The Works

there probably isn’t a street corner or a landscape in Hong Kong that hasn’t found itself the subject of at least one photographer’s lens. Hong Kong people can also provide plenty of inspiration for photographers. But those people are getting increasin...

Among the obstacles faced by Hong Kong’s young artists, high rents and limited space are constant headaches. Now one art space is hoping to make things a little easier. The non-profit art space “Things that can happen” aims to provide room for experime...

Kung Hei Fat Choy. And welcome, to this special bilingual Lunar New Year edition of The Works. We’re going to get the year off to a healthy and nimble start by celebrating some of the great musicians and performances we’ve had in our studio over the p...

Hong Kong film industry is one of the world’s most unrelentingly commercial. Local filmmakers have long believed that bringing politics into your films is the kiss of death at the box office, not to mention extremely problematic where mainland distribu...

Has it been cold enough for you? Last week, a winter blizzard hit the East Coast of the United States, bringing with it record-setting snowfall. Extreme cold weather has also hit China nationwide, with many cities blanketed in snow. Here in Hong Kong o...

Today, in a week that’s been particularly significant for Taiwanese politics, we’re dedicating the whole show to a series of documentaries about eminent authors, mostly from Taiwan. We first featured the documentary film series “The Inspired Island” in...

For many music fans, 2016 got off to a good start, with David Bowie releasing his latest album “Blackstar”, on his 69th birthday just last Friday. But the good start didn’t last. Just two days later, according to a note posted on social media sites on ...

For the past seven years, the Hong Kong Arts Centre has held its annual flagship exhibition focusing on artists from the regions. In the past, we’ve seen both floors of the Pao Galleries turned into a winter forest, and a room filled entirely with ball...

Hello and welcome to the final edition of The Works for 2015/first edition of Chinese Works for 2016. This week, we’re asking eight people involved in the local arts scene to tell us their choice of five of the most significant cultural events in 2015....

Welcome, once again to a special joint Christmas edition of The Works and 藝坊星期天. This is the time of year when we usually invite guests to the studio to help us celebrate Christmas with some festive tunes. And this year’s no exception. In part two, an ...