Asia Art Archive and the International Program of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, are honoured to host Salima Hashmi as our distinguished speaker for AAA's Annual Artist’s Lecture. A prominent artist, educator, art historian, and activist based in Lahore, Hashmi will share her extensive experience in documenting, organising, and writing about the work of women artists in Pakistan. Hashmi’s lecture will provide insights into her publications, her role as one of the founding members of the Women’s Action Forum (a women’s rights organisation in Pakistan), her efforts to foster regional alliances for gender justice, and her mentorship of generations of artists.

A breakfast reception will be held at the library from 10–11am. The breakfast reception and talk are both free and open to the public.

To RSVP, please visit here.

Venue address: 11/F Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan

Join us for an engaging artist talk for Chou Yu-Cheng’s book launch at AP House The Henderson.

Chou Yu-Cheng lives and works in Taipei. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the National Taiwan University of the Arts in Taipei. Since the beginning of the 21st century, he has been examining and critiquing mass media, institutions, and production systems by reinventing, shifting, or transforming complex elements in the renewed relationship between people and objects. Since 2019, Chou has been exploring the precarious balance between water, paint, paper, and human emotions entangled in abstractions.

*The artist's talk will be conducted in Mandarin and English. Please register.

Date: 24 March, 2025
Time: 5-7 PM
Venue: AP House The Henderson, 25/F, 2 Murray Rd, Central

On the occasion of Art March and the art fairs week, Central Gallery Day will be held on Monday, 24 March this year, bringing together an array of exhibitions, openings, guided tours and many more art happenings spanning from Central to its outskirts areas like Sheung Wan and Wan Chai. Don’t miss out on this annual opportunity to experience fruitful visual art programmes within just one day!

Please refer to the website for full programme

24 Mar, 2025 11:00 am–7:00 pm

In the Mood for Art (2023) is a documentary film by Michael Schindhelm. It delves into the opening of the M+, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and enriched by the donation of Chinese contemporary art pieces from Swiss collector Uli Sigg. It examines the museum’s and the art scene’s contributions to the debate on Hong Kong’s future, unveiling a new generation of artists and offering an unprecedented perspective on this Asian metropolis in search of its identity.

After the screening, the director Michael will be in a conversation with the protagonists of the film about the creative process of its filmmaking and their views on the future of the Hong Kong art scene. After the conversation, there will be a Q & A opening to the audience. 

Director: Michael Schindhelm Speakers: Michael Schindhelm, Joseph Chen, and more

Date: 20 Mar, 2025, 7-9pm  RSVP
Venue: Kino, 1/F Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road

The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association invites you to join Central West Hong Kong on Thursday 20 March, to explore a variety of gallery programmes and special events organized by the art community in Sheung Wan. For programme details and participating galleries information, check the HKAGA website.

20 Mar, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Art Basel is a major event held in Hong Kong every March. Artists and galleries from all over the world gather in Hong Kong to showcase their works to buyers, while attracting a large number of international art audiences to visit the exhibition. In the end, is commercial value an important consideration that cannot be ignored in the process of artistic creation?

Speakers: Chow Chun Fai, Wong Wai Yin, Chris Wan, Zoie Yung
Moderator: Isaac Leung

Language: Cantonese

Application deadline: March 10, 2025 (Monday)
Sign up: Private Message Instagram @sc_gallery_hk
Date: March 13, 2025 (Thursday), 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Lee Shau Kee Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

10 Chancery Lane Gallery invites you to an Artist's Talk with Hong Kong Artist Lewis Lee.

8 March, Saturday, 3:30 PM
Conversation with Gallery Director Katie de Tilly
Tea and refreshments

RSVP: rsvp@10chancerylanegallery.com

Gallery address: 10 Chancery Lane, Central

As the unfolding exhibition draws to a close, the four artists gather to reflect on their worksand discuss how they engage with host-guest dynamics as a framework for healing.Navigating through place-making and live happenings, they tend to personal andcollective traumas. The conversation will also delve into their approaches to dialogical art-making—how exchanges shape their practices and give rise to fluid, evolving relationships.As boundaries shift and roles dissolve, the discussion considers: when boundaries aredisrupted, can the guest gain power, and can the host be liberated? We invite all audiencesalong the way to take part in this reflection and sharing.

