Room 103 Pine Rock Pavilion | “The Guqin and Landscape"

Featuring Hong Kong artist Zaffer (Chan Sui Ying) and Taiwanese artists Tsai Tzu Yao & Tsai Ya Hsuan.

This is a dialogue on Eastern aesthetics, with the ancient "guqin" (seven-string zither) as its spiritual thread. Artists Tsai Tzu Yao and Tsai Ya Hsuan, hailing from Taitung, extend the vital breath of mountain-and-water landscapes from paper onto hinoki cypress and guqin, transforming majestic peaks into tangible, resonant objects.

Room 103  | "Her Sights · New Visions" A Trio Exhibition by Female Artists

Stepping out from the lingering melodies of Pine Rock Pavilion, the Main Hall presents the sharp yet tender contemporary perspectives of three female artists, collectively weaving a spiritual tapestry of adversity, tranquility, and reinvention.

Gallery address: Shop 103, 1/F, Block 3 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun

The work of Studio After Cigs revolves around PowPow, a black cat holding a wine glass with an air of effortless cool. Beneath PowPow's iconic and wildly popular persona lies a philosophy for modern life—he's the perfect avatar for our collective state of mind, using a tipsy, laid-back vibe to catch the weight of life’s exhaustion and its inherent irony.

PowPow masterfully captures the urban dweller's weariness and self-deprecating humor, the inner beast that stirs during external storms, translating it into visuals that are minimalist, light, and witty. No matter the scene, beneath that perpetually "over-it" gaze lies a current of rebellious strength—a charming anti-hero holding his ground.

Gallery address: Shop 202, 2/F, Block 3 Barrack Block, Tai Kwun

Korean Cultural Center invites you to the Opening Reception for the exhibition "Echoes in Between: Four Voices in Korean Abstraction" on Wednesday, 4 February 2026. In collaboration with Soluna Fine Art, the exhibition explores contemporary Korean abstraction through the distinct practices of Ha Tae-Im, Jang Seungtaik, Kim Young-Hun, and Park Yoon-Kyung. While each artist engages abstraction through different visual languages, they are united by shared inquiries into color, layering, gesture, and space, revealing how meaning emerges in the subtle intervals between material and immaterial, presence and absence.

Opening reception: Wed, 4 Feb 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Venue address: Korean Cultural Center, 6-7/F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central

White Cube Hong Kong is pleased to present the first exhibition in Asia by London-based artist Shaqúelle Whyte (b. 2000, Wolverhampton, UK), featuring new large-scale paintings.

Exploring time, space and the subconscious, Whyte’s imagined environments evoke a sense of mystery and introspection, using loose brushstrokes and expansive compositions. Through a non-linear narrative, his recurring motifs and staged figures lend a theatrical quality, as if his canvases were scenes from an unfolding play. Though devoid of self-portraiture, Whyte’s paintings reflect his inner life, inviting viewers to interpret his surreal, dreamlike worlds as reflections of their own.

Opening reception: February, 5, 6-8pm

Gallery address: 50 Connaught Road Central

At the beginning of 2026, Leo Gallery Hong Kong proudly continued its tradition by bringing together eight artists from across the globe for the group exhibition “Small is Beautiful.” This exhibition features artists from China, the United States, Germany, France, and Italy, who present their unique perspectives on contemporary art through diverse creative languages and media.

 Each artist's distinctive works reflect profound contemplation and ongoing exploration of art's essence. Through the rich and diverse expressions of artists, Small is Beautiful continues its exploration and celebration of the subtle beauty found in the smallest things. Those seemingly overlooked details often hold profound and unique value; the works in this exhibition whisper softly, reminding us to revisit the easily missed moments and objects in daily life, and to discover the infinite possibilities hidden within them.

Opening reception: Thursday 5 Feb 2026 | 6-8 pm

Gallery address: G/F, 46 Sai Street, Sheung Wan

Flowers Gallery Hong Kong is pleased to present Domestic Setting: Part I, the first edition of a new exhibition series that examines artistic production through a domestic lens. Conceived as a sequence of smaller-format group exhibitions, the series features works aligned with the physical dimensions, temporal rhythms, and emotional landscapes of the home. Across painting, drawing, sculpture, and mixed media, the domestic interior is framed as a critical structure through which care, labour, gender, and space are continuously negotiated.

Featuring: Taewon Ahn, Young In Hong, Dusadee Huntrakhul, Wu Jiaru, Tomona Matsukawa, Shin Min, Tomislav Nikolić, and Shen Wei.

