Guo Pei (b. 1967), China’s first couture artist, combines Chinese cultural heritage with international elements and artistic expression. Guo's astonishing runway collections have impressed fashion and art audiences alike for almost 30 years. Presenting the first major exhibition of Guo’s work produced in China, M+ will showcase Guo’s key collections and early designs, highlighting her unique career connecting China and the rest of the world and the cultural symbols created through her sophisticated and visually dazzling practice. Working with the couturier and her studio, the exhibition presents a selection of garments shown to audiences in the region for the first time, creating a layered dialogue with the M+ Collections around visual imagination and workmanship. The exhibition foregrounds Guo Pei's unique artistic style that resonates with imperial Chinese dress etiquette, European royal fashion, architecture, and the botanical world.

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Standard: HKD 160
Concessions*: HKD 80
M+ Members’ Additional Ticket: HKD 112
M+ Patrons’ Additional Guest Ticket: HKD 80

Making it Matters is an exhibition exploring different approaches to the topic of making as a process of creative expression and the long-lasting impact this process has on our individual lives, global communities, and ecosystem. The experimental display will feature ideas that innovative makers have adopted to incorporate responsible design, material innovation, and creative reuse strategies into alternative modes of thinking and how these ideas are situated within wider historical, pragmatic, or sociopolitical contexts. The exhibition draws upon the diverse work of artists, designers, and architects currently in the M+ Collections—including John Cage, Raffaella della Olga, Anna Ridler, Julie & Jesse, Fujimori Terunobu, Vo Trong Nghia Architects, and Rural Urban Framework—to highlight the diverse stories that show us why the act of making continues to matter in society, now more than ever.

Nutz observes and responds to life through ceramics. Her art practice begins with various objects we use every day, integrating the functional and artistic expression aspects of ceramics. By delving into life through reshaping these items, she connects the traces of life left behind in their historical and cultural contexts with her own experiences and those of the viewer, piecing together different interpretations of life across various contexts.

In this project, Nutz draws inspiration from the century-old building of vA!, which was formerly Cassels Block, married quarters for British military officers, using ceramics to transform a series of everyday objects representing the lifestyle of the last century. By bringing these reimagined objects back into this former living space, she invites viewers to explore their past and present, to read and reimagine them, and to envision different forms of life.

Venue address: 7 Kennedy Road, Central

Curated by Edward Stokes and presented by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM)'s curatorial team, Voyage Through Time is a new exhibition of captivating photographs taken in Hong Kong between the 1940s and 1970s by celebrated photographers Hedda Morrison, Brian Brake and Edward Stokes. These photos portray Hong Kong’s harbour, its port, shipping, maritime life, and boat people. Generously supported by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation HK with additional sponsorship from The Swire Group Charitable Trust, the exhibition is open to the public free of charge, from 13 November 2024 to March 2025.

Each Photograph Tells a Hong Kong Harbour Story 

From the post-war era to its rise as a modern metropolis, these photos vividly capture a slice of Hong Kong’s history. Each photograph tells a unique harbour story.

Hedda Morrison captured post-war maritime Hong Kong with her camera. In one photo, Wan Chai can be seen, still barren after the war, overlooking Victoria Harbour. Life for most people during this period was extremely hard. Many people were gaunt from hunger.

Brian Brake’s photos were mainly taken in the 1960s to mid-1970s. During this era, port facilities and city’s skyline saw significant development, and the lives of its people became less hard.

Edward Stokes’ photos were taken in 1979, a pivotal time when Hong Kong transitioned to its emergence as a modern metropolis. There is one photo that depicts two boys who look adequately fed, and almost certainly going to school – an unthinkable benefit for virtually all boat children in 1946.

Arthur De Villepin is thrilled to present "DAY ZER0," the groundbreaking first solo exhibition at Villepin Gallery and the inaugural event in Hong Kong.

"DAY ZER0" challenges us to embrace change while navigating an ever-evolving future and urges us to rethink our interconnectedness across Time and Space. In this fast-paced world, Yukimasa Ida’s transformative work serves as a catalyst and provides new perspectives that help us navigate the complexities of tomorrow. Igniting hope and purpose, this exhibition compels us to become active participants in shaping our collective destiny, encouraging us to embrace a vision of harmony that transcends time.

Gallery address: 53-55 Hollywood Road, Central

The “Hong Kong International Poster Triennial” jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hong Kong Designers Association, and organised by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, is now in its eighth edition since its debut in 2001. The theme of this Triennial is “Multiverse”, exploring how the function of posters as a medium for conveying messages can be extended in an era where digital, technological, and multimedia techniques are widely used. We invite designers worldwide to unleash their creativity to pioneer new fields that are diverse and interdisciplinary. The call of entry of this Triennial is divided into four categories, namely “Thematic: Multiverse”, “Promotion of Cultural Programmes”, “Commercial and Advertising” and “Animated Poster”. A total of 3,189 entries from 55 countries/ regions were received.

This year, two independent specialist judging panels are formed by prominent international designers and team. Members of the printed poster judging panel are Eric Chan (Hong Kong, China), Huang Hai (China), Felix Pfäffli (Switzerland), Shinnoske Sugisaki (Japan) and Eva Wendel (Germany). Members of the animated poster judging panel are Henry Chu (Hong Kong, China), Thomas Widdershoven (the Netherlands), and team Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting (Australia/the United States). The judges have gone through online judging, video conferencing, as well as onsite judging for printed posters to assess the entries based on originality, creativity and technical competence. Ultimately, 155 entries including 18 award-winning entries and 137 selected entries, as well as works contributed by the international judges are featured in the exhibition. Through graphic design, we traverse the infinite boundaries of creative imagery with the audience.

Venue address: Thematic Galleries 3, 4 & 5, 1/F, Hong Kong Heritage Museum 

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts located at K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong, is proud to present an upcoming exhibition titled “Shakudō: from Samurai Ornaments to Jewelry” from December 11th 2024 to April 13th 2025. For one of the first exhibitions devoted to shakudō, L'ÉCOLE highlights the technique, uses and fascinating history of this black metal traditionally used in Japan for the decorative elements of samurai swords (tsuba, menuki, kozuka, etc). For this occasion, L'ÉCOLE is showcasing 36 pieces of jewelry with European mounts adorned with shakudō elements inlaid with gold, silver and copper, depicting Japanese scenes from the Edo period. All the pieces come from a single private collection, shown to the general public for the first time.

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Venue address: 510A, 5/F, K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Para Site is delighted to present ‘How to be Happy Together?’, curated by Zairong Xiang.Departing loosely from Wong Kar Wai’s Happy Together (1997), the exhibition enacts a critique of dualism and the questions raised by the dual and its split—between intimate and antagonistic partners, between political entities, between ‘us’ and ‘them’, and even between ‘I’ and ‘me’, transcending the logic of ‘either/or’ central to racial capitalism and colonial modernity. 

The primary setting for Wong Kar Wai’s queer Hong Kong cinema classic is Buenos Aires—the literal opposite side of the world from Hong Kong. Featuring over twenty artists from Hong Kong, its neighbouring localities, and Latin America, the exhibition alludes to Hong’s clichéd status as a para-site ‘between east and west’, and ‘between tradition and modernity’, in order to interrogate encounters both imagined and real between two seemingly distant ends of the world. It engages with a wide range of artistic practices that stay formally within the pas de deux yet promiscuously open up to an unexpected array of couplings and decouplings, spotlighting overlooked historical, social, and cultural connections between Greater China and the world to rethink possibilities of a queer happy-togetherness.  

OPENING RECEPTION: Thu, Dec 12, 6–8pm

Gallery address: 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road
, Quarry Bay

In a world first, M+ presents a two-person exhibition of the photographic works of Yasumasa Morimura (Japanese, born 1951) and Cindy Sherman (American, born 1954). Both artists are renowned for their visual and conceptual strategies of masquerade, transforming their appearances to portray multiple identities that offer incisive commentary on contemporary culture and history.

Featuring works from major early series by Morimura and Sherman, the exhibition traces the genesis of their practices that reimagine iconic imagery from art history, cinema, and media culture. These creative acts of masquerade not only emulate the source material, but also embody the artists’ unique perspectives and contexts. Their representations deviate from the original images, triggering a sense of familiarity as well as ambiguity. By establishing a fluid relationship with their subjects, Morimura and Sherman explore identity as a malleable construct.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Forbidden City in China and the Palace of Versailles in France each stood as the centre of their respective countries’ political, cultural, and artistic life. Despite the vast geographic distance between them, the courts in Beijing and Versailles were keenly curious about one another. Led by a number of enlightened rulers and facilitated by travelling French missionaries, China and France embarked on extensive and impactful exchanges.

This special exhibition presents nearly 150 spectacular treasures from the Palace Museum and the Palace of Versailles, illuminating the fascinating encounters and exchanges between China and France in science, artisanship, arts, culture, and philosophy during the 17th and 18th centuries. The objects on display tell stories of the special bonds forged between China and France through mutual admiration and respect, which provided new incentives to expand skills and knowledge and create new art forms. Together, people in China and France created a splendid chapter in the history of world cultural exchange.

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Venue address: Gallery 9, West Kowloon Cultural District, 8 Museum Drive, Kowloon

Tai Kwun Contemporary's latest public art commission, Waiting Pavilions, investigates the passage of time in the setting of a former prison, the Victoria Goal. Created by the acclaimed Polish artist Alicja Kwade—known for using everyday materials to ask questions about existing realities and social structures—Waiting Pavilions are the artist's first site-specific installation in Hong Kong, bridging the past and present on Tai Kwun's Prison Yard.

With glass, metal, and stone, Kwade reimagines the waiting experience in a contemporary context. Six prison-like structures, built with glass bricks, dot the Prison Yard. The transparency of the bricks alludes to the unseen confines of modern life. The numerous white chairs nearby, each holding up a sizable stone, may also allow viewers to think of how the external environment is connected to our inner worlds. In a way, Waiting Pavilions points to how reality often transcends initial appearances.

Alicja Kwade: Pretopia is the artist's first solo institutional exhibition in Hong Kong. Showcasing works that span different periods of the Polish-born artist's career, the exhibition reflects on our perception of time. It also proposes new perspectives for viewing and understanding reality.

Pretopia shows nine works from her career, together with newly commissioned installations tailored to the history and architecture Tai Kwun's F Hall. Within the symmetrical space of the exhibition, the artist has laid out a sculptural environment where each work relies on the presence of others. In a way, the exhibition can be seen as a multiverse.

Adept at drawing from abstract scientific and philosophical concepts, Alicja Kwade transforms them through a consummate use of materials, both natural and artificial. Her artworks frequently incorporate objects such as clocks, fluorescent tubes, clock hands, chairs, mirrors, metal gates, bricks, and rocks. Together, her works orbit around the examination and questioning of reality and social structures.

Venue address: JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun

Kaleidoscope introduces the artistic worlds of five contemporary Korean artists who actively work on a global stage. Like the patterns of a kaleidoscope, these artists show their unique and creative realms through diverse artistic backgrounds and expressions. Through these works, they harmonize Korean aesthetics with modern sensibilities, going beyond merely presenting Korean art to reinterpreting its traditions and contemporary elements in distinctive ways, thereby challenging the global art scene.

This exhibition, held in Hong Kong—one of Asia’s premier art hubs—breaks down the boundaries between East and West through the unique artistic expressions of five artists. It delivers unique and meaningful messages through a variety of artistic philosophies. Different cultures and emotions merge through art, creating endlessly evolving new patterns and offering opportunities for rich artistic encounters. Over the divides of East and West, religion, and nationality, this exhibition provides a chance to directly experience the “harmony through art” that defines contemporary Korean art.

Artists: 배준성 BAE Joonsung 裵准晟, 최영욱 CHOI Youngwook 崔永旭, 황란 HWANG Ran 黃蘭, 이이남 LEE Leenam 李二男, 여동헌 YEO Donghun 呂東憲

Venue address: 6-7/F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street Central

Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906) and Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919) asserted themselves as two of the greatest masters of French painting during the last quarter of the 19th century and the very beginning of the 20th century. As icons of the Impressionist art movement in France, the two artists sought to reinvent the art of their time with their innovative depiction of the rapidly changing modern world. Along their artistic journey, they forged a lasting friendship and became influential figures for the new generations of painters, including Spanish master Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973).

This is the first large-scale exhibition of the two Impressionist masters Cézanne and Renoir in Hong Kong, showcasing 52 masterpieces from the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay in France.

Solely sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay
Exhibition Coordinator: Manifesto Expo

Venue address: The Special Gallery, 2/F

Crafts on Peel, a charitable foundation based in Hong Kong, presents an exhibition titled “Embracing Craft, Connecting Culture” from January 18 to April 5, 2025. It will be held at Crafts on Peel’s creative venue located at 11 Peel Street, Central, a rejuvenated historical building located in the heart of Hong Kong.

The exhibition features a variety of works that showcase the refined craftsmanship of artisans across regions and generations in a contemporary and refreshing context, and moreover, represents the significance of multiculturalism and ignites a symphony of creativity through the exchange of artisans from Hong Kong and around the world. Crafts on Peel is dedicated to reviving, reinterpreting and perpetuating traditional craftsmanship by fostering collaborations between traditional craftsmen and contemporary artisans through apprenticeship and crafts exchange, with the aim of nurturing the younger generations to incorporate traditional skills into innovative contemporary design.

Venue address: 11 Peel Street, Central

The Qing dynasty (1644–1911) is a regime ruled by the Manchu ethnic group, established its military foundation upon a rigorous martial organisation, superior military technology, and a distinctive martial ethos. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the nexus of Qing political and military power, embodying over two centuries of military history from the Qing dynasty. It vividly illustrates the Manchus’ adherence to ancestral martial traditions, their absorption of, and innovative adaptation of, military technologies, and their ceremonial protocols, making it a treasure trove of traditional military culture. The exhibition features nearly 190 military artefacts from the Qing court in The Palace Museum’s collection, featuring a wide range of objects such as helmets, archery sets, sabres and swords, equestrian equipment, paintings, textiles, books, albums, and scientific instruments.

This exhibition is organised in six thematic sections: “The Rise of the Eight Banners and Qing Rule”, “Swords and Sabres across the State”, “Equestrian Archery and Firearms”, “Military Drills, Inspections, and Rites”, “Images as Histories”, and “Coastal Defence”. With a diverse array of exceptional objects, the exhibition presents the development of Qing military organisation, technology, and artistry, enriching the understanding of Qing military culture.

“No Such Person” is the last exhibition in the WMA “Home” series, examining how our sense of home anchors memory and shapes identity. Through a deeply personal lens, Anson Mak—who has relocated 32 times throughout her life—employs autoethnography to re-visit her artist archive of video works, music, and writings. In the newly commissioned works, Mak investigates her longstanding interests and concerns surrounding identity, memory, and cultural belonging. Curator Chloe Chow approaches the exhibition as a researcher, and analyses how Mak’s intimate first-person perspective illuminates a broader narrative of social transformation. Through this exercise, Mak’s personal odyssey becomes a window into examining a vast array of collective experience of sex/gender movement, community rebuilding, mental health issues, and displacement.

