Cover Enjoying Art Month in Hong Kong? One of our must-see exhibitions is ‘Flowerions, The Seed and Breed, and The Eye’ from the ‘Plasma Dreams’ series by Huang Shan-lo and Jive Lau at Crafts on Peel (Image: courtesy of the artists and Crafts on Peel)
Enjoying Art Month in Hong Kong? One of our must-see exhibitions is ‘Flowerions, The Seed and Breed, and The Eye’ from the ‘Plasma Dreams’ series by Huang Shan-lo and Jive Lau at Crafts on Peel (Image: courtesy of the artists and Crafts on Peel)
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Coinciding with Hong Kong’s Art Month in March, these exhibitions by Hong Kong-based galleries offer a window into the city’s stories and perspectives
Art Month is in full swing and Hong Kong’s art scene is absolutely buzzing with exhibitions, art panels, discussions, parties and more. With so much going on, it’s easy to lose track of what to see and experience during this busy period. To ensure that you don’t miss the must-visit events in town, we have rounded up all the international and local galleries that are hosting some stellar exhibitions. Find out more about international galleries listicle, read here. And to know more about local galleries, read on.
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1. Woaw Gallery: HR Giger Hong Kong
Above ‘Woaw Gallery: HR Giger Hong Kong’ (Photo: Instagram/@kaleidoscopemagazine)
‘Woaw Gallery: HR Giger Hong Kong’ (Photo: Instagram/@kaleidoscopemagazine)
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When: March 25 to April 18, 2025
Where: Woaw Gallery, 3 & 5 Sun Street, Wan Chai
What: Swiss artist HR Giger’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong revisits his iconic “biomechanical” aesthetics, which is blending human physiques with machines in a drawing or painting, to reexamine his cross-generational legacy and influence in the art industry.
Highlights from the exhibition include the two original doors from the short-lived Giger Bar in Tokyo, a total environment designed by the artist in 1989 with custom roof, walls and fittings, and one of his well-known Harkonnen chairs. The exhibition also features the renowned “Biomechanoid” portfolio in 1969, an early body of work which showcases his influential aesthetic.
2. Ora-Ora: ‘Upward’ and ‘The Last Word Always Belongs to the Mountain’
Above ‘Upward’ (2025) by Huang Yulong (Photo: courtesy of Ora-Ora and the artist)
Above ‘Mirrored Silence’ (2025) by Stephen Thorpe (Image: courtesy of the artist and Ora-Ora)
‘Upward’ (2025) by Huang Yulong (Photo: courtesy of Ora-Ora and the artist)
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When: Until April 26
Where: various locations
What: Ora Ora has several exhibitions running during art month, which include the following:
Running until April 26, The Last Word Always Belongs to the Mountain features new artworks by British artist Stephen Thorpe, the exhibition explores the increasingly fractured relationship between humankind and the mountain. These elevated landmasses have been regarded as a place of power and mysticism throughout history, as it’s seen as home to deities, sages and mythical creatures across cultures. The show serves as “a journey to faraway mountain ranges” which is at the same time “is deeply connected to our society and to our own psychology,” says Henrietta Tsui-Leung, the co-founder and CEO of Ora-Ora. “His paintings represent beautiful schisms, chasms, fractures and surprising harmonies [through] which we learn more about ourselves.”
Chinese artist Huang Yulong combines his interest in breakdancing with his profession as a sculptor to create Upward, an outdoor exhibition which showcases more than 20 sculptures of three-metre-tall faceless characters wearing hoodies; some wear face masks while others hold a bottle of spray can, as if they’re about to do graffiti. They’re Huang’s commentary on the evolution of street culture and sense of belonging in China. The show runs until March 31.
3. Alisan Fine Arts: ‘Tradition Transformed’
Above ‘Tradition Transformed’ (Image: courtesy of Alisan Fine Arts)
‘Tradition Transformed’ (Image: courtesy of Alisan Fine Arts)
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When: March 24 to June 14
Where: 21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
What: This exhibition creates a dialogue between 18 artists spanning three generations. It explores the evolution of ink art from mid-20th-century modernist experiments to present-day innovations. The selected works, organised along the themes of form, narrative and materiality, demonstrate how artists have both challenged and sustained the philosophical and aesthetic foundations of the ink medium.
4. PHD Group: ‘Animale’
Above ‘Working Horse – Brown’ (2025) (Image: the artist, PHD Group and Felix SC Wong)
‘Working Horse – Brown’ (2025) (Image: the artist, PHD Group and Felix SC Wong)
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When: March 22 to May 24
Where: Causeway Bay (please contact the gallery for an appointment and the address)
What: In Animale, Osaka-born artist Sasaoka Yuriko’s surreal, immersive video installation explores the roles that animals play in human society and questions the superiority that humans assume about themselves. Drawing from historical stories like Wojtek, the Syrian brown bear which served in World War II, and Laika, the Soviet space dog, the artist investigates the complex relationship between humans and animals through the lens of labour, dependency and societal narratives.
