PORTALS is the final commissioned work of ‘The Embrace and the Passage’, concluding the exhibition’s dialogue on shifting host-guest dynamics. This site-specific performanceinvites audiences to traverse both material and symbolic portals within the space through collective rituals.

Leading up to the performance, the artist hosted workshops in Hong Kong where participants crafted figurines that form a shared, transcendent presence along her own embodiment, Vera Maningning, whose name means ‘the light of truth.’ Clad in white lace—a motif resonant in both Filipino households and Western rituals—she inhabits this figure to embody a spectrum of fluid identities. At the performance, through singing, shapeshifting, and healing practices inspired by pre- and postcolonial Filipino shamanism, she casts the foreign, trans body as a sanctuary of queer struggle and survival, overcomingthe imposed borders of geography and power that continue to shape our world.

Participants are encouraged to bring a personally significant object to join the artist during the performance.

Registration recommended here
(followed by Closing Artist Talk for ‘The Embrace and the Passage’ on 23 Feb 2025)

Venue address: 10B, Wing Wah Industrial Building, Quarry Bay

Kiang Malingue is pleased to present “Spa & Beauty”, an exhibition by Geumhyung Jeong. The exhibition that runs from 7th through 14th December coincides with two performances by the artist, featuring humanised objects, props, videos and a number of sundries used in daily routines.

Jeong’s body of work ranges from performance, dance, choreography, theatre, video and installation. Since the beginning of her career, she has been investigating the relationship between the human body, the objects that are immediately associated with it, and its artificial counterparts through productions that combine languages and techniques from the fields of contemporary dance, puppet theatre, self-taught programming, and the visual arts. In the course of the physical interaction between her body and the objects, it becomes ambiguous who controls whom, blurring the line between inanimate and animate, the inauthentic and the genuine.

The two scheduled performances on the 7th and 14th of December are effectively a series of demonstrations, in which the artist, treating her body as a medium par excellence, activates the modern artefacts by using them in particular, even idiosyncratic ways, shedding light on the sprays, bottles, bathtubs, and the pleasure of consuming and touching.

Opening: Sat, 7 Dec, 4 – 6 PM

Performance: 7 Dec, 4 PM, 14 Dec, 4 PM

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

What does loss feel like on your tongue?

As part of ‘The Embrace and the Passage’, join us for Ghost of Raspberry, a participatory performance by Michele Chu featuring sound artist Lam Yip and food designer Alison Tan, delving into grief, memory, and loss. Drawing from her immersive installation rocking cradles, wet blankets, Chu translates personal anecdotes and the materiality of her work into an embodied, multisensory experience. This journey blends ritual, food, sound, scent and environment to explore communal and gastronomic grief. 

Each 30-minute session (max. 6 participants) offers an intimate space for connection, reflection, and shared experience. The performances will be in English.

Fri, 6 Dec, 6:30–10pm
Sat, 7 Dec, 4–9:30pm
Sun, 8 Dec, 4–9:30pm

Reservation and fully refundable deposit required—please refer to the sign-up links for details. Limited spots available.

Gallery address: 10B, Wing Wah Industrial Building, Quarry Bay

M+ will present Sonic Blossom, a celebrated performative installation by LEE Mingwei (b. 1964), in the Focus Gallery. Sonic Blossom is a live performance which features trained opera singers approaching a visitor in the museum galleries to offer the gift of song. It is inspired by the artist's experience of caring for his mother during her recovery from surgery, when they both took solace in listening to Franz Schubert's Lieder. With five chosen Lieder and a group of Hong Kong-based classical singers, Sonic Blossom transforms these songs into an extraordinary offering that elicits spontaneous moments of joy, sadness, and connection. Taiwan-born LEE Mingwei is an internationally recognised artist with a pioneering practice that foregrounds experience and artistic participation. Educated in Taiwan and the United States, LEE is part of a generation of artists who began to incorporate participatory elements into their art in the 1990s. LEE's work, however, has always taken a different approach, transcending cultural and political boundaries to cut to the core of the human experience and reveal our desire for connectedness.