Gallery address: 8/F Chun Wo Commercial Centre, 23-29 Wing Wo Street,

Tonight with the Impressionists, Paris 1874 – An Immersive Expedition in Virtual Reality is organised by HKDI and co-produced by Excurio, GEDEON Experiences and Musée d’Orsay in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition. The exhibition integrates unpublished research materials, 3D reconstruction and immersive VR technologies, providing a 42-minute long VR experience that will bring visitors on a journey to explore the origins and influences of the Impressionist art movement.

Upon donning the VR headset, audiences will be transported back in time to 15 April, 1874, to the Parisian studio of the famous photographer Nadar, which was the venue of the first-ever Impressionist exhibition, and experience this pivotal moment in art history. Apart from this, visitors can also “travel” to other moments and sites of great historical value to the Impressionist movement, such as the studio of the painter Frédéric Bazille, a popular meeting spot for the artists and where the idea of the first Impressionist exhibit was born; and view Oscar-Claude Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” up-close at Le Havre, witnessing first-hand the talents of the movement’s leading painters. The VR experience is offered in Cantonese, Putonghua, English and French to cater to the different needs of audiences.

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Venue address: 3 King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O

Is breaking from our predetermined paths the only way to true awakening? In Veering, the artist Hu Xiaoyuan presents seven newly commissioned works, weaving together installation, sound, painting, and video to reveal the complex relationship between human destiny and natural evolution, addressing ultimate questions of individual survival and the meaning of life. Hu incorporates everyday materials like Aerospace grade aluminum, sea shells, organza silk, and corn fibre in her works. Through translucent drapes and lighting design, she creates unique pathways that blur the line between day and night, creating an ambiguous spatial experience. This setting guides visitors to reflect on enduring themes such as time, materiality, existence, and consciousness.

Veering is part of Tai Kwun Contemporary's new Breakthrough series, which underlines emerging artistic positions through solo presentations, commissions, and innovative formats. For Spring 2025, _Hu Xiaoyuan: Veering _is presented alongside Alicja Kwade: Pretopia and Maeve Brennan: Records. These solo exhibitions by three female artists explore materials and storytelling through diverse approaches.

Curators: Pi Li with Shuman Wang

Alisan Fine Arts is pleased to present Xie Xiaoze: The Archaeology of Knowledge, the artist’s debut exhibition with the gallery and his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. As the opening act of Alisan Atelier in 2025, the exhibition presents a thought-provoking selection of oil paintings, ink on paper and resin and porcelain sculptures- primarily drawing from Xie’s acclaimed Chinese Library series and Amber of History series. These works excavate the ancient poetics and contemporary relevance of books and knowledge.

Born in rural Guangdong province in 1966, Xie was profoundly influenced by early memories of his father, a school principal, being forced to collect books for destruction during the Cultural Revolution. After moving to the United States in 1993, where he now serves as a professor of art at Stanford University, Xie developed a deep fascination with books. This led him to explore major museums and libraries worldwide, including return visits to China,investigating repositories of past knowledge. For over three decades, his practice has focused on unravelling the complex relationships between knowledge, history and power through paintings, installations, photographs and videos.

Gallery address: 1904 Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Road, Aberdeen

Blindspot Gallery is pleased to present Chen Wei’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, “Breath of Silence”, on view from February 18 to April 5, 2025, presenting his recent body of works encompassing photography, LED light sculptures and video. Chen is known for his staged photography capturing cinematic scenes suspended in a fragmented time space, these scenes are meticulously constructed in his studio. Muted and often vacant, these charged compositions are allegorical of the psyche of contemporary milieu. His LED sculptures and video installations further transpose in three dimensionality the urban textures and motifs photographed on lens.

Opening Reception: 15 February 2025, Saturday; 3:00 – 6:00 pm

Gallery address: 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

1a space proudly presents 'i(n)s(pace) :___', an Art Residency and Exhibition Programme. The title 'i(n)s(pace):___' is not just a playful typographic exercise; it is an open invitation. The blank space symbolises the potential for new ideas, methodologies, and perspectives in art education. It invites artists and viewers to fill this void with their interpretations, experiences, and visions. 

6 selected artists - Andy Chan, Andio Lai, Cassandra Lau Po Yan, Lawman, Wong Suk Yin Elaine and her team, and Rico Wu - bring diverse practices and perspectives to this residency as educators. Our gallery space becomes their classroom, studio, exhibition, and performance space - a fluid environment where the boundaries between these functions blur and reshape. Their works from this programme will also be showcased at Art Basel Hong Kong.

The blank space in 'i(n)s(pace):___' is not a void to be filled with a single answer but a realm of infinite possibilities. We invite you to join us in this exploration, to question, to learn, and to fill in the blank with your own vision of what art education and art space can be. 

Residency Location: 1a space, Cattle Depot Artist Village 

Kwai Fung Hin is pleased to present The Voice in the Mirror, a solo exhibition of Oswaldo Vigas (1923 –2014) that examines the Venezuelan modern artist’s renewed take on figuration after his return to his home country from Paris in 1964.

Taking a closer look at one of the defining figures in Latin American modern art, the exhibition features Vigas’s diverse media of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and tapestries, highlighting the depth and breadth of his artistic practice in the second half of his career which lasted for more than seven decades.

Gallery address: 01-G04-G05, G/F, Headquarters Block, Tai Kwun, Central

Join us for Roots of Renewal — an inspiring evening of art and conversation! Explore the fascinating exhibition, meet the artists, and dive deeper into their creative processes with artist talks and guided tours. Don’t miss this chance to connect with art that reimagines renewal and growth.

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Opening reception: February 21st, 6:30–8:00 PM
Venue address: K11 Atelier, Victoria Dockside, Tsim Sha Tsui

This year, The Stallery marks a milestone—10 years of exhibitions and fostering community within the contemporary art scene in Hong Kong.

Since its founding in December 2014, The Stallery has been more than just a gallery; it has been a space for artistic dialogue, experimentation, and evolution in the context of Hong Kong’s dynamic society and most importantly, a sanctuary for artists. To celebrate a decade of having been in the same, grungy location in Wanchai, this special decennial anniversary exhibition will reflect on the journey of both the gallery and its founder Ernest Chang.

The exhibition will be a comprehensive look at the development of Chang’s work as an artist, showcasing key works created at and exhibited at The Stallery over the past ten years; alongside this, a curated selection of featured artworks from past exhibitions will highlight artists who have contributed to the gallery’s vibrant, diverse and local history— with Angela Ho, Bao Ho, BOMS, Chak, Frog King（蛙王）, Siukins, Siuman Lo, Plumber King (渠王）, Rachel Smith and Isaac Spellman joining the celebrating.

Opening reception: 22 February, 6-9pm

Gallery address: G/F 82A Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai

Lucie Chang Fine Arts are proud to showcase the innovative works of four outstanding international artists - Andrew Bick, Albano Hernandez, Jonathan Miles, and YU Xiao. This exhibition provides art enthusiasts with a unique opportunity to seek deeper into the profound aesthetics of the artists and their artworks.

Gallery address: Unit C, 12/F, Gee Chang Hong Centre, Wong Chuk Hang

wamono art—a gallery in Wong Chuk Hang committed to introducing the bold ideas of Japanese artists—is excited to hold the first solo exhibition by Kyoto-born artist Hayaki Nishigaki in Hong Kong. This show will feature new works from Nishigaki's representative series: Rakuchu Rakugai-zu(A Day), Hyakkiyako (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons), Enso (Circle), Taki (Waterfall), and Sansui (Landscape). Notably, new works created with a Hong Kong theme from Rakuchu Rakugai-zu will be unveiled for the first time.

Saturdays: 12:00pm–6:00pm
By appointments only on Monday to Friday

Venue address: Unit A, 10/F, Derrick Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

The exhibition Through Time —Print Art in Aberdeen Street takes visitors on a journey starting at 22 Aberdeen Street, the site of the London Missionary Society’s Printing Office (the Anglo-Chinese College, now Ying Wa College) in nineteenth-century Hong Kong. It invites the audience to travel through time and wander the alleys of Central to uncover the fascinating history of Hong Kong’s Chinese type casting industry. Finally, we return to Print Art Contemporary at 35 Aberdeen Street, PMQ, to witness how a new generation of artists and writers draw inspiration from this intangible cultural heritage of Chinese movable types to create innovative contemporary visual art and literary works.

Venue address: SG03-07, G/F, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central

The Flowers of Evil, inspired by Charles Baudelaire's milestone of world literature invites us to delve into the duality of existence, where the exquisite and the sinful dance in an eternal embrace. This group exhibition features the creations of four remarkable artists: Nobuyoshi Araki, Pierre Molinier, Takeshi Shikama and the masterful ikebana artist Makiko Morange. 

First published in 1857, The Flowers of Evil caused a scandal. Baudelaire, with his keen eye for the paradoxes of life, famously celebrated the allure of the forbidden and the transient beauty found within decay. His poetic lens serves as a foundation for this exhibition, guiding us through a labyrinth of emotions and experiences that challenge our perceptions of beauty. 

Together, the exhibiting artists create a dialogue that resonates with Baudelaire's poems, encouraging us to embrace the complexities of our own humanity. The Flowers of Evil  is  an invitation to explore the shadows that accompany our pursuit of beauty, to acknowledge the intertwined nature of light and dark, and to celebrate the transformative power of art.

Opening reception in the presence of artist Makiko Morange: Saturday 22 February 2-6pm

Gallery address: 8/F, E-Wah Factory Building, 56-60 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen 

Light scatters in all directions, allowing us to see the shapes, colours, and textures around us. Its presence marks the passage of time. Dawn, noon, dusk, and the moon each brings different hues to the sky. Light illuminates the present, scattering across our minds to form memories that coalesce, swirl, accumulate, and eventually fade. We capture light through images, hoping to preserve its fleeting glow. Yet when we revisit these images, can we rekindle the light and shadows of those moments past? How can we retain the warmth that once accompanied light?

Videotage invites two local artists, Colbie Fung and Jess Lau, to explore the relationship between memory and imagery in a duo-solo exhibition. Both artistic practices centre on themes of time and memory—one by connecting second-hand recollections, the other by engaging with time through her own physical presence. This exhibition presents their latest works, reflecting on the interplay between visual and sensory memories. Fung climbs a tree she once feared as a child, using a portable scanner to capture close-ups as she experiences the tree bit by bit. Lau, having accompanied her father through cataract surgery, explores the body’s reception of light, imagining how he perceives his surroundings through a foggy veil.

In the dim exhibition space, the light captured by the artists re-emerges as an interweaving, waiting to morph into memories of others. Light enters our visions, becoming fragments of memories—sometimes flashing, sometimes fleeting, scattering everywhere.

Opening Reception: 1.3.2025, 16:00 pm
Venue address: Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Kok

Palani Mohan's captivating photographs, taken from diverse corners of the world, weave a poetic narrative of his awe-inspiring journeys.

Reflecting on the project, Palani Mohan shares: "This collection of images is a personal look at places of silence, stillness, and space where I have found peace and meaning. It is a search for the magic and the miracle that lie within the smallest things that surround us. Such moments are just waiting for us to pull at the reins, stop, and take notice.”

Born in India, raised in Australia, and now based in Hong Kong, Palani Mohan credits travel as a cornerstone of his career spanning over three decades. The book, Watch with Wonder, published by Hong Kong University Press, features 107 stunning duotone images spread across 140 pages will be available at the FCC or Blue Lotus Gallery (on and offline).

Venue address: Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC), North, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central (main bar)

This project connects three recent graduates — Connie Lau, Jennifer Lee, and Nesta Or —from different art schools through the WURE AREA AWARD. They approached the repetitive daily lives of others from the perspective of strangers, using media such as sound, video-editing, and collage to reorganize the familiar aspects of urban life. By fragmenting and reconnecting elements like frequent systems, disposable materials, markings, and traces of construction, they revisit the curiosity and imagination that have been lost in urban living.

The repeated behaviours we experience in our daily lives gradually form our habits and thought patterns, and these build in memories just like an established frame, hence we often ignore the changes and freshness around us.

Opening reception: 8/3/2025（Sat）4:00 - 7:00pm

Gallery address: Unit 707, 7/F, Block B, Po Lung Centre, 11 Wang Chiu Rd, Kowloon Bay

Everything we hold in nature and life is an invaluable gift from the universe. Life may be brief, but the cosmos is infinite; ultimately, we will return to it, becoming part of the vast expanse. Perhaps we are, in essence, the universe itself. Aries, fueled by his passion for sketching, often looks up at the night sky, as if engaging in a dialogue with the cosmos and encountering both his past and future selves. Beneath the starry canopy, there are dreams, hopes, and limitless possibilities. He believes we were once stars and will again transform into celestial light in the future. This vision has become his beautiful aspiration to explore both himself and the universe.

Space knows no bounds; it grants us the freedom to continuously seek our souls. Aries integrates the sport of golf into his cosmic-themed artworks, where each struck golf ball serves as a signal to the universe—an exploration of the unknown and an encouragement to all: to boldly pursue their true selves and transcend limitations. In his paintings, space becomes not just a distant galaxy but a vibrant, enchanting playground. There, one can receive a long-awaited bouquet, engage in an exhilarating game of golf, or wander freely in joyous play. These images capture Aries's longing for the future and his deep gratitude for life.

Opening reception: 2025.03.07 (Friday) 17:30-19:30

Gallery address: Shop 103 & 202, 1-2/F, Block 3 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun
 

SC Gallery is honoured to present the duo solo exhibition ”The Trivial Sublime” by Adrian Wong and Doris Wong curated by independent curator Zoie Yung in the coming March . Both artists will showcase a new series of works that reflect on the existential meaning of life and sacred moments stemming from care.
Adrian Wong, trained in psychology, combines his deadpan humour with his works, revealing subconscious desires that remain unspoken in our daily lives. His colour choices and stylistic references intentionally mix the mundane with the aesthetic of plastic stage props, presenting a dislocated version of the mundane. Doris‘s exhibited works are created after her “Pastel Nagomi Art” classes. This therapeutic mindfulness art emphasizes that no prior painting skills are necessary.
Participants apply dry pastels to various stencil plates using fingertips or cotton swabs, combining images and colours to express internal emotional fluctuations through a slow and focused “creation” process. They experience the power of meditation to calm the mind.

Cocktail opening: 3/6 4-7:30 pm

Gallery address: 1902, Sungib Industrial building, Wong Chuk Hang

Marco Wu’s solo exhibition "From Here to There" uses window frames and paper airplane works to depict a sense of distance. Through layered grayscale tones, the artist visualizes the trajectories of these objects in motion. The paper planes, serving as vessels incapable of bearing their own weight, pierce through the spatial boundaries between interior and exterior defined by window frames.

The works are housed in boxes with a sliding track, the four sides of each box forming the artworks's frame. As the track moves, the viewable portion of the work transforms accordingly, while shadows gradually vanish. The visible sections of the artworks and the depth of shadows are ultimately determined by the viewer's perspective.