Opening reception: 5 February, 6-8pm

Gallery address: 49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

Ora-Ora is delighted to announce a vibrant new solo show by Beijing-based artist Huang Dan at its Tai Kwun gallery space. Opening on February 5, the title is Towards Zero, an allusion to the artist’s journey into the heart of minimalism. This is Ora-Ora’s first exhibition of its 20th anniversary year and coincides with the advent of the Year of the Horse.

 The exhibition presents new paintings on xuan paper in ink and mineral pigment, focusing on recurring subjects of horses, rabbits, and pines. In Towards Zero, painting becomes a visceral, bodily rhythm. The ebb and flow of breath and emotion imprint a measured tempo onto the paper, paring image and narrative back to essentials—form, rhythm, and presence.

The horse returns as a central figure. For Huang’s brush, its form is akin to landscape: a body steady as a mountain, eyes as clear as water. Works in warm ochres and deep blacks evoke silent power, strength, and tender empathy without excess narrative.

Opening reception: 5 February, 5-8pm

Gallery address: 105-107, Barrack Block, Tai Kwun

“Welcome to the Stem Cell Clinic!” 

Bone Whispers by Yarli Allison at Tomorrow Maybe (Eaton) brings together three years of bioethics research and interdisciplinary collaboration. Developed through queer-feminist frameworks, this new body of work explores interconnected stories of care and healing in the year 2125.

Featuring Yarli’s moving-image work In Petri Dish We Sing (Asia premiere), the exhibition presents freshly made miniature dioramas and scientific map drawings from Yarli’s London studio, along with botanics by floral-installation artist Orin Chung, inviting audiences to step into a speculative ecosystem shaped by mutual aid and cellular legacy, and inherent uncertainties. 

Grounded in existing stem cell science and guided by decolonising approaches to medicine, the works tease a possible Web 3.0 future shaped by the power of our lovely uterus.

Opening reception: 6 February 5-9pm

Gallery address: 4/F Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan

Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong is proud to present the exhibition “Beyond Context”, curated by Michela Sena. The group show features works by artists from Southeast Asia: Bjorn Calleja, Entang Wiharso, Gongkan, Heri Dono, Kitti Narod, Kim Lim, Kim Oliveros, Ryol, Luis Lorenzana, Nice Buenaventura, Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Pow Martinez, Rodel Tapaya, Shannah Orencio, Sophie-Yen Bretez, Tos Suntos, TRNZ, and Zean Cabangis.

This exhibition proposes a critical reconfiguration of how artistic practices from Southeast Asia are approached, not through geography or cultural taxonomy, but through generational epistemologies, understood as historically situated modes of artistic thought, responsibility, and self-positioning. The differences articulated within the exhibition are not spatial but temporal; not regional but methodological. Generation here functions as an analytical tool rather than a demographic marker, revealing shifts in how art negotiates power, subjectivity, and meaning.

Opening reception: 6 February 4-7pm
Gallery address: 10/F, H Queen’s, Central

Playfulness and sensitivity converge in Flock, an exhibition showcasing works by local artists Joey Leung Cho Yi and Kinyan Lam. Embracing creativity without boundaries, the artists move fluidly across media, genres, and disciplines to bring their visions to life. This spirit of openness and exploration is vividly reflected in the works presented by both Joey and Kinyan in Flock.

Opening reception: 6 February, 6-9pm

Gallery address: 4/F, Kin Teck Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

Searchlight, a curated mentorship programme, will be presented in parallel with InnerGlow. Initiated under Tai Kwun’s Talent Development Programme, Searchlight carries the mission of nurturing the next generation of artists. Guided by a team of professionals including outdoor projection mapping specialist The Electric Canvas, multimedia artist Ng Tsz Kwan, and sound designer Roy Cheung, the mentorship programme emphasizes practical application enriched with industry insights. From concept development to the techniques of animating unique architectural façades, artists gain hands-on experience in creating immersive works using the latest projection mapping technologies.

Since its inception in 2023, Searchlight has admitted more than 52 mentees/artists, whose works have been showcased to over fifty thousand audiences. The historic Prison Yard will once again be transformed into an experimental workshop for local university students and graduates across creative media, film, and design. Now entering its third edition, Searchlight will feature new presentations created by alumni teams. It is inspiring to witness alumni’s return and elevate their works to new levels of creativity and innovation.

6 - 22 FEB, 2026 (Except 16 Feb, 2026) 6:45pm - 9:30pm

We wish you a Galloping Year of the Horse!

