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 This is the first exhibition in Hong Kong that explores the history of royal and aristocratic patronage in the East and West, from the Museum's permanent collection of nearly 200 outstanding artefacts and a selection of traditional decorative objects. The presentation celebrates the apex of craftsmanship, encouraged and guided by imperial cultural ambition, with…
WHAT From the generous donations by Betty Lo and Kenneth Chu comes the Mengdiexuan Collection. Containing over 200 sets of ancient golds, this exhibition is not to be missed. These precious objects from the Eurasian Steppe, Tubo Kingdom, and Central Plains, with the oldest dating back to the 18th century BCE, highlight the artistic and…
WHAT As one of the most renowned Spanish artists of the 20th century, Joan Miró (1893-1983)’s love for all kinds of everyday objects and their intrinsic poetic qualities is apparent throughout his long and fruitful career. Linking art to life was one of his greatest aspirations, which was realised by his unique ability to perceive…
WHAT The Italian artist was commissioned to create prestigious mural projects in Hong Kong during the 1960s and 70s. This exhibition features a selection of works completed by the artist in Hong Kong, including a photo-essay by Hong Kong photographer, William Furniss, about Casadei’s public art installations in Statue Square and Mei Foo Sun Chuen.…
WHAT In collaboration with the Arkad Foundation in Italy, the unique collaborative sculpture exhibition showcases the works of 10 talented young artists from around the world who have come together to explore the concept of ‘fusion’. The project involves combining and integrating the mediums of marble and wood in the sculptures, with the Italian sculptors…
WHAT The exhibition highlights the versatility of Chinese oil paintings across a diverse spectrum of themes, styles, techniques, time periods, and regional and local characteristics. Works range from intimate interior views to panoramic coastal landscapes, and from collective and individual memories to urban scenes. The selected works represent various artistic styles and visual trends along…
WHAT This is Daegu-born artist’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Her multi-media artistic and performance practice address formalistic questions of painting as well as existential issues of the human condition, such as migration, poverty, violence, and the displaced self. Her principle of ‘non-doing’ and ‘non-making’ follows an investigation of performance through modes of mobility…
WHAT This exhibition is the first to mark a new chapter in Para Site’s endeavours, as they venture into a new direction. Featuring a series of commissions and existing works along with experimental display structures, the title refers to the idea that all the works in the exhibition are modes of kinetic art that create…
WHO Michele Chu WHAT The Hong Kong-born artist (b. 1994) has gained recognition for her thought-provoking works that explore the themes of intimacy and the body, and she further mines rituals of intimacy and vulnerability in her debut solo exhibition. With a cross-disciplinary approach that combines painting, installation, and sound, Chu's multi-media presentation aims to…
WHAT At its outdoor space, the museum presents two local Hong Kong artists as they reimagine the harbour through two sets of large-scale public art installations. Harnessing their different practices, both approach the project using different mediums and with different outcomes, with Chan using mosaic tiles, wood, steel, and fibreglass; and Tsoi using stainless steel,…
WHAT A joint venture between the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Cartier, the special exhibition focuses on the role of women throughout Cartier’s history. The unique presentation showcases Cartier as an international brand known for their beautiful jewelry and timepieces, and zooms in on the role women have played by displaying a number of historic…
WHAT Established in 1993, French May is one of the largest cultural events in Asia. With over 200,000 visitors each year, it has become an iconic part of Hong Kong's cultural scene, presenting more than 100 programmes over three months. The festival showcases the most diversified art forms by bringing exhibitions and performances to various…
WHAT In her third exhibition with the gallery, the Canadian-Chinese artist (b.1980) uses landscape as a metaphor for the intangible forces that drive human beings from within. With her distinct visual language and personal narrative, she draws inspiration from her daily life experiences, her relationships, and her curiosity of the beauty and complexities of nature…
WHAT The exhibition marks the Korean-American artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery following her solo debut at Art Central 2022, and celebrates the gallery’s one year anniversary. Presenting a series of new abstract paintings, the artist expands upon her art historical studies, delving deeper into the lingual power of allegorical and narrative paintings. To…
WHAT In this exhibition by two well-known local Hong Kong artists, both present their love for the city and show how different perspectives can be despite their different backgrounds and environments. The theme of the exhibition is the perspective of light in a city and how it penetrates time, culture, and history, transforming the urban…
WHAT The exhibition is a special selection of over 30 artworks by artists originating from both European and Asian continents. The first group of artists originate from China, having received training in traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy (as well as Western art) in pre-war China. Drawn to the Abstract Expressionist movement in Europe, they…
WHAT The artist is a French photographer (b.1977) based in Paris, who takes a deeply structured and calculated approach to photography, focusing solely on the construction of the image rather than the subject itself. She uses a view camera, which creates an inverted image of the observed reality and allows for long exposure times of…
