The Works

In 1877, critic Walter Pater wrote: “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” Mark Rothko famously said: “I became a painter because I wanted to raise painting to the level of poignancy of music and poetry.” From James McNeill Whistl...

Published in 1993, “Parable of the Sower” is a speculative fiction novel by American author Octavia E. Butler. Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by climate change and social inequality, it's centred on the diary entries of protagonist Lauren Olam...

While some office workers in Hong Kong very much enjoy their jobs, for others it's a daily grind and one that often extends way beyond the nine to five.

But there are ways to make the workplace more appealing. Launched in 2014, "Project After 6" bring...

Known for her ceramic works, Sara Tse combines a mastery of technique with a sophisticated lyricism to evoke feelings, memories, and history. In her current project, Tse is using photographic and print media to preserve memories and images from her own...

For thousands of years, artists have tried to capture the human figure in their work. Sometimes they've represented individuals realistically, as in sculptures of famous people. Sometimes they've idealised them, in the form of gods and goddesses. Towar...

"Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger", or so Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote for the Musical "South Pacific". We can't guarantee THAT, but we can introduce you to an Enchanted Evening of Mélodies Françaises on Saturday 27th May in the company o...

Whether considered as a form of self-expression, an activity with functional purposes, or as a way to communicate ideas with others, art is a universal human behaviour.

For Alixe Fu, engaging with the public and with viewers of his works is an increas...

Organised by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Booked is a fair dedicated to art books - not just books about art, but books as works of art in themselves. It showcases artists, creative practitioners and publishers who use books and Zines as a medium of artistic...

Swing dance developed from, and was inspired by, the “swing” style of jazz music in the 1920s. Cab Calloway, long associated with Harlem's Cotton Club, was one of the band leaders who created the music that accompanied such dance styles as the Lindy Ho...

The origins of the pipe organ, a keyboard instrument that requires its player to use both hands and feet, date back to the hydraulis of ancient Greece in the 3rd century BC. Today, it's mostly identified with churches, sometimes cinemas - where it acco...