Tai Kwun is proud to present its first-ever Art Week (24 to 30 March 2025) - a dynamic seven-day celebration brimming with cutting-edge performances from emerging artists, absorbing cultural events, extended exhibition hours, and eclectic commercial gallery offerings.
Throughout Art Week, Tai Kwun Contemporary will offer extended hours for its ongoing exhibitions, providing greater access for arts professionals, VIP guests, and the public. Part of Tai Kwun Contemporary’s Breakthrough series, the three solo exhibitions currently on view showcasing a trio of female artists exploring materials and storytelling through diverse approaches: Alicja Kwade: Pretopia reflects on our perception of time and proposes new perspectives for understanding reality; Hu Xiaoyuan: Veering examines the complex relationship between human destiny and natural evolution, addressing questions of survival and the meaning of life. Lastly, Maeve Brennan: Records explores the legacy of human impact on the environment and unearths hidden narratives within society’s dominant narratives.
Special opening hours for Art Week,
24 Mar 2:00pm-8:00pm
27 Mar 10:00am-7:00pm
25 & 28 Mar 11:00am-8:00pm
On March 28, Tai Kwun will present two live art, a focal point will be a live performance and film screening by London-based Malaysian Chinese artist Lawrence Lek at Tai Kwun’s open-air venue, the Laundry Steps. His performance NOX immerses audiences in his ongoing SimBeijing (New Beijing) trilogy. Blending Sino-futurism, wasteland aesthetics, and expressive electronic soundscapes, Lek examines the body, identity, agency, and emotions in the age of artificial intelligence.
Also happening at the same time is Bleeding into the Metaverse. Lighting up F Hall Studio, this dynamic digital dance party space invites attendees to dance alongside their own digital avatars. Created by affect lab, a women-led creative studio and research practice based in Amsterdam, the digital gathering originated as a response to an internet feud between feminist politics and online culture in 2022, and calls for greater acceptance and inclusivity of body diversity in the real world.
Lawrence Lek
NOX
Performance
28 Mar 2025 (Fri)
7–7:45pm
Laundry Steps
affect lab
Bleeding into the Metaverse
Digital dance party
28 Mar 2025 (Fri)
7–7:45pm
F-Hall Studio
Throughout Art Week, Tai Kwun's commercial galleries will host a range of intriguing exhibitions. Key highlights include: “The Voice in the Mirror” at Kwai Fung Hin Gallery, a solo exhibition of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and tapestries from Venezuelan modernist Oswaldo Vigas; “Beneath the Golden Canopy” at MASSIMODECARLO marks Chinese-Canadian artist Dominique Fung’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, presenting a new series of works that explore history, power, and cultural memory through a lens of longing and diasporic connection; “The Last Word Always Belongs to the Mountains” at Ora-Ora, a series of paintings from US-based artist Stephen Thorpe exploring our fractured relationship with culturally significant landscapes; "Seven" Contemporary Lacquer Art Exhibition at The Gallery by SOIL, a groundbreaking display of seven contemporary lacquer artists from Japan and China and “Sending You a Bouquet From Space” at Touch Gallery features a cosmic-themed collection of paintings by Aries, where struck golf balls serve as signals to the universe, delivering messages of love and hope.
Oswaldo Vigas: The Voice in the Mirror
20 Feb–8 Apr 2025 (Tue-Sat)
10 am – 7 pm
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery
Dominique Fung: Beneath the Golden Canopy
24 Mar–16 May 2025 (Mon-Sat)
10:30am – 7 pm
MASSIMODECARLO Gallery
Stephen Thorpe: The Last Word Always Belongs to the Mountain
24 Mar–26 Apr 2025
10 am – 7 pm (Mon-Fri)
11 am – 7 pm (Sat)
Ora-Ora
"Seven" Contemporary Lacquer Art Exhibition
20 Mar–27 Apr 2025 (Tue-Sat)
12 pm – 6 pm
The Gallery by SOIL
