WHAT Silver is a unique medium that not only serves as a canvas for extraordinary craftsmanship, but also tells stories that revolve around history and culture. This is a landmark exhibition featuring 150 sets of silver from the museum's permanent collection from the 18th to 20th centuries, featuring works by masters such as Robert Garrard,…
WHAT Told through individual and collective histories, the exhibition captures the city’s transformation from the post-war decades to the present day. Divided into four chapters: Here, Identities, Places, and Beyond, the exhibition presents the visual culture of Hong Kong through multiple and intersecting perspectives, mirroring the dynamism of the city itself. WHY Home to ground-breaking artists,…
WHAT The M+ Sigg collection surveys the cultural dynamism of contemporary China from the early 1970s to the present. China’s open-door policy of 1978 began an era of profound social and economic change. Cities across the country grew into global commercial centres affecting the everyday lives of millions of people. Amidst China’s rise on the world…
WHAT M+’s anchor exhibition contains over 500 pieces, covering a multitude of different creative genres encompassing furniture design, architecture, and graphic design. The purpose is to showcase the variety of objects within these genres that have been impactful in Asia and around the world over the past century. Curatered by Ikko Yokoyama and Shirley Surya,…
WHAT Organised by the museum in collaboration with the Capodimonte Museum in Italy, the exhibition features around forty late Renaissance works from northern and central Italy, as well as Neapolitan Baroque masterpieces never before shown in Hong Kong. Drawn from the museum’s two major nuclei - the Farnese Collection and the Bourbon Collection - these…
WHAT Internationally renowned Swiss media artist Pipilotti Rist is known for her colourful palette. From her early music-video-style works to her later immersive projection environments, Rist’s unique artistic vocabulary is rooted in popular culture, technology, human body, nature and historical feminist video art. This major exhibition brings together Rist’s iconic works from the past three…
WHAT Born in China, Xue Song is considered one of the most important artists of the Chinese Pop art movement. Finding inspiration in the modernisation and transformation of China during the 1960s, his works and ideas were innovative within the Chinese art scene. In this exhibition, 20 recent works created since 2019 are presented. The…
WHAT While interested in painting in his youth, respected Hong Kong veteran artist, Chu Hing Wah, actually chose to become a psychiatric nurse at the time, which led to concurrent professional and artistic developments that are apparent in his works. At 87 years old, his newest ink exhibition comprises paintings that were made in the…
WHAT As a collaboration between China-based UCCA Center for Contemporary Art and Hong Kong’s Para Site, the exhibition brings together thirteen emerging artists and art collectives to explore land reclamation, the entanglement between built environment and natural elements, and potential responses to planetary ecological calamity. The current exhibition is a sequel to the one held…
WHAT Born in Iran and raised during the Iran-Iraq War, Ghadyanloo’s artistic background has unique ties to his cultural heritage. He studied in Tehran for his arts degree and worked as a part of the Iranian Beautification Bureau to create public art murals covering up propaganda from the Islamic Revolution in the country. This exhibition…
WHAT This exhibition explores many of the Shanghai-born, New York-based artist’s most iconic works, put on display in Hong Kong for the first time. Transformed into a surreal garden, the gallery's diverse and immersive presentation showcases Fay’s artworks from the 1970s to the present day, and can be viewed as a mini retrospective. In addition…
WHAT Featuring a number of artworks and artefacts from the Himalayas - Bhutan, Nepal, India, Afghanistan, and Tibet - viewers get a taste of history while also witnessing modern day creations influenced by the artefacts. Showcased is 'The Lioness' (1483), depicting two turbaned Samarkandis' tribute of the magnificent beast to the Chenghua Emperor (r. 1464–87)…
WHAT The title of the exhibition is not only a place featured in the mid-18th century Chinese novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber' by Cao Xueqin, but also the name of a room in the restaurant and entertainment venue owned by the mother of Chinese artist, Wu Jiaru, who spent most of her childhood there.…
WHAT Born in the United States, having studied in Florida, and currently based in New York, this is Swansea’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition features a multitude of new paintings, which are vibrant and masterfully rendered by the artist. The title of the exhibition refers to the slip into normal times from…
