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 Korean artist’s debut exhibition with Perrotin is a presentation of paintings from the last fifteen years that examine the theme of reverence of nature and its circulation. The essential themes encompassing his oeuvre are ‘nature’ and ‘temporality’. Shim continuously strives to pursue the quest for how to perceive and express them with the…
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 Curated by Joyce Wong Hei-ting, the exhibition is an ode to Chan (1905-1995) who is widely regarded as Hong Kong’s pioneer of modern art. The beginning of his career was marked by vivid watercolour paintings, which granted him the title of 'King of Watercolour'. Later, he developed a more distinct style by transcending traditional…
WHAT The Tokyo-born artist originally started out as a designer and after a lengthy career, he picked up photography and created his first series in 2008. Almost a decade and a half later, his newest exhibition presents 32 images from around the world, from Japan to California to Scotland. Throughout his career, he has placed…
WHAT 'Like sending my love', said the American artist when asked about what he meant by the exhibition’s title. Smears, caked-up textures and bursts of colour can be read or interpreted as words, parts of a message on the brink of legibility. Lewis's art can be read or interpreted as words, but border on the…
WHAT 'Unsung Heroes of Ink' takes audiences on a journey to discover the often-overlooked role of paper in Chinese ink painting, providing a much-needed context for xuan paper to shine. The debut film of curator, Olivia Wang, the film is in Mandarin, with Chinese and English subtitles. Part of the 'Art in Ink Festival' debuting…
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 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…
