“The uterus is the rite of passage that is common to all of us regardless of race, class, gender. It is a common space, it is like water – water is water, blood is blood, the womb is the womb, birth is birth. You are born from someone, you come from that passage.” – Zanele [...]
Read moreCelebrating the 60th anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, this special one-night-only event unites HK Phil Music Director Jaap van Zweden and beloved cellist Yo-Yo Ma for Dvořák’s magnificent Cello Concerto. Beethoven’s heroic Leonore Overture no. 3 opens the concert, and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio italien – a richly descriptive portrait of Italy – brings the evening to a rousing [...]
Read moreWith Jenůfa, Leoš Janáček broke through as a music theatre composer once and for all. His third opera is set in the countryside, in a tight-knit community with stifling social control. Jenůfa becomes pregnant from Števa. He promises to marry her but breaks his word. At the highest possible price, Jenůfa’s stepmother, the respected sexton [...]
Read moreThe annual Music in the Summer Air (MISA) returns, kicking off its 14th year at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall. This year, the cross-genre line-up will be performing music for 2 weeks. ‘Light in the Universe’ is the event's main theme. During the music season, more than 20 diverse performances will be offered to audiences [...]
Read moreYayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now is the largest retrospective of the artist in Asia outside Japan. Featuring more than 200 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and archival material, this exhibition surveys Kusama’s career from the earliest drawings she made as a teenager during World War II to her most recent immersive art pieces. Organised [...]
Read moreTo Feature Chinese Pianist Lang Lang With the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla right around the corner, the BBC has announced the world-famous stars joining in on the celebratory Coronation concert. Among those joining the lineup include singer-songwriters Paloma Faith and Tiwa Savage, rock ‘n’ roll singer Steve Winwood and pianist Lang [...]
Read moreArt Basel concludes a resonant 2023 edition in Hong Kong amid reports of vigorous sales and strong attendance, attesting to the continued reinvigoration of Hong Kong’s cultural scene and its pivotal role as the gateway to the Asian art market Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 closed on Saturday, March 25, 2023, following a week of [...]
Read moreThe Investec Cape Town Art Fair reaches a major milestone this summer, marking a decade as the city's premier visual, contemporary art event. From its inception, the fair has connected artists with galleries and collectors while showcasing fresh ideas and masterpieces in the making. Produced by Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa, a leader and one of [...]
Read moreIn the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers correctly, suddenly he holds all the power – and a glorious secret. When life hangs in the balance, can love conquer all? Puccini’s score is rich in musical marvels (featuring ‘Nessun dorma’), while [...]
Read moreReview by Arifa Akbar, The Guardian This slow but searing monologue begins as a girl-meets-boy romance which might be a meet cute if the tone were not so sombre. He is a poet, aloof and intriguing, she is a receptionist, instantly drawn to him. “I don’t believe in love at first sight but I feel [...]
Read moreIt's a night of reunion. It's a night of ecstasy. It's a night of triumph. Music Director Maestro Long Yu - 余隆 was back on the podium last night. The full force of the orchestra was at his disposal in two firsts by Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in the first half and Piano Quartet No. [...]
Read moreSeeing is believing. Thinking. Feeling. Art today is an intriguing spectrum of intellect, imagination, and emotion that sparks dialogues about life, existence, and our world. It is essentially a human experience. ARTisFAIR was fashioned on this very notion, to challenge perceptions about art, while creating a new kind of appreciation. The biggest hybrid contemporary art [...]
Read moreNorval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) today announced the names of 30 artists shortlisted as finalists for the second edition of The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, an annual award for contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora. The finalists are: Alioune Diagne, Amy Rusch, Andrew Esiebo, Arébénor Basséne, Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, Dimakatso Mathopa, Esther Mahlangu, Famakan [...]
Read moreCelebrating its 10th anniversary in London, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is delighted to return to Somerset House with its flagship edition over the course of four days from 13 – 16 October 2022 (Press & VIP Preview on 13 October). 1-54 London 2022 will host 50 international exhibitors across 21 countries, its largest number of countries to date [...]
Read moreFrieze London and Frieze Masters will take place from 12 to 16 October in The Regent’s Park, bringing together galleries from 42 countries, to celebrate the creative spirit of the city. Led by Eva Langret, Frieze London will feature over 160 of the world’s leading contemporary galleries. Frieze Masters, directed by Nathan Clements-Gillespie, will feature over 120 galleries, showing work from ancient [...]
Read morePrincess Aida has been kidnapped: a valuable prize in a war between Egypt and Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the ambitious soldier Radames wrestles with his feelings for her. As they draw closer together, each must make an agonising choice between their loyalty to home, and their love for each other. In this new production, director Robert Carsen [...]
Read moreLetters Live is back at the Royal Albert Hall for the third time this autumn. Letters Live is an unmissable celebration of the power of literary correspondence. Each show stars a completely different array of world class performers, reading remarkable letters written over the centuries and from around the world. One of the joys of [...]
Read moreAfter months of online viewing room (OVR) teasers, the anticipation for the hybrid 2021 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong turned into palpable excitement as fairgoers slowly trickled into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday, a local public holiday, for the first of the fair’s VIP entry slots. This time around, after numerous postponements, […]
Read moreGiuseppe Penone’s The Listener to be the Special Event of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and debut of Vuslat Foundation. The nine-metre-high tree sculpture by the Italian artist will be installed in the Arsenale, inaugurating new foundation for global ‘Generous Listening’ initiative. The Vuslat Foundation is a global initiative that […]
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