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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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Dylan So in a scene in Papa, in 2024. Photo: Golden Scene

Dylan So debuts in Papa as a young murderer troubled by voices

The 18-year-old Hong Kong actor has won over audiences playing a quiet high schooler – who kills his family.

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Jesse Hao Lap-hang (left) and Charis Mok Shu-wai from Zou Mat. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

The artisans behind Hong Kong’s woodworking revival

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Pantai Pandan is one of the best known beaches in Sibolga, Indonesia. Photo: Aisyah Llewellyn

Indonesia’s smallest city offers beaches, boat rides and seafood galore

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The main living area in the home redesigned by Iman El Zeky. Photo: Harold de Puymorin

A long-standing family home gets a feng-shui friendly makeover

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A Hung Hom, Hong Kong, apartment designed by reD Architects. Photo: Ishita Sitwala

How a Mumbai studio transformed this Hong Kong apartment

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The interiors of Dome at Potato Head in Bali, Indonesia, take inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s Dome Home. Photo: Potato Head

Potato Head’s Dome on Bali’s Seminyak coast offers a feast for body and soul

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Visitors line up in front of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris in July 2024. Photo: AFP
France

France’s iconic Louvre museum, in dire state, cries for help

The Paris landmark that houses masterpieces like the Mona Lisa is struggling with leaks, ageing buildings and overcrowded spaces.

Hong Kong culture

Her 1,000-piece collection of Hong Kong memorabilia tells the city’s story

Portugal

Portuguese dressage school preserves a ‘source of collective identity’

Greater Bay Area

Weekend art getaway to Foshan, China – a 2-day itinerary for unique event

Just over an hour’s train ride from Hong Kong, Foshan is holding an art biennial that encourages people to explore its villages and islands.

Kick Back with a Drink, by Chinese artist Janie Luo, in Foshan’s Huangji Village, is one of the most Instagrammable installations at Art Field Nanhai, now in its second edition. Photo: Art Field Nanhai
What to do in Hong Kong

Hong Kong museums take tours for disabled people to the next level

A museum’s free accessible tours for the hearing-impaired use Hong Kong Sign Language, while M+ and the Palace Museum offer new options.

Architecture and design

Culture war against Bauhaus movement by Germany’s far-right AfD rebuked

Nazi Germany banned Bauhaus as ‘degenerate art’. Germany’s far-right party attacks it for ‘architectural sins’. Bauhaus defenders push back.

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Photography

Drone photos of every Hong Kong outdoor basketball court become art

Austin Bell’s mission to shoot all 2,549 courts took him and his drone across the city, and created geometric art for a book and exhibition.

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American photographer Austin Bell’s aerial photos of Hong Kong’s basketball courts capture vibrant colours and geometric shapes found painted on many across the city - details that are difficult to notice at ground level. Photo: Austin Bell
Hong Kong economy

4,000 visitors expected for festival at once-abandoned Hong Kong Hakka village

The Countryside Harvest Festival: Kuk Po ‘Sound-Sight-Taste Fusion’ Tour will run for two consecutive weekends.

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Hong Kong society

Showcase of 52 French masterpieces in Hong Kong sign of ‘strong friendship’

Hong Kong Museum of Art launches exhibition featuring works by painters Renoir and Cézanne.

Music

With LA’s counter-culture suburb in ruins, creatives’ pain ramps up

Already hurting in the post-Covid economy, many millennial creatives who lost their Altadena homes in wildfires are now feeling priced out.

A home burns in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025, as fires continue to ravage parts of the city. Large swathes of Altadena have since been destroyed. Photo: AP
Fame and celebrity

Who is Friends star David Schwimmer’s former partner, artist Zoë Buckman?

Buckman was raised in London in a creative family; she met Schwimmer while waitressing in 2007 and they married and had a child before divorcing in 2017, although they remain cordial co-parents.

David Schwimmer’s ex-wife Zoë Buckman is an artist. Photos: IMDB, @zoebuckman/Instagram
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 17-19

From tasting tea to doing tai chi to an electronic music beat, five things to draw you out of your flat this weekend in Hong Kong.

