The Works

As you can’t fail to have noticed, Hong Kong’s elections for all 18 district councils took place last Sunday and it’s fair to say they considerably shook up the scene in terms of district politics. After the 2015 elections, pro-establishment candidates...

At the beginning of the month, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra presented a concert called “Sounds of Hong Kong”, featuring many local musicians and groups. The concert also featur...

The Hong Kong Arts Development Council implemented the ADC Arts Space Scheme in 2014 to help address the problems of the lack of space for artists in Hong Kong. Under the scheme, three venues have been opened for a while, one in Aberdeen five years ago...

The idea of the art residency began to take form in the United States and Europe at the turn of the 20th century, when art-lovers with deep pockets like Isabelle Gardner began offering part of their homes to favourite artists as a new kind of patronage...

It’s now heading for five months since the anti-extradition bill protests began. In the first episode of this season, we talked about the creative methods some protesters are adopting to deliver their political messages. Today, we’re looking at the wor...

In a city as densely populated as Hong Kong, the lack of space for artists to do large-scale work is a constant challenge. Lampworking, a type of glasswork in which glass is melted by a torch or lamp doesn’t necessarily require huge amounts of space, b...

Any time Tung Tsz in Tai Po is in your line of sight, it’s hard to miss seeing a giant Guan Yin, Goddess of Mercy standing in the mountains. It’s the world’s largest Guan Yin statue and a major attraction at the Tsz Shan Monastery. The compound provide...

RTHK' s The Works focuses on Hong Kong's arts and cultural scene.

The Works features news and reviews of visual and performing arts, design, literary and other “ works ” .

Added illumination comes from interviews with leading performers and produce...

Lui Shou-Kwan was one of the pivotal figures in Hong Kong’s New Ink Painting Movement, which took traditional Chinese ink art in a new and exciting direction by incorporating ideas from Western Expressionism, and Western Conceptual and Abstract art. Am...

Hello and welcome to a new series of The Works. It’s been a long, hot, and tension-inducing summer. For more than three months, Hong Kong has been gripped by the extradition law protests. The young people taking part have been mobilising through social...