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

Opera Gallery Hong Kong Shop G08-09 The Galleria, 9 Queen’s Road Central, Central

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…

Auto Soma

MOU PROJECTS 202 The Factory, 1 Yip Fat Street, Aberdeen

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…

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…

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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…

Along the Way

THE SHOPHOUSE 4 Second Lane, Tai Hang, Causeway Bay

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…

Hortus Conclusus

Gagosian 7/F Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central

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…

Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass

University Museum & Art Gallery (UMAG)  90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

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…

Inner Vision

Alisan Fine Arts (Central) 21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central

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…

Anselm Kiefer: Golden Age

Villepin 53-55 Hollywood Road, Central

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…

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2023

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

WHAT The 10th Edition of the Affordable Art Fair returns at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. With a wide range of artworks from over 90 local and international galleries, the fun-filled event promises to delight novice and seasoned collectors alike. Get your tickets here. VIP Preview (by invitation only) Thursday 18 May, 1pm -…