps-cocktails-cameras-his-first-photo-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348740/hong-kong-bar-maestro-jay-khan-swaps-cocktails-cameras-his-first-photo-exhibition?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:15:08 +0000 Kyodo Kyodo On a crisp morning in Seoul’s Yongsan district, visitors wait in line outside the National Museum of Korea, a cultural institution that has recently changed from a traditional repository of ancient relics into a lively space for daily activities. Attracting a record 6.5 million visitors last year – more than a fourfold increase from 2005, the year it relocated to its current site – the museum ranks among the world’s most-visited art and history institutions, alongside the Louvre, the Vatican... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348791/how-seouls-national-museum-korea-pulling-record-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348791/how-seouls-national-museum-korea-pulling-record-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:15:08 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Later this month, Indonesian cinema-goers will finally get to see what audiences in Berlin saw in February: Jokor Anwar’s Ghost in the Cell. The horror-comedy, which had its world premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, has been celebrated by influential trade magazine Variety for rising above mere “escapist entertainment” to channel societal anxieties about corruption and environmental destruction. Yet it is only the latest example of Southeast Asia’s creative moment... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3348980/southeast-asia-seeks-soft-power-outlast-us300-billion-buzz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3348980/southeast-asia-seeks-soft-power-outlast-us300-billion-buzz?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:16 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li Hong Kong begins a five-day long weekend break for the Easter and Ching Ming Festival holidays on Friday, with authorities expecting busy inbound and outbound travel during the period. Mainland China marks the festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, between Saturday and Monday. For Hongkongers remaining in the city and visitors from the mainland and elsewhere, the South China Morning Post lists key activities open to the public. Coffee festival The popular coffee festival returns to the West... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3348841/looking-easter-holiday-inspiration-heres-whats-happening-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3348841/looking-easter-holiday-inspiration-heres-whats-happening-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:03:18 +0000 Aaina Bhargava Aaina Bhargava In preparation for her first trip to Hong Kong, artist Nicole Eisenman has been watching a lot of 1990s Wong Kar-wai films. One in particular, Fallen Angels (1995), fully captivated the artist. “It’s the night time … the whole movie feels so dark,” says Eisenman of the neo-noir crime drama. “I know it sounds ridiculous, trying to learn about a city by watching a movie, but my idea of Hong Kong is very tied up with Wong Kar-wai right now. Everything seems to take place at night, and this darkness... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348600/how-wong-kar-wais-noir-films-inspire-nicole-eisenmans-hong-kong-view?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348600/how-wong-kar-wais-noir-films-inspire-nicole-eisenmans-hong-kong-view?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:15:10 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson One warm February evening in Shenzhen, Bryn Terfel stands centre stage and launches into “Son lo Spirito Che Nega” from Arrigo Boito’s 1868 opera Mefistofele, his voice filling the hall with theatrical force. Then, just as quickly, he undercuts the drama. “My three border collies go crazy when I sing this in Wales,” he tells the audience at Shenzhen Longgang International Art Centre, laughing. With a career spanning more than three decades at the world’s leading houses – from the Royal Opera... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3348515/bryn-terfel-bringing-drama-opera-stage-and-importance-listening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3348515/bryn-terfel-bringing-drama-opera-stage-and-importance-listening?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:21 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Los Angeles will debut four new major arts complexes this year, with three more likely to open in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Immerse yourself in a psychedelic explosion at Meow Wolf, plan an afternoon liaison with Van Gogh at the new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma), inhale the scent of nature inside Refik Anadol’s AI arts museum Dataland, or simply geek out over George Lucas’ jaw-dropping collection of Star Wars memorabilia. Whatever your arts... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3348359/7-new-major-los-angeles-arts-complexes-set-open-2028-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3348359/7-new-major-los-angeles-arts-complexes-set-open-2028-olympics?