Opening reception: 7th of March, from 5pm to 7pm

Gallery address: 13A Prince’s Terrace, Central

'PUT ON' blurs the lines between art, fashion, and everyday life. Put on your attire, mask, headphones, or attitude! This exhibition features a group of Hong Kong artists, as their works invite you to experience art in a new way—by literally putting it on. It's a celebration of wearable art and an exploration of creative possibilities. Join us at Hart Haus for a dynamic showcase of art, fashion, and performance.

From wearable art, 'PUT ON' transcends traditional art displays. Imagine clothing as sculptures, jewelry as installations, and accessories as interactive experiences. It’s art you can wear, touch, and engage with; to artist collaboration, this unique exhibition features a diverse group of Hart Haus resident artists, each contributing their distinctive perspectives and styles. It’s a collaboration that celebrates individual artistry while fostering a sense of unity and shared vision.

Amy Tong, Benny To Kai On, Chan Ka Kiu, cucurrucucu, DD Yung, Doris Ng, Dony Cheng, David Chan, Go Hung, IV Chan, Lai Lon Hin, Mae Chan, Mak2, Ocean Leung, Ram2, Wong KY, Wu Jiaru

Opening 7.3.2025, 1900-2100

Venue address: 3/F, Cheung Hing Industrial Building, 12P Smithfield, Kennedy Town

'One • Square • Water • Soil' draws inspiration from the Chinese proverb '一方水土養一方人' (The land’s water and soil nurtures its people) to delve into the intricate connections between environment, culture, and human character. From the natural landscape to the social fabric of life, 'water and soil' are not only the foundation of thought and sentiment but also a vital source of creativity for artists.

Curated by acclaimed local photographer Almond Chu, the exhibition showcases works by six Hong Kong-based artists across diverse mediums, including photography, sculpture, ceramics, and kinetic art. Through their distinctive perspectives, the artists engage with the essence of this land, interweaving its memories and cultural fabric into evocative artistic narratives.

This exhibition invites viewers to embark on a journey of reconnection with the land, uncovering the city’s untold stories through the lens of art. It offers a profound exploration of how creativity illuminates the spirit of a place and how that spirit continues to shape who we are.

Venue address: SHOWCASE, UG/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang

M+ presents Lee Mingwei: Guernica in Sand, a large-scale installation and performance to be staged in The Studio. Taking Pablo Picasso’s iconic 1937 masterpiece Guernica, painted in response to the violence of the Spanish Civil War, as its departure point, Lee Mingwei recreates this painting in sand—a material that connotes impermanence and instability. This meticulously crafted work references the indigenous and religious traditions of sand paintings found around the world. Towards the end of the display, a live performance will take place in which visitors are invited to walk on the sand painting. Four performers will then gently sweep the sand in spontaneous movements that simultaneously destroy and recreate the image anew.

The performance is scheduled to take place in late June. Please check this webpage closer to the date for additional details.

Grotto Fine Art is delighted to present Echoes of Nature, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Chan Kwan-lok, running from March 8 to April 12, 2025. The exhibition focuses on CHAN's latest series of works, created using the traditional biamiao (fine brush painting) technique. Through delicate and refined lines, the artist explores the interplay between permanence and impermanence in nature, showcasing the rhythm of life and profound emotions within the landscapes.

The exhibition title, Echoes of Nature, draws inspiration from the novel of the same name by Yasunari Kawabata. In the novel, the fleeting sound of the mountain evokes a deep reflection on impermanence. Similarly, CHAN Kwan-lok turns to nature as a source of solace amidst personal experiences of loss, observing the cycles of life and decay in insects and plants. Using the biamiao technique, CHAN captures these subtle transformations, reinterpreting mountains as ever-changing living entities, revealing the interconnectedness and continuous flow of life in the natural world. As an essential form of traditional Chinese art, Biamiao emphasizes the use of line work to depict both form and spirit. In Echoes of Nature, CHAN skillfully integrates this classical technique into a contemporary context, capturing the unspoken language of nature and the beauty of life's transitions.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟮 𝘁𝗼 𝟲 𝗽𝗺.  Additionally, a book launch for CHAN's latest publication, 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, will take place on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 2 to 4 pm.

Gallery address: 2/F, East 17, No. 17 Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan

Square Street Gallery is pleased to present Dave Chow’s solo show ‘Reinstatement Works,’ from 12 March to 10 May 2025. With exposed ceiling grids and a floor filled with the debris of dismantled office ceiling panels, Dave Chow references an office in the process of ‘reinstatement work.’ The viewer is forced to interact within a space of limitations, echoing the stifling experience of individuals navigating and conforming to the various rules of working within our modern capitalist society.

Curator: Aaditya Sathish

Opening reception: Tue 11 Mar 6 - 8 pm

Gallery address: 21 Square Street

In an ambitious statement show for the city’s art month, “UPWARD – Huang Yulong” brings more than 20 giant sculptures, measuring over 3m in height, to the harbourfront at the iconic Hong Kong Observation Wheel. Monumental in scale, facing upwards to the city’s skyline and a bright future, the spirit of which embraces openness, youth engagement, and a feeling of optimism and positivity for tomorrow. Since the early 2000s, Yulong's work has served as a powerful commentary on the evolution of street culture in China, and by incorporating familiar symbols like the hoodie, he invites a positive dialogue on belonging and the complexities of urban life. Furthermore, “UPWARD – Huang Yulong” features selected sculptures that combine elements of rugby, a deliberate nod to the Hong Kong Sevens which will also be taking place this March.

Presented in partnership with Great Entertainment Group (GEG) and the Hong Kong Observation Wheel & AIA Vitality Park, “UPWARD – Huang Yulong” takes the artist’s hip-hop, street culture style to new heights and never-before-seen scale. The show will occupy one of the most attractive outdoor exhibition spaces in the heart of Central, presenting unrivaled ‘Instagrammable’ opportunities for visitors. Yulong will simultaneously present sculptures with Ora-Ora at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, following his successful debut with Ora-Ora at the fair’s 2024 edition.

Location: The Hong Kong Observation Wheel and AIA Vitality Park, Central Harbourfront, 33 Man Kwong Street, Central

(March 12 – 20 and 24 – 31, 2025)

PhillipsX’s selling exhibition explores Picasso's deep affinity with animals as captured through his works across multiple mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics. From the graceful lines of doves to the powerful forms of bulls, Picasso’s animals are more than subjects; they are icons, muses, and metaphors that reflect the artist’s complex relationship with nature. His representations reveal not only his playful spirit and artistic range, but also his sensitivity to the untamed beauty of the animal world, challenging viewers to see animals through his eyes: as companions, symbols, and powerful conveyors of emotion.

Venue address: G/F & 3F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District

To coincide with Art Month in Hong Kong, Young Soy Gallery is proud to present a group exhibition in a vacant office in Central with five Hong Kong artists, including Go Hung, Louie Jaubere, OBSRVR, Plastered 8 and Riya Chandiramani. Titled “RE:URGENT”, the exhibition takes on the urgency to confront and evoke reflections on the inequities and systemic challenges and power structures that govern our day-to-day in a humorous manner.

The five featured artists reflect in their artistic practices that artists are not mythical creatures, but are ordinary people who walk among us. They are “contemporary” artists as they live under the same contexts as we do; their artworks are manifestations of their experiences and observations of the same “contemporary” moment we share with them. 

Opening reception: March 13th, 2025, 6:00pm - Late

Venue address: 15/F, Universal Trade Centre, 3 Arbuthnot Road, Central

AIRSIDE is excited to announce the launch of “WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR” in Hong Kong, to be held at AIRSIDE’s GATE33 Gallery between 14 March and 13 July 2025 – launching during the city’s most anticipated art month.

First showcased in Stockholm as a pioneering exhibition organised by ArkDes, Sweden’s National Centre for Architecture and Design, and later presented in collaboration with the Design Museum in London as the UK’s first ever exhibition to explore ASMR, Hong Kong will be first city in Asia to host the exhibition.

Building on the acclaimed touring exhibition curated by James Taylor-Foster, this Hong Kong edition will feature newly commissioned works by Hong Kong-based artists that interpret the global phenomenon for today. This marks Hong Kong’s first immersive exhibition dedicated to the culture, creativity, and community of ASMR, as well as the first time that AIRSIDE, Nan Fung Group’s flagship commercial development at the city’s former Kai Tak airport, collaborates with an international museum since its opening in late 2023.

Venue address: GATE33 Gallery, L312, AIRSIDE, 2 Concorde Rd, Kai Tak

As we step into March, it’s time for the annual highlight of the art scene: Art Basel Hong Kong. Following our first collaboration as a cultural partner last year, JCCAC is excited to bring you a unique artistic experience once again! This year, we are thrilled to welcome our guest curator Kobe Ko, who has crafted two exhibitions for JCCAC: the booth "Off-site" at Art Basel Hong Kong and the parallel exhibition "On-site" at JCCAC.
Both exhibitions draw inspiration from the former site of JCCAC—the Shek Kip Mei Factory Building—focusing on the everyday landscapes inside and outside this artistic hub. "Off-site" will serve as an introduction, showcasing the "On-site" within JCCAC to an international audience, sparking public interest in the vibrant development of local artists. We invite everyone to visit JCCAC and discover the cradle of visual art creation in Hong Kong.
The parallel exhibition "On-site" will also feature an additional fair, "Mini Collectables", showcasing over 80 new works from 25 artists. It's a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and perhaps collect your favourite pieces—don’t miss out!

JCCAC at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 Parallel Exhibition: "On-site" and "Mini Collectables"
Exhibition Opening: 14.03.2025, 18:00

Exhibition Venues: L1 Gallery, L2 Terrace, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre,
Additional fair “Mini Collectables” – L1 Central Courtyard, JCCAC

The dragon has taken countless forms through the centuries: in ancient China, it was reserved for religious or imperial use; today, it is a symbol of prosperity widely applied in everyday life and on special occasions. Through the dragon, this display of CHAT Collection objects questions and attempts to answer how traditional motifs are sustained and reinterpreted, how they gain character, and how the success of their contemporary interpretations is measured. The display also aims to create dialogue with the seasonal exhibition by expanding on understandings of traditional motifs often featured in folk craft.

Venue address: 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T

M+, Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, proudly announces Picasso for Asia: A Conversation, a groundbreaking Special Exhibition featuring more than sixty masterpieces from the late 1890s to the early 1970s by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) alongside works by Asian and Asian-diasporic artists selected from the M+ Collections.

Co-curated by M+ and Musée national Picasso-Paris (MnPP), the exhibition will be co-presented with the French May Arts Festival. Picasso for Asia: A Conversation will be held at M+ from 15 March to 13 July 2025. This exhibition is a significant milestone, as it marks the first instance in which masterpieces from the Musée national Picasso-Paris are being shown together with works from a museum collection in Asia. It will showcase Picasso’s enduring influence and relevance by putting the master artist’s works in dialogue with Asian contemporary artworks.

Picasso for Asia: A Conversation is co-curated by Doryun Chong, Deputy Director, Curatorial, and Chief Curator, M+, and François Dareau, Research Fellow, Musée national Picasso-Paris, supported by Hester Chan, Curator, Collections, M+. The exhibition adopts a new, unique perspective to interpret Picasso’s legacy, exploring complex relationships between origin and reception, invention and adaptation, and West and non-West. More than sixty masterpieces by Picasso will be on loan from MnPP, which holds the largest and most significant repository of Picasso’s works in the world. These will be in dialogue with around eighty works from the M+ Collections by more than twenty Asian and Asian-diasporic artists from the early twentieth century to the present.

From beadwork to embroidery, straw weaving to paper craft, patchwork quilts of nomadic tribes to silkscreen prints of agrarian island communities, handicraft techniques and everyday objects inherited through time immemorial have often been sources of inspiration and materials for contemporary artists. Both folk craft and contemporary art originate from humanity’s innate desires for creation, expression, exchange and identity, and are vessels for conveying emotion and reason.

Lining Revealed examines the interactions between folk craft and contemporary art by juxtaposing artworks, handicrafts and archival documents. Through the critical lens and creative manifestations of contemporary art, it reveals the historical, social and cultural significance embodied in folk craft and the role craft plays in reinvigorating contemporary vision. The exhibition also speaks to the importance of contemporary art in the continuity of cultural heritage, such as challenging the over-celebration of the handmade and encouraging us to look beyond the value frameworks and ideologies of modern society to uncover the deeper content and meaning of folk crafts.

Venue address: 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T

Embroidery, beading, drawnwork – these intricate tasks were once skilfully carried out by many of our older generations. Upon closer look, they also illustrate the defining qualities of commercial craft production and circulation in 20th-century Hong Kong, such as systematisation of skilled work, female labour and leadership, adaptation for export markets, and alienation between makers and consumers.

Busy Needles examines embroidery materials from Maryknoll Convent School Foundation, drawnwork from Swatow that circulated through Hong Kong, beadwork and its cottage industry, traditional kwan kwa marriage gowns and more, at the same time encouraging alternative and personal views of craft in Hong Kong.

Venue address: 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T

In March 2025, Hanart TZ Gallery will present Wayfaring Ways To Be, the first Hong Kong solo exhibition by Raqs Media Collective, in conjunction with the gallery’s highlights in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.

Raqs Media Collective was formed in 1992 by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta. Raqs practises across several media: installation, sculpture, video, performance, text, lexica, and curation. Their work finds them at the intersection of contemporary art, philosophical speculation and historical enquiry. Raqs has exhibited widely, including at Documenta, the Venice, Istanbul, Taipei, Liverpool, Shanghai, Sydney and Sao Paulo Biennales.

The Artist Conversation and Opening Reception: 15 March, 2:30-4pm

On 28th March, the collective will also bring us a Performative Work at the gallery, engaging with public creative response, to explore how the boundaries of flesh transgress.

Gallery address: 2/F Mai On Industrial Building,17-21 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung

Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce local artist OrangeTerry’s debut solo exhibition in Hong Kong. ‘Over-Resourced’ explores how surplus materials can inspire new forms and challenge our understanding of function and aesthetics.

The show also celebrates a decade of OrangeTerry’s contributions to post-industrial design—a movement that emerged in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, prioritizing sustainability and ingenuity. Through an exploration of excess materials and discarded scraps, OrangeTerry redefines how we perceive and interact with objects in our environment.

Curated by Alice Wong

Opening reception Saturday 15th March 3-6 p.m.

Gallery address: 20 Aberdeen Street, Central

József Csató draws inspiration from motifs borrowed from nature, combining them with dreamlike figures and other fantastic creatures in the creation of beautifully quirky compositions that are simultaneously figurative and abstract.

Csató’s paintings speak a very unique visual language and fuse a number of art-historical references in his world of fantasy. His compositions often feature totemic figures and hybrids reminiscent of ancient, prehistoric cultures and civilisations, which the artist deliberately fuses with European compositional schemas such as still life, landscape or even portraiture. In his unfettered visual world, characterised by humour and playfulness, it is not unusual for strange forms resembling plants and anthropomorphic hybrid figures to emerge from the surfaces of his brightly coloured paintings. His figures and forms are part of a kind of psychedelic and personal symbolism, in which the amorphous shapes seem to represent real, existing beings.

