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Joe Wong poses for a portrait after his Joe Wong: The Twin Tariff Show in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Joe Wong, Ronny Chieng and the rise of Asian voices in comedy

Asian comedians were once forced to resort to stereotypes to find a platform – but a wave of pioneering stars is changing that.

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Lam Lau with his son Aidan at Lau Kee Boat Noodles in Hong Kong, which has been in business since 1981. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How a vanishing Hong Kong boat culture has kept its cuisine afloat

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A sliding wall shrinks or expands the living area and guest room at this flat in West Kowloon designed by Norman Ung, co-founder of design studios Form and Design Eight Five Two (Deft). Photo: Eugene Chan

Rooms in this flat flex and contract to suit different needs

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Aric Chen, director of the London-based Zaha Hadid Foundation, is co-curator of the Design Futures Forum, one of the highlights of Singapore Design Week. He’s pictured here in Milan, in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Q&A | Aric Chen asks: will design-led solutions create more problems?

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Rainy Chan has been executive director at Hong Kong Design Centre for almost a year. Photo: Alexander Mak

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

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A picture of a young Teresa Teng in Bangkok from The Story of Teresa Teng by Billy. A former employee of the Chiang Mai hotel where she lived and died reveals what happened on the day she died in 1995. Photo: The Story of Teresa Teng by Billy

The day Teresa Teng died in Thailand – what the butler saw

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Kingsley Ng (pictured) and Angel Hui will represent Hong Kong at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the first time since 2007 that Hong Kong will not be represented by a solo artist. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong

Hong Kong selects 2 artists to represent the city at 2026 Venice Biennale

The pairing of Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui for Hong Kong’s exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale presents a study in contrasts.

Pop Mart

Labubu’s growth from books to viral doll craze shown in Hong Kong exhibition

Books and literature

Hidden histories of China revealed at rare book fair in Hong Kong

Shanghai

New Shanghai art exhibitions tackle revolution and climate change head-on.

The Rockbund Art Museum’s ‘The Great Camouflage’ and the 15th Shanghai Biennale offer compelling and refreshing perspectives.

Installation view of “The Great Camouflage” exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum, in Shanghai, China. The exhibition is a powerful exploration of anti-colonial thought that looks at the meaning of revolution not only as mass uprisings, but also as “the quiet persistence of reflection, grief and meaning-making”. Photo: Ling
Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Frank Gehry’s vision for Hong Kong’s arts hub was an opportunity lost

Years after Gehry delivered the Guggenheim Bilbao, one of the world’s most successful museums, his vision for Hong Kong was rejected.

World of performing arts

Famous horse-related works of art as the Year of the Horse 2026 approaches

To celebrate the nearing Year of the Fire Horse, we look at paintings, books and plays that show how the use of horses in art has evolved.

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Britain

UK police hunt suspects after 600 British Empire artefacts stolen from museum

Police release images of four men after many items with ‘significant cultural value’ were stolen in Bristol on September 25.

This image of CCTV footage shows men carrying bags outside a building which housed items from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection. Photo: Avon and Somerset Police via AFP
France

Louvre thieves escaped 30 seconds before police arrived: probe

Misdirected police and a lack of control room screens let robbers flee the Paris museum with a US$102 million haul moments before help arrived.

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Hong Kong society

Artworks snapped up as Hong Kong’s mentally disabled students show off talent

Leading charity Hong Chi Association partners with art and luxury auction house Christie’s on four-day exhibition at The Henderson.

Canada

‘Transformative’ collection of Hong Kong art donated to Vancouver gallery

An anonymous donation of 131 artworks to the Vancouver Art Gallery elevates the international profile of Hong Kong art.

“Radial Perspectives” (2023), Howie Tsui. This work by the Canadian-Chinese artist is part of the Art Continuum Hong Kong Collection at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery)
Asia travel

New arts venues in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, including the ‘Airpod building’

The Shenzhen Bay Culture Square and Aranya Art Centre Guangzhou show the Greater Bay Area’s ongoing efforts to become a cultural destination.

Shenzhen Bay Culture Square opened in November 2025, the latest public cultural landmark to open in the Greater Bay Area (Photo: Zhu Yumeng; Courtesy of MAD Architecture Studio)
Wellness

Love your baby bump? How to get a bespoke pregnancy sculpture in Hong Kong

Samantha Waterhouse was not able to capture her own unique curves during pregnancy, so now she helps other mothers-to-be preserve theirs.