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:15:08 +0000 Ashlyn Chak Ashlyn Chak In today’s climate of political unrest, how does the art world navigate instability across regions? For its inaugural show, Gold by Serakai Studio – a new art space in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang – has chosen to lean into the unpredictability. To its curators, uncertainty is not something to be avoided but to be embraced and created through experimentation and deviations from the norm. The exhibition’s tongue-in-cheek title, “Certainly”, is inspired by American artist-composer La Monte Young’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348099/gold-serakai-studios-new-exhibition-certainly-leans-todays-unpredictability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348099/gold-serakai-studios-new-exhibition-certainly-leans-todays-unpredictability?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:45:08 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung Seoul was swept up in a frenzy in the third week of March as BTS performed their comeback concert. But a smaller, yet also significant cultural moment was happening just a few streets away from the stage at Gwanghwamun Square. “Spectrosynthesis Seoul”, an exhibition of 74 artists and artist groups, opened on March 20 at Art Sonje Centre. Dedicated to exploring LGBTQ themes and celebrating queer artists, it is the first large-scale exhibition of its kind in South Korea. Patrick Sun, the Hong... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348084/south-koreas-first-major-lgbtq-art-exhibition-lets-queer-artists-have-their-voices-heard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3348084/south-koreas-first-major-lgbtq-art-exhibition-lets-queer-artists-have-their-voices-heard?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:06:18 +0000 Alice Wu Alice Wu Last week, a friend and I chatted about our children’s favourite art pieces after happening upon an auction house’s exhibition in a building in the heart of Hong Kong’s business district. We both recalled stopping to look at Yayoi Kusama’s Mount Fuji prints. “I pass by the space twice every day,” my friend said. She told me that my son’s pick – a piece by Sam Francis – was a new installation, replacing what had been a display of handbags. How often do we pause to notice art, or enjoy life in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3348095/hong-kong-can-draw-art-marchs-success-keeping-it-authentic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3348095/hong-kong-can-draw-art-marchs-success-keeping-it-authentic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:30:11 +0000 Payal Uttam Payal Uttam As art fever sweeps Hong Kong this weekend with Art Basel, we celebrate three rising female painters from around the world who are redefining figurative art with their signature works. British-Chinese artist Faye Wei Wei remembers how, when she was growing up in south London, she would spend her time drawing while her siblings played video games. At other times, she would head outside to pick flowers and leaves, fascinated by their textures and forms. As a child, she spent summers in Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348161/artist-faye-wei-weis-stories-longing-told-through-symbol-laden-canvases?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348161/artist-faye-wei-weis-stories-longing-told-through-symbol-laden-canvases?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:00:11 +0000 Peter Neville-Hadley Peter Neville-Hadley It seems odd that one of the earliest depictions of a kiss in the history of Western painting should be found in a church. But after a half-hour train ride inland from Venice, and a gentle stroll through historic Padua’s winding streets, there it is, inside the heavily painted interior of the early 14th century Scrovegni Chapel. In a fresco called Meeting at the Golden Gate (circa 1305), by Giotto di Bondone, two ageing figures greet each other with a public display of affection that seems to... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3348137/padua-italys-painted-city-best-shows-are-frescoes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3348137/padua-italys-painted-city-best-shows-are-frescoes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:00:08 +0000 Vivian Au Vivian Au A series of artworks featuring six coats with distinctive features created by an Iranian-American artist for the Art Central festival invites Hongkongers to reflect on themes of memory and conflict amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Elnaz Javani, who was born in Iran in 1985 and currently lives in the United States, told the South China Morning Post that the work also serves as a meditative space for Hongkongers at a time of rising global geopolitical tensions. She said her art also... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348233/us-based-iranians-cloth-works-art-central-reflect-complex-fabric-her-identity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3348233/us-based-iranians-cloth-works-art-central-reflect-complex-fabric-her-identity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:09 +0000 Aidyn Fitzpatrick Aidyn Fitzpatrick Though it may not appear so, a battle takes place every March when Art Basel comes to Hong Kong’s Convention Centre. The fight isn’t over which gallery can sell more paintings or which collector writes the biggest cheques, but over whether the Greater Bay Area (GBA) can convince visitors that this corner of Southern China – expected to record more than US$2.15 trillion in economic output for 2025 – is not just a business powerhouse but a cultural one. GBA policymakers have embraced the lexicon... