Tai Kwun is excited to announce the return of SPOTLIGHT: A Season of Performing Arts, which will present five dynamic shows from March through April 2024. As shows from previous seasons gradually make their way to the international stage, this upcoming season carries on the mission of commissioning original new works that delve into subject […]
Tai Kwun Contemporary is pleased to announce Sarah Morris: Who is Who, the upcoming solo exhibition of renowned American artist Sarah Morris (b. 1967). The exhibition presents the feature- length film ETC (2023) and a newly commissioned wall painting, Lippo . Who is Who is on view from 16 March to 14 April 2024 in […]
Debuting in Hong Kong for the first time and interpreted site specifically for Tai Kwun, internationally celebrated director Tsai Ming-Liang continues his career-spanning collaboration with Golden Horse Award-winning actor Lee Kang-Sheng in The Monk from Tang Dynasty. Previously featuring at international arts festivals around the world, including Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Vienna Art Fair, Taipei Art Fair, and […]
Now a springtime staple, Tai Kwun's outdoor flower extravaganza "Tai Kwun In Bloom" is set to sprout for its fourth showing inside the Parade Ground from 4 April. More than a mere gathering for floral enthusiasts, the flower market transcends the botanical realm and expands on Tai Kwun's mission to foster public appreciation for the […]
In this quirky interactive performance, fictitious Danish start-up Labyss conjures the sensory experience of being turned into data through AI conversations and questionnaires designed to revive and store one’s memories. Performed by artists from Hong Kong, audiences are invited to share and witness as their collective thoughts are absorbed and regenerated into a strange emerging […]
Artificial Intelligence and chatbots – once considered tools or playthings – are evolving, poised to become our everyday companions and confidants. As AI becomes increasingly enmeshed within personal expression and social interaction, humanity must grapple with shifting notions of identity and self-awareness. Created by transdisciplinary artist Lo Wan Ki, Retry Login is a virtual life […]
Continuing Tai Kwun’s tradition of incubating female dance arts, from Mui Cheuk-yin to Wong Pik Kei Rebecca and Gigi Yang, this year SPOTLIGHT has commissioned a solo dance theatre programme co-created and performed by Elsie Chau – co-founder of Unlock Dancing Plaza and the former principal dancer of the Hong Kong Dance Company – and […]
Dormitory Town invites audiences to set out on an odyssey through the complexities of mortality. Travelling from Tai Kwun to the Tung Wah Coffin Home, the roaming theatre performance guides its followers through soliloquy and song - into the web of work, rest, and the afterlife – made tangible in the context of a local […]
As Tai Kwun turns six years old, we reflect on the thousands of events, exhibitions, and performances hosted since 2018. The one constant feature and source of inspiration that has continually filled Tai Kwun with energy in that time is you. The people of Hong Kong have come in their millions, returning again and again, […]
Tai Kwun Contemporary is proud to present a major survey exhibition by the US-born artist Bruce Nauman, one of the most influential artists working today. Curated in collaboration with the Bruce Nauman Studio, and based primarily on works from the Pinault Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as loans from the Tate […]
Programme ROUSSEL Serenade, op. 30 MASSENET Thaïs: Méditation, arranged for violin and harp DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola and harp SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan, arranged for cello and harp CRAS Harp Quintet In the 20th century, chamber music discovered new horizons – and in France, especially, the magical sound of the harp brought an enchantment that’s all […]
Tai Kwun’s upcoming Summer Show Soundtrack of Our Lives: Joseph Koo x James Wong x the Rise of Cantopop carves a journey through classic songs crafted by iconic musical duo Joseph Koo and James Wong. Simultaneously charting the rise of Cantopop and chronicling the transformation of Hong Kong from the 1970s through to the first years of […]