Opening reception: 15 March, 3-6m

Gallery address: 68 Lok Ku Road, Sheung Wan

‘Take Turns’ by Hong Kong artist Wing Po So is a newly commissioned exhibition at Para Site that examines the shifting dynamics among nature, the body, and materiality using Chinese medicine drawers as vessels. Growing up in a family-run Chinese medicine shop, So was immersed in the world of materia medica, and this upbringing has deeply influenced her artistic practice. Central to the exhibition are salvaged drawers from now-defunct traditional Chinese pharmacies in Hong Kong, reimagined as sites of transformative healing. 

The exhibition presents works across three ‘islands’ within Para Site’s tenth-floor space, anchored by a central wooden structure inspired by generative systems. The immersive installation integrates Chinese herbs, rocks, kinetic sculptures, 3D-printed objects, sonic rhythms and more, creating an ecosystem where the boundaries between the organic and inorganic, animate and inanimate, dissolve. ‘Take Turns’ is curated by Yuanyu Li.

Opening reception: Sat, 15 Mar 2025, 2–7pm

Venue address: 10/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay

九仞 Memory Smuggler is the opening exhibition of To Art House 嚮渡藝術空間. Invited by the founding team, four Hong Kong artists—Natalie CHU Lok Ting 朱樂庭, HO Siu Kee 何兆基, Jay LAU Ka Chun 劉家俊, LI Ning 李寧 —have collaborated since the art house’s construction phase to help define an experiment in art and articulate the vision for this new place.

Founded in the fringe of industrial Fo Tan 火炭 by the Tai Mo 大帽 mountain range, To Art’s unique vantage point inspires the four artists to delve into the area’s natural and anthropological past and future. In dialectics between handmade artifacts and natural elements, and often via digital objects, they find expressions of memory crisscrossing across time, even lapping recursively, but never lose their ground. In the counterpointing ensemble of their individual practices, a first quartet emerges.

Venue：location in Fo Tan will be provided upon confirmation of registration.

RSVP：you may complete the RSVP form at Visit us to secure your visit.

As the global art market, particularly in Asia, eagerly anticipates Hong Kong Art Month this March—highlighted by M+ presenting a high-profile Picasso exhibition—3812 Gallery is excited to announce our upcoming curated exhibition titled “When Schiele Meets Peking Opera Figure: Global Modern and Contemporary Masters Exhibition.”

Featuring the Austrian Expressionist master Egon Schiele alongside renowned artists such as Chu Teh-chun, Cheong Soo Pieng, Georges Mathieu, Guan Liang, Hans Hartung, Hsiao Chin, Le Pho, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Lim Tze Peng, Lin Fengmian, Richard Lin, Sanyu and Zao Wou-ki, among others, the exhibition explores the continuity and evolution of aesthetic inquiries among these artists, showcasing the dynamic interplay of multicultural influences. The exhibition will also present some exquisite works by our 3812 artists, further exploring these themes.

RSVP to hongkong@3812cap.com is strictly required. 

Gallery address: 26/F, Wyndham Place, 44 Wyndham Street, Central

“Sonic Transitions: Auditory Stories of Female New Immigrants in Hong Kong” is a sound art exhibition exploring how female new immigrant artists use sound to express personal auditory narratives intertwined with urban life.

The exhibition features 10 new works created by 12 artists. Using sound as the primary medium, these works transform auditory memories into artistic expressions, presenting a rich array of cultural and emotional narratives.

Focusing on “transition,” the exhibition examines female mobility, listening, and sonic expression in public spaces. The artworks simulate the flow and intersection of sonic elements across shifting contexts, constructing a dynamic auditory space for continuous dialogue where the works of female artists intertwine, allowing sound to wander and flow through the space. This fosters invisible exchanges and interactions, forming a multi-layered network of sonic narratives.

Prior registration is required 2 days in advance.

Opening Ceremony: 18.03 (Tue) 18:00–20:00

Curator’s Tour: 18.03 (Tue) 14:30–16:00 || 22.03 (Sat) 14:30–16:00

Artist Talk: Session 1 18.03 (Tue) 16:30–18:00 || Session 2 29.03 (Sat) 14:30–16:00

Venue address: Singing Waves Gallery (M3301), L3, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong (CMC)

As a highlight of 'Art March 2025', the HKPM will present the special exhibition 'A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China' from March 19 to June 18, 2025 in Gallery 8. Food culture is a vital component of traditional Chinese heritage, boasting a rich and diverse history. This exhibition will take the audience through a feast that traverses spiritual, cultural, and physical spaces. It explores the culinary culture and lifestyle of ancient Chinese people through the evolution of food vessels, eating practices, and traditions, presenting approximately 110 exquisite works. These objects, primarily on loan from The Palace Museum, span from the Neolithic period (c. 10000 BCE – c. 2000BCE) to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Additional works on display will come from the British Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, as well as museums in Hong Kong.

Van Cleef & Arpels celebrates the spirit of spring with a transformation of Tai Kwun’s Parade Ground into a joyful playground. Created in collaboration with French artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet, a creative partner of Van Cleef & Arpels since 2020, the season of rebirth is given a fresh narrative in an unexpected world of adventure that blooms in Central Hong Kong from the first day of Spring. 

Coinciding with Hong Kong’s Art Month, the Maison’s immersive installation brings to the city abundant colour.

The beauty of nature and the grace of flora have played a significant role in the history of Van Cleef & Arpels since its founding in 1906. With extensive archival imagery to explore, Navet has embedded himself in the Maison’s heritage in his search for inspiration, a journey energised by a mutual passion for bringing dream worlds into being. In this artistic partnership, Tai Kwun in Central Hong Kong has been given over as an expansive canvas to Navet, upon which the spontaneity and vibrancy of nature spills over into dreamt up floral forms that carry visitors through an exuberant playground.

Parade Ground, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central,

gdm Hong Kong is pleased to present ”TSANG Kin-Wah: T  REE O  GO  D EVIL,“ the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. ”T  REE O  GO  D EVIL“ is an immersive experience that probes at the fragile core of morality.

The title of the exhibition, “T REE O GO D EVIL,” invokes the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the story of Adam and Eve's premature consumption of the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represents a pivotal moment of moral awakening. By acquiring this forbidden knowledge, they ushered in an awareness of the duality of good and evil, a concept that would come to be seen as the root of sin. The gallery space is transformed to imitate the Garden of Eden, the site of Golgotha, and the scene depicted in Francisco Goya's haunting “Disasters of War” print series, Grande hazaña! Con muertos! (A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!).

Through rich spatial and visual elements, ”T  REE O  GO  D EVIL“  explores moral ambiguity, human brutality, and the instability of ideas and values.

Opening reception: 19 March (Wed) 5-7pm

Gallery address: 11 Duddell Street, Central

The UK-based artist and filmmaker Maeve Brennan explores the legacy of human impact on the environment and unearths hidden narratives within society’s dominant narratives. Led by an investigative approach, her works span moving image, installation, sculpture, and printed media.

Central to Brennan’s practice is research focusing particularly on ecological issues, obscured material past, and underground economies. Despite grappling with complex structures and systems, Brennan engages with her subjects intimately, drawing from chance encounters, personal experiences, and long-term relationships.

Presenting her works for the first time in Asia, this exhibition brings together works from The Goods, an ongoing project that delves into the international traffic in looted antiquities. Also debuting in the exhibition is a new film that traces stolen objects back to Southern Italy, weaving together local stories and anecdotes to understand the impact of archeological excavation on the region’s landscape and communities.

This is the first exhibition of ancient Chinese artifacts since Sun Museum relocated, and it is also a highlight of the museum's annual "Sun Delight" program.

The exhibition will showcase 120 pieces of jade and stone carvings from the Song to Qing dynasties, all from private collections at the Little Moon Pavillion and Songde Tang. The exhibition is divided into two parts: the first part features carved jade and stone pendants, while the second part focuses on decorative art objects made of rare colour stones, including agate, white jade, lapis lazuli, coral, etc.

Chinese ancient arts and crafts are outstanding, and the brilliant achievements in jade and stone carving can be attributed to the various natural gemstones, the extraordinary skills of artisans throughout Chinese history, and the remarkable creativity of ancient people in expressing auspicious meanings through visual forms. Visitors to the exhibition can admire the scholar’s objects and decorative items made from various jade and stone carvings, some of which even come with original stands crafted by artisans from the Qing Palace's workshops. Through the auspicious meanings of some of the works, one can also appreciate the ingenuity of the ancients.

Venue address: Sun Museum, 1 Sai Yuen Lane, Sai Ying Pun

Art Basel is delighted to share Lanternfly Ballet, a newly commissioned site-specific work by renowned British artist Monster Chetwynd. The piece encompasses a large-scale installation that invites audiences to interact, explore and play within a fantastical world that features Hong Kong’s lantern bug and its associated misconceptions. The work is further activated through performances choreographed by Chetwynd specifically for Hong Kong, available for all to attend at select moments during Art Basel Hong Kong and beyond.

Lanternfly Ballet is on view from March 20 to April 6, 2025, at Park Court, Level 1, Pacific Place.

Performances take place on the following dates and are open to the public, free of charge.

• Saturday, March 22, 3:30pm

• Friday, March 28, 1:30pm

• Saturday, April 5, 3:30pm

Ahead of Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Auction, highlights from these offerings will be available for public viewing in a preview exhibition at Sotheby’s Maison at Landmark Chater. For the first time, the Modern & Contemporary Art Auction will coincide with Hong Kong Art Month, a month-long celebration of arts and culture in the city and the region.

Venue address: LANDMARK CHATER, 8 Connaught Road Central

The bustling metropolis of Hong Kong, with its striking juxtapositions of towering skyscrapers, meandering alleyways, neon-lit streets, and tranquil harbors, has long been a muse to photographers from around the world. This March, the essence of this iconic city is brought to life in the group exhibition, Hong Kong Poetry, featuring the evocative works of celebrated photographers Fan Ho, Palani Mohan, Thomas Gust, and Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze.

Running from 22 March to 27 April at Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong Poetry invites visitors to explore the city through the poetic lens of four distinctive artists, each of whom has captured the spirit, energy, and contradictions of Hong Kong in their own unique way.

Hong Kong is more than a city; it is a living, breathing tapestry of stories. Its urban labyrinth of sleek modernity, colonial remnants, and deeply rooted traditions has inspired generations of photographers to uncover its layers and nuances. From the interplay of light and shadow in narrow streets to the human narratives unfolding amidst its urban density, Hong Kong’s dynamic essence is a natural canvas for poetic photography.

Preview: Thursday 20 March, 6-8pm

Gallery address: 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan 

An exclusive selection of MÉNOS photographs from their second book, The Weight of Silhouette, features both black-and-white and color images that capture the fleeting moods and emotions that shape our memories through photography.

Founded in 2018, MÉNOS is a collective dedicated to promoting Hong Kong's photographic culture through community showcases and volunteer-led youth workshops. This exhibition emphasizes the collective memories of Hong Kong in recent years. Through these images, viewers can delve into visual storytelling, exploring the interplay of light and shadow, which conveys abstract emotions rather than straightforward narratives.

Opening reception: 18:00 - 20:30

Gallery address: G/F, 74 Hollywood Road, Central

'In Our Own Backyard' explores the creative impulses of two pioneering artists, Sheba Chhachhi and Lala Rukh, through their participation and engagement with women’s movements in South Asia from the 1980s to the 2000s. It showcases artworks and archival materials from the two artists, as well as contributions from other feminist practitioners and organisations in the region. The materials illuminate their involvement in documenting street actions, designing posters and publications, and participating in workshops and theatre productions. This project is part of AAA’s research initiative on gender in art history, highlighting narratives that emphasise communities and exchanges within the cultural field. 

Soluna Fine Art proudly presents The Korean Narrative: Layers of Korean Aesthetics, a group exhibition featuring six prominent Korean contemporary artists: Choi Young-Wook, Ha Tae-Im, Kim Duck-Yong, Kim Hyun-Sik, Kim Keun-Tai, and Woo Jong-Taek. Curated in collaboration with esteemed curator Dr. Ahn Hyun-Jung, this exhibition draws inspiration from her acclaimed book “Layers of Korean Beauty”, exploring the depth of Korean art and offering profound insights into the nation‘s rich cultural tapestry. Viewers are invited to experience diverse artistic expressions that reflect timeless themes of harmony, craftsmanship, and nature, which are central to Korean aesthetics and cultural heritage.

Opening reception on 20 March (Thurs) from 4 to 8 pm.

Gallery address: 52 Sai Street, Sheung Wan

Leo Gallery is thrilled to unveil Secret Garden, a solo project by Byoungho Kim curated by Woosuk Choi, which is cultivated using metallic modules, hinting at the foundational elements of sculptures. It explores geometric aesthetics that unfold within the orderly landscapes of civilised society. A garden is a human-scaled cosmos that humans can tame. Byoungho Kim refines overgrown forests into artificial gardens, indulging in the unique value of mechanical civilisation. The garden he refines serves as a metaphor for mechanical civilisation and a symbol of mass production.

Opening Reception: 20 March, 4 - 8pm

Gallery address: 46 Sai Street, Sheung Wan

Three years ago, several friends shared their ’immigration‘ stories, mentioning the similarities between their new homes and Hong Kong. One of the most memorable comments was, ’I’m going to a northern city in England that resembles Ma On Shan; it should be easy to adapt.‘

I guess everyone actually wants to go to a place that feels like Hong Kong but is not Hong Kong, creating a ’familiar yet foreign‘ landscape. Starting with a complete map of Hong Kong, it is reassembled into an imagined utopia.

This is an invitation; everyone who sees this is invited to visit the utopia.

Gallery address: G/F 202, Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po

In the exhibition ‘8 times 8. stories · series · systems in mythology & art’ works from the visual and applied arts contain serial narratives that respond self-reflexively to the artist’s oeuvre. The number 8 plays a crucial role in mythology. In Asian art this can be seen, for example, in the 8 trigrams of the I Ching, the 8 Immortals, the 8 Buddhist symbols and the 8 Auspicious symbols. These interrelated elements are often depicted as a group of 8 in the form of a serial narrative, which are supplemented by motifs of pairs, figures or scenes from stories, landscapes, plants, flowers, animals, ornaments and symbols. 

