The Works

Ginger Kwan sings "Honeysuckle Rose"

Humans have been creating miniature representations of reality since prehistoric times. Many of the earliest were funerary objects, but throughout the history of art miniatures have come in the form of paintings, drawings, engravings, book illustration...

There are few materials more useful or aesthetic than glass, whether we want to look through it, drink from it, or make beautiful or decorative objects with it. People have been making and using the material for at least 3,600 years. New creative possi...

The Mills’ non-profit cultural arm, the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, or CHAT, focuses on exhibitions and co-learning programmes related to woven textiles. Last year, they organised “Spinning East Asia”, inviting more than 40 artists, designe...

Many welcomed the government’s announcement last week of a relaxation of pandemic-related restrictions. Restaurants can welcome customers at night. Cinemas, museums, and performance venues can open again. So can art galleries. And as Art Basel Hong Kon...

Kurt Chan is known not only for his calligraphic and mixed-media work, but also for his career as a well-respected professor of art. An alumnus of the Department of Fine Arts of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he later returned to teach there for ...

There’s a close relationship between architecture and sculpture, not only because both are constructed of solid materials in three dimensions, but also because sculptures have been used for thousands of years to augment or decorate architecture. For lo...

Hong Kong’s skyline, dominated by high rises and skyscrapers, is one of the most iconic in the world, particularly when night falls and vivid neon colours the streets.

For Derry Ainsworth, who arrived here in 2014, the city’s visual appeal was a major...

For more than 300 years, Kat O was home to several thousand Hakka and Tanka villagers, a thriving fishing and farming island. Today though, due to its remoteness and because many have moved to urban areas, the island is home to just around fifty reside...

With his passion for classical and fingerstyle guitar, local guitarist Jacky Lau has appeared on the show several times. In 2013, he brought guitar masters Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor to our studio. But he has recently been facing somewhat tough t...