Hong Kong Museum of Art
Current and Past Events
Titian and the Venetian Renaissance from the Uffizi
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT This exhibition takes you on a journey through the enchanting city of Venice during the Renaissance, a cultural hub that brought together merchants, voyagers, scholars and artists from all over the world. It showcases pieces from the world-renowned collection of the Uffizi, featuring works by Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, and Veronese. In addition to these…
Tears of Tempo
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT The Hong Kong artist is known for exploring history and culture through installations, photographs, videos, texts, and found objects, representing Hong Kong at the Venice Biennale in 2001. His latest site-specific installation features vintage Venetian glass lamps that he has collected, which emit flickering light; they are accompanied by a sound track recorded by…
Art Personalised: Masterpieces from the HKMoA
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT ‘Everyone’s personality is unique, and so are the characteristics of different artworks.’ For this exhibition, the museum handpicked almost 100 pieces from their four core collections, categorising them into four different personality traits. Additionally, Hong Kong artist, Joey Leung, presents corresponding hand-painted custom characters for the pieces. Each exhibition zone also has its own…
Harbour Wonder
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT 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,…
The Poetry of Everyday Life
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT 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…
Shopping in Canton: China Trade Art in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Phase II)
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT At the museum’s newest exhibition, viewers are invited to go window-shopping in Canton! Canton - as modern-day Guangzhou was once known - was the centre of foreign trade in China during the 18th and 19th centuries and any number of products could be found in the markets - from various crafts and curiosities, tea…
A 10,000-Year View
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT The exhibition is a site-specific art installation by the Chinese artist. Having studied in both China and San Francisco, Zheng is now based in both San Francisco and Shanghai, which has shaped his art style immensely. Many of his works feature the intersection of traditional Chinese ink painting, modern western art, and new media.…
The Road to the Baroque – Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT Organised by the museum in collaboration with the Capodimonte Museum in Italy, the exhibition features around forty late Renaissance works from northern and central Italy, as well as Neapolitan Baroque masterpieces never before shown in Hong Kong. Drawn from the museum’s two major nuclei - the Farnese Collection and the Bourbon Collection - these…
#popcolours: The Aesthetics of Hues in Antiquities from the HKMoA Collection
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT The exhibition features ceramics and works of art from the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. As its name suggests, the items presented are selected not only because they are exquisitely-made, but because they are decorated with stunning eye-catching colours. Besides reflecting the personal taste of their owners back in the ancient…
Wu Guanzhong: Sketching Vitality
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT As one of the founders of modern Chinese painting, Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) is recognised for shaping China’s contemporary art world with his new forms of artistic expression. His work embodies a synthesis of the techniques and ideas of traditional Chinese ink and western abstract painting. The exhibition features Wu's original sketch of Chinese cypresses,…
When Form Matters: Following the Path of Lui Shou-kwan to Zen Painting
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT As Hong Kong’s pioneer in the New Ink Movement, Lui Shou-kwan made a splash in the local art scene in the 1960s and had a profound influence on contemporary Chinese art. This master of ink art flawlessly combined Chinese classical painting with Abstraction and Symbolism through techniques such as landscape sketching and out-of-the-box experimentation…
Mythologies: Surrealism & Beyond
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT Founded in 1924 by French poet, André Breton, the Surrealism movement followed the belief that mythologies brought human societies together by sharing common stories of their origins and associated rites. Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s theories on the unconscious, most of us are fascinated by and familiar with the Surrealist art movement and its associations…
Honouring Tradition & Heritage: Min Chiu Society
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT Founded in 1960 by a group of Chinese collectors from Shanghai and Hong Kong, the Min Chiu Society is a private gentlemen's group dedicated to the appreciation of Chinese art. In celebrating its 60th anniversary with the theme of longevity, more than 300 works of art selected from its members’ world-renowned private collections are…
NOT a fashion store!
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonVideo credit: Hong Kong Museum of Art 香港藝術館 WHO Various artists WHO Various Artists WHAT The presentation showcases classic to contemporary artworks related to fashionable clothing, shoes and accessories, from ancient times to modern periods. The works presented are taken from the museum’s 4 core collections: Chinese Antiquities, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, China Trade Art, and…
Hong Kong Experience
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT For more than half a century, the Hong Kong Museum of Art has been collecting Hong Kong art - forged by people living in the city who paved the way for Hong Kong art’s development through their own experience. New lifestyles and innovative ideas prompted artists to break new ground with their spirit of…
Botticelli & his Times
Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, KowloonWHAT As part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Series, the Hong Kong Museum of Art partnered with the Uffizi Galleries in Florence to bring and showcase a total of 42 works from the Italian Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli's art is primarily featured alongside other Renaissance masters such as Filippo Lippi and Piero del Pollaiolo. WHY…
