The works [2016]
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21. The controversial "2047 Countdown Machine", 25min tram ride, Chen Ke's Marilyn Monroe & in our studio: Metro Vocal Group
2016-05-24
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"We often think public art as large scale sculptures or murals, but new technology and new media allow it to take entirely contemporary forms. Last Wednesday, the Arts Development Council launched the...
22. Art during and post Cultural Revolution, Ceramic artist, Zoe Coughlan, Gao Xingjian's "Layers of Light Ink in Mind", in th studio: Viva Pipers
2016-05-31
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"May 16th marks the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution. The campaign launched by Mao Zedong put China into a decade long chaos One of the main message of the campaign is to purge against coun...
23. Collapse at the former Central Police Station, the 250-year old Alexander Hume Painting (13 Hongs Foreign Factories), Bovey Lee's art of paper-cutting and one on one with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny
2016-06-07
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"In 2009, the Antiquities and Monuments Office assessed 1,444 historic Hong Kong buildings. The experts divided them into three grades according to their heritage value. Up to April this year, 85 more...
24. Annie Leibovitz's "Women: New Portraits", Japanese woodblock printing, Mexican art @HKU & Fernando Botero @Central waterfront
2016-06-14
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"Photography, and an iconic photographer some of whose images you will almost certainly recognise even if you don't know her name. She's Annie Leibovitz. She rocketed to fame shooting rock stars and o...
25. Cartoonist & illustrator Joan Cornellà, chameleon artist Ming Wong, Pompeii & Denise Ho's "The Beauty of We" concert
2016-06-21
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"If you were near Fort Street in North Point last weekend, you might have seen a long queue on the street. It wasn't for ice cream, cold drinks, or a bargain, but for the first solo exhibition by Span...
26. Violin maker Corvus Kwok, Alexander Calder, poet Nicholas Wong & theater "LGBTI Citizen", tribute to Ho Fan
2016-06-28
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"When you think about violin-making, if you do, you're likely to think about craftsmen in Italy, particularly the Stradivari family who produced the famous Stradivarius violins and other string instru...
27. Finnish tango Dallapé, pianist Anne Queffélec, Giuseppe Castiglione at City University & in our studio: harpist Emmanuel Ceysson
2016-07-05
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"Think of tango and you most likely think of Argentina. It's the country that has given us the music of Astor Piazzolla, singer and songwriter Carlos Gardel, and dancers such as Ada Cornaro, Celia Bla...
28. Poon Yuen Leung's calligraphy, HK Contemporary Photo exhibition, WKCD New Works Forum - Dance, Trinity College Choir
2016-07-12
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"Calvin Poon Yuen-leung is widely known for writing lyrics for Cantonese pop songs. He's also a screen writer, film director and even football commentator. In an upcoming joint exhibition with childho...
29. YMT Theatre II redevelopment rejected in Legco, art & medicine with Zhang Yanzi, Lam Tung-pang x William Lim & Prune Deer
2016-07-19
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"The four-year tenure of the 2012-2016 Legislative Council ended last week. The 5th Legco since the establishment of the HKSAR saw the most meetings adjourned of any so far, as legislators used filibu...
30. TS Eliot award winner, HK-born poet Sarah Howe & art in family
2016-07-26
Available at Media Resourcs Collection (3/F)
"In this week's show, and in time for the long summer holiday days, creativity and the family. We visit two families to see how the love of making art can start at home. But first, Hong Kong's annual ...