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Photography

Recap | How famous photographers capture the essence of Hong Kong over the years

Explore the rich history and cultural evolution of Hong Kong through the lenses of renowned photographers.

Style Edit

Style Edit: 4 top museums add Anna Hu high jewellery to permanent collections

The contemporary jewellery artist mixes naturalism and exuberance in her otherworldly creations, which draw inspiration from traditional Chinese art and classical music.

Contemporary jewellery artist Anna Hu (right) with British Museum curator Jessica Harrison-Hall. Photo: Handout
Tourism

European Capital of Culture rebrand for Chemnitz, German far-right hotbed

Chemnitz, a city known for right-wing extremism, will host 150 cultural projects in 2025 to change its image. But not everyone is on board.

A far-right rally in Chemnitz in 2019. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, January 12-18

Try spirit-free cocktails at The Opposites or The Legacy House’s tangerine peel tasting menu, and see new stage play Homecoming or sculptor Alicja Kwade’s solo show.

Donald Trump

New interest in viral Donald Trump as Buddha figures by Chinese sculptor

Sculptor Hong Jinshi’s Buddha-like Trump figures went viral in 2021, and since the US election are back in demand. His new focus? Elon Musk.

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Hong Kong society

Palace Museum to bring Islamic, Tutankhamun relics to Hong Kong in 2025

Museum’s number of visitors fell by 17 per cent last year to 1 million, compared with 1.2 million in 2023.

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An exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum will showcase the legendary life of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Jockey Club

Cézanne and Renoir expo explores 2 friends’ strikingly different styles

Hong Kong Museum of Art’s exhibition, ‘The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World’, will feature a collection of 52 late 19th century works from the Impressionist masters.

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong cultural district’s housing scheme to include more arts elements

District councillors express concerns the proposed residential development may undermine art hub’s image.

Fame and celebrity

How Jimmy Carter’s art shows a different side to late US president

He favoured woodwork over golf, made chairs and painted artworks that sold for thousands. Art is part of the late US president’s legacy.

Jimmy Carter’s painting Cardinals. Photo: The Carter Center
Americas and the Caribbean

Who needs Art Basel? Town in rural Uruguay a magnet for world’s artists

Pueblo Garzon, an old mill town, drew 6,000 visitors to its eighth Campo Artfest. For one resident artist, the festival beats Art Basel.

Tourists in front of a store in Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, during preparations for its Campo Artfest in December 2024. Photo: AFP
Royalty

Who is Samuel Chatto’s artist girlfriend, Eleanor Ekserdjian?

In a notable move, Samuel Chatto – Princess Margaret’s grandson – brought his girlfriend Eleanor Ekserdjian to spend time with the royal family on Christmas Day – here’s what we know about her.

Beauty

South Korean artist Geumhyung Jeong challenges our relationship with beauty

In Geumhyung Jeong’s recent exhibition ‘Spa & Beauty’, the performance artist and choreographer explores beauty and body-care products, and our complicated relationships to them.

Iran

Artist’s vibrant viral Instagram works lift up crumbling district

Adel Yazdi has turned his neighbourhood in Shiraz, Iran into a vivid visual tapestry that many tourists are discovering through social media.

Iranian artist Adel Yazdi stands next to some of his high reliefs in an alley in Narenjestan, Shiraz, Iran on May 14, 2024. Photo: AFP
India

Shock and gore: why Indian street plays resort to the outrageous and grotesque

Street theatre in India has had to adapt to the digital age and ideological threats to stay relevant amid a changing cultural landscape.

A dramatic moment from the street play “Door Se Kisi Ne Awaaz Di” (Someone Called from Afar) performed in India. Photo: Manjul Bhardwaj
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 3-5

Catch some bargains at a Hong Kong products expo, see a Korean artist’s pop-up show of paintings, learn how to map your body, and more.

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Update | 14 Hong Kong art exhibitions in 2025, from Pharoahs to Picasso

Hong Kong art lovers have an exciting year in store, to judge by a slew of recently announced exhibitions. Here are 14 to look forward to.

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