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Spotlight shines brightly on Hong Kong’s artistic extravaganza

  • With the whole world watching, the city has rapidly transformed into an arts and cultural hub of international repute

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From Instagram-worthy street art to museum-quality masterpieces; from record-breaking Chinese art sales to edgy local talents and a vast array of multicultural festivals, Hong Kong’s vibrant art scene is unique and acclaimed internationally. What has so captured the art world’s attention is the speed of this transformation, especially over the past decade.

In just 10 years, some 50 galleries have opened in Hong Kong, including major names from around the globe.

Fine art sales have exploded, with the city now representing the world’s third-largest art market – after New York and London – for prestigious auction house Sotheby’s.

The continuously unfolding West Kowloon Cultural District has put the city’s performing art sector in the global spotlight, capped by the highly anticipated opening this month of the Xiqu Centre – a world-class venue paying homage to Cantonese opera and other genres of Chinese traditional theatre.

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The newly opened Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
The newly opened Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
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