The Works

By RTHK.HKArts Performing Arts

The Works episodes

June 04, 2014 Fabienne Verdier; Project Artist X; Andrée Putman; In our studio: Qu Wanting
Fabienne Verdier went to Sichuan in 1983 to learn from some of the master calligraphers who’d had their artistic careers badly damaged by the Cultural Revolution. In her own career, Fabienne has applied her Chinese art skills to Western art, as can be...
22 min
May 28, 2014 Art Basel Hong kong 2014
This week’s special edition of The Works is entirely devoted to the second edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Unlike the Venice Biennale and many other art events, big art expos like Art Basel are basically gigantic shopping opportunities. It’s a trade fa...
22 min
May 21, 2014 Photographer Edward Burtynsky; Countertenor Phillipe Jaroussky; India - Hong Kong Cultural Exchange;
At the Sundaram Tagore gallery until June 21st, Edward Burtynsky is presenting large scale photographs from his current series. The topic is water and the way we use it. Burtynsky's work provides a daunting insight into man's increasing damaging effect...
22 min
May 14, 2014 Orlando Campbell; Protest Singer David Rovics; Gaudi Exhibition; Raphaël Sévère
At the Red Elation gallery painter Orlando Campbell is exploring “A Violation of Symmetry”. He believes in living in the moment, he says, and enjoys having a very disjointed lifestyle. In this first exhibition in Hong Kong, he’s showing works that refl...
22 min
May 07, 2014 Shakespeare In the Port; New Lives for Barbie; Laibach. Teriver Cheung Trio
From April 17th to last Sunday, Hong Kong’s Cyberport was the unusual venue for two plays by one of the greatest dramatists of all time, William Shakespeare. The plays were “The Taming of the Shrew” and “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”. But just what or ...
22 min
April 30, 2014 Antony Gormley; Three Elders of HK Art; Elmgreen and Dragset; Shan Shan Sheng
At White Cube Hong Kong, British sculptor Anthony Gormley is showing a series of sculptures reflecting the density of the city’s lifestyle. "States and Conditions, Hong Kong” is a series of sculptures in lines and cubes, echoing the way we increasingly...
22 min
April 23, 2014 The Works 10th Anniversary Concert Highlights
It's official: RTHK's arts and culture show The Works has been running for ten years now.
Tuesday 4th March marked The Works's 10th anniversary.
To celebrate, we arranged a free outdoor concert on Saturday March 8th at the venue of the West Kowloon ...
22 min
April 16, 2014 Ju Ming - The Living World
This week we’re devoting the entire show to just one internationally famous Taiwanese artist. The artist is Ju Ming, and you can see an exhibition of selections from his “The Living World” series at the Hong Kong Museum of Art until 15th June. Accordin...
22 min
April 07, 2014 Isabelle Huppert in Hong Kong; Exhibition of Historical Photographs; Deserts Chang in the studio
In case of problems with streaming video, the show is also available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJ5OjuAM70.
French actress Isabelle Huppert recently visited Hong Kong to attend a retrospective of some of her best known films, and p...
23 min
April 02, 2014 Jaap van Zweden Interview; The Selden Map; Hong Kong in the Storm; The Oxford Gargoyles
In case of problems with streaming video this programme is also available on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRHoGISur4
On 13th March, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra announced that Music Director Jaap van Zweden’s contract with the or...
22 min