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Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

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There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

The Battle of Hong Kong: eyewitness accounts

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André Fu in his office in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Bangkok’s landmark Dusit Thani hotel reimagined by André Fu

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The good, bad and ugly sides to a holiday in Kathmandu, Nepal

The good, bad and ugly sides to being a tourist in Kathmandu

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View from the Patan Museum looking onto Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images

Insiders’ guide to Kathmandu, 3 city states that became the Nepalese capital

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Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai’s Interview the Interviewer II series of paintings will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Insights sector. Photo: SC Gallery

The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

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A visitor poses for a picture in front of a drawing on a wall during a visit to the “Third Wind” interactive exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 27, 2025. The exhibition aims to help visitors understand their emotions, relieve stress and find their inner child amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Is food art? How Hong Kong creatives are bridging the gap

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Hong Kong Pride Month events in June, from drag shows to rooftop parties

Venues including Eaton HK, the Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour and Casa Dao are doing their bit to celebrate Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community.

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4 major exhibitions to awaken your aesthetic senses this summer

Head to Paris to explore avant-garde fashion with Rick Owens, and consider the future with Tillmans; visit London to see Saville’s powerful paintings; and fly to Melbourne to get wrapped up in kimonos.

4 Jun 2025 - 11:00AM

Visionary at work: Rick Owens directs a fitting for the Babel spring/summer 2019 show at Paris’ Palais Bourbon. The designer’s avant-garde designs are the subject of an exhibition in the city during the second half of this year. Photo: Handout

African artist riffs on Van Gogh in historic exhibition in Amsterdam

Nigerian artist John Madu’s exhibition ‘Paint Your Path’ is the first solo exhibition by an African artist at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.

3 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 in Madrid: who won? Who got a special mention?

Special mentions went to Nigeria’s Nifemi Marcus-Bello for a sculptural bench critiquing global trade and consumerism, and India’s Sumakshi Singh for a life-size column contrasting delicacy and strength.

2 Jun 2025 - 2:10PM

Visiting Venice for the biennale? Here’s how to avoid the tourist traps

From dazzling displays of design, art and architecture, to the best cicchetti spots and a characterful boutique hotel with Venetian Lagoon views, this is how to do the Biennale in style.

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A view of Venice’s Grand Canal from Ca’ di Dio. Photo: @cadidio_/Instgram

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Make of it what you will, artist On Kawara’s work on show in Hong Kong

Lists. Paintings of random dates. Telegrams that say the same thing. Explore Japan-born conceptual artist’s oeuvre at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun.

1 Jun 2025 - 1:15PM

Dec 23, 1978, a painting On Kawara created in Hong Kong. Photo: Kitmin Lee

Artistic director of Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza comes full circle

Jamieson Lindenburg talks about how he went from being fired as an usher to directing Kooza, which is showing in Hong Kong until July 13.

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Macau’s House of Dancing Water returns to City of Dreams

The aquatic spectacular, boasting a cast of 300, has returned to Macau’s City of Dreams after a five-year break.

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Hong Kong artist Toi-Yee Doris Ng is staging a performance at M+’s Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival next weekend. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Despite controversy, some Hong Kong artists are embracing AI art

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Caravaggio calling for summer 2025 visitors to Rome

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Israel-Gaza war

He took up art while a Hamas hostage. It’s helped him heal the scars

Almost a year after his rescue, Andrei Kozlov reflects on his Gaza ordeal and the favour his captors did by giving him a notebook and pencil.

28 May 2025 - 7:25AM

Andrei Kozlov, who was taken hostage by Hamas during the 2023 attack on Israel, looks at his painting One God. Photo: AP

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Editorial | Heritage items belong in their home country

The return of 2,300-year-old silk books from the US to China is not only ethically correct but can also restore faith at a low point in relations between the two nations.

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Review | Hong Kong artist Ho Sin-tung’s new show about love and friendship

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Inside PM23, Valentino’s new exhibition space for nurturing future creatives

Inaugural exhibition ‘Horizons/Red’ is showcasing 30 artworks on loan from various collections, as well as 50 archival Valentino dresses, all in the designer’s distinctive bright red hue.

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Inside PM23, Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti’s new exhibition space in Rome, designed to nurture future creatives. Photo: Handout

Chinese factories at home, in Africa in Canadian’s dramatic photos

Humanity’s impact on the planet has been Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky’s focus for more than 40 years, as seen in a Hong Kong exhibition.

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Detail from Edward Burtynsky’s photograph BYD Manufacturing Facility #1, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, 2023, which shows a largely automated Chinese car plant. His work is on show in Hong Kong. Photo: Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London & Hong Kong

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Sebastiao Salgado, award-winning Brazilian photographer, dies at age 81

One of the world’s most famous artists, his signature black-and-white images were marked by a deep interest in impoverished communities.

24 May 2025 - 2:18AM

Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado poses for a portrait in London in April 2024. Photo: AFP

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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 23-25

From Tom Cruise’s latest film to a burger pop-up to the Affordable Art Fair, there is more than enough to do before the weekend is over.

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This Saturday, The Yoga Room presents another Silent Disco session on the rooftop of PMQ. It is one of several things Post editors recommend to do this weekend in Hong Kong. Photo: The Yoga Room

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The Hong Kong Arts Collective is making life easier for the city’s creatives

As Hong Kong continues to solidify its status as Asia’s arts capital, creative hub HKArts is shining a light on local artists like Sophia Hotung, Kitty N. Wong, Michael Kan and Pete Ross.

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