The Works

Teaching artistic creativity is a tricky thing. Teachers have to show students how to find their own path, not just create carbon copies of themselves. It’s also an important thing. Much of society’s innovation depends on creativity. But you might not ...

Many artists are working more and more across disciplines: painting, performing, dancing or mixing different media in their work. Some collaborate with fields outside the world of the gallery: like fashion, music and film, as shown –for example – in St...

The 15-day Hong Kong International Film Festival, which ended two weeks ago, brought in over 240 movies from 66 countries and regions. Acclaimed directors and actors from around the world came to present their films. Among them was Japanese director, s...

Hong Kong’s hectic past month may have had art lovers rushing around as madly as March hares, but in case you couldn’t keep up, a few of the exhibitions that opened during Art Basel week are still going on. We’re bringing you two of them. In the 1980s,...

The popularity of the Hong Kong Film Award-winning film “Ten Years”, not only reflects widespread concerns about the SAR’s future, but also reflects the extent to which Hongkongers are examining their own sense of identity. At the Mill 6 Pop-up Space i...

As The Works and 藝坊星期天 show every week, these days art is a year-round activity in Hong Kong. But March is particularly busy, with the two big art fairs Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Central attracting galleries, collectors and visitors from all over the...

Look at the weather this week and March seems to be the month for being deluged with rain. Thankfully for art lovers it’s also the month for being deluged with art. With Art Basel and Art Central both opening their doors this week, the whole town is go...

We’re taking a look at new takes on two different forms of classical music, as represented at this this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival. The first of those is the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, now accompanied by acrobats, dance and the art of the circus...

"Artists should not lose themselves in the tide of market economy nor go astray while answering the question of ‘whom to serve … The arts must serve the people and serve socialism.” So said President Xi Jinping towards the end of 2014, giving rise to f...

It’s time once again for the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival. For over a month, 1,400 artists from around the world will be giving 119 performances, 15 of which are new works or world premieres. Today we’re bringing you two very different performances f...