Hanart TZ celebrates the dynamic energy of the Horse, an earth-bound cousin of the Dragon, with a selection of new works by LU Dadong and HUANG Wenbin, plus selected paintings by CHENG Tsai-Tung, LAM Tung Pang, LIU Dahong, WEI Dong, and Mongolian master painter of the Horse CHIMEDDORJ.

Opening reception: 7 February, opening reception: 2:30-6 pm

Gallery address: 2/F Mai On Industrial Building, 17-21 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung

In this captivating showcase, fourteen artists from various European generations respond to reality, memory, and imagination through their unique creative journeys. Though their subjects vary—portraits, families, cities, myths, emotions, and symbols—the common thread is the notion of painting as a slow process of understanding the world.

“The Sun Shone from a Different Place” does not simply denote difference; it speaks to the vantage point from which we observe. As our perspective shifts, so too does the direction of light, revealing new layers and textures of the world around us.

Opening reception: 7 February, 4-7pm
Gallery address: Unit 2003-08, 20/F, Landmark South, Wong Chuk Hang

seeing sound, hearing time celebrates the legacy of composer, producer, and artist Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese, 1952–2023). Sakamoto is renowned for his award-winning film scores, wide-ranging collaborations, and exploratory spirit. His 2017 album, async, which he described as ‘some of the most personal music I have ever created’, forms the core of async–immersion (2023), a large-scale installation created in collaboration with artist Shiro Takatani (Japanese, born 1963). The work is part of a series of what they call ‘installation music’, in which the album is paired with a three-dimensional representation of the music in a gallery space. Shown as a site-specific installation in The Studio, the work features Takatani’s visual compositions of Sakamoto’s instruments, plants, books, and other objects in his studio, shown on a large LED screen. The images emerge from either side of the screen and dissolve, one pixel at a time, into abstract horizontal lines before regaining their original form. Takatani’s visual interventions are not synchronised with the sound but evolve continuously, creating a parallel time axis within the artwork. The music from async plays through multiple channels in a surround sound system via high-precision speakers, enveloping visitors in an immersive sonic experience.

Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Stay Connected: Supplying the Globe, the second chapter of Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008. More than 70 artworks from over 40 participating artists re-examine China’s role as the world’s centre for the production and logistics that sustain modern life. They give insights into the individual stories, family histories, and lesser-seen places impacted by globalisation and by China’s unprecedented economic growth in recent decades. 

The artworks in Supplying the Globe are presented in four thematic sections that highlight subjects including ecological footprints, depictions of labour (including artistic work), networks of exchange, and the global realignments brought by the transnational flows of people, materials, and ideas. 

Throughout the exhibition period, Tai Kwun Contemporary will hold cross-disciplinary activities, including a symposium, curatorial talks, and the launch of a companion publication produced in collaboration with Asia Art Archive. 

Trevor Yeung uses botanic ecology, horticulture, aquarium system and installations as metaphors that reference the emancipation of everyday aspirations towards human relationships. Yeung draws inspiration from intimate and personal experiences, culminating in works that range from image-based works to large-scale installations. He creates different scales of systems which explore the logic that govern our social structures.

Gallery address: 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

Lee Bul (South Korean, born 1964) is one of the most prominent contemporary artists to emerge from Asia in recent decades. Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now is a comprehensive survey of her career to date, featuring major works from the artist’s studio and collections across Asia and beyond.

The exhibition at M+ unfolds in three comprehensive sections that span the artist’s career. It opens with an immersive open landscape, featuring iconic architectural installations from Lee’s Mon grand récit series (2005–ongoing). These complex works encourage visitors to reflect on the grand narratives of the modernist project and the aesthetics of failed utopias. This section also includes a selection of two-dimensional works from the Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet) and Perdu series (2016–ongoing). The second chapter presents examples of Lee’s groundbreaking Cyborg and Anagram series from the late 1990s and early 2000s, which first brought her international acclaim. Combining wide-ranging references from critical theory, art history, and science fiction, these striking works explore entwined ideas of figuration, gender, and beauty in an increasingly technological world. The final section, evoking an artist’s studio, features a constellation of drawings, sketches, and maquettes, revealing how Lee conceptualises and realises her artworks.

Venue address: West Gallery, L2, M+

Double Q is delighted to announce Luca Sára Rózsa's second solo exhibition at the gallery, scheduled to open in March during Art Basel Hong Kong 2026.