To illustrate this point, objects, each consisting of eight sections, were selected from the UMAG collection. These collection items, created with a range of techniques, demonstrate the diversity and richness of serial narratives in Chinese art and craftsmanship. These traditional works of applied art are juxtaposed by contemporary artists, so as to show that serial and systemic narratives are still used as artistic strategies. Systemic is used here in the sense that individual artworks are part of a larger overall system of interrelated elements. Participating artists: Arvid BOECKER (*1964 Wuppertal, Germany), Adrian FALKNER (*1979 in Basel, Switzerland), Daphne Alexis HO 何居怡 (*1975 in Hong Kong), Klaus MERKEL (*1953 in Heidelberg, Germany), YAU Wing Fung 邱榮豐 (*1990 in Hong Kong), and YU Hee 유희 (*1967 in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

Curated by Dr Harald P. Kraemer 

Curator Tour: 17:00-18:00

Opening Ceremony: 18:00-20:00

Venue address: 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Contemporary by Angela Li is proud to present a solo exhibition of Beijing-based artist Wu Didi, “extra/ordinary.” Wu’s works explore the quiet abundance of nature, revealing the extraordinary within the ordinary and inspiring viewers to reflect on themselves and our relations to the environment around us, with the artist present.

Contemporary society is saturated with endless information, ideologies, and material desires, often leaving people feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once observed that human desire is insatiable; the fleeting pleasure of fulfilment fades quickly, compelling us to constantly seek more. Amidst this relentless pursuit, Wu’s minimalist oil paintings stand out for their ingenuity and simplicity. Combining the essence of Western abstraction with Chinese literati paintings, she appropriates natural elements embedded in cultural consciousness. Bamboo twists and contorts without severing; moss grows on rocks, forming self-contained microcosms; birds weave through intricate spiderwebs—each transcending its inherent natural state. Through deconstruction, refinement and reconstruction, these familiar elements are transformed into unexpected forms on the canvas, expanding our perception of the ordinary nature.

Opening reception: 4-8pm

Gallery address: G/F, 248 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan

CAUTION: This Exhibition May Cause Spontaneous Laughter and Pleasant Confusion

Attention, art aficionados, weirdness enthusiasts, and connoisseurs of the gloriously bizarre! JPS Gallery Hong Kong is about to be invaded by the delightfully twisted mind of artist Joe Foti. Born in Queens, New York, in 1962, Foti has been orchestrating visual marvels for the luxury brand Chrome Hearts' Art and Science Division since 1990. His artistic vision can be likened to that of a modern-day alchemist, creating art that is a harmonious amalgamation of disparate objects that, against all odds, coalesce into cohesive and thought-provoking masterpieces. Opening on March 20th, Foti's first solo exhibition, "Souvenirs, Novelties, Party Tricks", in Hong Kong, will be one part fever dream, two parts nostalgia, and a whole lot of "What the F*** is that?"

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 20th, 2025, 5 - 8 pm
Gallery address: G/F, 88 - 90 Staunton Street, Central

Novalis Art Design is pleased to present "Next of Kin," an exhibition exploring the evocative designs of Monica Taverniti. The exhibition is supported by the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong.

This exhibition features a collection of her unique creations, where functional objects transcend their purpose and become storytellers. Taverniti's pieces, often resembling miniature buildings or enigmatic structures, invite viewers to imagine the narratives they hold. The exhibition highlights her process of transforming everyday materials such as water-based enamels and acrylics, markers, and a two-component transparent finish, into objects imbued with personality and history, blurring the boundaries between art, design, and storytelling. "Next of Kin" offers a captivating look into Taverniti's world, where design sparks imagination and invites personal interpretation.

Opening reception: 20 Mar, 6 - 9 pm

The artist will be present at the opening.

Gallery address: G/F, 197 Hollywood Road

Kiang Malingue is pleased to present “Three Stories: Monsters, Opium, Time”, an exhibition of recent films and video installations by Ho Tzu Nyen. This is the esteemed artist's second exhibition with Kiang Malingue, showcasing three independent bodies of work: “Night March of Hundred Monsters” (2025), O for Opium (2023), and a suite of more than forty “Timepieces” (2023), first shown at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2024.

Known for critically reflecting upon the construction of history, myth, ideas and identities by working across a range of media in the past two decades, Ho continues to explore subjects as diverse as yōkai (monsters, demons or spectres as they are known in Japan); the history of opium war; and the concept of time in particular manifestations. “Three Stories: Monsters, Opium, Time” is a structured exhibition that alludes to trailokya or the three realms, the religious division of the world into three domains: the netherworld, the earth, and heaven.

Opening reception: 20 March, 6-8pm

Gallery address: 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai

Phillips is holding the New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art Auction on 29 March. This auction features an eclectic mix of works from renowned artists as well as some of today's most in-demand talents. In addition to Western contemporary artists, the auction highlights contemporary and modern artists from China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Prior to the auction, the works will be on view at Phillips’ Asia headquarters in West Kowloon, open to the public.

Venue address: G/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District

"The Golden Snail Series" is a solo exhibition by Thai artist and filmmaker, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, curated by Joseph Chen, the Director of Culture of Eaton HK. The exhibition showcases a series of videos and prints using golden snail as a motif to further reimagines existing narratives related to its geometric forms and cultural meanings. Through appropriating the genres of silent films, video essay, TV advertisement and karaoke video, the artist reenacts the history in Thailand and Asia to deconstruct the myths behind the political ideology, consumer culture, pop music and contemporary art.

Gallery address: 380 Nathan Road, Jordan

The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce the 35 artists shortlisted for The 2025 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, the 21st edition of Asia’s most coveted award in contemporary art. As well as providing artists with international recognition and generous financial prizes, The Prize is an important charitable endeavour, raising substantial funds to support disadvantaged children by selling finalists’ artworks.

View the shortlist and vote for your favourite artist to be crowned Public Vote Prize Winner (closing 28 March). For the first time, Phillips is announced as an official Auction Partner in a collaboration that will leverage the strengths of both organisations to maximise fundraising potential and bring some of Asia’s most exciting artists to the global stage. Finalists’ artworks will be included in Phillips’ New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art and Design sale, taking place on 29 March. Prior to the auction, the artworks will be exhibited at Phillips’ Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 21-29 March, coinciding with the city’s highly anticipated Art Week.

Venue address: G/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District

The Peninsula, whose commitment to supporting the work of visionary artists is exemplified by its global Art in Resonance programme, will launch the programme’s latest iteration with a stunning new exhibit at its flagship Hong Kong property. The exhibition, which will debut during Hong Kong Art Week and be open to the public through May, will present commissioned works from local artists Phoebe Hui, and Chris Cheung (widely known as h0nh1m) along with Shanghai-based artist Lin Fanglu in partnership with the esteemed Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).

The original works from these boundary-pushing artists will be displayed in public spaces at The Peninsula Hong Kong, where the works will be accessible to both hotel guests and visiting art enthusiasts throughout the exhibition period. The programme’s 2025 edition will offer exciting and interactive art experiences, while reaffirming The Peninsula Hong Kong’s significant role in the cultural landscape of its home city. 

This deeply personal exhibition reflects Gao’s decades-long artistic journey, offering a profound meditation on portraiture, human connection, and the role of painting in today’s fast-moving world.

This exhibition is a celebration of artistic perseverance, deep observation, and the enduring relevance of portraiture in an increasingly fragmented world. The exhibition also features an artistic exchange with renowned poet, writer, and calligrapher Feng Tang, who played a pivotal role in encouraging Gao to return to painting in 2023 after a period of artistic uncertainty. Their dialogue extends beyond friendship, exploring the parallels between Chinese calligraphy and Western painting, and examining how traditional and modern artistic practices intersect in a world often dominated by speed and distraction.

“My Art World Friends…” invites audiences to slow down, to engage, and to rediscover the beauty of focused attention.

Location: 6F, KUNSTHALLE, K11 Art & Cultural Centre, K11 MUSEA

Presented in conjunction with Art March Hong Kong and Art Central, Echoes of Expression brings together a dynamic group of artists—Anthony Chan, Chen Xi, Chen Yi Ching, He Baili, Eric Ho, Jess Leung, Joe Li, Kathy Fung, Liu Cheng Mui, Lu Jun, Rita Huang, and Wong Chak Hung. Showcasing diverse interpretations of contemporary art, the exhibition explores the interplay of emotion, memory, and form. Through vibrant brushwork, intricate textures, and evocative compositions, each artist resonates with the collective pulse of artistic expression, creating a dialogue between tradition and modernity.

Opening reception: 21st March, Friday 2:00pm–6:00pm

Gallery address: 7/F Vogue Bldg, 67 Wyndham St, Central

Sin Sin Fine Art is delighted to announce the unveiling of “2084”, a solo exhibition, which features over thirty whimsical artworks across mediums, including woodcut paintings, ink paintings，and drawings by local artist, Michelle Fung.

With five imaginary countries, “2084” is the world in fifty-nine years created by Michelle, which she has been developing for the past decade. This exhibition marks an important milestone of Michelle’s ten years of research and hard work; and a focus on her continuing chapter on two fantastical realms: Contradictoria (Polluta) and Northlandia. With thorough research, creativity, and the ability to articulate, each of these countries offers some in-depth and multi-dimensional narrative. Blending irony, imaginary fiction, and complex visual metaphors; “2084” is considered to be both a reflective tale and a whimsical re-imagining of the future, challenging our perceptions of reality, environmental crisis, and human agency.

Opening Reception: 21 March 2025 (Friday), 6—9pm

Gallery address: Unit A, 4/F, Kin Teck Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

HKWALLS Street Art Festival will return for its 10th edition from 22 to 30 March 2025. International and local artists will paint murals across the Central and Western District, as well as display their digital artworks on LED screens all over Hong Kong.

Over the 9-day festival, HKWALLS will host multiple programming opportunities at our festival hub at PMQ and around town, including a new exhibition initiative, HKWALLS ROOMS, that shines a light on other galleries and artists along with the mural artists. The festival will also round off its program with a variety of other events like special screenings, panels, parties, guided tours, and workshops.

Full programme

Opening reception: 22 March, 5-10 pm

Festival Hub: G/F Courtyard, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen St. Central

When a Cuban looks at the sea, it evokes the isolation and pain of thousands of families, the anxiety, and the psychological frustration of living in a divided country. The sea becomes a wall or a barbed-wire fence delimiting one’s destiny.

- Yoan Capote

Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong is delighted to announce Yoan Capote: Mixed Feelings, an evocative exhibition of new works by acclaimed Cuban artist Yoan Capote on view from 22 March to 21 June 2025. In this presentation, Capote weaves together the sublime beauty of the Cuban landscape with the weight of its turbulent socio-political history. As its title suggests, Mixed Feelings explores duality – love and disillusionment, belonging and estrangement, hope and despair – and captures the paradoxes of the artist’s homeland in works that speak to global themes of migration and political turbulence. Capote’s meditations on Cuba’s fraught realities
extend far beyond its physical and ideological borders, resonating powerfully with the shifting political landscape of Hong Kong – a city and an island where the erosion of autonomy has fostered an increasing sense of insularity. Through his exploration of the ambivalent and often contradictory emotions that arise from living at the threshold of self-governance, Capote reveals the universal tensions of contested identity and political uncertainty.

Gallery address: 201 The Factory, 1 Yip Fat Street, Wong Chuk Hang

Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich at its Hong Kong space. This new group of 12 works reflects Cambodia’s current societal conditions and history while paying homage to nature, expressed through wall reliefs and glass sculptures. The wall relief works recall corrugated roofs, using recycled aluminium and found rice pots, showcasing the everyday cityscape of the country, while a hanging sculpture resembles lungs, crafted from glass, bamboo strips, and copper, embracing the possibilities of materials. Pich’s works explore materiality and become a confluence point through his labour-intensive creative process. Furthermore, an artist talk moderated by John Tain is scheduled for 27 March 2025 (Thursday) from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Sopheap Pich (b. 1971, Battambang, Cambodia) is one of the most celebrated contemporary artists in Southeast Asia. Pich is known for creating timeless, minimalist sculptures and wall reliefs using regionally ubiquitous materials such as bamboo, rattan, and aluminium. "Materials hold infinite possibilities," Pich says, placing absolute trust in the power of materiality to convey social and political histories, collective traumas, or personal memories that Cambodians experienced during the radical era under the Khmer Rouge. Through his painstaking and labor-intensive process, Pich’s artistic practice serves as a fundamental act of connecting the past, present, and future.

Gallery address: 21/F, Coda Designer Centre, Wong Chuk Hang

Swire Properties’ Arts Month 2025 returns with its month-long festivities dedicated to celebrating art. This year, ArtisTree is pleased to partner with Sara Shakeel, a globally celebrated multidisciplinary artist, to present ArtisTree Selects: The Jewel System – visitors are invited to a celestial dialogue of two transformative art installations located at ArtisTree and Two Taikoo Place from 22 March to 27 April 2025.

Sara Shakeel, widely recognised for her mesmerising digital art, pioneers a new frontier by translating her virtual concepts into a physical exhibition. ArtisTree showcases the artist’s imaginative artwork out of the digital space, harbouring the healing and transformative qualities of the pieces while marking Shakeel’s debut in Hong Kong through a tangible and novel experience.

Location: 1/F Cambridge House, Taikoo Place,

1/F Lobby, Two Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay

Solely organised and presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC), Collect Hong Kong 2025 will be held from 22 March to 4 April 2025 at the Pao Galleries and Jockey Club Atrium in the Hong Kong Arts Centre. This flagship event is supported by the Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), the new team of the HKAS Alumni Networks Committee, and other invited art institutions and art galleries.

Building upon the success of the Collectible Art Fair in 2023, Collect Hong Kong has been created to support the burgeoning wave of artistic talent and heighten mass appreciation for the work of local artists. This biennial event showcases innovative art in diverse media to highlight the creative breadth of students and alumni from invited art institutions and provide a platform for artists, galleries, and art enthusiasts to connect and collaborate. Overseeing the artwork selection process will be an independent curator and a jury panel.

With Collect Hong Kong’s unprecedented championing of homegrown virtuosity, visitors will enjoy an enriching and truly unparalleled art experience. The event will feature works from emerging talents to established artists, catering to the diverse interests of art collectors and enthusiasts.

Venue address: Pao Galleries and Jockey Club Atrium, Hong Kong Arts Centre 

From 22 March to 3 May 2025, WKM Gallery is delighted to present Embodied Perspectives, a compelling group exhibition featuring six contemporary Japanese painters: Soh Souen, Iori Nagashima, Koji Yamaguchi, Jun Tsunoda, Kohei Yamada, and Momo Yoshino. This exhibition explores the interplay between corporeality and the two-dimensional realm of painting, focusing on how viewers viscerally experience the artist’s unique perspective.

The body’s engagement with painting unfolds in three crucial stages: the initial perception of the motif, the physical act of applying paint, and the viewer’s ultimate experience of the completed artwork. Embodied Perspectives showcases paintings that subtly yet powerfully incorporate the body as a mediating force, prompting viewers to become acutely aware of its presence – or deliberate absence - within the artistic process.

Opening reception: Saturday, 22 March 2025, 3pm–8pm

Gallery address: 20/F, Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road

“Oi! Spotlight” is Oi!’s annual flagship project held in Art March every year. It aims to showcase the creativity of both local and international artists, encourage cross-cultural dialogues, foster exchanges between regions and embrace innovative ideas. This year, “Oi! Spotlight” has invited renowned Japanese artist Toyofuku Ryo to organise his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Toyofuku has been invited to participate in various international art events. For this exhibition, he has drawn inspiration from Hong Kong's local culture, using large-scale installations to present a peculiar space that combines Japanese aesthetics and cultural elements of Hong Kong.

