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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.
25 Mar 2025 - 6:45PM
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Mammoths, bison in prehistoric cave art French keep under wraps
25 Mar 2025 - 3:15PM
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Artist Sarah Sze on her first Asia solo exhibition in Hong Kong
25 Mar 2025 - 11:15AM
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Spider sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ inner world revealed in Hong Kong show
Hauser & Wirth’s exhibition of Louise Bourgeois is a deep dive into how the late artist’s fascination with the human body inspired her art.
24 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM
Spider (2000) is one of Louise Bourgeois’ works on show at Hauser & Wirth’s “Louise Bourgeois: Soft Landscape” exhibition, in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Christopher Burke
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Rudolf Nureyev gala tribute in Hong Kong full of high points
Mariinsky Ballet’s Maria Khoreva shows why she is making waves, hometown hero Lam Chun-wing earns acclaim in tribute to a legend of dance.
24 Mar 2025 - 4:45PM
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Painting attributed to a male artist for years was woman’s work
Lavinia Fontana, a leading woman painter of the Italian Renaissance, now credited with work a museum in Douai, France, believed was Flemish.
24 Mar 2025 - 1:45PM
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Beethoven meets space battles in ‘first manga opera’, coming to Hong Kong
Conductor Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra will perform Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.
24 Mar 2025 - 12:44PM
A scene from Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace. Described as the first “manga opera”, it will be performed by the Insula Orchestra and Accentus chamber choir from March 26-28, 2025 as part of the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: HKAF
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Is this our dystopian future? Hong Kong artist’s fantasy 2084
Not 1984, but 2084: Michelle Fung imagines a dystopian future in art that’s in part a response to consumerism and environmental woes.
23 Mar 2025 - 1:41PM
Books and literature
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From Hiroshima to Fukushima in rambling, riveting Wildcat Dome
Now in English translation, Yuko Tsushima’s novel explores radiation, racism and personal conflict against a backdrop of nuclear disaster.
22 Mar 2025 - 6:15PM
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How 3 dancers accomplished one of ballet’s most difficult feats
New York City Ballet’s Unity Phelan, Mira Nadon and Miriam Miller talk about the huge challenge of Swan Lakes’ White and Black Swan roles.
22 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM
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Hong Kong ASMR show brings internet trend out from behind the screen
Since ASMR took the internet by storm during the pandemic it has been a private, virtual experience. Weird Sensation Feels Good changes that.
22 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM
Visitorstot the “Weird Sensation Feels Good” ASMR exhibition. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Refined Mozart, inspired Bach from Andras Schiff and his ensemble
Schiff and the Cappella Andrea Barca’s playing of Mozart exuded grace and refinement, and they were on point in Bach’s keyboard concertos.
21 Mar 2025 - 4:45PM
Books and literature
Hunger Games prequel novel Sunrise On The Reaping called ‘heart-wrenching’
District 12 victor Haymitch Abernathy’s past is explored in ‘propulsive’ fifth book by Suzanne Collins set in fictional dystopia she created.
21 Mar 2025 - 3:40PM
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Deliciously terrifying David Boring show mixes post-punk sounds with horror
The underground indie group’s one-off event included them live-scoring horror music videos by local filmmakers and a Butoh performance.
20 Mar 2025 - 6:09PM
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What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, March 21-23
See street art at HKwalls, try a mash-up of wonton noodles and modern Chinese cuisine, learn how to celebrate your unique essence and more.
24 Mar 2025 - 7:58AM
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Hong Kong street art festival HKwalls is back for its 10th edition from March 22 to 30, 2025, centred on PMQ in Central district. It’s one of our top five things to see and do in Hong Kong this weekend. Photo: HKwalls
Music
Top pianist cancels US tour, asks ‘Have we learned nothing from the 1930s?’
Andras Schiff says he feels morally obliged to withdraw from his 2025-26 season US concerts, noting that arts and politics are inseparable.
20 Mar 2025 - 1:21PM
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How indigenous artists on remote Australian island keep traditions alive
Aboriginal artists from Australia’s Tiwi Islands, whose works will show at Hong Kong’s Art Basel, offer a window into their culture.
21 Mar 2025 - 9:19AM
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US visa fee increases, delays make tours there ‘not worth it’ for artists
1,000-day waits for interviews. 8 months for processing. Higher fees. Visa applications are a headache for acts looking to tour the States.
22 Mar 2025 - 6:56PM
Montreal rock band Fuudge perform at the New Colossus Festival. Photo: Invision/AP
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Statue of Liberty, Big Ben models made of scrap in underwater art show
A Swedish art project aims to create an underwater city of the world’s most famous buildings to highlight the threat from rising sea levels.
18 Mar 2025 - 5:16PM
Tourism
Explore Paris through its art, from the Louvre’s Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali
An art critic shares her guide to exploring the art treasures of Paris, from some of the most well-known to places you may have overlooked.
18 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM
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Hong Kong’s corporate culture challenged in defiant art show
‘Re:Urgent’ is a satirical art exhibition being held at Young Soy Gallery in Central featuring four office cubicles and a boss’ office.
18 Mar 2025 - 1:43PM
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When this 9-year-old tattoo artist grows up, he wants his own parlour
His dad started teaching him to tattoo to get him off his phone. Now Napat Mitmakorn wants to do it for a living when he grows up.
18 Mar 2025 - 4:14PM
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Napat Mitmakorn goes by the nickname “Knight”. Tattooing is a centuries-old tradition in Thailand. Photo: AFP
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Hong Kong Picasso exhibition dares to be critical, but is it enough?
Picasso was a genius with a dark side, one the M+ museum’s show of his art with modern and contemporary Asian art only partly addresses.
17 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM
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He made US$2.6 million and was only happy for 3 days. He explains why
Han Jung-soo achieved financial independence and retired in his 20s. But money ‘does not automatically lead to a happy ending’, he says.
17 Mar 2025 - 7:15AM
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Edvard Munch shows in London, US take viewers ‘beyond The Scream’
Norwegian painter’s portraits at London’s National Portrait Gallery show his social side, while at Harvard his woodblock prints are in focus.
16 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM
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