Currently on view, Movana Chen: Knitting Conversations is a monumental installation by artist Movana Chen reflecting on female labour, personal and shared memories, material transformation, and time. Originally conceived as a participatory work, Knitting Conversations was first exhibited in 2013 where audience members were invited to contribute to the work by bringing along a treasured book to shred into yarn, as the artist and participants knitted and conversed. This August, Movana Chen invites visitors to participate and exchange personal stories under the installation, experiencing a unique connection with others.

Artist Movana Chen will be facilitating the experience at M+ on designated weekends on 17, and 18 August, 14:00–17:30.

The event is free for valid exhibition ticket holders. Please retain a copy of your ticket to facilitate your entry to the gallery. Please see 'Get Tickets' for details. Participants are invited to bring a map that can be shredded to participate in the public workshop.

As part of her solo exhibition “Dreamskin,” Chan Ting will unveil a new performance titled “To Kill or to Heal?” on Aug 16 and 17 at PHD Group.

Featuring performance artists Florence Lam and Hengsyun, the performance will delve into the duality of things, exploring how something produced for violence and war can be transformed into an instrument of healing and care.
Fri, 16 Aug
Sat, 17 Aug
Time: 8:30pm

Request to attend the performance by emailing info@phdgroup.art or Whatsapping +852 5943 7541

Hope Never Sleeps - 33 hours non-stop art project by La Galerie Paris 1839 French Artist Cyril Delettre will take part in a 33 hours non-stop project welcoming the visitors from Thursday March 28 at 11:00am until Friday March 29, 8:00pm.

During these 33 hours visitors are welcome to interact with Cyril Delettre, let him take portraits of you, he will print them, then display the photos on the window of the gallery to create the word 希望. The shooting will take place in front of La Galerie. The audience will be able to watch the shooting from the street. An original art installation Inspired by his series HOPE ( an ongoing project since 2022), art photographer Cyril Delettre creates an original installation for visitors to physically experiment entering into an art piece. Cyril Delettre's installation symbolizes the human ability to transform darkness into colours: you enter into the Black and White portraits of the artist and come out with colourful characters to brighten the hidden hope. On the path, by entering the artist’s spirit, you are invited you to go through his HOPE and rediscover yours. The audience is invited to touch, explore and take pictures.

Join us at AWT Bar Hong Kong, a special pop-up edition at RONIN for Art Basel. From March 26 to 29, Art Week Tokyo will host AWT Bar Hong Kong, featuring artist-conceived cocktails alongside a bespoke food menu, select artworks on view, accompanied by an artist-curated playlist. The AWT Bar is open to all for a multi-sensory experience of Tokyo in Hong Kong.

Specialty cocktails are inspired by the works and practices of Rinko Kawauchi, Masato Kobayashi, Shinji Ohmaki, and Yuichiro Tamura. On display, are artworks by Simon Fujiwara, Saori Miyake, Daido Moriyama, and Kohei Nawa, available for purchase through their respective galleries. While having bites from a Tokyo feature bespoke menu designed by RONIN, listen to select tracks that artists Ken Kagami, Yuko Mohri, Aki Sasamoto, and Hajime Sorayama, have associated with their vibrant metropolis over the years. 

Public access. Expenses at the bar are at visitors' discretion. 

March 26 to 29, 2024, 6:00pm to 1:00am
Venue: RONIN, 8 On Wo Lane, Central

Experience the museum in a whole new way! Join us for a Friday night where dynamic lighting, energetic music, exciting creative activities, and food and drinks take over. Unwind from the stresses of everyday life and connect with friends and like-minded people.