With artists Bunny Cadag, Michele Chu, Florence Lam, Monique Yim, moderated by curator Jessie Kwok
In English
Registration recommended here
(Following Bunny Cadag’s performance work ‘PORTALS’ on 23 Feb 2025)

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

In this ambitious project, Bell meticulously catalogued every outdoor basketball court in Hong Kong—an impressive total of 2,549 courts—compiled into a book of the same title. His journey took him through the city’s hidden corners, relying solely on public transport. Using aerial photography, the images showcase the unique designs of these courts, their ubiquity, and their striking contrast against Hong Kong’s towering urban density.

Sunday 16 Feb 2025, 2pm

Gallery address: 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan

In 2023, the M+ / Design Trust Research Fellowship programme granted its final two fellowships to Leah Hsiao and Flora Weil. During this talk, the fellows will present the conclusion of their research with the event ‘M+ / Design Trust Research Fellowship Public Talk: Changing Winds in Education and Technology’.

The event consists of two talks: ‘How to translate “Design”? The Dissemination of Design Education and Culture from Asia to the Greater Bay Area, 1978–1990s’ by Leah Hsiao followed by ‘Design in Rising Winds’ by Flora Weil. This presentation will be followed by a dialogue with respondents Dr. Kan Tai Keung and Professor Yang Yan, moderated by M+ Curator of Design and Architecture Shirley Surya.

Please visit M+ website for details and registration.

Should public art reflect a site’s historical significance or should it serve more as a medium of contemporary expression? Join us for the upcoming Tai Kwun Conversations featuring insights from Alicja Kwade, the artist behind the new commissioned public art project, Waiting Pavilion, on the Prison Yard in Tai Kwun. Also taking part in the discussion are the Hong Kong artist Kingsley Ng and the curator Grace Cheng, who both have a wealth of experience in presenting art in the public arena.

Together, they will delve into their public art endeavours, examining the significance and impact of public art in enriching communities and engaging public audiences from the perspectives of art, culture, history, and urban development. The discussion will centre on how public art interacts with its surroundings, acting as a mirror while navigating the complexities of history and indeed today’s world.

This event will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into Cantonese. Free of charge, booking is required.

Speakers: Alicja Kwade, Grace Cheng, Kingsley Ng

Moderator: Louiza Ho, Associate Curator, Tai Kwun

To celebrate the exhibition "Love Language: Joanne Chan Solo Exhibition", we are pleased to present a Conversation between the artist and the curator Agnes Wu as we delve into the profound artistic journey of Joanne Chan, exploring the intricate emotions and messages encapsulated within her works.

Kindly RSVP to hongkong@3812cap.com at your earliest convenience to book your place. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing this insightful conversation with you.

Saturday, 14 December, 3pm

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

Renowned Hong Kong-based photographer Joyce Yung invites readers to explore her beloved city with her new coffee table book, "Hong Kong in 100 Photos", published by Man Mo Media. In Hong Kong in 100 Photos, Yung captures the city's daily life, urban quirks, vibrant culture and natural landscapes. This beautifully crafted book is a practical guide for locals and tourists alike.

Saturday 14th December, 2024, 2-6pm

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

HART invites you to attend the Artist Talk & HART Open Studio

Lesley-Anne Cao (b.1992, Philippines) explores materiality, languages, and transformative processes through installation, sculpture, video, and text. Using intuitive methods and process-driven approaches, she prompts reflection on everyday life to uncover hidden social structures that shape our behaviors and the environment. She had her first solo exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2018, and it was shortlisted for the Fernando Zóbel Prize for Visual Art in 2019.

Upon Lesley’s previous international artist residences at Gasworks (2023) in London;  Örö, Finland (2019), and Keelung, Taiwan (2017), we are delighted to welcome her to Hong Kong! On December 1, 2024 (Sun), we will hear from the artist after her 3 weeks of stay, comprising her group exhibition "Weather-world" at Blindspot Gallery, conversations with curator(s), art practitioners, and HART artists, as well as various material studies across neighbourhoods of Hong Kong.

Artist Talk & HART Open Studio:
01.12.2024 (Sun 日) 15:00 – 16:00
moderated by Jims Lam (curator) & Vera Lam (Director, HART), conducted in English

RSVP to join

Venue address: 4/F, Cheung Hing Industrial Building, 12P Smithfield, Kennedy Town

Join us for #SouthsideSaturday on 30 November 2024! From 11 am to 7 pm, enjoy a day of exciting programmes and exhibitions, as well as open studios and bazaar in Wong Chuk Hang, Tin Wan and Repulse Bay galleries. Check out southsidesaturday.com or below for the timetable and all event details! 

