March in Hong Kong transforms the city into a vibrant canvas for artists and art enthusiasts from around the globe. Celebrating Hong Kong Arts Month, an array of exhibitions, installations, and performances bloom across the city, showcasing a rich tapestry of creativity. Each carefully curated experience promises to enchant, provoke thought, and foster a deeper appreciation for the arts in the heart of Asia’s world city.
From the historic walls of Tai Kwun to the innovative spaces of contemporary galleries, LARRY’S LIST has prepared a list of 12 art events that one must see in Hong Kong this month.
Supper Club at the Fringe Club
The inaugural Supper Club event in Hong Kong, co-organized with the historic Fringe Club during the city’s annual Art Week, aims to disrupt traditional art fair norms. Featuring over 20 international and regional galleries, the event curated by Anqi Li and hosted in the Fringe Club’s heritage building, promotes experimental art, live performances, and panel discussions. Running from March 25-30 with late night hours daily from 4pm – 1am, Supper Club seeks to offer a new art selling and socializing experience, emphasizing emerging talents and innovative artistic dialogues.
Traces of Life: Global Figuration, Onfinitive Foundation
“Traces of Life: Global Figuration” is a collaborative exhibition by Onfinitive Art Foundation and VETA by Fer Francés, showcasing contemporary figurative painting by 14 artists, including Alex Becerra, Adrian Ghenie, and Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, running from March 25 to 30, in Hong Kong, explores cross-cultural dialogue and shared inspirations, highlighting the artists’ contributions to art history and their responses to themes of isolation, rebellion, and spirituality through vibrant and innovative artworks.
“Art in Resonance”—The Peninsula’s Global Celebrated Art Program
The Peninsula announces the comeback of “Art in Resonance” during Hong Kong Art Week, featuring new artworks by Kingsley Ng, Lachlan Turczan, Elise Morin, and Saya Woolfalk. These pieces, alongside selected works from The Peninsula’s collection, will be displayed at its Hong Kong flagship hotel, starting late March and open through May. Aimed at supporting emerging artists and enriching cultural experiences, the exhibition invites public engagement with innovative installations, including a monumental sculpture, a kinetic sound piece, an expanded sculptural work, and a digital meditation portal.
Para Site
Para Site presents “Soft breath,” a solo exhibition by Trevor Yeung starting on March 16, co-commissioned in partnership with Gasworks, London and Aranya Art Center, Qinhuangdao. Taking queer experiences that have shaped multi-species entanglements as a starting point, “Soft breath” evokes the fluid interplay between night and day, public and private life, and hidden and visible desires. It is Yeung’s first major solo exhibition of 2024, leading up to his representation of Hong Kong at the 60th Venice Biennale. Also starting at Para Site on the same day, “Sounding Lines” is a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Aki Sasamoto that explores the boundaries and interrelations among people and their physical surroundings.
HKwalls 2024
HKwalls, the city’s largest street art festival, is back from March 23 to 31, transforming Hong Kong’s streets with vibrant artworks and murals by local and international artists like Lousy, Tom, Siukins, Maye from France, Jaune from Belgium, and Aches from Ireland, to name a few. The festival not only showcases street art but also includes digital art, workshops, discussions, and exhibitions, promising an engaging program of artistic experiences.
Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)
The exhibition “Love Letters: Everlasting Sentiments from the Xubaizhai Collection” explores profound emotional connections across time through art. At the heart of this exploration, Tsang Kin-wah’s “Freezing Water: Between Here and There” uses the Xubaizhai Collection as inspiration, creating a contemporary bridge to past emotional landscapes. Other installations on view include Hikoko Ito’s “Happy Birthday Likeboxes in Sunlight,” Angela Yuen’s kinetic “Land Ho!,” and cut paper artist Bovey Lee’s augmented reality work, each independently enriching the museum space with unique interpretations of culture, memory, and urban respite.
Hong Kong Arts Centre
The current “To Morrow and Beyond” exhibition showcases the progress of awardees from the first two editions of CREATORS FOR TOMORROW initiative, which was launched in 2020 to foster emerging artists and curators by offering hands-on experience in arts program planning and execution. This initiative aids in launching professional arts careers and ensures sustainable industry growth promoting their work and encouraging knowledge exchange. Time to discover new talents there!
Tai Kwun
This month, Tai Kwun, the revitalized Central Police Station compound, hosts two notable art exhibitions. “Green Snake: women-centred ecologies” examines the intersection of art and ecology, spotlighting the role of women in addressing climate change through over 60 works from 30 artists and collectives worldwide. Starting March 16, “Who is Who” introduces new pieces by Sarah Morris, including her film “ETC” and the site-specific painting “Lippo (Paul Rudolph),” enriching the dialogue on contemporary artistic practices and environmental concerns.
teamLab: Continuous
The international collective teamLab will showcase “teamLab: Continuous” at Tamar Park and the Central and Western District promenade for Art@Harbour 2024. This outdoor installation features hundreds of color-changing luminous ovoids that respond to visitor interactions, alongside trees that light up and produce sounds in harmony with the ovoids. Experience this captivating display stretching from Tamar Park’s lawns to Victoria Harbour, accentuating Hong Kong’s lively waterfront.
M+
M+, Hong Kong’s global museum of visual culture, is presenting “Shanshui: Echoes and Signals,” a thematic exhibition exploring complex connections between landscape and humanity. At the same time, visitors can experience the installation “Knitting Coversations” by Hong Kong artist Movana Chen and “Dislocate,” a large-scale wooden sculpture by Vietnamese artist Bùi Công Khánh.
Art Central 2024
Art Central 2024, taking place from March 28-31 at the Central Harbourfront, is a key highlight of Hong Kong Art Month, featuring a blend of 95 galleries—70% of which are from Asia. This year, the fair introduces “NEO,” a new sector for first-time exhibitors and artists, alongside a diverse program of live performances, installations, talks, and tours. The fair, set in a purpose-built architectural marvel, is conveniently located near Art Basel and M+. Try not to miss the Night Central event on March 28.
Hong Kong Art Basel 2024
Art Basel 2024 marks a return to its grand scale with 243 leading galleries from over 40 countries, showcasing art from Asia, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. This edition, larger by 65 exhibitors than last year, will feature 25 first-time participants, including notable galleries from Paris, São Paulo, Tokyo, Taipei, London, Shenzhen, and New York. With 68 established galleries rejoining, the fair emphasizes Asia-Pacific’s artistic contributions, offering a blend of historical works, 20th-century masterpieces, and emerging talents, ensuring a diverse and engaging experience for attendees.
By Ricko Leung
