Irish singer’s brother likens Dublin museum’s waxwork of O’Connor to a cross between a shop dummy and ‘something out of the Thunderbirds’. Museum apologises to her family and pledges to do better.
The meanings attached to numbers in Chinese culture explain why some people pay millions of dollars for certain car licence plates and some buildings don’t have a fourth floor. We delve into the superstitions.
A Hong Kong-based dream interpretation specialist explains why she thinks dreams are warnings, not predictions, and how her approach differs from that of China’s ‘God of Dreams’.
Privately funded Centre d’Art Rodin in building that housed French Pavilion for 2010 Expo will launch in September with a show of 50 Rodin sculptures and dozens more by pupils of the artist.
Chinese author and artist Jin Yucheng, whose novel was made into the TV series Blossoms Shanghai by Wong Kar-wai, holds his first art exhibition in Hong Kong featuring evocative portrayals of China.
Thomas Jolly will ‘play with’ stereotypes of Paris seen in TV shows such as Emily in Paris in the Olympics opening ceremony, which he says will be ‘huge’ and for which rehearsals are being held in secret.
Jiang Zemin was the most knowledgeable world leader Luciano Pavarotti ever met, the tenor said after being outsung by the Chinese leader in an Italian debt, former Hong Kong impresario recalls in memoir.
What use is an albatross on land, a tree that can’t support its branches, or an artist? Latifa Echakhch, who draws on these motifs for her show at Pace Gallery Seoul, finds beauty in their very inefficiency.
The Lovers, The Empress, The Emperor and Strength, new paintings by actor Johnny Depp, are inspired by the iconography of tarot cards, the actor says. The Empress is a tribute to ex-partner Vanessa Paradis.
Ahead of giving lectures and workshops in Hong Kong, Pim Wangtechawat talks about mining her father’s experiences in Hong Kong for her magic-realist novel about a time-travelling British-Chinese family.
See some of Chinese novelist Jin Yucheng’s art, do yoga with your kids, try a hot new Hong Kong bar, watch an unusual documentary about daredevil urban explorers – we have your weekend covered.
Thierry Chow, a Hong Kong feng shui designer of workplaces, shares how she uses colours, lighting, layout and plants in harmony to make a productive space, and why there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.
See another side to Blossoms novelist Jin Yucheng, let yourself be transported back to Cantopop’s golden age, view the interactive artwork of a leading Hong Kong new-media artist.
‘Their music was part of our lives,’ says curator of show in Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, that puts in context the songwriting of James Wong Jim and Joseph Koo for radio, TV and stars of Cantopop’s golden age.
American equine photographer Alex Evers talks about capturing moments from Hong Kong’s 2023/24 horse racing season for his Hong Kong Jockey Club exhibition, and why Happy Valley Racecourse is special.
Senyawa, an Indonesian experimental duo who mix guttural singing with music played on home-made instruments, will return to Hong Kong this summer for Noise Fest in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Elim Chan made a strong case for succeeding Gustavo Dudamel as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music director with a mesmerising concert for the orchestra’s Hollywood Bowl opening night.
An all-male tradition that combines music, dance, acrobatics and archaic formal Japanese in plays four hours long, kabuki needs to change, according to one of its biggest stars, Danjuri Ichikawa. He’s made a start.
Lévy Gorvy Dayan & Wei’s decision to close its space in Central at the end of 2024 comes as other international galleries open new outposts in places such as Seoul and Tokyo instead of Hong Kong.
BTS Merch at Monochrome? Check. Swiss sportswear at On’s new flagship store? Check. This and more in our quick guide to the weekend’s unmissable shopping opportunities.
Marsh miasma, barrack fever, Hongkong Fever – colonisers called the disease that struck as they built their new town on the north shore of Hong Kong Island by a variety of names. It’s the subject of a new book.