As Hong Kong gradually opens up after months of lockdown, this lowdown provides a selection of exhibitions taking place throughout the summer.

With art galleries, museums and events closing around the world, the campaign offers a way for art fans and professionals in the city to keep calm and carry on.

At first glance, Gao Weigang's International Standard (2018) looks like a regular wooden frame—rectilinear, with a cross bisecting each of its four sides, almost resembling the generic windows from children's drawings—except that it has been coated in 24-karat gold leaf. International Standard belongs to 'The International...

Small, circular mirrors glint from rings of colour—green, dark green, and pale pink from inside out—while sprightly brushstrokes of red, yellow, and green acrylic paint compose the background. This painted collage, titled Stained Glass (2000), is the work of the late Pacita Abad; it was donated by the artist's estate for Asia Art...

THIRTEEN YEARS AGO, when curator Tobias Berger arrived in Hong Kong, there were only two or three contemporary art galleries. Today, there are well over 100, including several renowned international galleries such as David Zwirner, Pace Gallery, Hauser & Wirth and Gagosian, each representing the biggest contemporary names.

Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun, now in his late 90s, and American artist James Turrell, are featured at the Asia Society. Hon is renowned for co-founding the Circle Art Group in the 1960s, a pioneering collective of artists hailed for bringing modern art to Hong Kong.

Chinese wealth is everywhere—land, bonds, productive power, contemporary art. Its financial and cultural influence defines much of what we call globalisation. As the curator Philip Tinari recently suggested, the concept of 'Rushi,' or China's 'Entering the World' (a term used to describe the country's admission into the World Trade...

Like many people, Benjamin Cha found his first encounter with conceptual art a little bewildering. 'I remember seeing On Kawara's work at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston in the mid '90s. I was a student at the time,' Cha recalls. 'It was a room full of over 100 of Kawara's date paintings. I walked in and had a moment where I thought...

This archive covers the span of Lee Wen's practice as an artist, organiser, and writer, starting in the early 1980s: his solo and collaborative projects, his notebooks and sketchbooks, his formative period with The Artists Village, his writings and correspondences, and his extensive documentation of art collectives and festivals in Asia and...

This archive consists of a continuously growing selection of the artist's collage books, exhibition documentation, and catalogues. It provides a singular window into Hong Kong's art history through international exchanges, exhibition history, and the circulation of artistic practices and reading materials. Primarily known as a sculptor and...

This archive contains over 4988 records related to the Salon Natasha exhibitions and projects, collected over 20 years of activity. It includes exhibition invitations and catalogues; artist CVs and statements; project concept descriptions; and correspondence between curators and artists, press, and media reviews. Salon Natasha was a meeting...