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A woman wears a virtual reality headset. VR headsets are widespread among gamers but can also be used to learn. A VR researcher and an education expert talk about the technology’s potential. Photo: Shutterstock

Arts & Culture

Are VR headsets the future of education in schools?

Virtual reality headsets can help to teach languages and train workers. Do they have a bright future in schools? Experts weigh in.

1 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM

Scott Kahn was down and out. Then fellow artist Matthew Wong bought a work

1 Dec 2024 - 9:29AM

Art made from plastic waste on Chinese beaches makes a statement

1 Dec 2024 - 8:33AM

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Chinese-born buyer of US$6.2 million banana art eats it in Hong Kong

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun praises artist for creating Comedian artwork, before downing it on live stream at The Peninsula hotel.

30 Nov 2024 - 8:47AMvideocam

Chinese-born cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun eats a banana artwork, composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, in Hong Kong on November 29, 2024, a week after buying the provocative work of conceptual art at a New York auction for US$6.2 million. Photo: AFP

Arts & Culture

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 29-December 1

Music lovers should head to Central, those looking to relax can check out a sound bath and foodies will love this afternoon tea this weekend.

29 Nov 2024 - 3:15PMvideocam

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best shows in Hong Kong this weekend, Nov 29-Dec 1

See Suede, Central Cee and more at Clockenflap, or an award-winning jazz singer’s intimate event. A top drag queen makes her Hong Kong debut.

28 Nov 2024 - 5:52PM

Arts & Culture

Did Frederic Chopin write this? Newly found waltz goes on show

A sheet of music discovered in a New York museum could well be the work of Chopin, experts agree. The museum has put the waltz on show.

27 Nov 2024 - 5:15PMvideocam

A previously unknown musical manuscript, possibly by Frederic Chopin, rests in a display case after it was discovered at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York. Its authenticity remains debated. Photo: AP

Fashion & Beauty

When Notre Dame burned, so did hope for designer. Then he received a call

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has dressed pop stars including Rihanna, and a pope. Now he’s designed priestly robes for Notre Dame’s reopening.

27 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM

French fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac with some of the surprisingly minimalist priestly robes he has designed for the reopening of Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral. Photo: AFP

Arts & Culture

Chinese culture

Life, love and loss at museum of Chinese migrants’ letters home

People who left Chaoshan, southern China, for work sent back remittances and reflections on life. A museum in Shantou displays their letters.

27 Nov 2024 - 7:40AM

Arts & Culture

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Elim Chan conjures magic in brilliant Prokofiev with HK Phil

Chan shapes a mesmerising rendition of symphony after teaming with violinist James Ehnes in a refined performance of Tchaikovsky concerto.

26 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM

Arts & Culture

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

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Ishbel Myerscough, British portrait artist, on making daughter her muse

‘You see so much of yourself in your daughter,’ says Ishbel Myerscough, whose paintings of her daughter and others can be seen in Hong Kong.

25 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM

Detail from Black Slip (2024) by Ishbel Myerscough. Photo: Handout

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Dance drama Wing Chun a visually exciting feast of martial arts action

Ip Man is portrayed brilliantly by Chang Hongji in a high-energy martial arts and dance show that idealises the kung fu master’s life.

25 Nov 2024 - 1:26PM

Arts & Culture

American cinema

Thriller September 5 recalls hostage tragedy at 1972 Munich Olympics

‘Almost like Rear Window,’ director says of September 5, set in ABC Sports control room. Producer who was there recalls what it was like.

25 Nov 2024 - 11:20AMvideocam

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US artist Howardena Pindell holds first Asia solo show in Hong Kong

On show at White Cube, the wonders of space and nature, and a racist symbol, shape the art of Pindell, 81, raised in the America of Jim Crow.

24 Nov 2024 - 6:30PMvideocam

American artist Howardena Pindell, whose first solo exhibition in Asia is at White Cube Hong Kong until January 8, 2025. Photo: Nathan Keay

Arts & Culture

Books and literature

Cormac McCarthy’s ‘secret muse’ was 17 when they first had sex, she says

American author Cormac McCarthy was 42 when he met 16-year-old Augusta Britt, who she says inspired characters in some of his famous novels.

24 Nov 2024 - 1:15PMvideocam

Pulitzer Prize-winner Cormac McCarthy, pictured here in 2011, was the author of books including Blood Meridian, The Road, No Country for Old Men, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, The Passenger, Suttree and The Orchard Keeper. Photo: TNS

Arts & Culture

Hong Kong conductor Elim Chan on reaching beyond the concert hall

Chan, 38, back in her home city to conduct, talks about shaking up ‘dinosaur’ orchestras, women conductors and not messing up.

26 Nov 2024 - 11:56AM

Arts & Culture

Duct-taped banana artist says US$6.2 million work a ‘provocation’

‘It invites us to reflect on the value of art’, Maurizio Cattelan says after Chinese entrepreneur buys work for US$6.2 million at auction.

23 Nov 2024 - 12:45PM

Arts & Culture

Chinese crypto entrepreneur pays US$6.2 million for banana taped to wall

Sotheby’s confirmed that Justin Sun was the buyer of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian sculpture at its auction yesterday.

23 Nov 2024 - 12:43PM

FILE - Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece of art “Comedian” hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby’s in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Arts & Culture

American cinema

Jennifer Lawrence-produced film shows women’s torment in Afghanistan

Apple TV+ documentary Bread & Roses, co-produced by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, was shot entirely on smartphones.

19 Nov 2024 - 4:45PMvideocam

(From left) Bread & Roses producers Malala Yousafzai, Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, and director Sahra Mani, attend the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on November 14, 2024. Photo: AFP

Travel & Leisure

Tourists in Japan get their teeth into making food replicas

You’ve probably seen replicas of popular dishes in restaurant window displays. Tourists in Japan join workshops to learn how they’re made.

19 Nov 2024 - 12:45PM

Arts & Culture

Shanghai Art Week generates buzz despite China’s slowing economy

With an estimated 200-plus events and show openings, Shanghai Art Week was a celebration of the Chinese city’s connection to the world.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM

Arts & Culture

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Daniel Yeung on revival of his nude dance show

Yeung, 57, reflects on age catching up with him as he revisits exhibitionist solo dance work at Freespace in Hong Kong.

18 Nov 2024 - 3:49PM

A promotional shot for Daniel Yeung’s Freespace Dance-exhibitionist. Photo: Hoi Chiu

HIGHLIGHTS FROM

St Vincent. Photo: David William Baum

St Vincent has always crafted her own identity – her new album is no different

Ahead of her Hong Kong debut, at Clockenflap, American singer and musician St Vincent talks life, death, love and identity.

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