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 The exhibition statement, ‘Depicting space with lines; Filling in the blanks with colours’, aptly captures the overall sentiment of the group exhibition. Featuring the latest works by three alumni of the Hong Kong Art School who completed the Higher Diploma in Fine Art and the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), the presentation showcases paintings,…
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 Born in 1935 in Shanghai, Hsiao Chin is considered a second generation Chinese diaspora artist. He moved to Taiwan in 1949, and in 1955 graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the National Taiwan Normal University, having studied drawing under Chu Teh-Chun. He played a major role in ushering a new era of Taiwan…
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 William Lim wears many hats - architect, renowned collector, major donor of the M+ Museum, and multi-faceted artist. Lim sees painting as a way to record his life experience. The theme of the latest exhibition is 'Flowers Good Moon Round' - a Chinese idiom symbolising the beauty and fullness of life. The colourful presentation…
WHAT As part of Swire Properties Arts Month, this contemporary art exhibition debuts 12 one-of-a-kind stone sculptures created by Hong Kong-based French artist, Polo Bourieau. Known for his monumental sculptures, Bourieau draws inspirations from Chinese scholars' rocks, the abundance of stone deposits formed by the forces of nature, and the aesthetics of architecture created by…
WHAT Hong Kong has been the well-loved subject of photographers for as long as photography has been possible. In this group exhibition, the artists explore the different aspects of what makes Hong Kong such an appealing subject. On display are works of street photography from different periods and of different styles, from the city’s inception…
WHAT In partnership with art advisory Arodite, 23 works of oil on canvas and panels from the Yale graduate are showcased, revealing the artist’s take on the everyday beauty of her native neighbourhoods. Through an adventurous play with light, colour and shadow, figures can be found passing in front of a variety of landscapes drawn…
WHO Etsu Egami, JY WHAT Etsu Egami and JY are two young and contemporary artists who have collaborated on multiple works. Etsu Egami is a Japanese artist whose works combine oil painting and traditional Japanese ink painting. In her distinctive style, she explores the relationship between the individual and the surrounding world. JY, on the…
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 is the first survey exhibition of the Indian-born, Singapore-based award-winning artist at the gallery. Her art, books, films, and photographs look at current and historical flashpoints as perspectival shifts to examining contemporary crises of displacement, whether of people, languages, cultures, or knowledge bodies. The survey offers a glimpse into the multi-layered world that…
WHAT In this exhibition at the gallery's specially-curated space - Kwai Fung Salone - four female artists discuss the concept of light and lightness as both a physical property and a state of being. Inspired by Milan Kundera’s iconic ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’, which discusses lightness versus heaviness, the artists each present their own…
WHAT Street Art emerged in Europe in the 1970s, and developed in the 80s and 90s with the Hip hop movement. As a collaboration between HKwalls and the European Union National Institutions for Culture (EUNIC), four amazing artists from Czech Republic, Germany, France, and Italy come together to each realise a wall during the festival.…
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…
WHAT The Beijing-based artist is one of China’s most highly regarded, and one of the pivotal protagonists of the first non-conformist art groups to emerge from China in 1979 - The Stars (Xing Xing 星星) Art Group. Huang's practice has been largely influenced by the Book of Changes (I-Ching or Yi Jing). While the artist…
WHAT An acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video and sculpture, the Miami-born Brooklyn-based artist is known for his strikingly energised paintings and installations. His second solo exhibition in Hong Kong unveils 10 pulsating, intimate sized works executed during a fertile period of ‘en plein air’ painting, as well as two characteristically…
