From design fairs to gallery openings, workshops and parties – there is always a smorgasbord of events to entice design and cultural connoisseurs in this city. Scroll through the below gallery for a few highlights on our calendar:
This unorthodox title of an artwork by Tsubasa Kato, in which the artist, who speaks in Japanese, attempts to cooperate with a collaborator from Korea, has inspired this group exhibition of the same name co-presented by The National Museum of Art and Osaka and Singapore Art Museum, and curated by Yuka Uematsu and June Yap.
The show will feature artworks ranging from the two museums’ collections as well as new commissions, all of which take a closer look into themes such as exchange, miscommunication, connections, tolerance, as well as human desires and expectations of the familiar, unfamiliar and new.
The exhibition runs from 15 February to 17 May. JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central; taikwun.hk
Property magnate and entrepreneur Adrian Cheng turns the spotlight on the issue of sustainability with two new public exhibitions presented by K11 Art Foundation and hosted within a multi-purpose art space at K11 Atelier King’s Road – Adrian’s newly unveiled triple-certified green complex in Quarry Bay.
Highlighting photography and art as mediums to spark reflection and a culture of sustainable living, Disruptive Matter will explore current global trends in our shift towards a renewable, post-fossil-fuel world; meanwhile, Carbon’s Casualties is a photography exhibition co-presented with The New York Times to bring together the climate photography of Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times’s staff photographer Josh Haner.
The exhibitions run from now until 16 February 2020. K11 Atelier King’s Road, 728 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong; k11atelier.com
With a jam-packed programme stretching across a whole month, the city will be abuzz with arts and culture as the 48th edition of the Hong Kong Arts Festival raises its curtain on 13 February, serving up a total of 123 performances spanning opera, music, theatre, dance and more by almost 1,800 international and Hong Kong artists.
Highlights on the programme include Richard Strauss's iconic opera-in-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, a recital by baritone Christian Gerhaher and his long-time piano accompanist Gerold Huber, and two showcases by the Igor Moiseyev Ballet that will explore the energising beauty of authentic Greek and Argentine folk dance as well as classic Russian dance.
From 13 February to 14 March. Find out more at hk.artsfestival.org
Want to kick off the new decade within a revitalised, clutter-free space that you can lovingly call your dream home – but have no idea where to start? Take a cue from Tara Barot, a home design coach, home stylist and trained interior designer who turned her passion for transforming her living environments quickly into cosy homes – she had to move every year from the age of 7 to 22 – into a career. Tara will be sharing tips and tricks on how to refresh your living space by learning the starting steps in building a home with items that you already have.
6 February. Hive KennedyTown, 6/F, Cheung Hing Industrial Building, 12P Smithfield Road, Kennedy Town; tarabarot.com