When you picture Hong Kong after-hours, what gives the city its distinct flair? For the first edition in March, M+ at Night celebrates the ‘Hong Kong Street Culture’. On 1 March 2024, M+ invites the creative collective Yeti Out and its co-founder Arthur Bray to programme a wide range of activities for you to explore the streets and alleys of the city through mediums including sound, graphics, and typography. Imagine the interactions between people and their surroundings and discover how their everyday lives shapes the diverse street culture.

Price: HKD 180

M+ Members and Patrons can attend for free.

The Dancing plant,  also known as the telegraph plant, dances when it hears a sound. 

Sending stones, when held in hands, can communicate across long distances. 

The exhibition is divided into three chapters: 1) Picking up a stone. 2) When plants are everywhere. 3) They have ears. It is a collage of lithographs, image letters, and prose poems. Plot: one day, she got into the habits of reading newspapers , writing letters, and listening to the radio. In her eyes, nothing is of the past anymore. There exists another her, who goes to the coast to look at stones whenever the wind blows. There exists yet another her, who tries to pick up the most ancient printing techniques and hammer the silent communication underneath the earth into audible telegraph codes, in order to connect to the barriered present; to whisper through the walls using natural objects; to reach and connect with each other.

If one’s feet, covered with sand, touch the seawater. 

Wiping the stones repeatedly. 

You have to keep moist even if the oil and water are separated.

Sharing: 17/12 (sun)  3pm-4:30pm  - Ernest Ip x Au Wah Yan 

Performance: 30/12 (sat)  6pm-7pm  - Wong SIn

Gallery address: 10/F, Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Road, Wanchai

Tai Kwun Contemporary is delighted to announce a new live art exhibition by the trailblazing artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi (b. Cyprus; lives in New York and Athens). Her first solo exhibition in Asia, Maria Hassabi: I’ll Be Your Mirror will be presenting live installations that explore the sculptural body, image-making, and the deceleration of time. Comprising elements of performance, sound, photography and painting, the exhibition includes works newly commissioned for Tai Kwun’s architectural environment.

Maria Hassabi: I’ll Be Your Mirror gravitates around the production and transmission of image through the usage of mirrors dressed in gold. Playing with the myriad meanings and representations of gold in ancient and contemporary myths—as a colour in divination, as a symbolic representation of capitalism, or even a kitsch sample from pop culture—the permanence of gold historically connected the substance to eternity and the divine, yet this desire to possess gold has also turned into a symbol of capital and accelerated consumerism. The paradox between the immutability of gold and the shifting perceptions of its representation echoes the tensions in Hassabi’s practice—between subjects and objects, dance and sculpture, the live body and still images, the spectacular and the everyday.

The exhibition is constructed by durational performances which run daily from 11am to 7pm Tuesdays to Sundays, performed by dancers from Hong Kong and around the world. The artist will also be present in the exhibition for the first half of the exhibition period. A conversation with the artist will take place in October, while Tai Kwun Contemporary will also be hosting a series of public programmes during the course of the exhibition, so please stay tuned for further details.

India by the Bay is a week-long celebration of Indian art and culture co-presented by Teamwork Arts and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, with the support of the Consulate General of India in Hong Kong. The festival features literature, music, food, dance and theatre, encompassing both the contemporary and classic.

The Festival is dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships between India and Hong Kong. It is a unique opportunity for the people of Hong Kong to experience and engage with India’s rich cultural heritage.

•SAT OCT 7 AT ASIA SOCIETY: Author Francesca Cartier, direct descendant of Cartier’s founding family, and Radhikaraje Gaekwad, the Maharani of Baroda, discuss Cartier’s creations for Indian royalty. 

•SUN OCT 8 AT ASIA SOCIETY: Wellness Sunday, a full day of events that nourish the mind, body & soul. Wellness Sunday will feature chanting, pranayama, Iyengar yoga, storytelling, music and poetry for individual guests as well as families.  

•MON OCT 9 AT ASIA SOCIETY: A presentation by private collector Romi Lamba with rare access to his astounding collection of antique Kashmir and European shawls woven in the 1800s. 