5. Supper Club
Above ‘Secretion is like mucus’ (2023) by Katerina Lukina, presented by ShopHouse at Supper Club (Image: courtesy of the artist and ShopHouse)
‘Secretion is like mucus’ (2023) by Katerina Lukina, presented by ShopHouse at Supper Club (Image: courtesy of the artist and ShopHouse)
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When: March 24 to 30, 2025
Where: 9/F & 11/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central
What: Co-founded by PHD Group founders Willem Molesworth and Ysabelle Cheung, Supper Club is an alternative art event that takes the format of a hybrid between an art fair and a hub for creatives to gather. It returns in its second edition this year to showcase new and returning galleries. PHD group will present new works by three local artists, including art and anthrozoology collective Zheng Mahler, multidisciplinary artist Chan Ting and painter Sarah Lai.
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6. Chat: Art month programme
Above ‘Ring of Animals’ (2023) by Young In Hong (Image: courtesy of the artist and Chat)
‘Ring of Animals’ (2023) by Young In Hong (Image: courtesy of the artist and Chat)
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When: Until July 13, 2025
Where: The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan
What: Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (Chat) will celebrate art month with a programme that includes Lining Revealed – A Journey Through Folk Wisdom and Contemporary Vision, a group exhibition exploring the intersections between traditional crafts, folk art and contemporary creations; Busy Needles – Textile Embellishments of Hong Kong, a display reflecting on the city’s textile history; as well as Artefacts of Motif, a showcase of objects and archival materials from Chat’s collection, highlighting the dragon’s symbolic significance and flexibility in Hong Kong textile creations.
7. KC100 Art Space: ‘Hong Kong Moments’
Above ‘Cardboard Granny’ (2022) by Richard Crosbie (Image: courtesy of the artist and KC100 Art Space)
‘Cardboard Granny’ (2022) by Richard Crosbie (Image: courtesy of the artist and KC100 Art Space)
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When: Until May 17, 2025
Where: 100 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung
What: Through his watercolour paintings, British artist Richard Crosbie, who has lived in Hong Kong since 1996, captures the evolving cityscape, the city’s juxtaposed traditional and contemporary elements, the distinctive identities of different neighbourhoods and what sense of belonging can mean, specially during the pandemic. He presents 50 art pieces in this solo exhibition.
8. Blindspot Gallery: The Time of Our Lives
Above Asleep (film still) (2024) by Sin Wai Kin (Image: courtesy of the artist and Blindspot Gallery)
Asleep (film still) (2024) by Sin Wai Kin (Image: courtesy of the artist and Blindspot Gallery)
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When: March 24 to May 10
Where: Blindspot Gallery, 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang
What: In Canadian-born artist Sin Wai Kin’s practice, they bring fantasy to life through storytelling in moving images, performance, writing and print. They take inspiration from the experiences of binary categories, their works imagine alternative worlds to describe lived experiences of desire, identification and consciousness.
9. GDM: ‘T Ree O Go D Evil’
Above ‘T Ree O Go D Evil’ (2025) by Tsang Kin-Wah (Image: courtesy of the artist and GDM)
‘T Ree O Go D Evil’ (2025) by Tsang Kin-Wah (Image: courtesy of the artist and GDM)
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When: Until May 24
Where: GDM, 108 Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell Street, Central
What: Shantou-born, Hong Kong-based artist Tsang Kin-Wah specialises in creating immersive spaces through digitally rendered image projections to explore topics of identity, politics and cultural conflicts. In his first solo show titled T Ree O Go D Evil, he references the tree of knowledge in Christianity and Judaism to create an immersive art experience that examines wartime brutality.
10. Crafts on Peel: ‘Embracing Craft, Connecting Nature’
Above ‘Ebb & Flow’ by Takeshi Fujii and Crystal Liew (Image: courtesy of the artists and Crafts on Peel)
‘Ebb & Flow’ by Takeshi Fujii and Crystal Liew (Image: courtesy of the artists and Crafts on Peel)
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When: Until April 5
Where: Crafts on Peel, 11 Peel Street, Central
What: The exhibition brings together international and Hong Kong artisans across generations to co-create bronze teapots, plasma neon lamps, bamboo sedan chairs and ceramic bonsai decorative pieces. This process enabled a creative, cross-cultural dialogue on the innovative potentials of traditional craftsmanship and the preservation of the sunset trades like bamboo scaffolding.
11. Gallery Exit: ‘Loveguard’
Above ‘Dreaming of swimming pools 14’ (2025) by Chan Wai Lap (Image: courtesy of the artist and Gallery Exit)
‘Dreaming of swimming pools 14’ (2025) by Chan Wai Lap (Image: courtesy of the artist and Gallery Exit)
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When: March 22 to May 3, 2025
Where: Gallery Exit, 3/F, 25 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Aberdeen
What: Hong Kong artist Chan Wai Lap, known for his swimming pool installations and paintings, reimagines the role of lifeguards in this exhibition. His drawings and installations are both a response to Hong Kong’s lifeguard shortage and an extended exploration of the connection and disconnection between people in contemporary society.
