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 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 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 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 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…
WHAT The prestigious collections of the Princes of Liechtenstein were formed over the last four centuries. They rank among the largest and most important private art collections in the world. Presenting over one hundred masterpieces from the Princely Collections, the exhibition revisits the most significant moments that have shaped the Collections from the seventeenth century…
WHAT Known for her uncompromising avant-garde vision, this exhibition is a culmination of all of the renowned Japanese artist's different aesthetics and works throughout her career. It narrates the story of her life and work, foregrounding her longing for interconnection and the profound questions about existence that drive her creative explorations. The retrospective starts with…
WHAT This exhibition features twenty mostly local artists in the largest group show of the gallery’s history. Split into two parts, the exhibition presents a variety of works. In Act 1, the artists present mechanical installations, prints, and paintings, and Act 2 focuses more on sound installations, augmented reality and three dimensional objects. The theme…
WHAT This is the newest instalment in the renowned designer-artist's long-running red-white-blue collection, which was first presented at the Hong Kong Pavilion during the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. The current presentation brings all of these pieces of the collection together by showcasing a number of classic creations such as sculptures and photographs. The works…
WHAT The professional moniker of Mike Winkelmann, Beeple is a leading digital artist and designer active over the past twenty years. His rapid rise to public prominence in recent years helped to highlight the growing influence of digitally generated art. The current exhibition is a kinetic video sculpture, which shows the first human born inside…
WHAT German photographer Candida Höfer, who studied under the influential conceptual artists, Bernd and Hilla Becher, in the 1970s, is best known for her photographs of large-scale, empty interiors. The exhibition brings together an extraordinary selection of photographs of libraries, theatres, museums and palaces, variously located in France, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Spain, all of…
WHAT In this duo exhibition, the artists’ newest paintings are set up juxtaposed against a sample of their earlier works. Both of the artists have unique perspectives on the state of the world and it has an obvious effect on the artwork they create. Cheng’s works are mise-en-scenes showcasing the way he has processed his…
WHAT The exhibition circles around the core notion of 'queer mythologies' and delves into modern and contemporary mythologies along with practices of the body, by gathering a diverse range of artistic idioms related to LGBTQ+ perspectives from over 60 artists from Asia and its diasporas. Through 3 distinctive chapters spread out over 3 floors of…
WHAT The exhibition brings together a selection of masterpieces: Monet’s early work, 'Pivoines' (1887) created during his early years at Giverny; alongside outstanding works by modernist Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun and Lalan; and contemporary artists David Hockney, Shara Hughes, Myonghi Kang and Ziad Dalloul. It provides a rare opportunity of comparative study and unveils an…
WHAT This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery as well as in Hong Kong, and it features a selection of paintings that evolve from figuration to abstraction. Zhong’s focus was on creating a poetic display of historical records and beliefs, showcasing the process of how she unfolds her perceptions and impressions. Her…
WHAT Presented by KUROOBIANACONDA, a Japanese artist collective formed in 2019, the exhibition is a group show of diverse artists consisting of different genres and themes. Presented in Hong Kong for the first time, it features Kazuma Koike, Ryuichi Ohira, Shuhei Yamada, Taku Obata, Toru Ishii, and Hiroki Tsukuda as a guest artist. WHY With…
WHAT The exhibition is a thematic exploration of post-war modern architecture based on Walter Koditek’s book of the same title at the gallery. By combining photography and research, Koditek creates a comprehensive overview of architectural design during that transformative period. In the post-war decades, Hong Kong architects embraced modern principles when forced to face the…
WHAT Born in Germany, the artist studied under Joseph Beuys at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, and began his career-long exploration of the expressive potential of art’s fundamental building blocks – line, form, colour and material. As a student, he was inspired by Kazimir Malevich’s theory of Suprematism, which rejected all representational imagery in favour of the ‘supremacy…
WHAT Inspired greatly by his daily life - especially the warmth from his family - the artist sets out to recall, recount, and document the memories of his childhood, yet he leaves the interpretation of these images entirely up to his audience. He imbues his paintings with feelings of nostalgia, interpreted with a contemporary approach;…
WHAT The acclaimed Beijing-based artist presents his seven newest works that were all created prior to or during the pandemic, all while he spent time in Beijing. The inspiration for these works came from Xu’s desire to escape the seclusion of his home in a time when that was all anyone really had. He found…
WHAT In the cycle of the 5 phases, 2023 is a year of water. Curated by Gallery Director, Calvin Hui, the exhibition showcases a group of artists to celebrate growth, life, and nourishment - all the things that can only occur with the existence of water. Dr. Malcolm McNeill, who wrote the introductory essay to…
WHAT Curated by Beijing-based curator, Yang Zi, this exhibition brings together the works of 11 Chinese artists, who explore the concept of ‘uncanny valley’, which was originally proposed by Japanese roboticist, Masahiro Mori. ‘Uncanny valley’ is the idea that a humanoid object that bears resemblance to a real person will inspire feelings of discomfort as…
WHAT Having studied at the Department of oil painting at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the artist has had a very diverse academic background as she also obtained an MFA in new media and a PhD in calligraphy under the tutelage of the famed calligrapher, Wang Donglin. In this second solo exhibition at…
WHAT This is the first solo exhibition of the Hong Kong-based Korean photographer. Featuring photographs and videos from the artist’s decade-long experiential documentary project, the unique presentation depicts children born to interracial marriages and their mothers; it addresses concerns for their children's identity, which varies depending on the age, level of education and the environment…
