Cover Lucky Dragon by Dutch artist Frankey will be at Rosewood Hong Kong as part of the hotel’s Art Month programme (Photo: Rosewood Hong Kong)
Lucky Dragon by Dutch artist Frankey will be at Rosewood Hong Kong as part of the hotel’s Art Month programme (Photo: Rosewood Hong Kong)
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Tatler Hong Kong
As Art Basel energises the city, Rosewood Hong Kong joins the conversation with a month of art, food and drink unfolding across the hotel
This March, Hong Kong’s cultural calendar tilts decisively towards art. Galleries buzz, collectors arrive, and Art Basel once again sends a current through the city. But increasingly, the conversation spills beyond the fair halls. At Rosewood Hong Kong, Art Month unfolds across the hotel itself. Not simply as décor, but as a sequence of encounters between art, food, drink and the people who come looking for them. Across the programme, guests are invited to explore themes of joy, belief and belonging through artistic and culinary moments that unfold throughout the property.
At the centre of it all stands Lucky Dragon, a new installation by Dutch artist Frankey, on view from March 23 to April 22. The sculpture captures a moment both whimsical and quietly symbolic: a towering dragon balanced above the raised hand of a small child. The gesture is simple: visitors are invited to give the child a high-five, turning the artwork into something participatory rather than purely observed.
Frankey drew inspiration from Hong Kong’s relationship with the number eight, a motif that surfaces throughout the city and even in the octagonal design details of the hotel. In his interpretation, eight is more than an auspicious number; it is also the age when imagination runs freely. The dragon becomes both a cultural symbol and a childhood fantasy, hovering somewhere between belief and play.
Above Frankey’s Lucky Dragon balances whimsy and symbolism
Above The installation is inspired by Hong Kong’s fascination with the auspicious number eight
Frankey’s Lucky Dragon balances whimsy and symbolism
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At Rosewood Hong Kong, Art Month doesn’t stop at sculpture. The programme stretches across the property, bringing visiting chefs, pastry collaborations and cocktail guest shifts into the fold.
At Bayfare Social, Spanish cooking takes the spotlight for two nights as chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho of London’s lively Spanish eatery Sabor joins the kitchen for a four-hands dinner on March 18 and 19. The menu travels through Spain’s regional traditions, from the lively flavours of Andalusia to the wood-fire cooking of Galicia, reframed through the lens of seasonal ingredients and contemporary technique.
For something sweeter, The Butterfly Room welcomes Seoul’s JL Dessert Bar, where pastry chef Justin Lee, named Pastry Talent of the Year by La Liste in 2024, joins the team for a collaborative afternoon tea on March 19 and 20. Expect delicately composed pastries and playful confections that lean into the creative energy of the season.
Above London’s lively Spanish eatery Sabor will be at Bayfare Social on March 18 and 19
Above The Butterfly Room welcomes Seoul’s JL Dessert Bar on March 19 and 20
London’s lively Spanish eatery Sabor will be at Bayfare Social on March 18 and 19
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The bar programme also joins the cultural conversation. At DarkSide, the guest shifts arrive from several corners of the cocktail world. Sydney’s Maybe Sammy follows on March 17 with a cinema-inspired cocktail evening complete with custom trailers, while Milan’s Moebius arrives on March 24 with its boundary-pushing interpretation of classic drinks. On March 18, Singapore’s discreet cocktail bar CODA travels to Hong Kong for a guest shift at XX, presenting a theatrical menu of bottle-rested cocktails that spotlight the richness and diversity of Asian spirits.Together, the collaborations form part of a wider programme designed to bring global creative voices into dialogue within the hotel.
And because this is Hong Kong, the journey between experiences becomes part of the ritual. During Art Basel week, Rosewood offers private yacht transfers across Victoria Harbour to the fair itself, complete with a glass of Ruinart to begin the evening, a gentle reminder that in this city, the skyline is often the most impressive installation of all.
Above Sydney’s Maybe Sammy will join the guest shift series at DarkSide on March 17
Above Milan’s Moebius will join the guest shift series at DarkSide on March 24
Sydney’s Maybe Sammy will join the guest shift series at DarkSide on March 17
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What emerges from the programme is less a series of events than a loose constellation of moments. A sculpture you can high-five. A visiting chef passing through the kitchen. A cocktail that nods to cinema or nature. For a few weeks in March, Rosewood Hong Kong turns the rhythms of the hotel into part of the city’s wider Art Month conversation. Across these encounters, art, hospitality and cuisine come together as different expressions of the same idea: discovery through shared experience.
And perhaps that’s the point: art here is not something you walk past in a corridor. It’s something you encounter, sometimes with a drink in hand.
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