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348138/how-art-basel-hong-kong-fuelling-greater-bay-areas-cultural-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348138/how-art-basel-hong-kong-fuelling-greater-bay-areas-cultural-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:00:15 +0000 Gavin Yeung Gavin Yeung I WAS BORN outside Philadelphia and I lived a typical American East Coast suburban childhood. My grandparents had a business selling African violets, so we would help out in the greenhouses on school holidays. It wasn’t so much art, but it was very much about putting something beautiful into people’s lives. I WENT TO an all-boys’ Jesuit high school in Philadelphia, then I went to Duke University, in North Carolina, as an undergrad. My major was literature and history, but I started to study... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3348136/philip-tinari-his-journey-through-art-and-culture-and-tai-kwuns-potential?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3348136/philip-tinari-his-journey-through-art-and-culture-and-tai-kwuns-potential?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:00:12 +0000 Payal Uttam Payal Uttam As art fever sweeps Hong Kong this weekend with Art Basel, we celebrate three rising female painters from around the world who are redefining figurative art with their signature works. Brooklyn-based Korean artist Eunnam Hong creates meticulous paintings of a mysterious, slender woman with a mop of voluminous curls who appears to be frozen in time. At times, this lanky figure lies asleep or hunched over a table alone. In other cases, multiple replicas of the woman crowd the canvas. Hong is the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348104/painter-eunnam-hong-explores-identity-through-haunting-self-portraits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348104/painter-eunnam-hong-explores-identity-through-haunting-self-portraits?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:00:09 +0000 Payal Uttam Payal Uttam As art fever sweeps Hong Kong this weekend with Art Basel, we celebrate three rising female painters from around the world who are redefining figurative art with their signature works. Growing up in Düsseldorf, Katja Seib was immersed in art from a young age. Her mother would regularly take her to visit student shows at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, the academy of fine arts, one of Europe’s most important art institutions. “I feel like I had no choice but to become an artist,” she says with a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348105/artist-katja-seibs-surreal-portraits-blur-reality-dreams-and-everyday-life?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3348105/artist-katja-seibs-surreal-portraits-blur-reality-dreams-and-everyday-life?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:01:08 +0000 Douglas Parkes Douglas Parkes In 2012, when Angelle Siyang-Le told her father she had taken a job with a company called Art Basel, his initial reaction wasn’t one of pride, but one of concern. “My dad was like, ‘OK, never heard of it,’” she recalls. The inquisitive parent researched the company address in Wan Chai and set off to find its office, only to come up empty, not realising the different company he found at that address was a co-working space. Perturbed, he promptly texted his daughter to warn her she’d been conned... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348090/art-basel-hong-kongs-director-fairs-role-citys-cultural-scene?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348090/art-basel-hong-kongs-director-fairs-role-citys-cultural-scene?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:50:30 +0000 Vanessa Lee Vanessa Lee “Have you ever had fried bananas in Chinese food before?” Lap-see Lam asks with a twinkle in her eye over our video call between Stockholm and Hong Kong. I admit I haven’t, at least not of the Chinese persuasion. The artist explains that fried bananas with syrup and ice cream is a typical Swedish-Chinese dish. Another is Swedish meatballs in tomato sauce served with rice. But the most remarkable is a dish called “four small dishes”. “It’s basically different dishes on the same plate, and... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3347328/multimedia-artist-lap-see-lams-hong-kong-show-explores-cultural-identity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3347328/multimedia-artist-lap-see-lams-hong-kong-show-explores-cultural-identity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:15:07 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu A Chinese woman has amassed over one million followers after she posted her amazing sculptures crafted with nothing but her teeth. Chen Qin, 25, from central China’s Hubei province, attracted attention online after posting videos of her carrot sculptures. The sculptures, from simple small animals and cartoon figures, to complicated, large replicas of the Great Wall, the Yellow Crane Tower and wearables like phoenix crowns and the silver hats worn by the Miao people, are all made with Chen’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3347991/chinese-woman-uses-teeth-carve-intricate-sculptures-including-great-wall-china-model?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3347991/chinese-woman-uses-teeth-carve-intricate-sculptures-including-great-wall-china-model?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:00:09 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Hong Kong’s month of celebrating art and culture is drawing to a close, but promises to end on a high. Art Basel, the prestigious international fair, opens on Friday and features 240 galleries from 41 countries and regions. It is the catalyst for a wide variety of other art events in March. The fair brings together artists, curators, galleries and other enthusiasts, fuelling the process of cultural exchange. A new five-year deal between the government and Art Basel is, therefore, a significant... