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What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 9-11
Support Hong Kong bakers, and charity, at a ‘cake social’, check out poster art or grab your yoga mat for a new moon retreat with gongs.
9 May 2025 - 12:45PM
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History
Berlin’s Holocaust memorial turns 20 but would Germans rather forget?
7 May 2025 - 5:15PM
Art
Echoes of Picasso in Bob Dylan art going on show in London
7 May 2025 - 4:15PM
Auctions
Sotheby’s calls last-minute halt to Hong Kong auction of Buddha relics
Sale by family of 19th century British engineer of ‘duplicates’ of sacred relics he found in India called illegal by Indian government.
7 May 2025 - 3:23PM
Some of the sacred Budddhist relics pulled from sale in Hong Kong by auctioneers Sotheby’s after the intervention of the Indian government. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks
Can AI be a secret ingredient for restaurants? Top chefs weigh in
Some chefs say kitchens will have to ‘move with the times’ and embrace AI; others argue there is ‘nothing more beautiful than nature’.
6 May 2025 - 5:15PM
Music
‘This is for you, Michael’. Tilson Thomas’ final bow in San Francisco
Conductor who led San Francisco Symphony for 25 years received musical tribute as he took the podium for last time amid renewed cancer fight.
6 May 2025 - 3:15PM
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Fame and celebrity
Pinstripes to zoot suits, stars put on the style for 2025 Met Gala
Lewis Hamilton chose an ivory beret, co-host Colman Domingo a pleated blue cape as a host of stars joined fashion’s biggest party of 2025.
6 May 2025 - 10:55AM
Zendaya poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala on May 5, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
Art
How a Hong Kong digital nomad artist widened her colour palette with travel
Sarah Tse, who spends most of the year on the road, creates works inspired by the diverse landscapes she encounters, from Africa to Finland.
9 May 2025 - 2:02PM
Art
How pupils of Chinese ink painter Lui Shou-kwan went their own way
Lui Shou-kwan’s teaching influenced students from the New Ink Movement’s Wucius Wong to graphic designer and artist Kan Tai-keung.
5 May 2025 - 5:15PM
Asian diaspora
How AAPI Heritage Month started and its evolution over 5 decades
Celebration of US minority groups has evolved into a month-long event since Jimmy Carter established it in 1978. How, and why it’s important.
4 May 2025 - 6:15PM
Art
From murals to indigenous art, Darwin, Australia’s culture draws
With its street art, displays of indigenous painting, and prehistoric rock paintings nearby, Darwin is a hub of cultures ancient and modern.
8 May 2025 - 9:31AM
A mural in Darwin depicts an indigenous guide who works in nearby Kakadu National Park. Photo: Kylie Knott
TV shows and streaming video
You can’t fake ballet, say Étoile cast and creators about dance drama
Amazon Prime series Étoile, which follows two ballet companies from New York and Paris, shows the athleticism and dedication of ballerinas.
3 May 2025 - 7:15PM
Art
Liu Dan’s Chinese ink art with Western influences on show in Hong Kong
Known for his paintings of rocks, 72-year-old who fuses Chinese and Western artistic practices presents 26 works at Phillips auction house.
2 May 2025 - 9:02PM
Music
Secret message discovered in violin reveals its Nazi camp origins
Art dealers found that a skilfully crafted violin they had long owned was made by a Jewish prisoner at the Dachau Nazi concentration camp.
1 May 2025 - 11:15AM
Books and literature
A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread
Consisting of 12 essays and poems, Light and Thread is Han’s first book since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 2024.
30 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM
Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024, is the author of a number of acclaimed books including The Vegetarian, Human Acts and We Do Not Part. Photo: AFP
Performing arts in Hong Kong
Bolshoi Ballet’s China tour to visit Shenzhen and Beijing but not Hong Kong
The famed Russian ballet company’s decision is the latest example of top performers skipping Hong Kong in favour of nearby cities.
29 Apr 2025 - 6:18PM
Music
Super-producer on reviving Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera
Impresario Cameron Mackintosh talks about creating Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and reinventing several of his classic shows for a new age.
29 Apr 2025 - 9:04AM
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What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this long weekend, May 2 to 5
Over this long weekend, fill up on award-winning beef noodle soup from Taiwan and enjoy an exhibition of art that celebrates the city.
2 May 2025 - 1:01PM
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Anastasia Tsiupa will lead a one-hour mat Pilates class in Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park, Hong Kong, on Saturday morning. Photo: instagram.com/flowandfriendshk
Art
‘Hong Kong the coolest teacher’ for filmmaker shooting series on artists
Rattanamol Singh was struck by the humour of Hong Kong artists, Art Basel’s show of wealth and how city’s creative community comes together.
28 Apr 2025 - 3:20PM
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What to do in Hong Kong
Photographer Michael Kenna shows love of Japan in Hong Kong exhibition
Briton’s long-exposure landscapes are the product of a resolutely analogue way of working in which he communes with his subjects.
28 Apr 2025 - 1:31PM
Music
Pianist undertakes 16-hour-plus concert of same music played 840 times
19th century composer Erik Satie called Vexations ‘simple, yet arduous’. Igor Levit is among the first pianists to perform it solo in public.
26 Apr 2025 - 7:01PM
Art
New John Singer Sargent exhibition charts the star portraitist’s rise
The show at New York’s Met covers Sargent’s journey to becoming the hottest portrait painter in Paris, and includes his infamous Madame X.
22 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1884. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Performing arts in Hong Kong
Hedwig and the Angry Inch rock musical coming to Hong Kong in Cantonese
The musical, which follows scarred genderqueer singer Hedwig on tour, has dropped the original glam rock and will be in Cantonese.
23 Apr 2025 - 6:51PM
Performing arts in Hong Kong
How Hong Kong debut of Aaron Zigman’s Émigré completes an emotional journey
This version of the musical, a love story between a Jewish refugee and a Chinese woman in Shanghai, has a different ending, composer says.
21 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM
Art
Line between art and crafts is blurred in new Hong Kong exhibition
At the Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile, works by artists and craftspeople from around Asia break boundaries between art and folk crafts.
15 Apr 2025 - 11:15AM
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