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Panoramic photograph of the M+ Facade screen at night in front of buildings and the harbourfront. The screen is black except for two pairs of outstretched hands, one blue and one red, extending from the centre.
Panoramic photograph of the M+ Facade screen at night in front of buildings and the harbourfront. The screen is black except for two pairs of outstretched hands, one blue and one red, extending from the centre.
Pipilotti Rist on Hands and Video Art
Jacket and inner page of Anita Mui’s vinyl album ‘Bad Girl’. The singer stands off-centre to the left against a black background, wearing a purple satin dress and sparkly jewellery. She is framed by a cut-out silhouette of a figure in an overcoat.
Imaging Cantopop: Design and Performativity A-side
Cover of Tat Ming Pair’s vinyl album I Am Waiting for Your Return, which has a pixelated treatment. Anthony Wong, in a white outfit, sits on a white chair on the left side and looks into the camera. Sitting on a black chair, Tats Lau is in a black outfit and looks downward. Both of them are wearing sunglasses.
Imaging Cantopop: Design and Performativity B-side
The artist Beeple stands next to a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens in a concrete-walled gallery space. With his arms crossed, Beeple is staring face to face with the projection of a helmeted human figure in an astronaut suit within a virtual botanical landscape in vibrant neon colours.
An Infinite Journey In the Virtual Realm: On Beeple and ‘HUMAN ONE’
Coloured pencil drawing on archival cardboard featuring an illustration with Chinese and English titles above and narrative texts below. The illustration portrays a man with a race bib running beside a mountain. Other runners, the sea, and mountains are in the background. Excepting the man, the drawing is in green.
The Paper Dolls of Artist Wilson Shieh
Panoramic photograph of the M+ Facade screen at night in front of buildings and the harbourfront. The screen is black except for two pairs of outstretched hands, one blue and one red, extending from the centre.
Pipilotti Rist on Hands and Video Art
Jacket and inner page of Anita Mui’s vinyl album ‘Bad Girl’. The singer stands off-centre to the left against a black background, wearing a purple satin dress and sparkly jewellery. She is framed by a cut-out silhouette of a figure in an overcoat.
Imaging Cantopop: Design and Performativity A-side
Cover of Tat Ming Pair’s vinyl album I Am Waiting for Your Return, which has a pixelated treatment. Anthony Wong, in a white outfit, sits on a white chair on the left side and looks into the camera. Sitting on a black chair, Tats Lau is in a black outfit and looks downward. Both of them are wearing sunglasses.
Imaging Cantopop: Design and Performativity B-side
The artist Beeple stands next to a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens in a concrete-walled gallery space. With his arms crossed, Beeple is staring face to face with the projection of a helmeted human figure in an astronaut suit within a virtual botanical landscape in vibrant neon colours.
An Infinite Journey In the Virtual Realm: On Beeple and ‘HUMAN ONE’
Coloured pencil drawing on archival cardboard featuring an illustration with Chinese and English titles above and narrative texts below. The illustration portrays a man with a race bib running beside a mountain. Other runners, the sea, and mountains are in the background. Excepting the man, the drawing is in green.
The Paper Dolls of Artist Wilson Shieh
The artist, Beeple, stands in front of his video sculpture, a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens, in a concrete-walled gallery. Shafts of light are visible high on the wall behind the artist.
The artist, Beeple, stands in front of his video sculpture, a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens, in a concrete-walled gallery. Shafts of light are visible high on the wall behind the artist.

Beeple: An Infinite Journey

Beeple discusses depicting technology’s impact on the human experience through art and the importance of creating something you care about
6 mins: 
Moving Image  / Digital  /  Video
A video still depicting three paper mice decorated with festive details relating to Chinese funerary rituals playing trumpets in a forest-like setting also made of paper.
A video still depicting three paper mice decorated with festive details relating to Chinese funerary rituals playing trumpets in a forest-like setting also made of paper.