Venue address: 12 Oil Street, North Point

In her practice, Osaka-born artist Sasaoka Yuriko explores the ambiguous relationship between humans and the natural world through gesamtkunstwerk installations that reveal surrealist, immersive landscapes. Drawing inspiration from animism, masquerade, theater, puppetry, and Osaka’s comedy traditions, her work delves into fundamental questions around agency, mortality, and the narratives we tell ourselves.

For “Animale,” Sasaoka investigated the historical roles of animals in society—from fables and pets to their use in political diplomacy and labor. Her research began with the story of Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear who became a symbol of resilience during World War II. Discovered as an orphaned cub, Wojtek was sold to Polish soldiers and integrated into their military operations, where he reportedly carried ammunition and adopted human habits like smoking and drinking coffee. After the war, he was gifted to Edinburgh Zoo, where a memorial still stands in his honor. Building on Wojtek’s life story and his mirroring of human behavior, Sasaoka expanded her research to other cases of working animals through residencies and projects in Berlin, Edinburgh, and Japan.

Contact the gallery for exact address.

The Stroll Gallery by Stella A&C, a Hong Kong-based venue that has been introducing the works of Korean artists, will host ISoo Jeon’s solo exhibition In the Name of Love! from March 22 to April 26. This exhibition will showcase Jeon’s unique perspective on the world around him, articulated through an array of captivating paintings that invite viewers into his artistic vision.

The artist often draws inspiration from personal experiences, as well as from universal themes that resonate with people from all walks of life. He believes that love is the deepest essence of our lives, possessing a powerful force that can uplift us even in the most challenging times. Jeon is also known for his distinctive sensibility and delicate touch, which shine through in each of his works. Through the vibrant colors and profound emotional depth in his paintings, he hopes to invite the viewers to explore and reflect on their own relationships, emotions and the connections of humanity.

Gallery address: Unit 504, 5F, Vanta Industrial Centre, Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Tsing

Tai Kwun is proud to present its first-ever Art Week (22 to 30 March 2025) - a dynamic nine-day celebration brimming with cutting-edge performances from emerging artists, absorbing cultural events, extended exhibition hours, and eclectic commercial gallery offerings. 

As the highlight of the week, Artists’ Night, presented by Tai Kwun and supported by Art Basel Hong Kong, returns on Friday, 28 March 2025, curated by Jill Angel Chun and Shuman Wang. From 7-11 pm, venues across Prison Yard will be transformed with a cross-disciplinary lineup of performances, music, and entrancing experiences. Highlights include:

• Live performance and film screening by Lawrence Lek, named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people working in AI in 2024. Blending Sino-futurism, wasteland aesthetics, and expressive electronic soundscapes, Lek examines the body, identity, agency, and emotions in the age of artificial intelligence in “NOX”.
   

• Experimental electronic artist 33EMYBW will present a brand-new audiovisual performance, Holes of Sinian. The live set incorporates vocal samples and field recordings, blending music from China’s borderlands, Tanzania, Bulgaria, and Thailand.

Throughout Art Week, Tai Kwun Contemporary will offer extended hours for its ongoing exhibitions, providing greater access for arts professionals, VIP guests, and the public, including a line up of three female artists: Alicja Kwade: Pretopia; Hu Xiaoyuan: Veering; and Maeve Brennan: Records.  

"The Garden of Resemblances" is an exhibition inspired by the ancient doctrine of signatures, a belief that the visible forms of natural objects reflect their hidden properties, particularly in medicine. While modern science has rejected this notion, its evocative associations provide a rich springboard for artistic imagination. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of the episteme from The Order of Things, the work examines the shifts in knowledge structures from traditional to modern thought.

By transforming the exhibition space into a dreamlike, otherworldly environment, this exhibition features kinetic installations that blurs the boundaries between nature, technology and imagination. The garden serves as an experiential landscape, inviting visitors to wander in the liminal space between the real and the imagined. Integrating the organic with the mechanical and the natural with the artificial, the installation offers a meditative journey through the interplay of historical imagination and contemporary innovation.

Venue address: 12 Oil Street, North Point

DESARTHE is pleased to present Soul Light Legacy Plan, its fourth solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Wang Xin that posits itself as a fictional service agency that provides what humans have coveted for centuries– immortality. Unveiling a new body of interrelated sculptural, multimedia, and interactive installations, the immersive exhibition appears as a showroom of unusual artifacts imagined to preserve spiritual consciousness via the technological avant-garde.

Upon entering the gallery, visitors will find themselves in an ambiguous environment that simultaneously recalls a calming sanitarium for meditative retreats and a showroom for cutting-edge technological devices. To the artist, the mission and business viability of the Soul Light Legacy Plan is founded either on the human desire to live forever or the fear of being forgotten after death. Checking in at the front desk, any visitor can become a participant of the program by registering for an account on the agency’s official website. Packaging spirituality and legacy as a luxury service, Wang creates a hyperbolic yet reflective statement regarding the factorization as well as the commodification of inherent human qualities under the guise of technological advancement.

Opening: Saturday ,March22nd, 12–7pm (concurrentwith#SouthsideSaturday)

Gallery address: 26/F, M Place, Wong Chuk Hang

Carl Kostyál is delighted to announce the inaugural exhibition of our Hong Kong gallery with London-based Chinese artist Rong Bao (b. 1997). The exhibition ‘Bao Rong is also me, two!✌️’ is the artist’s debut exhibition in Asia, and follows on from her 2024 exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery, ‘Rong Bao is Me’. Known for her surreal, childlike and energetically subversive aesthetic, Bao’s sculptures and introspective self-portraits blur the boundaries between the organic and the synthetic, the intimate and the alien.

“Welcome to the playground of bold softness and unapologetic expression. A universe crafted in campy pinks, purples and blues, where biomorphic totems reign supreme, ingesting, vibrating and spasming across their dominion. At the heart of ‘Bao Rong is also me, two!✌️’ lies the colossal ‘The Hole’, a PVC pop extravaganza, which dares viewers to crawl inside its soft, unyielding exterior. At its entrance, a sunflower-like ruffle bursts open, its tendrils reaching towards the Hong Kong jungle. When the sculpture is dormant– that is when the artist is not inside of it, performing– a pair of helpless, eerily mindless prosthetic limbs dangle from its exit, swaying to a hypnotic rhythm.

Gallery address: 20/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan St, Wong Chuk Hang

THE SHOPHOUSE is pleased to present the group exhibition Birth of Poetry, featuring works by artists Chen Jinbin, Ted Gahl, Han Mengyun, Joy Li, Shi Zheng, and Zhang Ji. The exhibition explores the origins of poetry and its enduring significance in life, offering a glimpse into its primordial essence. Through a diverse range of mediums including painting, video, sculpture, and installation—the exhibition reveals how poetry emerges from the vastness of the cosmos, the quietude of the everyday, and the struggles of existence.

Birth of Poetry offers a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of the genesis and sustenance of poetry as manifested through the diverse artistic practices of six contemporary artists. The exhibition delves into the myriad ways in which poetry emerges, evolves, and endures across varying contexts and mediums. From Zhang Ji’s expansive inner landscapes to Shi Zheng’s embrace of linguistic randomness, from Joy Li’s embodiment of the quotidian through the corporeal to Ted Gahl’s synesthetic recollections, from Chen Jinbin’s meditation on objectless love to Han Mengyun’s poetic force arising from concealed anguish, each artist contributes a unique lens through which the birth of poetry is articulated. The exhibition posits poetry not merely as a written or spoken form but as an omnipresent force that permeates the fabric of existence.

Opening reception: 22 March 2025 (Saturday) 2 - 6 PM

Gallery address: 4 Second Lane, Tai Hang

MOU PROJECTS is pleased to present "Fabric of Belonging," Tap Chan’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Showcasing nine newly created bodies of work—including sculptures, installations, photographs, and a double-channel video work—the exhibition seeks to weave the concept of diasporic existence. It evokes the imagination of journeys to distant galaxies and the disorientation of being lost, all while encapsulating a longing for escape.

Upon entering the space, visitors are immediately drawn to Their Sun: Our Sun (2024), strategically positioned in the gallery’s first segment. This piece embodies Chan’s exploration of wormhole theory and its ontological implications. Comprising six modular forms that mirror the curvature and topology of a wormhole, the work serves as a visual metaphor for mass migration and displacement. Its interior surfaces are gilded with 24-karat gold, symbolizing the wormhole’s immutable constancy, while its exterior, made from an iron composite, will gradually oxidize—signifying the inevitable entropy of time. This interplay between permanence and decay prompts reflection on the dialectical relationship between the eternal and the ephemeral, the cosmic and the corporeal. The sun within this work alludes to an astral voyage through the void, where the pursuit of new suns becomes a poignant metaphor for migratory trajectories in search of new beginnings.

Opening reception: 4–7 pm, Saturday, March 22

Gallery address: 13F, Blue Box Factory Building, 25 Hing Wo St, Aberdeen

Blindspot Gallery is pleased to present “Sin Wai Kin: The Time of Our Lives”, marking the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from March 24 to May 10, 2025. The exhibition features Sin’s latest video works: The Time of Our Lives (2024), The Fortress (2024), and Asleep (2024). These will be shown alongside face wipes imprinted with the make-up of Sin’s characters featured in the films. This marks the final stop of a touring solo exhibition that has travelled to Accelerator (Stockholm), and is on show at Kunsthall Trondheim (Trondheim) until March 16, and at Canal Projects (New York) until March 29.

“Sin Wai Kin: The Time of Our Lives” immerses audiences into the artist’s cinematic multiverse, comprising a recurring repertoire of characters, all played by Sin. The works in the exhibition draw upon science-fiction, metaphysics, cinema, drag performance, history, theater, and architecture to challenge the dichotomous and binary perceptions of time, objectivity and identity. The notion of the stage, the scripted lines, the role, and the performer takes precedence across the works, prompting contemplation as to how reality is often built on pre-existing narratives and reified constructs. Sin’s works untethers this notion through speculative fiction and fantasy world-building, presenting the artist as a carrier bag of fiction.

Artist talk at 4:30 pm with Sin Wai Kin in conversation with John Tain, Curator of the 2024 Lahore Biennale

Gallery address: 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

EXIT announces CHAN Wai Lap’s latest solo exhibition ‘LOVEGUARD’, which reimagines the role of lifeguards, exploring the connection and disconnection between people in contemporary society. The exhibition responds to Hong Kong’s lifeguard shortage while contemplating how strangers might build trust and maintain intimacy in an age of widespread wariness.

Opening: Saturday, 22 March, 2 - 5 pm

Gallery address: 3/F, 25 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Aberdeen

On the occasion of the gallery’s anniversary and 2025 Art Basel Hong Kong, PODIUM is proud to present 'Aftershock’, a major group exhibition that explores the seismic reverberations of trauma and the transformative potential that lies in its wake. Inspired by the seismological concept, this presentation parallels the earth's readjustment process following a mainshock with the existential experience of searching for alternative futures after a profound disruption. Just as tectonic plates shift and settle into new configurations, all participating artists, including Ivana Bašić, Sihan Guo, Ittah Yoda, Yein Lee, and Diane Severin Nguyen, will showcase new works to probe the liminal space between devastation and renewal, inviting viewers to contemplate how one can revitalise without defaulting to, and being bounded by habitual operational logic.

Opening reception: 22 March, 2:00—7:00 PM

Gallery address: Unit 9D, E Tat Factory Building, 4 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang

Asynchronous Affinities marks a new phase in Gongkan’s creative practice, exploring displacement to challenge social norms, cultural codifications, and moral values while nurturing transcultural interconnections and individual development. The exhibition invites viewers to explore the poetics of in-between frontiers, gaps, and links across cultures and generations, as well as the interstices of sexual and gender diversities.

Curated by Larys Frogier

WITH… you ~ people ~ bonds ~ heart ~ cultures ~ sex ~ nature ~ infinity ~ love…
OUT… of limits / frontiers / space / codes / time / identity / walls / exclusion…

Opening reception: 3-6pm

Gallery address: 20/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang

Rossi & Rossi is thrilled to announce Chitra-Kala: Weaving Awareness through Time, a solo exhibition on the work of Tibetan American artist Tenzing Rigdol (b. 1982). Derived from the Sanskrit words Chitra (light or awareness) and Kala (time or emptiness), the exhibition’s title Chitra-Kala translates to ‘art’. Reflecting a deep philosophical framework rooted in Eastern thought, it also speaks to the interplay between awareness and the passage of time.

Opening on 22 March 2025, the presentation, which features a new body of paintings and drawings, marks the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. It follows his large-scale 2024 Met commission Biography of a Thought – – a site-specific installation of paintings and carpets, which was juxtaposed with traditional Himalayan art and ritual objects in the museum’s exhibition Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.

Opening reception: Sat 22/03 11:00 - 19:00

Gallery address: 11/F, M Place, Wong Chuk Hang

Empty Gallery is pleased to present The Garden of Loved Ones, the first solo exhibition by Los-Angeles based-artist Richard Hawkins in Greater Asia. Since emerging in the early 1990s, Hawkins has developed an idiosyncratic practice centered around the intense pleasure of looking and the dynamics of projection and desire which animate both sexual and art historical expression. Employing collage as an underlying mode structuring his work in painting, sculpture, and various other media, he juxtaposes and intermingles low culture with high art––operating in that fertile and unobserved intersection between graverobber and archaeologist, fanboy and connoisseur, degenerate and avant-gardist.

For his show in Hong Kong, Hawkins stages a return to his long held obsession with the figure of Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-1986), the enigmatic founder of Butoh dance. A suite of new video works are inspired by, and presented alongside, a series of collages in the manner of Hijikata’s scrapbooks. These bizarre and hermetic documents appropriated and disfigured fragments of the Western canon––Picasso, Bellmer, and Francis Bacon amongst others––in order to translate them into choreographic instructions, contorting history in order to broaden the ways in which we might contort our bodies. In his homage to these scrapbooks, Hawkins emphasizes the surreal juxtapositions, distortions of context, and interpretive perversity which enabled Hijikata’s radical transformation of movement––suggesting a queerer and more promiscuous reading of art history––one unbound by linear notions of influence and origin.

Gallery address: 19/F & 18/F, Grand Marine Center, Aberdeen

The Room of Spirit and Time was established by Empty Gallery in September 2024. Situated in an independent chamber to the left of the gallery’s entrance foyer, TRST is an occasional platform for the extended contemplation of single works from a variety of periods and contexts. This new initiative functions as a space apart from the determinative logics and pressures of our formal exhibition program. Traversing both vast distances and infinitesimal niches, each presentation will be accompanied by a commissioned text approaching the work as a dynamic palimpsest in conversation with the unique social and historical circumstances of our city.