WHAT The Chinese conceptual artist's new exhibition is a multi-media presentation. Works from his newest 2022 series, 'Micro Sentence', are presented to the public for the first time, together with the artist’s most representative 'Reciprocating and Everchanging Appearance' series, and his acclaimed 'The Realm of Matters' series. As one of the most active conceptual artists…
WHAT Art Intelligence Global's debut exhibition takes its title from Helen Frankenthaler’s 'Shatter' (1953) - a groundbreaking work on loan from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, which demonstrates her revolutionary break from the New York School in pure form. The first of its kind in Asia, the exhibition is a group show spotlighting five female artists…
WHAT Peng Jian rose to prominence through his geometric ink-on-paper interpretations of the Chinese architectural teachings of jiehua. In this newest exhibition by the Hangzhou-based artist, works from 'Harmony', 'Still Life', 'Phantom in the Bottle', and 'Growing' series are presented. Each of the series is made up of images in a variety of twists and…
WHAT The exhibition is a site-specific art installation by the Chinese artist. Having studied in both China and San Francisco, Zheng is now based in both San Francisco and Shanghai, which has shaped his art style immensely. Many of his works feature the intersection of traditional Chinese ink painting, modern western art, and new media.…
WHAT The first Hong Kong artist in the gallery’s roster, this is Lam's first solo exhibition since 2013. Spanning an entire gallery floor, the presentation is a mix of site-specific creations and sculptures made of a variety of materials from crate wood to umbrella fabric. Her new works are presented in congruence with some of…
WHAT This group exhibition is the second installation in the 'My Hong Kong' series, which presents works from both international and Hong Kong artists that showcase their perspectives of Hong Kong as a city. Even though some of the photography artists hail from countries as far away as France and the UK, nonetheless they succeed…
WHAT Digital Art Fair Asia (DAFA) is Hong Kong's leading fair focused on technological innovations in art. The show transforms a 20,000 square feet Central venue into an engaging and interactive high-tech Web 3.0 art experience. Following the success of last year's fair, this second edition features works as well as an immersive room by…
WHAT The artist's second solo exhibition in Hong Kong since 2017, a series of new paintings is presented, as part of a greater mise-en-scene that transforms the gallery into a human-scale composition. His surrealistic compositions combine elements from diverse genres of painting to create collage-like constructions. Taking Walter Benjamin’s concept of the 'aura' (from the…
WHAT In her first solo exhibition at the gallery, the Chinese artist's inspiration comes from her personal experiences and observations of society. Interpreted as allegories, her symbolic paintings often reference the female identity, an unwavering resilience, and the essence of life. In the exhibition, the four flower paintings offer a sense of vitality and joy,…
WHAT Taking place in the Cultural Plaza of the West Kowloon Cultural District, approximately 200 artworks of the master of Impressionism are brought to life through a spectacular 360-degree sound-and-light show in this unique digital art exhibition, exalting the brilliance of one of history’s greatest artists. Sixteen sessions of 45 minutes each are offered each…
WHAT The late LA-based artist’s first solo exhibition in Greater China showcases works from one of his later significant series, 'Kandors'. Beyond these works, the exhibition also includes unique videos from 2007, when 'Kandors' was first released; these videos document a multitude of things including crystal growth, animation, and a bottle projection. The 'Kandor' works…
WHAT A retrospective of Shieh’s works from 2008 to 2022, the artist's first solo exhibition at the gallery includes a multitude of mediums and imagery from Hong Kong pop culture to convey the theme of 'chop suey' - an American-Chinese dish with a variety of ingredients and cultural influences. The diversity of ingredients in this…
WHAT An internationally renowned artist from Japan's post-war period, the late Noriyuki Haraguchi (1946-2020) is most often associated with the 1960s movement known as Mono-ha, which means 'School of Things'. Often using organic and industrial materials, Haraguchi's artworks engage with political and environmental issues, expressing a precise attentiveness to their materials and spatial contexts. In…
WHAT The presentation is a retrospective exhibition of Master Ting Yin Yung (1902-1978)’s multi-faceted work in commemoration of his 120th anniversary. A native of Guangdong province, the well-respected artist had studied Western painting in Tokyo before returning to China and then moving to Hong Kong in 1949, where he further developed his artistic practice. His…