Catch us at the gallery this Friday from 7pm to 9pm for the launch of @gianluca.crudele ’s book titled “Echo” with contributions from @peterchanart, @riccardo_chesti, @phizzykins, and @everhadpie

@monique_yim will perform a new piece devised in response to the imagery of Crudele’s solo exhibition utilizing feathers, a motif she has previously employed in her practice. The new work will ruminate on absence, fragmentation, and disembodiment.

The performance will begin at 7:45 pm.

Gallery address: 21 Square Street

To mark the final days of our popular exhibition, "Voices of the Walls" join us on Thursday evening for a special celebration with Greg Girard. He'll be here at the gallery 6pm onwards to discuss the exhibition and will be available to sign your book. If you’ve already purchased a copy, feel free to bring it along!

Gallery address: 28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan

ARTIST TALK
Games and Creative Adaptation:
The Continuous Re-construction of Chinese Characters

Self-taught Fung Ming-chip is primarily an artist of the word: essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, seal carving and calligraphy. This talk will focus on the artist’s motivation for creating over 100 different script styles and the creative process of constructing new characters and painting formats.

Organised on the occasion of the group exhibition, Word Play.

Wednesday, 27 November, 5:30pm-7:30pm

The talk will be live streamed on Instagram @alisanfinearts starting at 6 PM HKT

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

 Join us for the Artist Talk with artist Zang Zong-Son on 23 November 2024 at 3 pm. The artist will share with us the creative process of her works and the concept behind this exhibition. If you are interested in this event, please confirm your attendance by completing the RSVP form.

Date: 23 November 2024 (Saturday), 3 pm

Gallery address: G/F, 52 Sai Street, Sheung Wan

Go Hung takes us on a profound journey exploring the realities of homelessness. Through thought-provoking installations, the artist sheds light on the struggles for shelter, social mobility, and the isolation experienced by those without a home.

Join us on a panel discussion featuring @g.o.h.u.n.g@impacthkcharity and @soco.poverty , where we'll delve deeper into the current situation of homelessness in our city and how we can make a difference.

｜Date : 12th October, 2024
｜Time : 3-4pm
｜Location : Novalis Art Design (G/F, 197 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong)
｜Language: English

With close readings of the works in the exhibition and personal anecdotes, this conversation promises to give us insight into how King's distinctive approach enriches the discourse around landscape photography in the context of contemporary art practice.

In this fireside chat, we'll explore how Stephen King uses his craft to create painterly images that evoke emotional responses and challenge viewers' perceptions of nature; how his works draws themes and inspirations from contemporary art masters while retaining the unique qualities of photography. His keen eye for light, color, and composition not only reflects the beauty of the landscapes he captures but also engages with broader art historical themes.

28 Sep, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Join us at #SouthsideSaturday on Sat, 28 Sep 2024, for special happenings including openings, performance and more! Please visit our event website southsidesaturday.com for further details.

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 (New space in Aberdeen) 
Artist Talk | 3 – 5pm
In conversation with Stephen King: Landscape Photography as Contemporary Art
(RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk)

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Taro Masushio: Pass

𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 
Exhibition | Yeung Hok Tak: I See You There

𝐀𝐱𝐞𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 
Opening | Breathe and Crystal

⁡𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 
Exhibition | Enoc Perez: Chances are You’ll Like it All Ways

𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 
Exhibition | Jen Liu: I Am Cloud

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 & 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 
Exhibition | LOUIS STETTNER: TIME CAPSULES

𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐄 
Performance | Levitation and Submersion

𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 
Exhibition | Theta Sequencing– Dual Solo Exhibition

𝐌𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 
Exhibition | Ding Zhi: Secretly, Inwardly, Dimly

𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 & 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢 
Opening & Exhibition | Lain Bangdel solo exhibition

𝐒𝐂 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 
Exhibition | Jacky Tao Solo Exhibition: Have a Nice Day

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐭 
Exhibition & Tour | Tales of Women

𝐖𝐊𝐌 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲
Exhibition | Megumi Shinozaki: Meridiem

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐊 
Exhibition | Group Exhibition: “If I Were...”