WHAT The artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery is a presentation of a kinetic installation and many of his recent paintings. They explore the relationship between machinery and humanity in this age of technological innovation. A dimly lit room adjacent to the main gallery space hosts the show's eponymous centrepiece, ‘Auto Soma’ (2023), a…
WHAT Belgian artist, Jean Philippe Duboscq’s textured works and American artist, Jon Poblador’s minimalistic paintings make up an exhibition where experimentation, the bold mastery of know-how and the power of the medium converge. While Duboscq expresses art through materiality, volumetry, abstraction, and lyrical abstraction; Poblador focuses on conceptual pieces and repetition by adding colours in…
WHAT An exhibition that covers two gallery floors, the presentation consists of nine of the Korean artist’s newest works. In the new series, the artist meticulously renders the nocturnal landscapes infused with sublime qualities: the vast universe, cosmic spirals, and lights. He uses a variety of different materials that pertain to traditional Eastern Asian heritage…
WHAT The American artist’s (b. 1986) second solo exhibition at the gallery premiers his renowned text works alongside a new series of shorthand writings. Focusing his practice on the relationship between semiotics and language to confront social and political topics such as race, power, communication, and labour, the artist creates drawings using graphite, pencil and…
WHAT Having been based in Paris for the past three decades, the internationally renowned Japanese artist’s (b. 1962) works are shown in Hong Kong for the first time. Known for her singular experimental pieces in the medium of photography, she also employs large canvases of varying sizes and drip painting techniques to convey her message.…
WHAT The Hong Kong artist (b. 1987) has cultivated an artistic practice galvanised by his keen, unperturbed sense of observation. His work examines everyday objects and their inherent forms, while exposing varying nuances in the relationship between the object and the context where it is found. In January 2023, Para Site invited the artist to…
WHAT Trained as a classical musician, the artist used to be a viola player with Hong Kong Philharmonic before devoting herself to painting in 2011. Using her music background, her first solo exhibition with the gallery incorporates musical elements and allows audiences to experience a new way of appreciating music and art. Her ‘Mist’ series…
WHAT The group exhibition featuring 7 Hong Kong artists showcases the process behind each artist's practice, with a focus on city landscapes made of man-made objects and nature. While landscape paintings today may be seen as picturesque and sublime, they were once considered a lesser genre, often relegated to the peripheral background in biblical and…
WHAT The world-renowned German artist (b.1945) is known for works that explore the themes of German history, mythology, and the human condition. Throughout his career, he has created a diverse range of artworks that include large-scale paintings, sculptures, installations, and photographs. This exhibition surveys 4 decades of the artist’s landscape paintings. Capping a year of…
WHAT In the mid-1950s, the workshops of Roger Malherbe-Navarre expanded on the light boxes of French painter, Jean Crotti, by layering pieces of glass into pictorial depictions (gemmail, French for ‘enamel gem’) of several of Picasso’s paintings. Impressed by the gemmistes’ masterful assembling and fusing of carefully selected glass, Picasso quickly became a fan and…
WHAT Celebrating the 30th anniversary of French May, the gallery’s presentation is a first solo exhibition by the French-Chinese author since being awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour for the second time. The exhibition features works focused on landscape paintings; however, instead of portraying the reality and perspective of the scene, he pursues…
WHAT In the renowned German artist’s newest exhibition, he depicts and celebrates the stories of mythology that surround the Golden Age. In time with Hong Kong’s reopening of its borders, the gallery hopes to usher in a ‘Golden Age’ of its own through this beacon of restarting. Created between 2020 to 2022, a large-scale installation…
WHAT The Hong Kong artist (b.1987) grew up in the New Territories, where he spent the majority of his childhood in the greenery of nature, away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Surrounded by the woods, he was always alone and enjoyed observing the movements of trees as well as taking care of…
WHAT Born in Syria and based in Paris for the past 40 years, Dalloul is known as one of the most accomplished artists from the Arab world. In his debut Hong Kong solo exhibition, he presents a number of almost life-sized paintings that depict the interactions between humans and nature. He captures the essence of…
WHAT New paintings from the American artist are presented in her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, where she explores the contemporary pop phenomena of Japanese media franchise, ‘Pokémon’. The artist first started exploring Pokémon when she debuted the character ‘Ditto’ in her 2022 exhibition at the gallery’s London location. In the current exhibition, each…
WHAT WHAT In her second solo exhibition, the Italian artist (b. 1968) showcases her photographs of Edgar Degas’s works presented in the 2020 exhibition ‘Degas’ at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). Degas was largely inspired by ‘les petits rats,’ which were the ballerinas-in-training at the Paris Opera Ballet company. In the ‘Degas’…
WHAT The Badung based artist collective presents paintings, lenticular prints, performative sculptures, installations, and videos in this exhibition, exploring the significance of the digital economy and the intersection of play and labour. Many of the multi-media pieces include depictions of Twitter hashtags in various forms, while other works depict the relationship between leisure and labour…
