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Mandy El-Sayegh introduces her work The Campaign (2026) at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, the main venue for the 2026 Bangkok Art Biennale. Photo: BAB
Leiko Ikemura’s Memento Mori (2013/2026) is installed at Wat Pho, one of the temples in Bangkok used as venues for the 2026 Bangkok Art Biennale. Photo: BAB
Vayupad Ruttanapet’s The Bellow (2026) are giant heads in an expression of rage installed at the entrance to the throne hall at the Bangkok National Museum, as part of the 2026 Bangkok Art Biennale. Photo: BAB
Art

Why the Bangkok Art Biennale has become one of Asia’s most relevant exhibitions

In refusing to shy away from political truths and sheltering voices silenced elsewhere, BAB 2026 keeps urgent conversations alive.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Mahler’s Symphony No 8 dazzles Hong Kong under Tarmo Peltokoski’s baton

Art

5 spaces making waves for queer art in Southeast Asia, from Singapore to Bangkok

Hong Kong culture

Tarmo Peltokoski begins HK Phil tenure with Mahler’s monumental Symphony No 8

Ambitious performance at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre involved nearly 600 musicians and singers from six choirs.

(From left) HK Phil chairman David Cogman, music director Tarmo Peltokoski, vice-chairwoman Winnie Tam Wan-chi and Patrick Ren, deputy chief executive. Photo: Dickson Lee
Saturday’s performance at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall formalised the start of Tarmo Peltokoski’s four-year contract. Photo: Enid Tsui
Tarmo Peltokoski is surprised by a slideshow of his hometown at a reception marking his inauguration as music director. Photo: Enid Tsui
Art

Artist Oscar Chan examines religion and trauma in haunting Hong Kong exhibition

Chan’s new exhibition merges Eastern and Western iconography with trauma-informed art to explore fear, faith and healing.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

‘I’m just a musician’: violinist and TV celebrity Danny Koo on fame and purpose

South Korea’s ‘idol of classical music’, who recently made his Hong Kong debut, says performers need to do more to ‘show our journey’.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | String duo Sol Gabetta and Patricia Kopatchinskaja impress in Hong Kong show

The Argentine cellist and Bern-based violinist chose feeling over formality with spirited renditions of Bach to Ravel at Hong Kong City Hall.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (left) and Sol Gabetta perform at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall on November 2, 2026. Photo: LCSD
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (left) and Sol Gabetta perform at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall on November 2, 2026. Photo: LCSD
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 6-8

Discover vintage records at a bakery-set event, explore bamboo carvings at an exhibition, meditate at a festival and more this weekend.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Sinfonietta unlocks classical music’s ‘inner world’ using films

The Sinfonietta’s CEO explains how the movies in its Music in Films festival showing at local cinemas make orchestral music more accessible.

World of performing arts

Inside the Shanghai Grand Opera House, a US$590 million performing arts marvel

After 10 years of construction, the architectural wonder opens with a blockbuster calendar and outdoor spaces ‘for the many’.

Shanghai Grand Opera House (Credit: Yumeng Zhu)
Art

Want to control a drone with your mind? Try it at Hong Kong festival

Running from November 5-15, the Being Human Festival tackles the common misconception that the arts and sciences exist in opposition.

George Lee, senior lecturer at The University of Hong Kong’s Centre of Buddhist Studies, explains at an earlier event how the mind can control drones. Mind-controlled drone-flying is one of the free activities the public can take part in at the upcoming Being Human Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: HKU
George Lee, senior lecturer at The University of Hong Kong’s Centre of Buddhist Studies, explains at an earlier event how the mind can control drones. Mind-controlled drone-flying is one of the free activities the public can take part in at the upcoming Being Human Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: HKU
World of performing arts

Review | Jackie Chan has directed his first Italian opera. Did the action star crush it?

Chan proves his cinematic flair is a natural fit for Turandot, Puccini’s masterpiece set in ancient China.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Piano megastar Yuja Wang on her next extreme feat as she returns to Hong Kong

Wang has set herself a challenge: playing two challenging Brahms concertos back-to-back while conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Hong Kong pianist John Lee delivers beautiful sound despite dry acoustics

The young musician played works by Puccini, Rachmaninov and others at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre in a showcase of focus and direction.