Luca Sára Rózsa (b. 1990, Hungary) analyses the complex relationship between mankind and his environment. Her figures, taken from the Bible and mythology, are often shown in a natural setting in line with the representational portraiture of the Renaissance and the baroque. Placed within a utopian, dreamlike landscape of solitude, her figures are forced to face their own anxieties stemming from the eternity of the world. As the artist describes it, “The figures in my paintings are mammals who have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and have been expelled from Paradise. They are fully exposed to their fate, facing it either with resignation or hope.”

Gallery address: 68 Lok Ku Road, Sheung Wan

Lap-See Lam draws on experiences of the Cantonese diaspora, delving into migratory movement, generational loss, speculative history, and the otherization of cultural symbols through video installations, sculptures, and live performances. Her works blend contemporary techniques with traditional storytelling forms and references, taking inspiration from shadow play puppetry and Cantonese opera, as well as the aesthetics of Western Chinese restaurants. Her work creates mythical imaginations of Chinoiserie as defined by imperialist history, while reflecting on her personal family history of migration, to convey the complexities of cultural heritage.

15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, Wong Chuk Hang

Presented in partnership with UOB, Art Central spotlights a diversity of emerging and established artists represented by pioneering galleries from Hong Kong, Asia, and beyond. Art Central returns to Hong Kong’s iconic Central Harbourfront from 25 to 29 March, with a VIP Preview on Tuesday, 24 March.

A cornerstone of Hong Kong Art Week, the eleventh edition of Art Central will present over 100 distinguished galleries accompanied by a five-day programme of performances, installations, video art, and talks. The Fair offers art collectors and enthusiasts a dynamic platform to engage with forward-thinking contemporary art, spark inspiration, and foster meaningful cultural connections.

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David Zwirner is pleased to present Pearl Lines, an exhibition of new paintings by New York–based artist Walter Price (b. 1989). Price is known for his richly vibrant paintings and drawings, which bypass strict allegiances to representational or abstract modes. His canvases and works on paper not only experiment freely with color, line, and space but also reveal emphatic shifts in perspective, suggesting scenes and imagery that the artist ultimately leaves for viewers to absorb and contemplate on their own.

This is Price’s first solo exhibition in Asia, and his second with the gallery since he joined David Zwirner in 2024. Price’s work is also included in the 2025–2026 group exhibition MONUMENTS, co-organized and co-presented by The Brick and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and curated by Hamza Walker, Kara Walker, and Bennett Simpson.

Gallery address: 5–6/F, H Queen’s, Central

Hong Kong fair features premier galleries from Asia and beyond. It provides an in-depth overview of Asia-Pacific's astonishing diversity, as well as global artistic perspectives through Modern and contemporary works.

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Asia Society Hong Kong Center proudly presents Hung Hsien: Between Worlds, the first part of “Celebration of Ink” – a two-part series that celebrates the profound legacy and spirit of contemporary ink art.

93-year-old Hung Hsien (洪嫻, Margaret Chang) was born in Yangzhou, China in 1933, she moved to Taiwan in 1948, where she studied under revered scholar-painter Prince Pu Ru. She continued her studies at National Taiwan Normal University before relocating to the United States in 1958, where she engaged deeply with Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and other modernist movements while studying at Northwestern University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Gallery address: 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty

Flowers Gallery Hong Kong is pleased to announce Leviathan, marking the acclaimed Scottish artist Ken Currie’s second solo exhibition in Asia. Presented in Sheung Wan, a district historically shaped by a maritime and trading past. Currie’s new paintings enter into a quiet dialogue with the area’s longstanding relationship to its harbours. 

Gallery address: 49 Tung Street, Sheung Wan

Poet John Giorno (American, 1936–2019) initiated Dial-A-Poem in 1968 to bring poetry into everyday life. Believing that ‘much poetry is intended to be heard, not merely read’, he invited writers, artists, and musicians to contribute works that anyone could access by dialling a hotline. The project later evolved into a gallery installation of telephone sculptures, allowing visitors to listen to randomly selected readings.

In recent years, the project has expanded internationally. Versions developed in France, Mexico, and Brazil showcase works by local makers in their own languages. Dial-A-Poem Hong Kong features newly recorded readings in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English by approximately thirty local poets, including Bei Dao, Cao Shuying, Tim Tim Cheng, Chow Hon Fai, Derek Chung, Olivier Cong, Ho Fuk Yan, Hon Ki Chau, Huang Canran, Kitty Hung, Stuart Lau, Louise Law, Liu Wai Tong, Lok Fung, Luk Wing-yu, Isadora Neves Marques, Wong Hin Yan, Jennifer Wong, Nicholas Wong, Peace Wong, Sonia Wong, Xixi, Yam Gong, Yasi, Yau Ching, Eric Yip, and Zheng Danyi, and more. Visitors can listen to the poems via telephones in the Focus Gallery or by calling a local phone number.

