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Syrian-born illustrator Rama Duwaji could become the next first lady of New York, with her husband Zohran Mamdani making a bid for the city’s mayor’s office. Photos: @zohrankmamdani;@ramaduwaji/Instagram

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Meet artist Rama Duwaji, wife of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani

Duwaji’s modern-day love story saw her celebrate her engagement to Mamdani in Dubai, where she has family, and get married at the New York City’s clerk’s office in a civil ceremony.

25 Jun 2025 - 6:07PM

Hong Kong’s first public art gallery began with a private donation

25 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM

Hong Kong Arts Festival

Opinion | Hong Kong Arts Development Awards too provincial and inward-looking

24 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM

Could manga be the unlikely saviour of this dying Japanese island?

The declining island, home to just 11 people, recently saw the opening of a manga school that residents hope will reverse its fortunes.

24 Jun 2025 - 10:30AMvideocam

Buildings adorned with manga murals brighten the harbourfront on Takaikamishima, a remote island in Ehime prefecture, Japan. Photo: Kamijima Town Tourism Office

How Japonisme still influences modern jewellery by Lalique, Cartier and Chaumet

Iconic Japanese themes continue to be reinterpreted by jewellery designers today, weaving stories of the country’s culture and nature into contemporary collections.

23 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Stories behind top Asian brands

Why a Sanrio popularity contest has Gen Z divided

Each year millions vote in the popularity contest, with this year’s showdown – between two long-time rivals – fiercer than most.

23 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM

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What to do in Hong Kong

Chinese and Islamic carpets reveal interwoven histories in Hong Kong show

Centuries-old cultural ties between China and places such as Iran, India and Turkey are highlighted at a Hong Kong Palace Museum exhibition.

23 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM

A large carpet from 17th-century India in seen at “Wonders of Imperial Carpets”, a new exhibition that is a collaboration between the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong economy

Islamic art exhibition in Hong Kong reveals deep-rooted China-Muslim links

Qatari museum official says exhibition curated ‘exclusively’ for city and highlights ‘good relations’ with Hong Kong, mainland governments.

22 Jun 2025 - 5:37PM

Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: art deco, meditative martial arts and street dance

Discover Hong Kong’s art deco past, visit a Buddhist mountainside temple retreat and see artist Jessica Zoob’s inspirational works.

24 Jun 2025 - 12:43PM

Jessica Zoob’s art fires the imagination – see her latest exhibition

A former theatre designer turned fine artist, Zoob now creates multilayered, evocative artworks in her new Hong Kong studio.

21 Jun 2025 - 9:00AM

British contemporary artist Jessica Zoob poses for a portrait at her studio in Mui Wo, Lantau, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan

M+ exhibition celebrates evolution of 20th century Cantonese art

The paintings, prints and other visual media of Guangdong show its transformative contribution to 20th century Chinese art.

20 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM

Sewing for You (1941) by Wong Siu-ling. Photo: courtesy The Hong Kong Museum of Art

Your Perfect Week

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, June 22-28

Sample sustainable, seasonal dishes at Feuille, enjoy SummerFest on the harbour, hit the Green Room for cocktails and take in the West End’s Life of Pi.

20 Jun 2025 - 4:00PM

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 20-22

Italian feasts, de-stressing yoga, a One Piece pop-up, new film 28 Years Later and a repurposed Venice exhibition all make this week’s list.

20 Jun 2025 - 11:33AMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

How Princess Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is redefining luxury

The luxury property developer shares his insights on authentic design, family life and sustainable luxury.

18 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, the husband of Princess Beatrice, is the founder and CEO of London-based design studio Banda. Photo: Handout

European travel

Louvre strike highlights how Paris museum needs change. Fast

A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron has promised.

18 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM

Tourists wait in line outside Paris’ Louvre museum on Monday, June 16, 2025. Photo: AP

How contemporary artists are reviving the ancient art of textiles

Despite the intricate work required, textiles have never really been considered in the realm of traditional art – but these young Asian artists are hoping to change that perspective.

18 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM

Fashion shopping in Hong Kong

‘Tabubu’ Labubu toys by US tattoo artist take social media by storm

Hunter Chao’s tattooed Labubu plush figures quickly sell out online. Now he’s taking customised orders and venturing into other collectibles.

17 Jun 2025 - 1:51PM

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Everything to know about Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding in Venice

The Amazon founder and his fiancée are sourcing their wedding provisions from local vendors, with Venice’s oldest pastry maker Rosa Salva and Murano glassblower Laguna B lending artisanal touches.

17 Jun 2025 - 6:00AM

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are set to marry in Venice in late June. Photo: @jeffbezos/Instagram

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong’s first major Islamic art exhibition set to open at Palace Museum

The show, which runs from Wednesday until October 6, includes Islamic carpets, ceramics and manuscripts.

17 Jun 2025 - 7:23AM

What to do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s ‘big 3’ Chinese art collections all featuring in 1 exhibition

Highlights from the three collections of ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy make up new Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition.

16 Jun 2025 - 5:15PM

Chinese culture

Think all Chinese ink paintings are old-fashioned? Think again

At a new exhibition at Hong Kong’s Alisan Fine Arts gallery, collectors reveal how less traditional pieces draw them to Chinese ink works.

16 Jun 2025 - 7:15AM

Lin Guocheng’s ‘Digital and Landscape-Tree,’ 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Alisan Fine Arts

What to do in Hong Kong

Rare chance to see works by 2 major Southeast Asian artists in Hong Kong

Villepin gallery’s new exhibition features artists Fernando Zobel and Le Pho in a group show that also includes Zao Wou-Ki and Kang Myonghi.

15 Jun 2025 - 1:15PM

Form IV/Saeta IV (1957), by Filipino artist Fernando Zobel, is seen at “Worlds Within: Art as Refuge” a new exhibition at Hong Kong’s Villepin gallery. Photo: Villepin

Hong Kong history, one tile square at a time

Hong Kong’s ubiquitous mismatched mosaics have become sought-after reminders of yesteryear, artist Adrian Wong shows.

16 Jun 2025 - 11:48AM

Japan’s Hidden Christians fight to protect religion as ‘huge loss’ looms

In rural Nagasaki, a dwindling number of Hidden Christians practise centuries-old rituals to honour their ancestors persecuted in the 1600s.

14 Jun 2025 - 7:45AM

Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: tile art, translation and a marathon star

See how Hong Kong history is written in the walls, get inspired by a trailblazing ultra-marathon queen, or go wild in Yellowstone National Park.

19 Jun 2025 - 5:21PM

Tiling Error VI: Ogres Flounder (2024), by Adrian Wong, from the exhibition “With Love from Hong Kong”, at Oil Street Art Space in Hong Kong, on the cover of this week’s print issue. Photo: Darren Chau

UK jails men who stole US$6 million golden toilet from mansion

The toilet, whose gold was valued at £2.8 million, was never recovered and was believed to have been chopped up and sold.

13 Jun 2025 - 11:30PM

The 18-karat toilet in the restroom of the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2016. The value of the gold at the time was £2.8 million (US$3.5 million), but it was insured for £4.7 million. Photo: AP

Architecture and design

He turns fallen trees into furniture and he’s about to get very busy

Hong Kong furniture maker Lam Che salvages fallen trees and construction waste to make one-of-a-kind pieces and art installations.

13 Jun 2025 - 12:45PM

Take a magic carpet ride at the Hong Kong Palace Museum

The wonders of imperial carpets and Islamic arts in all their tufted splendour are making their way to Hong Kong.

13 Jun 2025 - 12:28PM

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