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Installation view of “How to be Happy Together?” at Para Site, Hong Kong. Photo: Felix SC Wong

It’s showtime for 4 must-see art exhibitions this week

This week’s thought-provoking shows from the queer cosmos of ‘How to be Happy Together?’ to exploring human destiny in ‘Veering’ and more.

15 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM

What to do in Hong Kong

Why golden trumpet trees attract Hong Kong photographers every spring

12 Mar 2025 - 10:42AM

Unsold artworks, kapok flowers, post-human landscapes and more this March

5 Mar 2025 - 3:01PM

Fame and celebrity

Gallery to sell signed Paul McCartney photos from Beatlemania era

McCartney’s photos, taken as the Beatles were finding global stardom, will go on show, and on sale, at the Gagosian gallery in Beverly Hills.

22 Feb 2025 - 2:45PM

Photographs taken by Paul McCartney during the Beatles’ famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. Photo: AP

Why Gen Z are using 10-year-old iPhones, old digital cameras

Gen Z and millennials carry two iPhones: the latest, and models a decade old for photos as part of the ‘young-tro’ – young and retro – trend.

16 Feb 2025 - 7:45AMvideocam

From our archives

In pictures: Spring Lantern Festival in Hong Kong, through the years

To mark the end of Chinese New Year, Hong Kong comes alive with colourful lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month – here’s a look back at celebrations from the 1980s to 2024.

12 Feb 2025 - 7:15PM

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What is Hmong New Year – and how is it celebrated in the modern day?

For the Hmong ethnic group, the New Year festival in northern Laos’ Phonsavan is the perfect time to don your finest, honour your clan and go in search of The One.

6 Feb 2025 - 6:15PM

A Hmong woman stands among the ancient stones of the Plain of Jars (Site 1),
outside Phonsavan. The Hmong New Year celebration in Phonsavan, the largest of its kind in Laos, sees young Hmong men and women mix and match traditional attire with modern accessories. Photo: Nicolas Bosoni

Q&A | How an obsession with Hong Kong’s basketball courts led to ‘Shooting Hoops’

American photographer Austin Bell has snapped all the Hong Kong basketball courts that he could find, capturing a part of the city’s essence.

1 Feb 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Victoria Tang-Owen on her famous dad and starting Thirty30 creative agency

The Hong Kong designer, photographer and multidisciplinary creative talks about finding her rebellious streak and stepping out of her famous father David Tang’s larger-than-life shadow.

22 Jan 2025 - 3:15PM

Drone photos of every Hong Kong outdoor basketball court become art

Austin Bell’s mission to shoot all 2,549 courts took him and his drone across the city, and created geometric art for a book and exhibition.

19 Jan 2025 - 8:51AMvideocam

American photographer Austin Bell’s aerial photos of Hong Kong’s basketball courts capture vibrant colours and geometric shapes found painted on many across the city - details that are difficult to notice at ground level. Photo: Austin Bell

Recap | How famous photographers capture the essence of Hong Kong over the years

Explore the rich history and cultural evolution of Hong Kong through the lenses of renowned photographers.

17 Jan 2025 - 3:15PM

Fan Ho with his Rolleiflex 3.5 A (type K4A) camera which he used to take phots of Hong Kong in the 50s and 60s. Photo: Fan Ho

All technology will eventually ‘die out’. This Tokyo museum preserves it

From Betacam videotapes to cameras, defunct tech is the main attraction at the Extinct Media Museum.

14 Jan 2025 - 4:21PM

Photographer behind Benetton’s shock ads Oliviero Toscani dies

As artistic director of Benetton, Olivieiro Toscani helped make it one of the world’s leading fashion chains with his controversial imagery.

13 Jan 2025 - 4:45PM

Syrian conflict

Syrian photographer’s return to war-torn hometown is ‘like a dream’

Douma, near Damascus, endured years of terror under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Sameer al-Doumy escaped, and thought he’d never get back there.