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3347990/hong-kongs-celebration-art-and-culture-sends-powerful-message?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3347990/hong-kongs-celebration-art-and-culture-sends-powerful-message?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:15:08 +0000 Jacqueline Kot Jacqueline Kot Artists from different generations contribute to the art world in ways that are often influenced by the key events of their times. Generation Y or Millennials, generally defined as people born between 1981 and 1996, grew up alongside the rise of the internet in more diverse, inclusive and liberal environments than previous generations. These defining characteristics have shaped, in different forms, the works of millennial artists exhibiting at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026. Creating a new... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348015/art-basel-hong-kong-2026-millennial-artists-who-are-redefining-reality?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3348015/art-basel-hong-kong-2026-millennial-artists-who-are-redefining-reality?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:08:06 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre One of the most influential players in the art world, Pearl Lam is also known for her impeccable taste and personal style. Based between Shanghai and London, the Hong Kong-born founder of Pearl Lam Projects has recently made a foray into podcasting with The Pearl Lam Podcast, where she interviews artists, writers, designers and cultural figures. Before the opening of a new exhibition at her Hong Kong gallery for Art Basel 2026, she took some time to talk about her most treasured products and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3347849/style-according-pearl-lam-hong-kong-born-founder-pearl-lam-galleries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3347849/style-according-pearl-lam-hong-kong-born-founder-pearl-lam-galleries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:00:12 +0000 Aidyn Fitzpatrick Aidyn Fitzpatrick Hong Kong’s Art Month calendar is crowded, but every so often a show cuts through the noise. This spring, that role falls to “Beyond the Abstract”, a landmark exhibition at Sotheby’s Maison in Chater House that attempts something unusually ambitious: a survey of abstraction across cultures and spanning 3,000 years. Running until March 27, the exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, works on paper and historic objects that trace a dialogue across the centuries, from ancient artefacts to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3347819/style-edit-sothebys-maps-3000-years-abstraction-landmark-hong-kong-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3347819/style-edit-sothebys-maps-3000-years-abstraction-landmark-hong-kong-show?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:00:09 +0000 Lavender Au Lavender Au To make his galvanised-iron installations, which have been exhibited in Milan and London, Hong Kong-born artist Gamzar heads to his metal master’s studio on the fourth floor of an industrial building in To Kwa Wan. The studio, managed by Melty Chan Ching-yee and Michael Yu Kwok-keung, aka Master Yu, is filled with tools: hammers, drills, pliers, clamps, a machine for folding metal made in Germany in the 1980s and even a chainsaw. From the window, the building looks out onto another industrial... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3347294/hong-kong-artist-gamzar-galvanised-working-iron-and-bamboo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3347294/hong-kong-artist-gamzar-galvanised-working-iron-and-bamboo?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:10 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li Hong Kong has held onto its crown as the exclusive regional home of Art Basel for the next five years, the culture minister has announced, after a deal was struck to secure the partnership as the city looks to enhance its status as an international art-trading hub. Some galleries at a preview for the local edition of the world-renowned annual art fair told the South China Morning Post that global uncertainties had prompted collectors to take a greater interest in buying works from established... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3347906/hong-kong-holds-art-basel-crown-5-more-years-thanks-new-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3347906/hong-kong-holds-art-basel-crown-5-more-years-thanks-new-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:20:04 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Years before the rise of Instagram, Banksy figured out that the key to real influence lay not in being famous, but in anonymity. The mystery of his identity has long been part of the value of his art, which, whether stencilled on public walls or self-shredded on the auction block, has defied authority across continents for decades. Now, Banksy’s apparent unmasking by Reuters has generated talk about whether the works themselves retain their cultural and financial value. It also raises the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3347825/banksys-identity-may-have-been-revealed-does-mean-magic-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3347825/banksys-identity-may-have-been-revealed-does-mean-magic-over?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:15:08 +0000