John Lee performs during “‘Hong Kong Artists’ Series 2026: Piano Recital by John Lee” at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre on October 27, 2026. Photo: Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Art

Hong Kong’s M+ forges historic loan alliance with MoMA and Centre Pompidou

The Hong Kong, New York and Paris museums’ agreement will focus on long-term art loans in a move ‘based on trust and shared values’.

(Standing, from left) Laurent Le Bon, president of Centre Pompidou; Suhanya Raffel, museum director of M+; and Christophe Cherix, the David Rockefeller director of the Museum of Modern Art, hold signed framework agreements for a cultural alliance between the three museums at M+ in Hong Kong on October 30, 2026. Photo: Winnie Yeung@Visual Voices/courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
(Standing, from left) Laurent Le Bon, president of Centre Pompidou; Suhanya Raffel, museum director of M+; and Christophe Cherix, the David Rockefeller director of the Museum of Modern Art, hold signed framework agreements for a cultural alliance between the three museums at M+ in Hong Kong on October 30, 2026. Photo: Winnie Yeung@Visual Voices/courtesy of M+, Hong Kong
Art

This Hong Kong-raised artist turns her diasporic experiences into poignant works

Currently exhibiting in New York, Cici Wu’s art and curatorial projects convey the themes of diaspora and displacement.

Art

How Mio Pang Fei stunned the art world with his Neo-Orientalist paintings

A retrospective of the late artist at the Macao Museum of Art highlights how he envisioned Eastern art within a globalised, modern landscape.

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Art

Landmark Chinese diplomatic exhibition reinvented in Hong Kong 91 years on

The ‘commemorative tribute’ to the Royal Academy’s 1935 show of Chinese art includes a book launch and the reuniting of 15 objects.

A bronze ritual food vessel (gui) from the 9th to 8th century BC is displayed at “The Royal Academy International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-36: A Commemorative Tribute”, at Christie’s Hong Kong until November 6. The show revisits the original 1935 London exhibition, which marked a watershed moment in Chinese-Western diplomatic relations. Photo: Christie’s
A bronze ritual food vessel (gui) from the 9th to 8th century BC is displayed at “The Royal Academy International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-36: A Commemorative Tribute”, at Christie’s Hong Kong until November 6. The show revisits the original 1935 London exhibition, which marked a watershed moment in Chinese-Western diplomatic relations. Photo: Christie’s
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Can Chinese and European instruments mesh? This Belgian composer proves so

Piano and yangqin player Johan Famaey shares his musical philosophy and journey from Belgium to China and back ahead of his Hong Kong debut.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Composer Huang Ruo on opera, ‘the last dance of humanity’, and his Hong Kong show

Chinese-American composer discusses the threat of AI in music and using tech to unite in City of Floating Sounds, coming to Hong Kong in 2027.

World of performing arts

Classical dance meets comedy with a ballet spin on Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights

In bringing Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 masterpiece to the stage, the National Ballet of Japan challenges perceptions of classical dance.

City Lights, by the National Ballet of Japan, takes on Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 film of the same name. Photo: Takeshi Kanou
Art

A real-life Tang dynasty tragedy is the focus of this popular AI microdrama

By mixing romance, time travel and real history, Yanbian Qingmei has revived interest in revered Tang dynasty calligrapher Yan Zhenqing.

A still from Yanbian Qingmei, the AI microdrama that has stirred interest in Tang dynasty history and the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing. Pictured are the time-travelling female protagonist Li Youwei (right) and Yan Jiming, the calligrapher’s nephew. Photo: Weixin
A still from Yanbian Qingmei, the AI microdrama that has stirred interest in Tang dynasty history and the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing. Pictured are the time-travelling female protagonist Li Youwei (right) and Yan Jiming, the calligrapher’s nephew. Photo: Weixin
What to do in Hong Kong

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

This pre-Halloween weekend offers fantasy art, mushrooms matched with Chinese wine, a Lululemon wellness event and, of course, a scary movie.

SCMP Highlights

Chinese runner’s 20,000km quest, Hong Kong comfort food: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From how AI transforms microdramas to designer Kim Jones’ affinity for Hong Kong, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Art

This artist loves history and gaming. His new work lets visitors take the controls

For his Chanel Gateway Commission at Dib Bangkok, Nawin Nuthong combines historical research with his passion for video games.

Part of Nawin Nuthong’s Project 147 installation at Dib Bangkok. Photo: Wison Tungthunya
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