Folktales and Rituals: The Enigmatic Worlds of Zhang Xu Zhan

In ‘Joss Paper Store Series’, a nest of mice performs a funerary ritual in a dark forest made of miniature trees
5 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Article
An artist, Michael Lin, dressed in a blue shirt and jeans, sits in conversation in a white-walled gallery space. He gestures with his arms. Behind him on the wall are three paintings featuring a decorative design of flowers.
An artist, Michael Lin, dressed in a blue shirt and jeans, sits in conversation in a white-walled gallery space. He gestures with his arms. Behind him on the wall are three paintings featuring a decorative design of flowers.

Painting Possibilities: Michael Lin’s Relational Art

Conceptual artist and painter Michael Lin discusses his practice and how he connects his artwork with audiences
6 mins: 
Visual Art  / Design and Architecture  /  Video
Etching with aquatint featuring a beige background. Rapid strokes of dark grey and reddish-brown in the upper area cascade down to fine marks off-centre between areas of white. Thick and bold dark grey strokes occupy the bottom.
Etching with aquatint featuring a beige background. Rapid strokes of dark grey and reddish-brown in the upper area cascade down to fine marks off-centre between areas of white. Thick and bold dark grey strokes occupy the bottom.

Infinite Variety: The Printmaking of Zao Wou-ki

Zao Wou-ki’s ‘Untitled’ presents a vibrant and vivid abstract scene that brings together heavy and light as well as thick and thin visual layers to express a vitality that evokes a primordial battle with chaos
5 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article
Photograph showing Kusama in a red bodysuit, lying on stuffed protrusions covered in red polka dots in a mirror room.
Photograph showing Kusama in a red bodysuit, lying on stuffed protrusions covered in red polka dots in a mirror room.

The Life of Yayoi Kusama: A Visual Chronology

Learn about the biography of Yayoi Kusama with an illustrated timeline from 1929 to now and witness the healing power of art
18 mins: 
Visual Art  / Moving Image  / M+ Exhibitions  /  Article

Ongoing Series

Commissioned stories exploring the diverse historical moments, geographic locations, and intellectual constellations of cultural production
Geographies

Geographies

A focus its on geographies across space and time. What does it mean to think cartographically in the 21st century?

Geographies

A focus its on geographies across space and time. What does it mean to think cartographically in the 21st century?

Objects

Objects

A look at the object across visual culture, from architecture to artefact, exploring how objects represent histories, geographies, and realties.

Objects

A look at the object across visual culture, from architecture to artefact, exploring how objects represent histories, geographies, and realties.

Visual Culture

Visual Culture

An exploration of the the wide and sometimes contested field of visual culture

Visual Culture

An exploration of the the wide and sometimes contested field of visual culture

Visual Culture Questionnaire

Visual Culture Questionnaire

In 1996, the journal October published the Visual Culture Questionnaire. This questionnaire is now being republished in both Chinese and English by M+.

Visual Culture Questionnaire

In 1996, the journal October published the Visual Culture Questionnaire. This questionnaire is now being republished in both Chinese and English by M+.

Geographies

Geographies

A focus its on geographies across space and time. What does it mean to think cartographically in the 21st century?

Geographies

A focus its on geographies across space and time. What does it mean to think cartographically in the 21st century?

Objects

Objects

A look at the object across visual culture, from architecture to artefact, exploring how objects represent histories, geographies, and realties.

Objects

A look at the object across visual culture, from architecture to artefact, exploring how objects represent histories, geographies, and realties.

Visual Culture

Visual Culture

An exploration of the the wide and sometimes contested field of visual culture

Visual Culture

An exploration of the the wide and sometimes contested field of visual culture

Visual Culture Questionnaire

Visual Culture Questionnaire

In 1996, the journal October published the Visual Culture Questionnaire. This questionnaire is now being republished in both Chinese and English by M+.

Visual Culture Questionnaire

In 1996, the journal October published the Visual Culture Questionnaire. This questionnaire is now being republished in both Chinese and English by M+.

Editor's Picks

Poster in which a large, green, cartoonish dragon-like creature looms over a Hong Kong cityscape, appearing from behind the mountains. The creature has red dots on its body and face, a red stripe over its blank white eyes, and five thick, stringy pieces of red hair. The words ‘CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS’ in English and traditional Chinese are printed along the side of the poster.
Poster in which a large, green, cartoonish dragon-like creature looms over a Hong Kong cityscape, appearing from behind the mountains. The creature has red dots on its body and face, a red stripe over its blank white eyes, and five thick, stringy pieces of red hair. The words ‘CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS’ in English and traditional Chinese are printed along the side of the poster.