•WED OCT 11 AT ASIA SOCIETY: An evening of music and cross-cultural collaboration featuring sitar player Pandit Shubhendra Rao, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas, pipa player Belle Shiu (with permission of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra) and guitarist Tjoe Man Cheung.

•THU OCT 12 AT ASIA SOCIETY: A literary evening exploring India’s push for eminence in world affairs. Editors Bibek Debroy and C. Raja Mohan discuss the acclaimed book, Grasping Greatness. The evening will be moderated by Ajay Kapur,  Head of Asia Pacific & GEMs Strategy Research at Bank of America Securities.

•FRI OCT 13 AT ASIA SOCIETY: A candid conversation with award-winning actor, television director and author Neena Gupta and her daughter, fashion designer and actor Masaba - both stars of the Netflix series, 'Masaba Masaba'. They'll discuss fashion, film and family with Sanjoy K. Roy. A bit more about their Netflix show here. 

•SAT OCT 14 AT XIQU CENTRE: An original, Broadway-style musical drama titled ‘Bollywood Love Story’, performed in English, for one night only at Xiqu Centre. 

•SUN OCT 15 AT ASIA SOCIETY: And finally, a gala dinner that takes guests on a culinary journey across India, with Chef Piku of New Delhi’s beloved restaurant, Jamun. 

Details and full programme

Venue address: 9 Justice Dr, Admiralty

Baker's Lung is a new work that combines the professional baking experience of Felix Del Tredici and the instrumental practice of trombonists and improvisers. Together with multifaceted performing artist Kalun Leung, the work explores the similarities between two ancient art forms in a unique performance-based installation that is currently in development. It is a one-of-a-kind experience that promises to be both thought-provoking and entertaining.

As brass performer and professional baker, Felix is fascinated by the fundamental process of energy transformation that converts lip vibration into sound and the grinding of raw wheat into edible foodstuff. Both music and food are communal experiences that allow for community connection, and Baker's Lung aims to amplify this connection between baking and music.

The installation draws on a variety of cource material, including body camera footage from Felix's bakery, different types of grains and seeds, old-time recipes, Hong Kong street market objects, and the sounds and visuals of dough mixing, a steam-injected oven, dividing and shaping breads, and the small mill grinding wheat berries. These audiovisual materials will be transformed in a variety of ways through interactive technologies, the interpretation of performers, and the participation of audience members.

Baker's Lung offers and artistic interpretation of the cacophony and insights from a baker experiences, provides a behind-the-scene view into the complexity and chaos that comes with the making of one of the most important and universal food staples.

Artists:
Felix Del Tredici
Kalun Leung

Time and date of the performance sessions：
29-30.6.2023 | 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm

Performed by：
Kalun Leung (trombone, invented instruments)
William Lane (viola)
Wilson Chau (horn)
Karen Yu (percussion)

Gallergy address: 14/F Hong Kong Arts Centre, No.2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai

We are pleased to present METAMANIAKS, by Japanese artist Snipe1. The first of our international artists to visit Hong Kong after the covid. The artist will be presenting his fascinating graffiti paintings and sculptures.

A pioneer among Japanese graffiti writers, Snipe1 has been active since the dawn of Japan’s graffiti scene and later threw himself into the graffiti world of early 1990s New York during his teenage years. Snipe1’s graffiti draws upon the sensibility of street culture but incorporates an edge of “dirtiness” that lends to an unmistakable individual style. By pushing the boundaries, he continuously dares to toe the danger of breaking stereotypes.

In here, the artist aims to spark a conversation, to challenge people's thoughts, and to ultimately encourage them to question the reality we live in.

Opening Reception: March 9, 6-8pm

Live performance and guided tour: March 18, 3-5 PM

Gallery address: Unit C, 12/F, Gee Chang Hong Centre, 65 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang