African Studies

Flowers Gallery   49 Tung Street Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

WHAT The renowned Canadian landscape photographer’s work produced across the African continent from 2015 to 2019 is presented in Hong Kong for the first time. Photographed predominantly from aerial viewpoints, Burtynsky’s works often have a flattened frontal aspect, transforming the image into graduating colour fields or vigorous grid-like compositions, reminiscent of Modernist abstraction. Presented at…

Harbour Wonder

Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

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,…

Sotheby’s HK Spring Auction Preview 2023

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai

WHAT The Sotheby's spring auction preview presents the very best across the categories of fine art and luxury, including Chinese ceramics and paintings, modern and contemporary art, jewellery, wines and spirits, and even fashion items. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sotheby’s in Asia this year, the auction house brings an extraordinary series of evening auctions…

Kazuyuki Futagawa Solo Exhibition

Whitestone Gallery 7-8/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central

WHAT A solo presentation by the Japanese artist (b.1954), the exhibition is a series of paintings inspired by the natural beauty of Yakushima Island, known for its captivating mossy forests. With his background in nihonga (traditional Japanese painting using minerals and pigments), the artist’s oeuvres explore the relationship between humans and nature. The subject matter…

you gave me everything

Galerie du Monde (gdm) 108 Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell Street, Central

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…

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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…

BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair

Tai Kwun Contemporary Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

WHAT This is the 5th edition of the fair, with over 80 local and international artists, publishers, organisations, and booksellers participating. The fair includes special displays by Hong Kong photographer Kurt Tong, Swiss independent publishing house Nieves, and French publisher onestar press/Three Star Books, along with a wide range of talks, workshops, and performances. This…

A Mirage of a Shining City

Tang Contemporary Art 10/F H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central

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…

Lyrical Encounters

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…

Jeux Thèmes Variations (I)

Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre   7 Kennedy Road, Central

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…

Inside Views

La Galerie G/F, 74 Hollywood Road, Central

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…

The Tombs Are Upset

Perrotin Hong Kong 807 K11 Atelier, 18 Salisbury Road, Victoria Dockside, Kowloon

WHAT For the American artist’s first exhibition at the gallery, six new sculptures of hand-carved, hand-dyed polychromed basswood are presented. The exhibition’s title derives from a single artwork installed on a single pedestal, spanning over three and a half metres. The artwork is composed of a series of compositions, each placing one abstracted, biomorphic element…

Between Shapes & Forms

Galerie KOO 7/F, 67 Wyndham Street, Central

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…

Auspicious Dream

Soluna Fine Art G/F, 52 Sai Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, AZ

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…

New Song We Wrest! Who Throng Heat Yet? Tone Got Flower Work.

MASSIMODECARLO 203-205A Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

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…

Here, No Balloon

wamono art 10A Derrick Industrial Building, 49 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen

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.…

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Para Site 22/F Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King's Road, North Point & Quarry Bay

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…

Jeux Thèmes Variations (II)

Alisan Fine Arts (Aberdeen) 1904 Hing Wai Industrial Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Road, Aberdeen

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…