The Works

Last Friday morning, Hong Kong woke to the news of the death of poet, novelist, and singer songwriter Leonard Cohen. He died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles, and was later laid to rest in his hometown of Montreal. He began his music career in 1967...

We look at two very different photo exhibitions, one that looks at some of the most pressing issues in the world, and the other that tells a more intimate story. We’ll start with a macro view and look at this year’s World Press Photo exhibition. The 15...

DC Comics created Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Justice League of America. Marvel brought comic book fans Iron Man, Spider Man, Captain America, Thor, the X-Men, the Guardians of the Galaxy. There’s been a long rivalry between the two publishers,...

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 produc...

One of the things that made the work of the late great musician David Bowie so significant was that he was so well attuned to what was going on in so many cultural areas: theatre, mime, painting, fashion, literature, and more. And he was an avid collec...

Hong Kong has its fair share of creative talents despite not being known for valuing art education highly, but the emphasis has increased over the past decade or so. That’s partly due to factors such as the development of the West Kowloon Cultural Dist...

A little something to get your teeth into in today's show, metaphorically at least. You may or may not be convinced by the concept of food as edible art, or indeed impressed by people’s mobile phone photographs of their lunch, but from still lives to c...

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 produc...

In this week’s show, and in time for the long summer holiday days, creativity and the family. We visit two families to see how the love of making art can start at home.

But first, Hong Kong’s annual week-long Book Fair ended today. This year martial ...

The four-year tenure of the 2012-2016 Legislative Council ended last week. The 5th Legco since the establishment of the HKSAR saw the most meetings adjourned of any so far, as legislators used filibusters and quorum calls to delay or reject some of the...