‘The Father of Lap Sap Chung’: Arthur Hacker’s Whimsical Portrayals of Hong Kong

In the 1970s, the mischievous green mascot known as Lap Sap Chung (‘litterbug’) became the face of the Clean Hong Kong campaign. We look closely at the work of this little monster’s creator, Arthur Hacker.
7 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article

Ho Sin Tung’s Fictional Film Festival

A reflection on going to the movies in the age of COVID-19 through the lens of Hong Kong artist Ho Sin Tung's fictional film festival.
5 mins: 
Visual Art  / Behind the Scenes  / Visual Culture  /  Article

Artist's Lens

Video still showing a woman with short grey hair wearing circular, blue-tinted glasses and a black foam form attached to her back. The foam attachment is flat on the bottom with four rows of four sharp, triangular shapes on top. Her legs rest against an angled concrete megatruss; her torso leans forward as she looks outward to the right of the frame.
Video still showing a woman with short grey hair wearing circular, blue-tinted glasses and a black foam form attached to her back. The foam attachment is flat on the bottom with four rows of four sharp, triangular shapes on top. Her legs rest against an angled concrete megatruss; her torso leans forward as she looks outward to the right of the frame.

Angela Su: Arise

Artist Angela Su discusses the acts of self-transformation and world-building in her exhibition ‘Angela Su: Arise, Hong Kong in Venice’
9 mins: 
Visual Art  / Moving Image  /  Video
An image in two halves. On the left is a black and white photo of Henry Steiner sitting at a desk reviewing design collateral. On the right is a colour photo of a magazine stack with a pair of glasses resting on top.
An image in two halves. On the left is a black and white photo of Henry Steiner sitting at a desk reviewing design collateral. On the right is a colour photo of a magazine stack with a pair of glasses resting on top.

Unboxing Henry Steiner’s Design Archive

Curators Tina Pang and Shirley Surya unbox three Steiner projects from the 1960s–1980s
8 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Video
A woman working on an art installation in a courtyard.
A woman working on an art installation in a courtyard.

Hu Xiaoyuan: Is Seeing Believing?

Artist Hu Xiaoyuan discusses how her work ‘Spheres of Doubt’ plays with notions of authenticity, as its organic materials change as time passes
4 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Video
A man in a blue jacket and black beanie looks down at a table.
A man in a blue jacket and black beanie looks down at a table.

Samson Young: Unheard Sounds

Artist Samson Young explains the origins of his Muted Sounds series, in which musicians are instructed to perform without creating music
6 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video
A woman in a white-walled gallery space.
A woman in a white-walled gallery space.

Li Naihan: Furniture as Architecture

Architect and designer Li Naihan discusses the design behind her wardrobe replica of the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing
5 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Video
A man in a blue t-shirt looks into a glass case of art objects.
A man in a blue t-shirt looks into a glass case of art objects.

Xu Zhen: Beyond Anticipation

Artist Xu Zhen discusses his work ‘Rainbow’ in the context of the Shanghai art scene at the end of the 1990s
5 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video

Hong Kong Sign Language Videos

Interviews with artists and makers accompanied by Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) interpretation
Grainy film still showing a man in a black suit walking across an outdoor plaza. Trees line the perimeter of the plaza, and a beige, windowless building occupies the left background of the frame. In the centre of the plaza is pedestal supporting a sculpture of an angel with one wing. A sign language interpreter, in a separate window, is on the right of the image.
Grainy film still showing a man in a black suit walking across an outdoor plaza. Trees line the perimeter of the plaza, and a beige, windowless building occupies the left background of the frame. In the centre of the plaza is pedestal supporting a sculpture of an angel with one wing. A sign language interpreter, in a separate window, is on the right of the image.

Anson Mak: The Beauty of Days Past with Hong Kong Sign Language

Hong Kong artist Anson Mak talks about the creative processes behind her experimental documentaries and her love of Super 8 filmmaking. Interpreted in Hong Kong Sign Language
9 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the artist, Tozer Pak Sheung Chuen. On the right is a sign language interpreter.
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the artist, Tozer Pak Sheung Chuen. On the right is a sign language interpreter.

