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Video art shows Chinese migrants’ struggle in 1800s New Zealand
Displayed at Tai Twun in Hong Kong, Lisa Reihana’s DigiRadiance: Gold_Lead_Wood_Coal shows Chinese miners in New Zealand in 360 degrees.
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Copy of The Little Prince worth US$1.25 million for sale at art fair
9 Nov 2024 - 1:15PM
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, November 8-10
8 Nov 2024 - 5:11PM
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India by the Bay festival back in Hong Kong with dance, food, talks, music
Usha Uthup will sing and speak, and there are yoga classes, writers’ talk and more at Hong Kong event celebrating one of the oldest cultures.
7 Nov 2024 - 6:15PM
Kādal Kaḍal: Endless Love, a dance by Rukmini Vijayakumar (pictured) is part of the 2024 India by the Bay programme. Photo: courtesy of India by the Bay
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5 arts events to catch in Hong Kong this weekend, November 8-10
Digital art, the annual India by the Bay festival, choral concerts and a post-apocalyptic musical are among the highlights for arts fans.
7 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM
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October 7 widow on her movie at Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Shaylee Atary directed Single Light, inspired by a sexual assault she suffered. It is one of 25 films in festival celebrating Jewish culture.
7 Nov 2024 - 7:15AM
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John Banville on ‘eerie’ masterpieces at Spain’s Prado museum
The Booker Prize winner talks about Old Masters’ pictures that ‘look at you’ and AI in art as he takes writing inspiration from the Prado.
6 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM
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Tributes pour in for bookshop owner, but he’s very much alive
His landlord thought he’d died. People shared fond memories of him. A clearance sale was arranged. But Bill Fiedler had simply retired.
6 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM
The Gallery Bookstore in Chicago, where an “End of an Era” sale was organised in the mistaken belief its owner had died. Photo: Google Maps
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Why no US release for lauded Palestinian-Israeli documentary?
Team behind film depicting Palestinian life in Israeli-occupied West Bank yet to find a US distributor. They blame politics and US election.
5 Nov 2024 - 3:48PM
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5 great reasons to visit Shanghai this November, when weather is good
From a jazz festival and the Shanghai Greenhouse to art exhibitions and Marina Abramovic’s new showcase, there’s lots to enjoy this month.
5 Nov 2024 - 12:45PM
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The best of world furniture design is coming to Hong Kong
Salone del Mobile will show works from its SaloneSatellite permanent collection in an exhibition preceded by a spotlight of Hong Kong design.
5 Nov 2024 - 11:15AM
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Family. Dogs. The beauty of Hong Kong artist’s paintings of his life
Chris Huen currently has a solo exhibition in Vancouver of his artworks that combine Western techniques with traditional Chinese ink styles.
4 Nov 2024 - 7:15AM
“Balltsz” by Chris Huen. This work is included in Huen’s solo exhibition at the Vancouver Centre of International Contemporary Art until November 9, 2024
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60 years on, Dr. Strangelove the stage drama opens in London
Like Peter Sellers in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1964 movie, Steve Coogan plays several roles in the stage version adapted by Armando Iannucci.
3 Nov 2024 - 7:21PM
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The bookstores where anyone can rent a shelf to sell books, new or used
In Japan, where many conventional bookstores have closed, a new business model sees people rent shelves in a store to sell their books.
9 Nov 2024 - 1:38AM
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Literary but not literal, translator introduces Korean writers to the world
Award-winning translator Brother Anthony ponders Nobel Prize hype and the complexities of translating Korean poems and novels into English.
4 Nov 2024 - 9:41AM
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Jodi Picoult, Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker books top banned list in US
Once recommended for young adults, Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes leads among 4,200 titles banned in schools, writers’ group PEN America says.
3 Nov 2024 - 4:15AM
Jodi Picoult’s novel about a school shooting, Nineteen Minutes, is the most banned book in schools in the United States, according to PEN America. Photo: Instagram/@berlinbookbriefs
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From combing hair to gifting a suckling pig, Chinese wedding rituals
Find out who conducts the pre-wedding hair-combing ceremony, how to play door games on the big day and the role a red umbrella plays.
7 Nov 2024 - 1:14PM
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Thieves blast their way into Dutch art gallery and steal Warhol prints
Gang using explosives steal two Andy Warhol ‘Reigning Queens’ prints, abandon two more that won’t fit in getaway car, gallery owner says.
2 Nov 2024 - 12:24PM
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A glittering turn from Elina Garanca in Hong Kong operatic gala
Showcase for mezzo-soprano’s vocal virtuosity sometimes came at the expense of musical purity, but Macao Orchestra impressed nonetheless.
31 Oct 2024 - 5:45PM
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Why was Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin’s Hong Kong concert scrapped?
Hong Kong government says it cancelled Russia-born Kissin’s recital for ‘scheduling reasons’, yet his nine other Asia concerts will go ahead.
1 Nov 2024 - 12:08PM
Evgeny Kissin and conductor Andris Poga receive the applause of the audience in 2018 after a performance by the Russian-born pianist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. After being named a “foreign agent” by Moscow over his support for Ukraine, Kissin cancelled his November 2024 recital in Hong Kong. Photo: Ka Lam/HKPhil
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5 must-see places in Shenzhen for art lovers and architecture fans
A shopping mall, a fashion company HQ and a restaurant are among the places to admire art and architecture in the Chinese tech hub.
31 Oct 2024 - 12:40PM
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Herbie Hancock as incredible as ever at Hong Kong jazz festival
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock showed he’s still got it at the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024, with other stand-out acts including Ted Lo and Heidi Li.
31 Oct 2024 - 10:10AM
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Why scientists have a bone to pick with dinosaur fossil in Hong Kong
Hector the Deinonychus highlights how, like works of art, fossils too can be sold to the highest bidder. That has palaeontologists worried.
30 Oct 2024 - 11:20AM
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