Upcoming Art Events For You!
24-2-15
Love walking through galleries and giving long glances at canvases? Here's 5 upcoming art events that might tickle your Thalamus. (The part of the brain that appreciates music/art/the aesthetically pleasing.)
ArtWalk is Hong Kong’s biggest annual charity art event with 60 galleries around Hong Kong Island opening their doors between 4.30pm to 11.30pm in March every year. After buying a ticket and receiving your ArtWalk entry badge, you can take any route on ArtWalk night in any order to visit (or re-visit) galleries and enjoy complimentary food and drinks.
The Society for Community Organization (SoCO) receives a donation from the sale of ArtWalk tickets – which are on sale in late February at branches of Bookazine in Central & Wan Chai and one of our ticket-selling galleries.
Art Central is Hong Kong’s exciting new art fair, showcasing the next generation of talent alongside some of the most established contemporary galleries and art spaces from across the globe.
Launched by the founders of ART HK, Art Central debuts 14-16 March 2015 to coincide with Art Basel’s Hong Kong edition.
Fotanian Open Studio event brings together a vibrant community of artists and art lovers who transformed industrial lofts into art studios. With the migration of industries to the Mainland, our local creative have started to take refuge in the spacious lofts of vacant industrial buildings since 2000. Fotanian Open Studio Programme is a major annual event in the local art scene to help support Hong Kong cultivated artists. They are the only art event that focuses solely on Hong Kong talent.
Following the success of the Fair over the past two years Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong is back next month! Education is at the heart of our fair and we are preparing an inspiring and interactive education programme to make art accessible to all.
The concept is simple, yet unique: an inspiring and friendly atmosphere in which you can find thousands of original paintings, prints, sculpture and photography all under one roof, and all between HK $1,000 and HK $100,000, with a special curated “Under $10,000 Wall.”
Explore the art hub of Chai Wan with this home grown festival. Chai Wan Mei Art and Design Festival, a vibrant festival to explore the creative ecosystem of the industrial neighborliness of Chai Wan. More than 30 art and design spaces open their doors along with a specially curated art exhibition presented in shipping containers and pop-up art spaces, dance performances and more. This two-day art and design festival celebrates the local and global art scene within the cultural fabric of Hong Kong. Born as an open studios event in the Chai Wan neighborhood of Hong Kong, Chai Wan Mei highlights Hong Kong as an organic creative hub.
*Painting provided for this article by Winnie Davies
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