Pak Sheung Chuen: Measuring Time with Hong Kong Sign Language

With Hong Kong Sign Language interpretation, artist Pak Sheung Chuen takes us to two locations of his previous performances: the Kowloon Tong MTR station and a Hong Kong apartment building
7 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Video
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the artist, Wong Ping. On the right is a sign language interpreter.
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the artist, Wong Ping. On the right is a sign language interpreter.

Wong Ping: Animating the Absurd with Hong Kong Sign Language

With Hong Kong Sign Language interpretation, artist Wong Ping talks about his animation work and his love-hate relationship with Hong Kong
6 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Video
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the architect, James Kinoshita. On the right is a sign language interpreter.
An image is split into two parts. On the left, the architect, James Kinoshita. On the right is a sign language interpreter.

James Kinoshita: Building the Unanticipated with Hong Kong Sign Language

With Hong Kong Sign Language interpretation, find out how architect James Kinoshita helped turn Hong Kong into one of the world’s most iconic vertical cities
8 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Video
An image is split into two parts. On our left: monochrome photograph of ships docked at a harbour. They occupy both sides of the middle ground with their bows angled towards the centre. On our right, smoke shrouds the ships docked above a small boat carrying two seated figures and a standing figure with a long oar. On the right: a sign language interpreter looks into the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her.
An image is split into two parts. On our left: monochrome photograph of ships docked at a harbour. They occupy both sides of the middle ground with their bows angled towards the centre. On our right, smoke shrouds the ships docked above a small boat carrying two seated figures and a standing figure with a long oar. On the right: a sign language interpreter looks into the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her.

Fan Ho: On the ‘Decisive Moment’ with Hong Kong Sign Language

Master photographer Fan Ho shares thoughts on his photographic method during his final visit to Hong Kong. Interpreted in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL)
6 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Video
Photograph showing a woman seated among stacks of boxes. She is looking towards the right of the frame with her mouth open and hand extended, as if in the middle of speaking. An image of a sign language interpreter is positioned on the right side of the image.
Photograph showing a woman seated among stacks of boxes. She is looking towards the right of the frame with her mouth open and hand extended, as if in the middle of speaking. An image of a sign language interpreter is positioned on the right side of the image.

Leung Mee-ping: Material Meaning with Hong Kong Sign Language

Leung Mee-ping reflects on her practice of collecting everyday materials and repurposing them into art
14 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Video

Hong Kong Focus

Ink and colour painting featuring expansive washes of ink and colours, and a distinction between the upper and lower areas. The lower section contains a black field with ink splatters and lighter parts at the bottom. Liberal washes of red, black, and a small patch of green cover the upper area.

Lui Shou-kwan’s Radical Ink Painting

10 mins: 
Visual Art / Article

Lui Shou-kwan’s Radical Ink Painting

Video still showing a woman wearing in a black shirt.

Inside ‘Hong Kong: Here and Beyond’

31 mins: 
M+ Exhibitions / Video

Inside ‘Hong Kong: Here and Beyond’

Horizontally oriented photograph showing two back-to-back badminton courts in orange, brown, and blue. In the foreground, a young girl wearing a face mask passes in profile. To the right of the frame is a basketball hoop and part of a basketball court. Just behind the courts is a low wall, in front of which are chairs and behind which are palm trees. A break in the wall leads to a block of buildings in the background. The building units are regimented rectangles in different shades of the rainbow.

Cities within Cities: Housing Solutions for High-Density Living

8 mins: 
Design and Architecture / Article

Cities within Cities: Housing Solutions for High-Density Living

Three light fixtures hang in front of a white wall. Two of the fixtures consist of translucent blades arranged vertically around cylindrical centres. The third fixture consists of plastic crystal-like ornaments resembling a traditional chandelier lamp fixture.

Hong Kong Plastic Pioneers

7 mins: 
Design and Architecture / Video

Hong Kong Plastic Pioneers

Ink and colour painting featuring expansive washes of ink and colours, and a distinction between the upper and lower areas. The lower section contains a black field with ink splatters and lighter parts at the bottom. Liberal washes of red, black, and a small patch of green cover the upper area.

