Tang Kwong San: Rootstock

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

WHAT The local artist's (b. 1992) much-anticipated first solo exhibition with the gallery uses the bauhinia plant as the main motif. Through graphite drawings, oil paintings, handmade objects, photography, and installations, the artist's new series of works navigates between deconstruction and reconstruction, examining how the tissues of our identities are splintered and joined. Through found…

Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

David Zwirner 5/F-6/F H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central

WHAT Marking the late Italian-Brazilian artist's (1900–1995) first presentation in Asia, this exhibition coincides with Lorenzato’s inclusion in the present 60th Venice Biennale. Although he studied for a brief period at the Reale Accademia delle Arti in Vicenza in 1925, the artist was mostly self-taught, and he developed his technical proficiency in painting through a…

Nabuqi: Geopoetics regarding a waterless sea 

Kiang Malingue (Wan Chai) 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai

WHAT The Beijing-based Mongolian artist's 3rd exhibition with the gallery centres around an eponymous novel by author Chen Si’an written for this exhibition. Her new body of sculptures and installations are displayed through the gallery's different floors as well as rooftop, investigating the changes of time, memory, spirituality and faith, the distinction between land and…

Fabienne Verdier: Retables

Galerie Lelong & Co. 13 Rue de Téhéran, Paris

WHAT The latest solo show by the French artist (b.1962) is exhibited across the entire space at 13 rue de Téhéran and in the gallery's newly-expanded space at 38 avenue Matignon. With her artistic practice having long been associated with the format of the altarpiece - a central panel flanked by two smaller, movable panels…

Chow Chun Fai: Map of Amnesia

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

WHAT The respected Hong Kong artist's solo exhibition encompasses works that perpetuate the artist’s unique and iconic practice of portraying Hong Kong’s memories and cinematography. The collection of 14 paintings present historic locations such as the Mahjong House at Portland Street, Man Mo Temple, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Mido Café, and Lin Heung…

Jules Olitski: The Mitt Paintings 1988-1993

Galerie Templon Paris 30 rue Beaubourg, Paris

WHAT A key figure in the American Colour Field Painting movement, the artist is known for his experimental use of colour and texture. The exhibition focuses on his late-career series of Mitt paintings, where he used mittens to spread vibrant, sculptural layers of acrylic paint across the canvas. The exhibition explores his radical approach to…

L’Objet surréaliste

Galerie Loevenbruck 12 rue Jacques-Callot, Paris

WHAT The group exhibition explores the issues raised about sculpture and objects that are influenced by the Surrealism movement, investigating the use of the everyday object as a means of 'subverting the real without denying it'. The presentation is part of the 'Paris surréaliste' event, taking place concurrently with the 'Surréalisme' exhibition at the Centre…

Christie’s HK 2024 Inaugural Sales at the Henderson

Christie’s 6/F The Henderson, 2 Murray Road, Central

WHAT Meticulously curated by Christie’s world-class specialists, the 4 featured auctions will be the first series to take place at the auction house's new Asia Pacific headquarters at the Henderson: 26 September, 2024 The Au Bak Ling Collection: The Inaugural Sale 20th/21st Evening Sale 27 September, 2024 20th Century Day Sale 21st Century Day Sale…

Chine: A new generation of artists

Musée d'Art Moderne - Pompidou Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris

WHAT The collective exhibition delves into the rising contemporary Chinese art scene. The 21 artists include Aaajiao, Alice Chen, Chen Fei, Chen Wei, Chu Yun, Cui Jie, Hao Liang, Hu Xiaoyuan, Li Ming, Liu Chuang, Lu Pingyuan, LuYang, Miao Ying, Nabuqi, Qiu Xiaofei, Shen Xin, Xun Sun, Wan Yang, Yao Qingmei, Yu Ji, and Zhang…

Arte Povera

Bourse de Commerce – Pinault 2 Rue de Viarmes, Paris

WHAT A major exhibition devoted to Arte Povera, the exhibition comprises over 250 historic and contemporary works, as well as pieces that have taken their inspiration from this major Italian artistic movement of the 1960s. It features 50 historic, emblematic works from the Pinault Collection which have been placed in relation to pieces from other…

Carmen Neely: chronic conditions

Mariane Ibrahim 18 Avenue Matignon, Paris

WHAT The solo exhibition of new works marks the American artist’s 1st solo show in Paris and 2nd with the gallery. The new series of paintings serves as a portal into her intimate world, where semantic threads intertwine her subjectivity with broader global realities. With text borrowed from various sources, her canvases are surfaces taught…