Britain

Autistic Scottish artist Nnena Kalu smashes Turner Prize ‘glass ceiling’

The Glaswegian is known for her large-scale abstract drawings and hanging sculptures.

France

Paris Louvre faces strike after major leak and robbery

Louvre staff warn of ‘collapse’ as they protest work conditions at the world’s most visited museum.

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Photo: AFP
Cryptocurrency

Singaporean buyer of US$69 million Beeple NFT opens art and technology space

Vignesh Sundaresan explains the aim behind Padimai Art & Tech Studio, which opens with a virtual reality work by artist Olafur Eliasson.

Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan (right), also known as Metakovan, has opened a new experimental art and technology space, Padimai Art & Tech Studio, in Singapore, whose first commission is a virtual reality work by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (left). Photo: Yanina Isla
France

Water leak at Paris Louvre damages books at Egyptian antiquities department

The leak underscores the deteriorating state of the world’s most visited museum just weeks after a jewel heist exposed security flaws.

Obituaries

Renowned British photographer Martin Parr dies at 73

The celebrated photographer documented everything from beach life to global consumerism across a decades-spanning career.

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Egypt

This man has gone viral for his resemblance to an ancient Egyptian king

Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed hopes his resemblance to Pharaoh Akhenaten fuels further interest in ancient Egyptian history.

Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed has gone viral for a photo he posted showing his resemblance to a pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Photo: Christoph Meyer/dpa
SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Tai Kwun art head Pi Li to step down for new role in Shenzhen

Tai Kwun is closing in on a successor for Pi, who leaves in February after his contract at the Hong Kong heritage and arts centre expires.

Hong Kong

Eileen Chang exhibition in Hong Kong reveals the woman behind the icon

Photos, letters, manuscripts and even furniture at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature preserve Chang’s legacy 30 years after her death.

Auctions

The ‘Mona Lisa’ of Faberge eggs sells for a record US$30.2 million

The Winter Egg, made of crystal and diamond, was crafted for Russia’s royal family before it was toppled by revolution.

The Winter Egg by Faberge is displayed at Christie’s auction rooms in London on Thursday. Photo: AP
Technology

Want a da Vinci but are short a few million? Get the digital version instead

Limited-edition, certified digital copies of Italian masterpieces sold at a fraction of the originals’ cost are boosting museums’ cash flow.

A high-definition digital version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Lady with Dishevelled Hair hangs at the Brera Art Gallery in Milan, Italy, on November 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

Sai Kung’s sleepy seaside vibe has made it a popular spot for independently run cafes serving up good coffee and a dose of community.

Hong Kong culture

Why this Hong Kong-born artist chose to ‘smash up’ tradition for Taiwan show

Canada-based Lam Tung-pang’s fragmented works search for hope in his new exhibition at Galerie du Monde in Taipei.

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Desert palettes with holographic projections at Maison&Objet Intérieurs

A Beijing courtyard home with a Parisian lens, New Delhi meets European geometry – here’s what you’ll see at the design fair’s second edition.

Hubert Le Gall and Alfred Lam’s design project. Photo: courtesy Maison&Objet
What to do in Hong Kong

‘Endless supply’ of sweets among works at new Hong Kong exhibition

Cuban-American visual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died in 1996, created ephemeral artworks that constantly change, echoing life.

Untitled (Welcome Back Heroes), a 1991 work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, comprises an “endless supply” of red, white and blue sweets, which are free for people to take. The work is part of “Somewhere Better Than This Place / Nowhere Better Than This Place”, an exhibition of the Cuban-American artist’s works at David Zwirner gallery in Hong Kong. Photo: David Zwirner
Wellness

Why this Aids charity’s Hong Kong art show smells of resilience

Aids Concern’s ‘Emanate’ exhibition features art and fragrances created by people affected by HIV and Aids that tell their stories.

What to do in Hong Kong

He paints like he’s making jazz: Spencer Sweeney’s exhibition in Hong Kong

Sweeney says he improvises like a jazz musician, waiting for the figures on canvas to ‘start evolving and personalities to emerge’.

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