12. Podium: ‘Aftershock’
Above ‘Kneeling barnacles, at the altar of erosion, copper faces conceived in succulent, giant vines—swollen, then torn, gasping, desublimating into mudras’ (2025) by Sihan Guo (Image: courtesy of the artist and Podium)
‘Kneeling barnacles, at the altar of erosion, copper faces conceived in succulent, giant vines—swollen, then torn, gasping, desublimating into mudras’ (2025) by Sihan Guo (Image: courtesy of the artist and Podium)
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When: March 22 to May 24, 2025
Where: Podium, Unit 9D, E Tat Factory Building, 4 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang
What: Podium’s anniversary exhibition Aftershock presents five artists from various disciplines and cultures—Ivana Bašić, Sihan Guo, Ittah Yoda, Yein Lee and Diane Severin Nguyen—to explore the reverberations of trauma and the transformative potential that its aftermath can bring. The artists examine the recuperation from the geological phenomenon of aftershocks as a metaphor for healing and change, and contemplate the question: how can one tap into the core of trauma and create new paths that break free from habitual patterns?
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13. JPS Gallery: ‘Souvenirs, Novelties, Party Tricks’
Above A piece by Joe Foti (Image: courtesy of the artist and JPS Gallery)
A piece by Joe Foti (Image: courtesy of the artist and JPS Gallery)
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When: March 20 to April 26, 2025
Where: G/F, 88-90 Staunton Street, Central
What: New York-based designer of the luxury brand Chrome Hearts Joe Foti will have his first solo exhibition Souvenirs, Novelties, Party Tricks in Hong Kong this month. The show features more than 180 mixed-media works that showcase Foti’s broad interests in his practice.
14. Para Site: ‘Take Turns’
Above ‘Take Turns’ by Wing Po So (Image: courtesy of the artist and Para Site)
‘Take Turns’ by Wing Po So (Image: courtesy of the artist and Para Site)
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When: Until May 25
Where: 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay
What: The newly commissioned exhibition of Hong Kong artist Wing Po So, Take Turns, reimagines Chinese medicine drawers as sites of transformative healing. He presents works across three “islands” within the gallery, anchored by a central wooden structure inspired by generative systems. The immersive installation integrates Chinese herbs, rocks, kinetic sculptures, 3D-printed objects and sonic rhythms, creating an ecosystem where the boundaries between the organic and inorganic, animate and inanimate, dissolve.
15. Kiang Malingue: Three Stories: Monsters, Opium, Time
Above ‘Yamabiko, character sketch from Night March of Hundred Monsters’ (2021) by Ho Tzu Nyen (Image: courtesy of the artist and Kiang Malingue)
‘Yamabiko, character sketch from Night March of Hundred Monsters’ (2021) by Ho Tzu Nyen (Image: courtesy of the artist and Kiang Malingue)
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When: Until May 13, 2025
Where: Kiang Malingue, 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai
What: Ho Tzu Nyen’s Three Stories: Monsters, Opium, Time explores history and myth through film and video installations. The exhibition, structured like the three realms of trailokya, features "Night March of Hundred Monsters," an animated encyclopedia of yōkai intertwined with Japanese imperialism. "O for Opium" delves into the aesthetic history of opium, using layered visuals to depict its seductive power. "Timepieces" comprises forty-three screens exploring diverse temporalities, questioning Western linear time against Southeast Asian indigenous experiences. Ho's works critically reflect on history's construction, blending folklore, historical events, and philosophical concepts.
16. Pearl Lam Galleries: Blooming Shields
Above ‘Ajah in Disguise IX’ (2025) by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (Image: courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam Galleries)
‘Ajah in Disguise IX’ (2025) by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun (Image: courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam Galleries)
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When: Until April 16, 2025
Where: La Petite Maison, H Queen's, 23-29 Stanley Street, Central
What: Nigerian artist Ayobola Kekere-Ekun’s unique approach is signified by her use of local fabrics to create works that are visually striking with vibrant colours. Butterflies and flowers are some of the common themes explored in her work. This display at the restaurant LPM comes with a cocktail inspired by the exhibition. The collaboration is a celebration of cultural exchange, food and art.
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Zabrina is the Senior Editor, Arts and Culture of Tatler Hong Kong. She specialises in performing arts, visual art and film. Her wanderlust was first fuelled by the Mighty Rovers Antarctica Expedition 2010. Over the years, she has interviewed A-list artists and filmmakers, including Oscar winners Chlóe Zhao and Tim Yip, Golden Horse winner Sylvia Chang, In the Mood for Love cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Pachinko author Min Jin Lee, and Coachella’s first Chinese solo singer Jackson Wang. She won gold at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards for her 2021 feature on the waves of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