Lui Shou-kwan’s Radical Ink Painting

10 mins: 
Visual Art / Article

Lui Shou-kwan’s Radical Ink Painting

Video still showing a woman wearing in a black shirt.

Inside ‘Hong Kong: Here and Beyond’

31 mins: 
M+ Exhibitions / Video

Inside ‘Hong Kong: Here and Beyond’

Horizontally oriented photograph showing two back-to-back badminton courts in orange, brown, and blue. In the foreground, a young girl wearing a face mask passes in profile. To the right of the frame is a basketball hoop and part of a basketball court. Just behind the courts is a low wall, in front of which are chairs and behind which are palm trees. A break in the wall leads to a block of buildings in the background. The building units are regimented rectangles in different shades of the rainbow.

Cities within Cities: Housing Solutions for High-Density Living

8 mins: 
Design and Architecture / Article

Cities within Cities: Housing Solutions for High-Density Living

Three light fixtures hang in front of a white wall. Two of the fixtures consist of translucent blades arranged vertically around cylindrical centres. The third fixture consists of plastic crystal-like ornaments resembling a traditional chandelier lamp fixture.

Hong Kong Plastic Pioneers

7 mins: 
Design and Architecture / Video

Hong Kong Plastic Pioneers

Behind the Scenes

Dusk view of buildings across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, which stretches across the frame at the bottom. A campus of buildings stands on the viewer's right, including a rectangular block illuminated with the words 'M+'.
Dusk view of buildings across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, which stretches across the frame at the bottom. A campus of buildings stands on the viewer's right, including a rectangular block illuminated with the words 'M+'.

Building M+

What does it mean to establish an institution while constructing its physical building? 'Building M+' charts M+'s journey from vision on paper to concrete museum
38 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Video
A lady in a blue coat walks in a covered outdoor space. Lights hang from the ceiling above her.
A lady in a blue coat walks in a covered outdoor space. Lights hang from the ceiling above her.

Inside M+

As M+ opens its doors to the public, Suhanya Raffel and Doryun Chong lead a virtual tour of the museum’s opening exhibitions and many sprawling spaces
17 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Video
Photograph of two men handling a sculpture in a gallery space. The visible part of the sculpture has a weathered, patina finish and features a man's head attached to a body with angel wings; in the place of arms is a circular device with 10 holes. One man is handling the sculpture's wings with gloved hands; the other is screwing something into the platform.
Photograph of two men handling a sculpture in a gallery space. The visible part of the sculpture has a weathered, patina finish and features a man's head attached to a body with angel wings; in the place of arms is a circular device with 10 holes. One man is handling the sculpture's wings with gloved hands; the other is screwing something into the platform.

From Forklifts to Finishing Touches

Kieran Champion, Senior Manager of Installation and Displays at M+, speaks about the art of installing precious objects and artworks
9 mins: 
Behind the Scenes  /  Article
A woman leans over a rolled up section of a large ink artwork on paper. She places a white strip onto the middle of the artwork where it’s been unrolled, next to other white strips weighted down by small weights.
A woman leans over a rolled up section of a large ink artwork on paper. She places a white strip onto the middle of the artwork where it’s been unrolled, next to other white strips weighted down by small weights.

Back to the Past to Conserve a Work of Contemporary Calligraphy

M+ Paper Conservator Jo-Fan Huang explains how the team worked on one of the largest works in the M+ Collections, using both modern and historical tools
7 mins: 
Behind the Scenes  /  Article
Construction workers on a yellow elevated stand working on a neon sign in a street under a blue sky. The neon sign is in the shape of a cow. The words ‘Sammy’s Kitchen Ltd.’ in green English and red Chinese lettering are displayed inside the cow.
Construction workers on a yellow elevated stand working on a neon sign in a street under a blue sky. The neon sign is in the shape of a cow. The words ‘Sammy’s Kitchen Ltd.’ in green English and red Chinese lettering are displayed inside the cow.

