The Works

There’s good news for jazz fans as the Freespace Jazz Fest returns at the end of this month. The five-day festival features a veritable cornucopia of activities on five stages across the West Kowloon Cultural District. One highlight in the new Wonderla...

In the 1950s and 1960s, Hong Kong was known around the world for making and exporting textile, plastic, clothing, and even wood products. In terms of wood crafts, local factories and artisans specialised in, among other things, shipbuilding, furniture ...

Artist Chu Hing-wah, who we last featured in 2017 during his exhibition at the Hanart TZ Gallery. And he wasn’t just revealing his painting talents. He was also demonstrating another passion of his: singing Cantonese opera at the exhibition opening. Th...

Dunhuang, in the Western part of China’s Gansu province, is located on an important Silk Road crossroads. Between 500 and 1,000 AD, it was a key Buddhist centre. Carved into the cliffs, the Mogao Caves, of which 492 are currently preserved, house some ...

Apart from the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong is made up of 263 islands, including of course Hong Kong Island. Many of us may have even visited some of the other larger islands such as Lamma, Lantau and Cheung Chau, but many more are small and uninhabite...

Pipilotti Rist’s creative output has, over the years, expanded from her early video works to recent large-scale moving-image installations. She has described video as “back glass paintings”, and says that nowadays, “we put all knowledge, feelings, hist...

Every year, as schools or universities end their semesters for the summer holidays, a new batch of students graduates with fresh hopes, ambitions, and ideals.

Before they end their studies though, Hong Kong’s undergraduate art students present their w...

Last week, in the first of our two summer music specials, we featured new music from two local ensembles, Teriver Cheung’s Transience Ensemble and neo-chamber group Sea Island & Ferry. This week, we focus on the piano, one of the most played instrument...

This week and next, we’re dedicating the whole show to music, and – more specifically – performances by guests in our studio, something to help you sit back and relax in the comfort of your own home on these hot summer days. Today, we’re focusing on ne...

With many Covid travel restrictions remaining in place, taking a summer vacation, or enjoying art outside of Hong Kong, can still be a challenge this year. But if you are a lover of European art, a current exhibition of Baroque and pre-Baroque masters ...