This exhibition brings together two thought-provoking works from the M+ Collection by artists Heri Dono (Indonesian, born 1960) and Wael Shawky (Egyptian, born 1971). Both artists explore how civilisations evolve and intertwine, drawing on enduring traditions such as mythology and folk tales, oral storytelling, and theatre. These forms do not merely connect us to the past—they invite us to imagine alternative futures beyond the relentless drive of economic progress and modernisation.

Wael Shawky’s video work I Am Hymns of the New Temples (2023) delves into humanity’s beginnings and the construction of national narratives. Set among the ruins of Pompeii, actors wearing handmade ceramic and papier-mâché masks move through the remnants of the city, situated at the ancient crossroads of exchange between Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures. The work reinterprets shared creation myths and theatrical traditions to explore our need to make sense of the world through storytelling, and the way these narratives are adapted and reshaped for national purposes.

Heri Dono’s kinetic installation Fermentation of the Mind (1992–1993) resembles a classroom, featuring rows of old wooden desks topped with white fibreglass heads. When activated by a pedal, the heads nod in unison and emit distorted chanting sounds. The work is inspired by Indonesia’s sociopolitical landscape in the early 1990s, particularly the state’s influence on public opinion and independent thought through propaganda. Drawing on the rich Javanese tradition of wayang kulit (shadow puppetry), Dono uses satire to reflect on history, society, and culture.

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This exciting, family-friendly exhibition explores contemporary design and its hidden impacts on our everyday actions, like walking, eating, and sitting. It reveals how design can improve our lives, influence our behaviours, and foster human connections. General director Taku Satoh (Japanese, born 1955), video director Yugo Nakamura (Japanese, born 1970), and music director Shuta Hasunuma (Japanese, born 1983) invited designers and artists to respond to the exhibition’s ideas, resulting in a variety of activities: hands-on games, interactive installations, and immersive audiovisual rooms. The show aims to spark creativity and surprise—moments of inspiration that make you say ‘Ah!’.

Design Ah! at M+ is an adaptation of the highly successful exhibition at TOKYO NODE, produced with NHK Educational and NHK Promotion. It is based on Design Ah! neo, a Japanese children’s educational television programme produced by Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation). The programme has received numerous international awards, including at the Prix Jeunesse and Peabody Awards. The M+ presentation is the first Design Ah! exhibition organised outside of Japan.

Venue address: Main Hall Gallery, G, M+

This presentation celebrates the museum’s fifth anniversary with a significant donation to the M+ Collections from Herzog & de Meuron (established Switzerland, 1978), the world-renowned architecture firm that designed the museum building.

The exhibition showcases newly donated models, drawings, and material samples that reveal Herzog & de Meuron’s innovative architectural practice. It focuses on built and unbuilt projects in China, including landmark buildings such as M+ (2013–2020), Tai Kwun in Hong Kong (2006–2018), and the National Stadium in Beijing (2002–2008), as well as urban planning projects that respond to how territory and landscape fundamentally shape the form of cities. These works reflect the firm’s deep engagement with China since the early 2000s, set against the backdrop of the country’s rapid economic growth and ambitious infrastructure development.

Myths, Monsters, and Manga: The Art of Fantasy in Asia explores the role of fantasy in the evolution of Asian visual culture and its global impacts. Spanning from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, the exhibition presents fantasy as a potent creative tool for artists to respond to shifting sociopolitical conditions. Through imaginative stories, characters, and worlds, these artists confront complex realities that resonate with contemporary experiences. This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the links between a wide range of genres and styles, highlighting historical connections that have rarely been explored.

Unfolding across four chapters, the exhibition begins with pre-modern traditions such as Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Indonesian shadow puppetry, and Tibetan Buddhist scrolls. These traditions helped establish fantasy as a foundational element of Asian visual culture. Chapters two and three trace major twentieth-century developments, including the spread of Surrealism through Asia and the post-war emergence of Japanese manga and anime. The final chapter presents the explosion of fantastical anime aesthetics in art, design, architecture, film, fashion, video games, and digital culture around the world that continues to the present day. It shows how these creative forms move fluidly across disciplines and regions in the twenty-first century.