Culture & Cool from Asia's most dynamic city
Last week a friend invited me to join a few graffiti artists in painting at the old Kai Tak airport in Kowloon Bay. Climbing through a hole in a fence and walking past a few obstacles, we arrived at an abandoned building.
Above Second Gallery, the same people who curated the massive Work in Progress exhibition last June, are opening a new group show titled “Neon Golden” on Friday, September 6th.
Hidden from the bustling pedestrian traffic along Mongkok’s Argyle Street is a secret alleyway filled with extraordinary graffiti pieces.
Fab 5 Freddy, a pivotal figure in the history of Hip Hop, will be in Hong Kong to take part in two special events on October 19th and 20th. On October 19th, he will preside over a screening of Wildstyle, a movie that, to this day, serves as the most accurate depiction of Hip Hop culture at its birth.
Local graffiti artists Xeme and Sinic took the colorful signs of Hong Kong’s red-light district as inspiration for their new exhibition titled Portland Street,…
The group exhibition, titled Pick It Up, promises a “graffiti experience,” and will present the work of several legendary N.Y. writers, as well as…
French artist L1ES ONE has been active in Hong Kong for several years now. His art is rooted in graffiti, but often ventures into…
artwork by D*Face Hong Kong’s Schoeni Gallery is teaming up with London’s Adapta Gallery to put on a show titled “Attention Spam.” Opening on…
As the turmoil in the financial markets began to spread to Hong Kong, someone put up a large wheat-paste graphic with the message “Game…
[photopress:Embassy_art_show_exhibit_HK.jpg,full,pp_image] As anticipated, the debut exhibition at the new Embassy art space in Chai Wan drew a major crowd. Arriving at Embassy, I was…
[photopress:M1NT_club_shark_tank_tagged.jpg,full,pp_image] Hong Kong based French artist L1ES ONE held an opening party for his exhibition titled “LE GRAFF1T1 C’EST CH1C” at M1NT on Thursday…
[photopress:L1ES_ONE_detail_painting.jpg,full,pp_image] I made the trip out to Chai Wan Thursday night to check out the opening of the L1ES ONE, C1V1L1ZATION exhibition. I’ve been…
[photopress:SIX_KEYZ_L1ES_ONE.jpg,full,pp_image] French artist L1ES ONE, now residing in Hong Kong, takes over the Six Keyz space for an exhibition of “EVOLUT1ON1ST GRAFF1T1” on Thursday,…
I can’t comment on the entire local art scene, but for the hipster circle I can offer a few insights. Recently people have been…
I saw a new Sony ad campaign today on the MTR (the subway in H.K.). It features a free-hand drawing style that is currently…