Playfully referencing Toriyama Akira’s hyperbolic time chamber—a fictive dimension for self-cultivation in which the laws of space-time are transformed—TRST proposes a speculative epistemology grounded in non-Western philosophical resources as one potential method for productively wandering the treacherous crags and precipices of globalized culture.

The Room of Spirit and Time was a collaborative project which took place at the Queens Museum between 2018 and 2021. Its name and concept have been leased to Empty Gallery for an indefinite period of time in a convivial spirit.

10 Chancery Lane Gallery presents Beauty Will Save the World: eight artists from Southeast Asia, with works by Bùi Công Khánh, Chan Dany, Dinh Q. Lê, FX Harsono, Htein Lin, Josephine Turalba, Moe Satt, and Vũ Dân Tân. Grappling with dire conditions, they mobilize viewers with humor while radiating poetic light and humanity. Curated by Southeast Asian art specialist Iola Lenzi, Beauty Will Save the World: eight artists from Southeast Asia assemble iconic artworks by Southeast Asian contemporary masters, as well as newly commissioned pieces impactful for their visual and sensorial seduction operating in tandem with their semantic play.  

Opening reception: 24 March, 1-7pm

Curator’s Talk and Brunch: Fri, Mar 28, 10am - 12 noon

Gallery address: 10 Chancery Lane, Central

Alisan Fine Arts is delighted to present Tradition Transformed, examining how three generations of artists have negotiated the boundaries between traditional Chinese ink painting and contemporary artistic practice. Through the works of 18 artists, this exhibition traces the evolution of ink art from mid-20th century modernist experiments to present-day innovations. The selected works, organized along the themes of Form, Narrative, and Materiality, demonstrate how artists have both challenged and sustained the philosophical and aesthetic foundations of the ink medium.

Opening Reception: 2PM-6PM, Monday, 24 March (Central Gallery Day)

Gallery address: 21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central

The concept of “reunion” transcends mere nostalgia, emerging instead as a forward-looking projection that recognizes the complexities of our contemporary milieu. As the narrative of globalization increasingly fractures, over twenty artists utilize their creative practices to assert that the very rupture we experience serves as a catalyst for reunion. The etymology of “reunion” derives from the Latin roots “re-” and “unio,” evoking a semantic tension that underscores the potential for re-creation following periods of separation. Advisors: Jian Liu & Jeffrey Liu 

Venue address: Room 204, Phase 1, Chai Wan Industrial City, 60 Wing Tai Road, Chai Wan

Dominique Fung (born 1987, works in New York) is a Canadian artist with ancestry in Hong Kong and Shanghai, whose practice explores the subliminal liminal territory in which tradition, memory and legacy seep through our collective subconsciousness. Through her interest in casting light on overlooked or forgotten stories and her use of specific historical artifacts she infuses with living qualities and complex non-linear narrative paths, she models a new, broader, alternative space of belonging.

Opening reception: March 24th, 2.00-8.00PM

Gallery address: Shop 03-205A & 205B & 206, Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, Central

Capsule is pleased to present "Capsule Filling", a pop-up group exhibition showcasing works by 18 artists, ranging from sculptures and installations to paintings and photographs.

The exhibition is a rhapsody of the concept of the capsule. Inspired by the Metabolism movement in architecture, it meanders through notions of pharmaceuticals and innovative dwellings as biohackers, and capsule hotels and space pods as totems of nomadic expeditions. Adapting to the particularities of the site, the exhibition highlights the sculptural and self-organizing qualities of living organisms and reflects on the ethics of dwelling and the experience of being.

Opening reception: 3-7pm

Venue address: 2/F, Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, Central

Supper Club is a hybrid art event that will take place during Hong Kong’s art week from 24 to 30 March 2025. Co-organised with H Queen’s and HART, this upcoming edition will take over two floors of H Queen's to present a free-flowing presentation of artworks and installations by artists from international and regional galleries. Initiated by three Hong Kong gallerists—Willem Molesworth and Ysabelle Cheung of PHD Group, and Alex Chan of THE SHOPHOUSE—Supper Club aims to disrupt the conventional art fair paradigm and reinvent the art selling and socialising experience.

Favouring an open-plan exhibition layout without booths, and with a focus on experimental art, the presentation will feature a range of newly participating galleries, including PALAS (Sydney, Australia), BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY (Bangkok, Thailand), Sultana (Paris, France), Avocado (Taipei, Taiwan), and Third Street Gallery (Shanghai, China). Returning galleries include CYLINDER (Seoul, Korea), 47 Canal (New York City, USA), island (New York City, USA), Misako & Rosen (Tokyo, Japan), and ZIAN Gallery (Hangzhou, China).

Venue address: 9/F & 11/F, H Queen's, Central

Throughout history and across cultures, mountains have been regarded as places of power and mysticism, home to deities, ascetic sages, and creatures of myth. Depicted as thresholds between the mortal world and the divine, their rugged peaks form the border where human ambition meets the unknown. Thorpe’s new paintings explore our fractured relationship with these culturally significant landscapes, through contrasts of tone and texture, challenging our assumptions of what is marginal and what is teeming with life and meaning. In so doing, he inverts our expectations of the exterior and the interior; and invites a conscious examination of interiority.

Gallery address: 105-107, Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

Born in Paris in 1911, and working in New York from 1938 until her death in 2010, Louise Bourgeois is recognized as one of the most important and influential artists of the past century. Oscillating between figuration and abstraction, and ranging from intimate drawings to large-scale installations, her work expresses a variety of emotions through a visual vocabulary of formal and symbolic equivalents. For over seven decades, Bourgeois’s creative process was a form of exorcism: a way of reconstructing memories and emotions in order to free herself from their grasp. Opening on 25 March and on view through 10 May 2025, Hauser & Wirth will present Bourgeois’s second solo exhibition with the gallery in Hong Kong, organized in collaboration with The Easton Foundation. The show brings together a selection of works from the 1960s to 2008, including rarely exhibited sculptures and works on paper. A three-meter-long fountain installation, ‘Mamelles (fountain)’ (1991), and a steel and marble sculpture, ‘Spider’ (2000), will be shown in Asia for the first time.

Opening Reception: 24 Mar, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Gallery address: G/F, 8 Queen's Road Central, Central

Pearl Lam Galleries is delighted to present Niao Niao, a solo exhibition in collaboration with the Su Xiaobai Foundation, showcasing the works of renowned artist Su Xiaobai. This exhibition, coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong, is exemplary of the gallery’s long-term focus on abstraction.

Su Xiaobai pursued his postgraduate studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the 1980s and was taught by Konrad Klapheck. He embraces abstraction by consciously stripping his work of narrative and explicit meaning. Known for experimenting with lacquer, a resin-based material traditionally used for making lacquerware that can be dated back to the 5th millennium BC, Su is drawn by its unpredictable characteristics. His core interest is to realise physical forms that are inherent to the material and diverse properties of lacquer.

Opening reception: 24 March, 2-8pm

Gallery address: 11 Duddell Street, Central

Art Intelligence Global, Galerie Patrick Seguin and NOT A HOTEL are pleased to jointly present “Modern Dreamers: Iconic Art, Architecture and Design”, an exhibition opening on March 25 at Art Intelligence Global’s exhibition space in Hong Kong. Coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong, the exhibition is a collaborative showcase celebrating the intersections and synergies found at the highest level of art, architecture and design.

At the heart of the exhibition is Jean Prouvé’s 1944 6x6 Demountable House, which was purchased by NOT A HOTEL from Galerie Patrick Seguin in a transaction facilitated by Art Intelligence Global. The exhibition marks the unveiling of the Demountable House in Asia; after the exhibition, the Demountable House will be installed in NOT A HOTEL’s Tokyo headquarters. The unique collaboration brings together Art Intelligence Global, leading advisor for fine art; Galerie Patrick Seguin, authoritative advocate of French mid-century design; and NOT A HOTEL, whose groundbreaking business model redefines the concept of home, to bring about a landmark cross-disciplinary exhibition reimagining standards of aesthetic living.

Gallery address: 1/F, TS Tower, Wong Chuk Hang

Art Central, a cornerstone event of Hong Kong Art Week, showcases the next generation of talent from Asia’s most innovative galleries alongside distinguished artists from around the world. Presented in partnership with United Overseas Bank (UOB), Art Central will return to its home on Hong Kong’s iconic Central Harbourfront on 26 – 30 March 2025. The upcoming edition will be staged in an architect-designed, purpose-built structure overlooking Victoria Harbour, conveniently situated in the heart of the city’s business district within walking distance of Art Basel at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and a short ferry ride to M+ and Palace Museum Hong Kong.

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Emma Webster’s landscape paintings teleport viewers into the otherworldly. The places she depicts, convincing and hallucinatory, merge spatial expectations with mystifying fantasy. The paintings come from a hybrid sketching-sculpting process within screen-space. Webster first constructs scenes in virtual reality, which she then embellishes with theatrical illumination, to create natural vistas that relish in artifice, drama, and distortion. Of her VR models, Webster says: “Working from within the still-life is more akin to how we go about the world. There can be no ‘outside.’”

Emma Webster (b. 1989) is a graduate of Stanford University (BA, 2011) and Yale University, where she received an MFA in Painting in 2018. In 2021, Webster published Lonescape: Green, Painting, & Mourning Reality, a collection of musings on landscape and image-making in an increasingly digital world.

Gallery address: 807, K11 Atelier Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Christie’s Hong Kong is delighted to announce its first live auctions of 2025, set to take place on 28 and 29 March at The Henderson. These auctions will showcase an exquisite collection of 20th/21st Century Art, kicking off the year-round sales calendar in 2025. For the first time ever, the Hong Kong Spring Sales will coincide with Hong Kong Art Month, and will certainly convene collectors from around the globe.

The auction series features remarkable works by modern and contemporary art masters. The 20th/21st Evening Sale will highlight remarkable works by legendary surrealist René Magritte and renowned contemporary artist Liu Ye, following an exclusive exhibition co-hosted by Christie’s at High Peak last April. This exhibition brought together iconic works by Liu Ye alongside several significant pieces by Magritte, aligning with the centennial celebration of Surrealism. This dynamic intersection of art not only celebrates the transformative power of their visions and contributions to the art world, but also reflects Christie’s ongoing commitment to empowering collectors by providing access to extraordinary works.

Viewing
25–28 March
10:30am – 5:30pm
By appointment only

White Cube is pleased to present the first exhibition in Asia of painting by American artist Lynne Drexler (1928–99). 

Coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong, ‘Lynne Drexler: The Seventies’ will debut never-before-seen works created during a pivotal decade in the artist’s practice.

Affiliated with the second-generation Abstract Expressionist movement, the artist’s vivid chromatic compositions reflect a breadth of stylistic influences, drawing from Impressionism, Fauvism and Pointillism, as well as classical music and the natural landscape. Executed through tessellated rectangles of paint, Drexler’s colour fields emanate an organic, kinetic dynamism.

Opening reception: 5pm

Gallery address: 50 Connaught Road Central

David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by New Zealand–born and Los Angeles–based artist Emma McIntyre (b. 1990) at the gallery’s Hong Kong location. This is the artist’s first solo show in Asia and her second exhibition with David Zwirner, following An echo, a stain (2023), a solo presentation of her work at the gallery’s East 69th Street location in New York. McIntyre creates vivid abstractions imbued with chromatic and gestural energy. Made with oils and unconventional substances like oxidized iron, her instinctual yet deeply considered works explore the alchemical possibilities of the painted medium and expand traditional understandings of landscape and the natural world. McIntyre’s practice is protean and rhizomatic; each painting shares its roots with the ones before and after it, enacting an endlessly transformative system of generation and discovery. Building on her investigations into process, material, and divergent lineages of art history, the paintings on view in Hong Kong open new avenues of dialogue between the creative drive of the artist’s hand and the forces of physics and nature. McIntyre has been represented by David Zwirner since February 2024.

Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 25, 3-7pm

Gallery address: 5–6/F, H Queen’s, Central

Over the Influence is pleased to announce its latest show in the gallery's Hong Kong space, with a major group exhibition entitled Beyond Borders.

Bringing together Camilla Perkins, Michael Kagan, Tubagus Salamudin Alamin, Suanjaya Kencut, Taku Obata, and Florent Stosskopf, international artists whose figurative works push the boundaries of contemporary representation.

This exhibition represents a visual dialogue that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries. From England to Japan, from the United States to Indonesia, these artists offer a global perspective on how movement, memory, and transformation are interpreted through different artistic traditions.

Opening reception: 25 March 6-9pm

Gallery address: G/F – 2/F, 52 Wyndham Street, Central

Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong is honored to present Sacred Nexus, a solo exhibition by acclaimed Japanese artist Miwa Komatsu. Until now, Miwa Komatsu has presented works under the theme of “Sense of Sacredness,” aiming to evoke our inner spirituality. Now, as embarking on a new venture, the “Sacred Nexus” exhibition unveils over 20 new works by the artist.

A “Sacred Nexus” is a confluence of sacred resonance — a place or moment where we can have spiritual interaction and dialogue with divine spirits and the natural world. Historical sites of worship, lands imbued with earnest prayers, and nature itself are the inspirations of Komatsu’s practice; she envisions the “invisible energy”, and creates the intersection of the material and immaterial realms. By amplifying the resonance between her works and the viewers, the audience is reminded of the sacredness deep within themselves, prompting their connection to divinity in this new chapter of “Sacred Nexus”.

Opening reception: 4 - 7 pm, 25 March (Tuesday)
*Artist will be present.

Gallery address: 8/F, H Queen’s, Central

Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Robert Indiana, on view at the gallery’s H Queen's location from March 24 to April 30, 2025, following the artist’s major survey Robert Indiana: The Sweet Mystery at the Procuratie Vecchie, an official collateral event of the 2024 Venice Biennale.

The show, coinciding with next year's edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, will include sculptures and paintings from throughout Indiana’s career, showcasing his uniquely graphic visual vocabulary that made him one of the most inventive and enduring figures in the history of American art.

Gallery address: 12/F, H Queen’s, Central

HR Giger, best known as Hans Ruedi Giger, born on February 5, 1940, and passing away on May 12, 2014, was a highly influential Swiss artist and designer. Giger's art, which he famously described as "biomechanical," seamlessly merges organic human forms with mechanical elements, exploring themes of life, death, and the intersection of man and machine. This distinctive aesthetic gained widespread recognition, particularly through his pivotal role in the visual design for Ridley Scott's groundbreaking film "Alien." Giger's contributions to "Alien" were pivotal, as he designed the xenomorph alien, which would become an iconic figure in science fiction and horror cinema. The creation of this character involved an innovative design process that combined elements of horror, sexuality, and phantasmagoria, captivating audiences and sealing Giger's legacy within the film industry. His work on the film earned him an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, marking a significant recognition of his artistic vision.