Collecting Neon Signs from Hong Kong’s Streets

Two M+ team members discuss their challenging but exciting experiences collecting neon signs from Hong Kong’s streets
9 mins: 
Behind the Scenes  /  Article
Photograph showing a hand holding up a book in front of a building. On the cover of the book is a cityscape with a construction site in the foreground and an arrow labelled 'M+' pointing down at a building under construction.
Photograph showing a hand holding up a book in front of a building. On the cover of the book is a cityscape with a construction site in the foreground and an arrow labelled 'M+' pointing down at a building under construction.

A Compendium of Snapshots: Designing the History of M+

Designers Sulki & Min and guest editor HG Masters discuss the image and text curation behind the book 'The Making of M+'
15 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article

Guess Work

A grey Game Boy and its purple box stand on a white background. On the box is the text 'GAME BOY' and 'HANDY GAME MACHINE'.

Can You Guess How Old These Designs Are?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Guess How Old These Designs Are?

Nine rows of sixteen emojis depicting different images and with different monochromatic colours. Each emoji fits into just twelve by twelve pixels.

Which Old-School Emoji Are You?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Digital / Quiz

Which Old-School Emoji Are You?

Vintage aerial photo of Hong Kong from around 1990.

Can You Recognise These Spots in Hong Kong?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Recognise These Spots in Hong Kong?

Ink painting on paper of a delicately rendered blue-purple flower with the root attached. The flower is surrounded by brown stains. It is depicted on a white page with a red border and Chinese characters which mean ‘Chinese Bellflower’ alongside a stamp in the bottom right corner.

Can You Guess the Artwork Material?

1 min: 
Visual Art / Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Guess the Artwork Material?

A grey Game Boy and its purple box stand on a white background. On the box is the text 'GAME BOY' and 'HANDY GAME MACHINE'.

Can You Guess How Old These Designs Are?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Guess How Old These Designs Are?

Nine rows of sixteen emojis depicting different images and with different monochromatic colours. Each emoji fits into just twelve by twelve pixels.

Which Old-School Emoji Are You?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Digital / Quiz

Which Old-School Emoji Are You?

Vintage aerial photo of Hong Kong from around 1990.

Can You Recognise These Spots in Hong Kong?

1 min: 
Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Recognise These Spots in Hong Kong?

Ink painting on paper of a delicately rendered blue-purple flower with the root attached. The flower is surrounded by brown stains. It is depicted on a white page with a red border and Chinese characters which mean ‘Chinese Bellflower’ alongside a stamp in the bottom right corner.

Can You Guess the Artwork Material?

1 min: 
Visual Art / Design and Architecture / Quiz

Can You Guess the Artwork Material?

Photography

Photograph of a block of pink and grey-green Hong Kong high rise buildings, captured so that they completely fill the frame. The small rows of windows appear dizzying in their vast numbers.
Photograph of a block of pink and grey-green Hong Kong high rise buildings, captured so that they completely fill the frame. The small rows of windows appear dizzying in their vast numbers.

From High-Rises to the Street: A Look Back at Michael Wolf’s Photographs

Blues Wong pays tribute to the late photographer Michael Wolf and his depictions of urban life in Hong Kong and Asia
7 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Monochrome photograph depicting a man carrying a basket on a stick slung over his shoulder. He is dressed in casual working clothes. He is walking in front of a large stone wall, on which rectangular light-coloured patches forming random patterns stick out against the dark grey of the stone.
Monochrome photograph depicting a man carrying a basket on a stick slung over his shoulder. He is dressed in casual working clothes. He is walking in front of a large stone wall, on which rectangular light-coloured patches forming random patterns stick out against the dark grey of the stone.

10 Facts about the Photographer Who Captured 1950s and ‘60s Hong Kong

Fan Ho's striking black-and-white photographs captured aspects of everyday life in 1950s and ’60s Hong Kong, providing a unique window into the past
10 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
A man in white shirt and shorts runs between three rows of cars stopped in traffic. HIs arms are raised above his head in a 'V' shape.
A man in white shirt and shorts runs between three rows of cars stopped in traffic. HIs arms are raised above his head in a 'V' shape.