5 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM

France-based photojournalist Sameer al-Doumy photographs Douma from a damaged building. He says returning to his Syrian hometown doesn’t offer comfort. Photo: AFP

‘Right time, right place, right people’: Chow Yun-fat on his photography

Hong Kong actor talks about blending into a crowd to take street photographs, his inspiration, and his new show at Harbour City.

23 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM

For actor Chow Yun-fat, photography has become a passion. Photo: Harbour City

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, Dec 13-15

Try truffle bread and a gong bath, see some selfie art, watch an award-winning, if tragic, film and more in Hong Kong this weekend.

13 Dec 2024 - 3:17PMvideocam

Pics or it didn’t happen: the evolution of travel photography in Hong Kong

What did tourists in Hong Kong choose to photograph in earlier times, and how have these subjects changed – or not – over the years?

11 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM

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Photographer’s images of daily life in post-war Hong Kong on show

Mak Fung, a self-taught photographer who shot scenes of Hong Kong and city life, has been underrated until now, exhibition curator says.

9 Dec 2024 - 4:23PM

A peddler in Mong Kok, a photograher taken by Mak Fung in 1970. Photo: Mak Fung

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Recap | Explore Fan Ho’s iconic Portrait of Hong Kong photos from his final book

Discover captivating images by renowned photographer Fan Ho, who was known as the ‘Cartier-Bresson of the East’, showcasing Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s.

9 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM

Beauty filters also make us look more intelligent, study finds

Software-modified faces were viewed more favourably than untouched ones in a Spanish study. This may not be a good thing, psychologist says.

3 Dec 2024 - 4:59AM

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Recap | Explore 1970s Hong Kong through a gallery of works by photographer Ho Kwok-pun

Step back in time and witness the city through the lens of the renowned photographer and his captivating photobook ‘Hong Kong 70s From Struggle to Success’.

2 Dec 2024 - 3:22PM

Chlidren wade through a flooded Cheung Sha Wan Road. Photo: Ho Kwok-pun/EastPro Gallery

Street photographers thrive in this African city’s centre

Street photographers make a living snapping the fashionably dressed, while dancers create videos for social media in Kenyan capital’s centre.

26 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM

A recent graduate poses in her graduation gown for a street photographer in Nairobi’s central business district. Photo: AFP

She escaped death in Malaysia’s seas. Now she’s a warrior for the world’s oceans

With every dive, acclaimed Malaysian underwater photographer Ipah Uid Lynn aims to turn her work into a rallying cry for ocean health.

11 Nov 2024 - 11:59AM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Tyra Banks’ ex and baby daddy, Norwegian photographer Erik Asla?

Banks and Asla share 8-year-old York Banks Asla, who was conceived via gestational surrogacy; the photographer has 3 daughters from previous relationships, including Kim Shui model Tatjana Asla.

7 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

US-China relations

Forgotten friendship between US and China on display in WWII photo exhibition

An exhibition of photos from the China-Burma-India theatre in WWII shows Chinese and American soldiers fighting side by side.

13 Oct 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

An exhibition of photos taken during WWII of Chinese and US soldiers serving side by side - including this image of US soldier Edward McNamara being taught to use chopsticks - has opened in Beijing. Photo: Zou Dehuai

Francis Bacon and Tom Wesselmann shows are on in London and Paris from October

Bacon’s show focuses on his portraits and includes photos of the artist by the likes of Cecil Beaton, while 150 of Wesselmann’s works appear alongside others by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol

9 Oct 2024 - 12:00AM

Twentieth century greats Francis Bacon and Tom Wesselmann feature in a pair of must-see exhibitions starting in October at London’s National Portrait Gallery and Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton. Photos: Handout

This new book spotlights the untold lives of Hong Kong’s shift workers

Ever wondered what the night shifts of a newspaper printing-press operator or a convenience store cashier look like?

7 Oct 2024 - 12:56PM

Fame and celebrity

After that Emmys speech, who is Jodie Foster’s wife Alexandra Hedison?

A photographer and director, Hedison has a new short documentary about the non-binary author and performer Alok Vaid-Menon; she’s been with Foster since 2013 and previously dated Ellen DeGeneres.

23 Sep 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

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