To honor H.R. Giger's remarkable contributions to the arts, Mai 36 Galerie is excited to present a comprehensive overview of his career. Join us for the opening on Tuesday, March 25th, at 6 PM

Gallery address: 3 & 5 Sun Street, Wan Chai

Images and their authorship are always in flux. We build, rebuild, and trade images like never before.
—Sarah Sze

Gagosian is pleased to announce Sarah Sze’s first solo exhibition in Asia, and her sixth with the gallery, opening in Hong Kong on March 25, 2025. The exhibition features new large-scale mixed-media paintings alongside a new series of hanging sculptures.

In her latest exhibition, Sze explores how we make meaning from the never-ending stream of images that saturate contemporary life. Woven together from elements of her visual vocabulary—a bird, a wolf, a hand, a sunset—Sze’s new works destabilize the boundary between two and three dimensions, as imagery repeats across media, flowing from painting to sculpture and back again. Through this pictorial call-and-response, Sze prompts meditations on time, memory, and perception.

Opening reception: Tuesday, March 25, 6–8pm

Gallery address: 7/F Pedder Building, Central

Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the opening of the international group exhibition "Ritual, Trauma, and Allegory" on March 25, 2025, in Hong Kong Central HQueen’s Space. The exhibition will feature the remarkable paintings of eight artists: Anouk Lamm Anouk, Jonas Burgert, Jigger Cruz, Guillermo Lorca, Leng Guangmin, Edgar Plans, Rodel Tapaya, and Woo Kukwon.

Contemporary painting is continuously experiencing a revolutionary grammar of violence on both physical and metaphorical levels amidst globalization and technological upheaval—ranging from the material tearing of the canvas to the deconstruction of cultural symbols, and the fragmented reassembly of identity narratives. This revolution is not merely an aesthetic stance; it is a cognitive guerrilla initiated by artists in the fault lines of civilization.

Opening reception: 25 March | 6 - 8pm

Gallery address: 10/F, H Queen’s, Central

HOO Mojong (1924-2012), a trailblazer in modern art, stands as a key figure in bridging Eastern and Western artistic languages. As one of the most prominent Chinese female artists following Pan Yu-Lin, she has become a significant representative of Asian modernism in the 20th century.

This Retrospective exhibition takes place during a significant moment: the centenary of Hoo Mojong’s birth. Hoo was born in Shanghai and left her hometown in her early 20s. Her extensive travels and residencies around the world not only enriched her personal experiences but also infused her artistic creations with multicultural inspiration. From Shanghai to Taipei, then to Brazil and Spain, and finally settling in Paris where she created art for 37 years as a painter and printmaker. She returned to China in 1996, museums and institutions throughout China have since celebrated her distinct explorations of bodies and mundane, yet playful, objects. “Objects of Play ” will comprehensively trace her artistic creation features nearly 100 artworks including paintings, prints, drawings, and archival materials from various periods of Hoo’s career, recapping her integration of Chinese and Western art styles and investigations of the spirituality and power of ordinary life.

Venue address: Chantal Miller Gallery, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty

Following Xu Bing’s appointment as Hong Kong’s Ambassador for Cultural Promotion in 2024, "Xu Bing in Hong Kong: Square Word Calligraphy" marks the renowned artist’s first large-scale art endeavour in the city. As part of this project, he has curated an exhibition centred around the Square Word Calligraphy Classroom at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, showcasing a unique fusion of Chinese and English languages intertwined with Hong Kong's linguistic culture. Through this exhibition, Xu enriches the meaning and interpretation of Square Word Calligraphy, opening new avenues for cross-cultural communication in a vibrant context.

Art Basel is pleased to announce the participating exhibitors and key details of its 2025 edition in Hong Kong, taking place from March 28–30, 2025, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). This edition will feature 242 galleries from 42 countries and territories, showcasing a diverse range of artistic practices that reflect the fair’s commitment to global diversity and regional representation. More than half of the participating galleries are from the Asia-Pacific, highlighting Art Basel’s vital role as a platform for the region’s dynamic art scene.

The fair’s core sectors include Galleries, the main sector for established and blue-chip galleries; Discoveries, which spotlights solo projects by emerging artists; and Insights, offering curated projects from artists across Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.

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AISHO Hong Kong is honoured to announce Spanish artist Cristina Lama’s first solo exhibition “Unreasonable (LA SINRAZÓN)” in Hong Kong. The show is on view from 27 March to 26 April, 2025.

Cristina Lama's artistic practice is fundamentally grounded in abstract emotional expression, employing a relatively loose narrative approach that leaves the interpretation of her works open to the viewer. Rather than focusing on specific themes, characters, or subjects, she transforms these elements into instruments for exploring the possibilities of composition. Lama relies heavily on intuition, regarding the realistic imagery merely as a premise for her experimental arrangements of lines, forms, and colors. Her primary concern lies in how these elements achieve harmonious fluidity across the canvas. Working predominantly with acrylic paint on large-scale canvases, Lama incorporates dilemmas related to family, childhood, and freedom into her works. Her paintings, which reject conventional rules and perspectives, demonstrate compelling force through deliberate and vigorous brushwork while manifesting her sensitivity and emotional depth.

Gallery address: Shop B, Po Hing Mansion, 2-8 Po Hing Fong, Tai Ping Shan, Sheung Wan

Wu Jiaru grew up in a typical Guangdong city in southern China, an area shaped by the entertainment, aesthetic and lifestyle influences that entered the mainland through Hong Kong in the 1990s. Within her practice, Jiaru examines these cultural exchanges between mainland China and Hong Kong alongside questions of identity and belonging through a variety of mediums, including sculpture, video and painting.

In To the Naiad's House (2022), Jiaru's first exhibition with Flowers Gallery, she constructs a memory palace, drawing on her own childhood memories of a room in the restaurant her mother owned (known as a Jiu Lou). Functioning as both a restaurant and entertainment venue, Jiaru describes the Jiu Lou as an aesthetic hybrid inundated with the optimism of economic expansion and the desire for individual freedom brought on by social transformation.

Breakfast and Preview (RSVP required): 27 March 2025 10am - 12pm

Gallery address: 49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan 

The Museum Summit 2025, presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, in association with the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet in France, will take place in Hong Kong on 28 and 29 March this year.

Under the theme "Going Beyond", it will bring together renowned speakers and moderators from around the world to explore four pivotal topics: "Museum + Tourism", "Museum + Technology", "Museum + Sustainability", and "Museum + Wellness". Other than the two-day summit discussion, there will also be a number of fringe activities and post-summit visits.

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In the thick of the Pandemic, an underground artist collective was burgeoning in Hong Kong while we were panicking about what the unpredictable future would bring. EJAR ( EASTERN JADE Art Renaissance) envisions and creates a utopia in a tenement building in Shau Kei Wan. EJAR is the name of: a shared artist studio space, an artist-collective, and a spirit. Their artistic practices encompass visual arts, contemporary sound and music, curation and arts education. The curator capitalizes the Goethe-Gallery and presents personal works by the four core members; and through their experiences and creations they respond to our time, the Zeitgeist.

EJAR is a self-initiated Hong Kong’s artist collective. This exhibition features personal works by the four core members– HO Julvian, Dino Rib, Shek Po Kwan and Gavin Yip. Curated by Kalen Lee.

The exhibition opens on April 5, 2025 (Sat) from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM with a guided tour by the curator and the artists.

Venue address: 14/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai

The Oneness Gallery, a UK-based gallery, returns to Hong Kong for its second exhibition, presenting the debut solo show of featured artist Marigpa. In line with the gallery’s vision of "art without boundaries," this exhibition marks a significant collaboration with the Parhelion Group in Hong Kong.

London-based artist Marigpa translates their extensive global travels into a compelling artistic language. Their work, primarily oil and mixed media on canvas, is a vibrant celebration of metallic hues – gold, silver, and copper – universally recognized symbols of luxury, warmth, and spiritual enlightenment.

Marigpa’s canvases offer a visual feast, a rich tapestry of metallic tones interwoven with diverse artistic elements. This creates an atmosphere of both opulence and tranquility, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in a realm of pure imagination. Bold strokes and meticulous detail bring the artwork to life, producing a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow.

Venue address: 4/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre  

Long before social media, On Kawara used the advanced communication tools of his time—postcards, telegrams, and calendars and CD to mark his presence and connect with others, bridging the personal and universal. In the early 1960s, he emigrated from Japan to Mexico, then to the US. His relentless voyages across continents are inscribed in uniquely distinguished forms, highlighted by his singularly schematic Date painting. These works redefine our perceptions of time and existence. His work transcends the fleeting nature of modern communication, reminding us of the value of authenticity and intentionality in how we record and share our lives.  

Kawara stands as a pivotal figure in conceptual art. His practice centered on the constant negotiation between self-imposed rules of creative practices and real-life experiences—particularly the tension between rules and freedom. He was a pioneer who transformed the mundane into profound meditations on time, presence, and existence. His work transcended cultural and geographical boundaries, offering a quiet yet universal reflection on the human condition.

Rule of Freedom, Freedom of Rules is the first institutional solo presentation of On Kawara’s work in Asia and the first since his passing in 2014. This landmark exhibition presents his most iconic series spanning five decades, with a special section focusing on his trip to Hong Kong. The exhibition reflects on Kawara as both a global citizen and an artist-philosopher who bridged divides between the everyday and the metaphysical, simplicity and complexity, the present and the eternal, and ultimately, life and death. His work, minimal in appearance yet rich in meaning, captures the paradox of stability within the flux of his nomadic lifestyle, widely shared by artists in a globalized world today. 

Venue: 1F JC Contemporary & 1F F Hall, Tai Kwun

David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Robert Ryman (1930–2019) at the gallery's Hong Kong location. Marking Ryman's first solo presentation in Greater China, this exhibition will feature a range of works from the early 1960s through the 2000s, offering a concise survey of the materials, supports, painterly treatments, and ways of engaging with the wall that Ryman utilised over the course of his six-decade-long career.

Ryman is widely celebrated for his tactile works using white paint in all its many permutations, which he executed using a range of painterly mediums on various supports including paper, canvas, linen, aluminium, vinyl, and newsprint. Emerging in the 1960s, Ryman eschewed self-contained representational and abstract imagery, instead giving precedence to the physical gesture of applying paint to a support.

Gallery address: 5–6/F, H Queen’s, Central

White Cube Hong Kong is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Salvatore Emblema (1929–2006), marking the first solo presentation in Asia of works by the Italian artist. Born in 1929 in Terzigno, Naples, Emblema, with his singular focus on the qualities of light, space and transparency, diverged from his contemporaries in Italy’s post-war avant-garde. Inspired by the landscape of his upbringing – a volcanic red-zone on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius – Emblema worked predominantly with natural materials, extracting his pigments from soils, stones and agricultural materials.

Gallery address: 50 Connaught Road, Central

Representing Hong Kong in a Collateral Event at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Trevor Yeung returns to M+ with a new configuration of his commissioned solo exhibition, Trevor Yeung: Courtyard of Attachments, Hong Kong in Venice. Yeung’s installations explore the relationships between human and aquatic ecosystems and comment on the emotional disconnections and power dynamics of contemporary society. Restaged in a museum setting, the exhibition shifts focus to discuss larger environmental and systemic issues. This response exhibition is part of the sixth collaboration between M+ and Hong Kong Arts Development Council on Hong Kong’s presentation during the Biennale.

Dai Guangyu’s  And Thus Is This Land  is a work of participatory performance art to be held and exhibited in the Focus Gallery in conjunction with the special exhibition Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s–1970s. Invited artists and art students will collaboratively recreate This Land So Rich in Beauty (1959), a monumental landscape by Fu Baoshi (1904–1965) and Guan Shanyue (1912–2000). An icon of modern Chinese art history, This Land So Rich in Beauty hung in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People from the time of its creation until 1990, when it was replaced with a replica. Guangdong-born Guan Shanyue is considered one of the four contemporary masters of the Lingnan School of Painting, and his works are featured in Canton Modern.

Canton Modern presents twentieth-century Cantonese art and visual culture in its full complexity as an important chapter in global modernism. United in a shared linguistic and cultural identity, the southern port cities of Guangzhou (also known as Canton) and Hong Kong were historically marginal in China. The birthplace of revolution, the two cities gave rise to a distinctive visual and artistic modernism, one shaped by cross-cultural interactions and tensions between conservative and progressive artworlds. Cantonese artists broke away from the elegant poetics of classical ink painting to forge a socially oriented realism, depicting subjects ranging from leisure and labour to war and disaster. Working as journalists and publishers, they exploited the immediacy and circulation of print, photography, and cartoons to intervene in and even reform society.

This exhibition brings together new and recent works by six artists shortlisted for the Sigg Prize 2025. Established in 2018 by M+, this prestigious prize is open to artists born or working in the Greater China region and its diasporas. It aims to recognise important artistic practices in the region and to promote the strength and diversity of Chinese artists on an international platform. For the third edition, M+ will showcase the works of six leading contemporary artists, including Bi Rongrong, Ho Rui An, Hsu Chia-Wei, Heidi Lau, Pan Daijing, and Wong Ping.

The six finalists were selected by an international jury chaired by Suhanya Raffel (Museum Director, M+, Hong Kong), with members Maria Balshaw (Director, Tate, United Kingdom), Mami Kataoka (Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo), Gong Yan (Director, Power Station of Art, Shanghai), Glenn D. Lowry (Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York), Uli Sigg (collector and member of the M+ Board, Switzerland), and Xu Bing (artist, Beijing).

Environments are artworks in which viewers play an active role, stimulated by objects, light, moving image, and sound as they move through and around the work. They have been a major feature in international art since the mid-twentieth century, laying the groundwork for the immersive experiences that dazzle museum audiences today. However, the important history of this art form is only partially understood, as so many of these groundbreaking works were destroyed after display, and the focus to date has been almost exclusively on male artists.

Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now presents the works of trailblazing women artists whose environments made a lasting impact on the history of visual art, illuminating artworks of the present and offering glimpses into the future. It spans several generations of artists from Asia, Europe, and North and South America, presenting full-scale reproductions of each work. These reconstructions are as close to the originals as possible, developed through research and collaboration with experts and the artists themselves.

This exhibition brings together a selection of major works produced by Rauschenberg during and in response to his time in Asia. It traces the conceptual, formal and material influences on his practice, such as sourcing textiles and collaborating with paper makers and ceramicists in China, India, and Japan. The exhibition also considers the history and legacy of his Asian Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) projects, which included exhibitions in Beijing (1985), Lhasa (1985), Tokyo (1986), and Kuala Lumpur (1990), and their lasting impact on local artists. The display will feature works by Rauschenberg and by Asian artists in dialogue with his practice, and marks the centenary of the artist’s birth.

Zao Wou-Ki: Graphic Works (working title) explores the Chinese-French artist’s life, his prints, and his mastery of abstraction. It sheds new light on Zao’s printmaking practice, introducing the unique aesthetics, techniques, and styles of this medium while investigating the connections between oil painting and printmaking as equally significant aspects of his oeuvre. The exhibition explores how Zao’s printmaking catalysed his experiments in abstraction and considers the role of prints as a visual and conceptual vehicle that facilitated the circulation of his works, positioning him as an eminent cross-cultural figure in the post-war art landscapes of Europe, Asia, and the United States.