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Dony Cheng Hung speaks after winning the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Award for young artist (visual arts), at Hong Kong City Hall, on June 10, 2025. Photo: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Arts Festival

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

An excellent ceremony aside, the HKADA don’t do enough to promote winners outside Hong Kong or help them network, John Batten says.

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Sanrio will announce the winner of the 40th edition of its character ranking contest at the end of June. Illustration: @sanrio/Instagram
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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.

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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.

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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.

An art deco motif on a building on Prince Edward Road West in Hong Kong features on the cover of this week’s print edition. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong

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.

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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.

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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.

The stage version of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi will be performed at the Grand Theatre of the West Kowloon Cultural District on June 26-29. Photo: Beijing One World Culture Communications Co., Ltd.
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.

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Global lifestyle brand Miniso has teamed with Japanese anime series One Piece for a pop-up store at the Moko shopping mall in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, organised as part of One Piece’s 25th anniversary and running until July 13. Photo: Miniso
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European travel

Louvre strike highlights how Paris museum needs change. Fast

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Art Basel

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.

A design from Ply-Knits, a knitwear label founded by Carolyn Yim. Photo: Ply Knits
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.

Tattoo artist Hunter Chao works on a “Tabubu”, his line of tattooed Labubu toys that typically sell for between US$170 and US$200. Photo: Hunter Chao/Bryam Heredia
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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.

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.

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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.

“The Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collections of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphies” exhibition presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, jointly organised by the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) and the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), held at HKMoA, Tsim Sha Tsui. The exhibition features Hong Kong’s three preeminent collections: Xubaizhai, established by the late local renowned collector Low Chuck-tiew, the Chih Lo Lou by Ho Iu-kwong, and the Bei Shan Tang by Lee Jung-sen, showcasing a selection of over 90 sets of masterpieces spanning from the Tang dynasty to the Qing. 10JUN25 SCMP / Nora Tam
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.

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.

Hong Kong

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.

An Adrian Wong installation at the “Oi! Spotlight: With Love from Hong Kong” exhibition. Photo: courtesy Oil Street Art Space
Religion

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.

A Hidden Christian prays on Ikitsuki Island, Japan. Photo: AP
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.

Britain

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.

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.

Timber artisan Lam Che stands with some of his furniture pieces at his workshop in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, on June 4, 2025. Lam uses wood salvaged from fallen trees to make furniture including stools and tabletop accessories such as radio and jewellery cabinets. Photo: Edmond So
On Our Radar

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.

The Shah Sulayman “hunting” carpet, a gift from the Safavids of Iran to the leader of the Republic of Venice in the late 17th century. Photo: courtesy The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Fashion

Labubu mania is hitting new heights, fuelled by auctions of special editions

Manufactured in China by Pop Mart, the figures have made waves the world over, with a four-foot-high model sold in Beijing for over one million yuan.

Art Basel

Art auctions see millennials, Gen-Z, snap up Asian art, blue-chip artists

Optimism remains despite 2024’s challenges – with auction houses embracing digital innovation, as Gen Z invest in modern artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, and millennials snap up classical Asian works.

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