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Yu Ji, Casey Robbins, Ho King Man, Boat Zhang and Kojiro Kobayashi at Kiang Malingue

Evaporates /Dec 13, 2024 – Feb 8, 2025 /Opening: Friday, Dec12, 6pm – 8pm / Kiang Malingue 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm +852 2810 0317 kiangmalingue.com Evaporates at Kiang Malingue’s Sik On Street space is organised by Yu Ji, and is the first chapter born out of the self-organised residency program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Featured in the exhibition are works by all artist friends who participated in PLAY KNOW ATTENTION: Casey Robbins (Vermont, New York), Ho King Man (New York, Guangzhou), Kojiro Kobayashi (Tokyo), and Boat Zhang (Tokyo, Shanghai). The artists reminisce about the space and time of the residency in Hong Kong, living together again at Kiang Malingue in the last month of 2024.

Hou Jianan at DE SARTHE

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Hou Jianan /Here Today, Gone Tomorrow /Nov 30, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025 / DE SARTHE26/F, M Place54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong+852 2167 8896Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm desarthe.com Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Chongqing-based artistHou Jianan is now open at DE SARTHE Hong Kong. The exhibition features a new body of works on canvas that allude to the illusion of fulfillment that manifests in the cross-breeze of consumerist society and digital gratification. Sweet and plump yet empty and fragile, Hou Jianan’s manipulation of imagery alludes to the way in which our perception of goods is enhanced by technology, resulting in the expanded desire to consume and indulge in materialism. As we are constantly distracted, or arguably numbed, by temptations and entertainment, we fall into a false sense of security as Hou suggests through his portrayal of home environments and domestic objects. With an emphasis on artificiality, the imagery speaks to the illusion of fulfillment constructed and exacerbated by instant digital gratifications.

Resonance Islands – Linkshouse Orkney Arts Residency 島島共鳴 – 藝術家駐留有感

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By Wong Ka Ying / There is an ancient saying on the Orkney Islands: “If you scratch the surface in Orkney, it will bleed archaeology.” This group of about 70 small islands is slightly smaller than Hong Kong but home to only 20,000 people. Despite its small size, Orkney has long produced artists and attracted creatives from elsewhere to its shores. In 1979, a modest yet significant art gallery was established, the Pier Arts Centre, in Stromness, Orkney’s second-largest town. Scotland’s northernmost art gallery, it’s a sea away from the Svalbard Museum in Norway, the world’s northernmost museum. The gallery was not created by wealthy elites or set up by the government but by Margaret Gardiner, an anti-fascist, anti-Vietnam War pacifist and writer, alongside her artist friends. Gardiner descended from a prominent family – her father was an Egyptologist involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. After graduating from Cambridge University, she briefly worked as a teacher and then, from the early 1930s onwards, devoted herself to social activism. She was also a major supporter of the artists …

Tenmyouya Hisashi at Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong

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Tenmyouya Hisashi /Game of Thought /Nov 23, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025 /Opening: Saturday, Nov 23, 6pm – 8pm / Whitestone Gallery Hong Kong8F, H Queen’s80 Queen’s Road, Central +852 2523 8001Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm whitestone-gallery.com Whitestone Gallery is thrilled to announce the upcoming exhibition of renowned contemporary Japanese artist Tenmyouya Hisashi, opening on 23 November 2024. Born in Tokyo in 1966, Tenmyouya is celebrated for his innovative Neo-Nihonga style, which revives traditional Japanese painting for modern audiences. His vibrant works explore various aspects of Japanese culture, depicting classic icons such as raging gods and Yokai from folktales, Sumo wrestlers, Samurai, and modern Sentai heroes. Titled Game of Thought, this exhibition invites viewers to engage deeply with the art while embracing a playful spirit. It aims to blend contemplation and creativity, showcasing pieces that encourage reflection and spark joy, transforming the viewing experience into an interactive journey that resonates on both intellectual and emotional levels. Tenmyouya has participated in significant exhibitions, including The American Effect – Global Perspective on the United States, 1990-2003 at the Whitney Museum of American Art and …

Howardena Pindell at White Cube Hong Kong

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Howardena Pindell /Deep Sea, Deep Space /Until Jan 8, 2025 / White Cube Hong Kong50 Connaught Road, Central Hong Kong+852 2592 2000Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm whitecube.com White Cube Hong Kong presents Howardena Pindell’s first solo exhibition in Asia, showcasing the multidisciplinary American artist’s recent paintings that draw inspiration from the visual splendours of the ocean and outer space, alongside the ongoing series ‘Tesseract’ which emerges out of her early work. Multilayered, illusory and tactile, these works further Pindell’s fascination with the macro and the micro, from the tensions between surface and depth to the relationship between the cosmic and the cellular. Howardena Pindell’s profoundly personal and politically charged work delivers a dynamic materiality to the canons of painting – serving as much as a diaristic account of her own biography as a means to interrogate broader issues of social justice. With a practice spanning over five decades and encompassing a diverse range of mediums – including painting, collage, drawing and film – Pindell lends visceral form to a rigorous intellectual inquiry of the given subject. Click here …