Expression Beyond Documentation

Isabella Tam examines how photographers documented performance art and site-specific works in post-war Japan
10 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
A Polaroid photo of a young woman wearing fashionable sunglasses posing for the camera with her arms crossed. The Polaroid shows signs of age.
A Polaroid photo of a young woman wearing fashionable sunglasses posing for the camera with her arms crossed. The Polaroid shows signs of age.

Wong Wo Bik’s Daring and Beautiful Polaroids

A look back at Hong Kong photographer Wong Wo Bik’s intimate Polaroid series from the 1980s
2 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Monochrome photograph of two women dressed in cheongsams and high heels walking next to each other down a street. We view them from behind. Pillars with Chinese lettering line the street on their left, and shop fronts are seen on their right. A small group of men are gathered further down the street.
Monochrome photograph of two women dressed in cheongsams and high heels walking next to each other down a street. We view them from behind. Pillars with Chinese lettering line the street on their left, and shop fronts are seen on their right. A small group of men are gathered further down the street.

From the Collections: ‘Two Women (Gloucester Road, 1961)’ by Yau Leung

'Two Women (Gloucester Road, 1961)' by Yau Leung is in the M+ Collections, but what is it and why did M+ acquire it?
5 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Three colour prints side by side. The image on the far left depicts an English Springer Spaniel dog viewed in profile, staring upwards, in front of an old-fashioned harbour with wooden boats and mountains in the distance. The middle image depicts a large pink tropical flower displayed over a background of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour under a blue sky. The image on the far right depicts a woman wearing a tiara, pearl necklace, white dress, and blue sash with royal medals on it. Behind her is a historical Chinese painting of horse riders in a grassy field. The woman has a tattoo of one of the horse riders on her shoulder. Fine cracks appear across all three works, imitating the surface of an old oil painting.
Three colour prints side by side. The image on the far left depicts an English Springer Spaniel dog viewed in profile, staring upwards, in front of an old-fashioned harbour with wooden boats and mountains in the distance. The middle image depicts a large pink tropical flower displayed over a background of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour under a blue sky. The image on the far right depicts a woman wearing a tiara, pearl necklace, white dress, and blue sash with royal medals on it. Behind her is a historical Chinese painting of horse riders in a grassy field. The woman has a tattoo of one of the horse riders on her shoulder. Fine cracks appear across all three works, imitating the surface of an old oil painting.

The Hollian Thesaurus: A Piece of Hong Kong Photography History

Holly Lee’s Hollian Thesaurus is a cross-section of Hong Kong art history, musing on the past and future of 1990s Hong Kong
4 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article

From the Vault

Monochrome photograph showing a wall covered in vertical lines of Chinese text. The characters are written in black ink. The characters for ‘King’ are especially large. The lines on some characters have slightly faded. In the right foreground, a person is passing the wall, appearing blurry to the camera. At the top of the frame, the edge of a rippled canopy is visible.
Monochrome photograph showing a wall covered in vertical lines of Chinese text. The characters are written in black ink. The characters for ‘King’ are especially large. The lines on some characters have slightly faded. In the right foreground, a person is passing the wall, appearing blurry to the camera. At the top of the frame, the edge of a rippled canopy is visible.

Moments in Time with the King of Kowloon

Hong Kong curator and collector Willie Chung recalls some of his enduring memories of Tsang Tsou-choi, a.k.a the King of Kowloon
13 mins: 
Visual Culture  /  Article
Rocking lounge chair made out of Brazilian pau ferro wood and cane. The cane is set in a wooden frame to form the seat and back, appearing as a long flowing line from the side. The centre of the chair’s seat is connected to a base made of curved wood, resembling an upside-down arch. Attached below the seat’s head and foot are two smaller curved pieces of wood, which form an asymmetrical arc shapes from the side.
Rocking lounge chair made out of Brazilian pau ferro wood and cane. The cane is set in a wooden frame to form the seat and back, appearing as a long flowing line from the side. The centre of the chair’s seat is connected to a base made of curved wood, resembling an upside-down arch. Attached below the seat’s head and foot are two smaller curved pieces of wood, which form an asymmetrical arc shapes from the side.

Unravelling the Enigma of Chairs

Curator Ikko Yokoyama untangles the interwoven and lesser-known stories of chairs from Asia and beyond
9 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article

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