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Important arts events in China’s Greater Bay Area in January 2026
China’s Greater Bay Area is hosting a number of arts happenings in early 2026. Here is a selection of must-attend events.
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The Chinese cowboys challenging narratives of the American Old West
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Hong Kong painter’s bedroom music-inspired show is ‘a self-healing journal’
30 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM
Art
How Hong Kong’s Asia Art Archive has grown over its 25-year history
As Hong Kong’s Asia Art Archive turns 25, we talk to its executive director Özge Ersoy about managing the institution’s 150,000 plus artefacts.
30 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM
Özge Ersoy is the new director of the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee
World of performing arts
John Skelley’s Harry Potter journey from Broadway understudy to star
Every time Skelley thinks he’s done with the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, ‘opportunity kind of keeps coming back’.
29 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
World of performing arts
6 young artists are reshaping Australia’s iconic cultural institutions
Six diverse artists, including Dylan Goh and Vivian Pham, have been appointed to director positions at Australia’s top cultural institutions.
29 Dec 2025 - 6:52PM
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Performing arts in Hong Kong
7 of the best arts stories of 2025, including a new Labubu-style soft toy
From Wallis Simpson to prize-winning Hong Kong pianist Aristo Shum, here are 7 arts stories that really drew in the readers in 2025.
29 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
Hong Kong-born pianist Aristo Sham won the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in June 2025. Photo: Jen-Pin Lin
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 26-28
Check out the food scene at a Christmas market, hop on a thrilling ride at a harbourfront carnival and bask in nature this weekend.
26 Dec 2025 - 3:31PM
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Chinese culture
How the horse paintings of Xu Beihong have galloped through history
Known as the father of modern Chinese art and famed for his horse paintings, Xu Beihong blended Western techniques with Chinese tradition.
26 Dec 2025 - 3:00PM
World of performing arts
Meet the Korean viral ‘dancing conductor’ who says he’s not actually dancing
Some conductors are visibly moved by the music, but Korean maestro Baek Yoon-hak takes that concept a step or two further.
24 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
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Drones meet dancers in Hong Kong performance of Lucie in the Sky
The Australasian Dance Collective’s show is an imaginative combination of technology and dance but the choreography is disappointing.
23 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM
A scene from Lucie in the Sky, a dance performance with drones by the Australasian Dance Collective that formed part of the opening programmes of Hong Kong’s East Kowloon Cultural Centre. Photo: David Kelly
Architecture and design
Hong Kong’s AI-driven future and human past contrasted in 2 riveting projects
Sterile AI-driven designs at the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture are at odds with a group’s efforts to preserve community stories.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
Art
Hong Kong’s Sigg Prize shared for first time in the award’s history
Animator Wong Ping and ceramicist Heidi Lau share the Sigg Prize 2025, a contemporary art prize awarded by Hong Kong’s M+ museum.
23 Dec 2025 - 12:12PM
Art
Big 3 auction houses report uptick in 2025 sales, but Asia still lagging
Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips report combined projected total revenue of US$14.1 billion for 2025 as the US leads the way.
22 Dec 2025 - 5:24PM
Art
Artist Hung Fai brings both control and chaos to Hong Kong exhibition
‘A Veiled Revelation’ sees Hung Fai disrupt his previous, more calculated style to reveal a chaotic vulnerability in his newer works.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:35PM
Artist Hung Fai stands in front of his work Traces XI (2025) at “A Veiled Revelation”, his new exhibition at Grotto Fine Art in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. The solo exhibition is a disruption of his usual control in his work. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Art
Want to watch Tolkien illustrator John Howe as he works? Now you can
At Howe’s ‘Tower of Fantasy’ studio in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, visitors can watch him as he creates and view hundreds of his illustrations.
17 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM
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Hong Kong selects 2 artists to represent the city at 2026 Venice Biennale
The pairing of Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui for Hong Kong’s exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale presents a study in contrasts.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
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Lucrezia Drei dazzles in Musica Viva’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Hong Kong
Despite amazing vocals, the opera by Gaetano Donizetti needs more space than offered by Hong Kong City Hall’s Concert Hall to truly shine.
16 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
Lucrezia Drei (left) and Alexey Bogdanchikov in Musica Viva’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Hong Kong City Hall. Photo: Titan Lam/Musica Viva
Music
Hong Kong classical concert to pay tribute to fallen Tai Po firefighter
Proceeds from the December 22 show, featuring some of Hong Kong’s biggest classical musicians, will go to the family of Ho Wai-ho.
16 Dec 2025 - 11:59AM
Art
Labubu’s growth from books to viral doll craze shown in Hong Kong exhibition
A touring exhibition celebrating Lung Ka-sing’s The Monsters, which birthed the popular Labubu, has come to Hong Kong.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Books and literature
Hidden histories of China revealed at rare book fair in Hong Kong
At Firsts Hong Kong, several rare book exhibits gave visitors the chance to peruse first-hand accounts of China’s complex past.
15 Dec 2025 - 6:16PM
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Lang Lang and Tarmo Peltokoski pack a punch alongside HK Phil
HK Phil’s music director designate expertly controlled an embellished orchestra as the Chinese piano star enchanted in a night of huge sound.
15 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM
Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski (centre right) raises his hand with Chinese pianist Lang Lang on stage with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on December 11, 2025. Photo: HK Phil
Art
New Shanghai art exhibitions tackle revolution and climate change head-on.
The Rockbund Art Museum’s ‘The Great Camouflage’ and the 15th Shanghai Biennale offer compelling and refreshing perspectives.
15 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
Art
Famous horse-related works of art as the Year of the Horse 2026 approaches
To celebrate the nearing Year of the Fire Horse, we look at paintings, books and plays that show how the use of horses in art has evolved.
16 Dec 2025 - 3:28PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 12-14
Watch Hong Kong Ballet’s The Nutcracker, head to a beach beer festival, donate and shop at a festive thrifting event and more this weekend.
12 Dec 2025 - 10:49AM
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