Why did Guangdong artists establish some of the most radical news pictorials in China in the early 20th century? How did they adapt the elegant poetics of Chinese painting to represent the realities of modern warfare or to satirise society? How do their innovations continue to shape the way we see?

This public symposium will shed new light on Guangdong's distinctive contributions to Chinese artistic modernism and its place within the current discourses of regional and multiple modernities. Leading experts from universities and museums in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen will consider such topics as the varieties of realism in 20th-century Guangdong painting; the social circulation of images, especially pictorials, woodblock prints, and cartoons; and the propagation of the Lingnan School in Hong Kong and the Cantonese diaspora. The symposium will be conducted in Cantonese and Mandarin, with simultaneous interpretation available in English.

Full program and registration form

Join us for a conversation about the immeasurability of time with Lee Weng Choy, Simon Leung, Gala Porras-Kim, and Merve Ünsal—four artists and writers who have created new work for AAA’s upcoming exhibition, Countering Time.  

How does time resist precise measurement? How does it counter and elude while remaining numbered at the same time? This conversation invites the participating artists and writers to discuss ideas of archival time, impermanence, ghosts, and artistic speculation. They speak about their own artworks as well as personal and shared references, including films and poems. 

This event marks the opening of Countering Time, an exhibition featuring new works by Lee Weng Choy, Simon Leung, Gala Porras-Kim, and Merve Ünsal. Ünsal uses her body to record a centuries-old sinkhole where human and geological time collapse. Leung bends and folds the afterlives of a moment captured in a 1967 photograph from Hong Kong. Porras-Kim traces recollections of lost works and archives. Lee uses personal annotations to mark time. Together, they tune in, refract, exhume, and annotate artworks, archival records, and past events, demonstrating how archives are sites of imagination instead of final resting places of historical records.  

Registration link.

Venue address: CCG Library, Asia Art Archive

As one of China’s first generation of fashion designers, Guo Pei has expressed her dream for beauty through her endeavour in couture art over the last three decades. She melds historic Chinese craftsmanship with diverse cultural inspirations and haute couture. Her garments are not merely wearable sculptures but mirrors that reflect the rapid economic development in China, the pursuit for material pleasure and technical heights, and the universal hunger for spectacle. The Special Exhibition Guo Pei: Fashioning Imaginationpairs Guo’s pioneering vision with artworks in the M+ Collection that also speak to the same cosmopolitan modernist approaches and references in visual art and culture during the post-1980 period.

Join Guo Pei, M+ Lead Curator of Design and Architecture Ikko Yokoyama, and Vogue Hong Kong founding publisher Desiree Au for a discussion on the relationship between fashion, art, and design, and how through the development of the exhibition this relationship is explored.

Full program and registration link.

Curator Talk | Home: From Collective Construct to Illusional Fabrication

Join us on September 7, 2024 (Saturday) at 3 PM HKT for an engaging curator talk that complements our current group exhibition, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦. Hosted by curator Shirky Chan, this thought-provoking discussion features participating artists Henry D’Ath and Mo Lai Sze Liz, who will explore the intricate relationships between art, home, and identity. We look forward to seeing you there for this enriching exploration of home through the lens of creativity!

Art as a medium of internalization and reinterpretation, the talk would like to explore more on how the artists express the notions of home which are influenced by societal norms, personal histories, and political agendas. It also examines how artists have responded to experiences of displacement and migration of home through their work. The sharing aims to deepen our understanding of how home is constructed, experienced, and reimagined through creative expression.

7 September 2024 (Saturday), time: 3 PM
Language: English
Please RSVP

In the exhibition Floating World, the artist duo A.A.Murakami’s newly commissioned immersive work blends together technology and physical effects to create unique experiences that feel otherworldly. The two projectsBeyond the Horizon and The Passage of Ra bring giant iridescent bubbles and fog rings to The Studio.
During the talk, find out more about how the creation of this exhibition fits into their ongoing exploration of research that the artist terms ‘ephemeral tech,’ their inspirations, and their views on how technology has blurred our perception of what is virtual and what is real.
Join Ikko Yokoyama, Lead Curator of Design and Architecture, and Sunny Cheung, Curator of Design and Architecture, in conversation with A.A.Murakami, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their new visionary installation at M+.

Admission to this exhibition is free. The opening talk will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese. Click on ‘Register’ to sign up for this free talk.