Prominent London and Hong Kong–based art investor Olyvia Kwok has been sued by Sotheby's for just over £3 million, the Telegraph reports. The suit stems from Kwok's alleged non-payment on two paintings she purchased from the auction house during its ... full story
Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey are opening new restaurants in Hong Kong. But, really, we don't need more new eateries. Instead, we need to address the dearth of street music, poetry readings, storytelling, writing competitions, art and other free ... full story
They are the subject of the latest pop-up exhibition by M+, Hong Kong's new visual art and culture museum, before the museum opens its physical doors in 2017 as part of the West Kowloon Cultural District, now under construction. This is M+'s seventh ... full story
The world is going crazy for pandas — French artist Paulo Grangeon's papier-mâché pandas, that is. The 1,600 black-and-white paper cuties have been circuiting the globe on his Pandas on Tour exhibit, making their latest stop in Hong Kong. Grangeon ... full story
A neon arms race between Shanghai and Hong Kong meant both cities became major producers of the stuff, so that by the 1980s, when American shop owners swayed by changing public taste were opting instead for internally-lit shadow boxes, you couldn't ... full story
The new visual arts curriculum introduced five years ago for senior secondary students in the public sector made some teachers anxious. They worried about how to teach a much broader syllabus that demanded not only artistic talent, but the ability to ... full story
The Soundwill team looks to Tokyo Midtown, a commercial building which also features spaces for public and private art, as inspiration. In both instances, the issue of funding – a topic of frustration for many of those in the arts sector in Hong Kong ... full story
After award-winning actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang and Canto-pop star Hins Cheung King-hin took a final bow before a full house at the Amphitheatre of the Academy for Performing Arts on June 1, the cast and crew of Equus was relieved, a producer said.full story
The final plans include theatres, art galleries and music venues – all set along 2km of harbourfront and offering postcard views of the Hong Kong skyline. The entire site will cover 40 hectares, including 23 hectares of open public space. “It's perhaps ... full story
HONG KONG: To find the world's only museum chronicling the brutal crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen protests, look for the skinny office building wedged between a Tibetan-themed pub and a sports bar on a side street on the edge of a Hong Kong tourist ... full story