The Third Hengshan Calligraphy Research Award Opens Worldwide Submissions

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Title of Award: The Third Hengshan Calligraphy Research AwardAdvisor: Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taoyuan CityOrganiser: Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts | Hengshan Calligraphy Art CenterOnline Registration Period: From 10:00 AM (GMT+8), December 2, 2024, to 5:00 PM (GMT+8), April 30, 2025. tmofa-hengshanawards.com.tw The Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center (HCAC) in Taiwan launches the open call for the 3rd Hengshan Calligraphy Research Award for calligraphy art development in Asia. This year the Award accepts multilingual and published papers on calligraphy and will subsidize the awardees to attend the ceremony, fostering global engagement in calligraphy research. The Award follows a dual-track system, incorporating both a nomination committee and an open call for submissions. The awardee of the Grand Prize will receive TWD 150,000 (HKD 36,000), while each Merit Awardee will receive TWD 30,000 (HKD 7,200). Through this initiative, the HCAC aims to attract high-quality research from around the world, encouraging participation and dialogue among calligraphy researchers. In order to broaden the scope of research exchange, submissions are accepted in Chinese, English, and Japanese. Research papers written or …

Ruth Asawa and Scott Kahn at David Zwirner Hong Kong

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Ruth Asawa: Doing Is Living /Scott Kahn: Once in a Blue Moon / November 19, 2024 – February 22, 2025Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 19, 5pm – 7pm David Zwirner5-6/F, H Queen’s 80 Queen’s Road CentralCentral, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm+852 21195900 Ruth Asawa: Doing Is Living David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of sculptures and works on paper by American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013). Relentlessly experimental across a range of mediums, the artist is known for her works built on simple, repeated gestures that accumulate into complex compositions. The artist moved effortlessly between abstract and figurative registers in both two and three dimensions, creating a vast and varied oeuvre that, despite its visual heterogeneity, reflects above all her belief in the total integration of artistic practice and family life. The first solo presentation of Asawa’s work in greater China, the exhibition provides an overview of the artist’s wide-ranging practice, focusing in particular on her affinity for the natural world, which in turn provided a constant source of inspiration in her art. Scott Kahn: Once in a …

Gaylord Chan 陳餘生

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By Joyce Hei Ting Wong 黃熙婷 Although Gaylord Chan might not be a household name, anyone who regularly commutes on the Hong Kong MTR is likely no stranger to his artwork. On the walls of the passageway connecting Central and Hong Kong stations is a metal plate relief mural titled Swift and Safe that Chan completed in 1998. Vibrant and childlike, the work displays a bold use of colour and vital simplicity that are at the core of Chan’s artistic language. Born in Hong Kong in 1925, Chan was one of the most original painters in the post-war period, and also served as a dedicated arts educator to generations of students and enthusiasts. Although he only made his first serious foray into painting at the age of 42, he quickly garnered attention as a promising artist in the 1970s after graduating from an extramural art and design course at The University of Hong Kong. Thereafter, he steadily developed a repertoire of abstract paintings and digital drawings over the span of five decades that continues to …

Jérémy Garbarg and Anna-Li Hardel at Ping Pong Gintonería

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JS Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007 /Mozart: Duo for Cello and Violin KV423 /Vasks: Castillo Interior for Cello and Violin / Tuesday, Nov 19, 8pm Ping Pong Gintonería 129 Second StreetL/G Nam Cheong House Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong +852 9035 6197 Tuesday – Sunday, 6pm till late pingpong129art.compingpong129.com Jérémy GarbargAs the 2019 « ADAMI Classical Revelation », Jérémy Garbarg embodies the new generation of the French cello school. Since 2021, he performs as a cellist with the Arod Quartet in the most prestigious venues around the world. Anna-Li HardelAnna-Li Hardel is a young French violinist who graduated from the Paris National Conservatory, specializing in violin and chamber music. She benefited from Jean-Marc Phillips and Louis Rodde’s teaching. A winner of several international competitions, she is passionate about chamber music and performs on French stages with the Lazuli piano trio. This trio has received awards and is supported by the Safran Foundation and the Maurice Ravel International Academy. This performance is part of Ping Pong’s 10th anniversary programme which also includes Hongkong/Japan, an exhibition dedicated to the longstanding connection between Hongkong and Japan.

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra 香港管弦樂團

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Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre /Hong Kong /Jul 5, 2024 /Ernest Wan / On 4 July, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra announced that the 24-year-old conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, of Finnish and Filipino descent, will become its music director in the 2026/27 season. Peltokoski had previously conducted the HK Phil in only one programme, in June 2023; following the announcement, his second ever engagement with the orchestra, which took place the very next day, was eagerly anticipated as an event offering nothing less than a glimpse into the orchestra’s future. This concert of new-found significance was ushered in by the muted first notes of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2 (1913, revamped 1923), with Seong-Jin Cho as soloist. The 30-year-old South Korean pianist loaded that unassuming opening theme with portent in the first movement’s huge, dense cadenza – which he performed with exceptional clarity – and thus lent its fearsome subsequent tutti restatement a sense of inevitability. In the intermezzo, which plods away like futurist machinery, Peltokoski savoured its many weird sounds, such as the loud …