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A golden seal from Korea’s Goguryeo era which sold for HK$10.8 million (US$1.39 million), more than nine times its lower pre-sale estimate, at a China Guardian Hong Kong auction. Photo: courtesy of China Guardian
Art

Korean golden seal smashes presale estimate, sells for US$13.9 million

Record-setting price paid for seal given by China’s Jin dynasty to a nobleman of Korea’s Goguryeo kingdom in China Guardian’s Hong Kong sale.

South Korea

Why are Korean stars opening up about divorce years after their marriages end?

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Hong Kong Ballet’s Frida is a visually bold if sometimes bemusing spectacle

Britain

John Lithgow wins best actor award at UK Olivier Awards

American actor won for portrayal of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author in Giant, a play that confronts Dahl’s antisemitic views.

American actor John Lithgow at the Olivier Awards in London, Britain, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE
American actor John Lithgow at the Olivier Awards in London, Britain, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Art

Film director Ridley Scott brings his artist’s eye to graphic novel

Modville was pitched to Scott’s company by creator Jesse Negron. Scott, an artist himself, lent his visual talents to the project.

Music

How ‘cheap trick’ helps monkeys yodel better than humans

Human yodellers can switch up and down an octave, but monkeys have a 3½-octave range. Researchers have just discovered why that is.

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

AI threatens anime artists but Ghibli’s Miyazaki irreplaceable, son says

Goro Miyazaki talks about AI, animation and why making films as deep as his father’s is impossible, as ChatGPT releases new image generator.

An image generated by AI in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films for Studio Ghibli. Photo: AFP
An image generated by AI in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films for Studio Ghibli. Photo: AFP
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Armless musician Felix Klieser on overcoming the ‘impossible’

German born without arms, who plays the French horn with his left foot, talks about being resilient ahead of his latest concert in Hong Kong.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Visually stunning Bizet’s Carmen in Hong Kong recreates original staging

The Hong Kong Arts Festival’s presentation of the famous opera gives a fascinating sense of what audiences experienced 150 years ago.

Art

US$330 million later, New York’s Frick Collection to reopen its doors

The museum, which includes artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Whistler and Fragonard, is set to reopen to the public in April.

A visitor stands in The Frick Collection’s West Gallery during a press preview on March 25, 2025 in New York. The Frick Collection will reopen to the public on April 17 following a multi-year renovation and enhancement. Photo: AFP
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 5-7

From a brewery’s anniversary celebration to a ballet about Frida Kahlo to an Oscar-winning film, here are 5 things to check out this weekend.

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Practise tai chi at K11 Musea. Photo: The Door
Practise tai chi at K11 Musea. Photo: The Door
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Experiential dining event in Hong Kong mixes feasting and dancing

Candles made of butter. Food eaten by candlelight off communal platters. Dancers weaving between tables. Group serves a feast for the senses.

Art

Trump’s ‘arrogant and appalling’ Smithsonian order comes under fire

‘It’s a declaration of war,’ one historian says of Trump’s attempt to excavate ‘divisive ideology’ from the historic museum institution.

Art

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Hong Kong auctions underwhelm as sales hit 6-year low

The world’s leading auction houses made a combined US$89.2 million, the lowest since autumn 2018, according to data from ArtTactic.

“Grotto” by Nicholas Party is shown during the media preview on March 20, ahead of Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction. Photo: Nora Tam
Books and literature

6 good reads about privilege, from The Great Gatsby to Crazy Rich Asians

A Wall Street satire by Tom Wolfe. Edith Wharton’s jab at high society. Six books that offer a sense of escape yet are strangely relatable.

A still from Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
A still from Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Art

Are ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style AI images fun memes or copyright breach?

AI images mimicking Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki’s intricate style have delighted fans, but what did ChatGPT train on to make them?

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Art

Victor Hugo art exhibition in London shows writer’s love of drawing

Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo highlights the famous French writer’s love of drawing in a show of 70 of his illustrations.

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Wellness

Free museum visits for health? This town will give you the doctor’s note

A novel medical option encourages patients to get physical and intellectual exercise, while the arts have been shown to boost mental health.

Marianne de Reynier Nevsky (left), the cultural mediation manager in Neuchâtel, and town council member Julie Courcier Delafontaine, chat about a new “museum prescription” programme outside the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchâtel in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on March 19, 2025. Photo: AP
Marianne de Reynier Nevsky (left), the cultural mediation manager in Neuchâtel, and town council member Julie Courcier Delafontaine, chat about a new “museum prescription” programme outside the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchâtel in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on March 19, 2025. Photo: AP
Art

Fashion designers adore Snoopy. An exhibition reflects on 75 years of love

A Paris exhibition shows how designers embraced the comic-strip beagle. The rules to collaboration? Nothing X-rated, no smoking or drinking.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, March 28-30

Get your fill of art, washed down with cocktails if desired, join in some art-based journaling, or snap up some limited-edition sneakers.

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Art

International visitors return as Art Basel Hong Kong gets off to good start

International visitors return en masse as galleries voice confidence that the 2025 fair will be a significant improvement over recent years.

Crowds of guests and exhibitors attend Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, on March 26, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Books and literature

Japanese novel about a serial killer hailed as feminist overseas

Asako Yuzuki’s Butter, thought of as a crime novel in Japan, is celebrated in UK and elsewhere for exploring misogyny and body shaming.

The cover of Asako Yuzuki’s novel.
The cover of Asako Yuzuki’s novel.
Art

Art Week Shenzhen 2025 best exhibitions and events to visit

Those attending Art Basel Hong Kong have many reasons to squeeze in Art Week Shenzhen 2025, from a Jaffa Lam show to the opening of K11 HACC.

Tourism

Mammoths, bison in prehistoric cave art French keep under wraps

Hundreds of carvings of prehistoric animals, and women, line a cave in southwest France. For 4 weeks a year researchers are let in to map it.

Art

Artist Sarah Sze on her first Asia solo exhibition in Hong Kong

The celebrated US artist is showing her large, dramatic multimedia and layered artworks at Gagosian gallery in Hong Kong.

Detail from Sarah Sze’s Everlasting (2025), part of her solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Photo: Enid Tsui
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