Gallery sights in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Museum of Art
Southeast of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the excellent Hong Kong Museum of Art is a must for lovers of the fine as well as the applied arts. It has seven galleries spread over six floors, exhibiting Chinese antiquities, Chinese fine art, historical pictures and contemporary Hong Kong art; it also hosts temporary international exhibitions. The seventh gallery houses the Xubaizhi collection of painting and calligraphy. Highlights include some exquisite ceramics in the Chinese Antiques Gallery; the Historical Pictures Gallery, with its 18th- and 19th-century Western-style paintings of Macau, Hong Kong and Guangzhou; and the Gallery of Chinese Fine Art, which combines cont…
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Para/Site Artspace
In addition to the commercial galleries, nonprofit exhibition spaces include Para/Site Artspace, the most consistent and promising of the local artists’ cooperatives. This adventurous, artist-run space knows no boundaries when it comes to mixing media. Most art on display is local but there are occasional exhibitions by international artists as well.
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Pao Sui Loong & Pao Yue Kong Galleries
Due east of the Academy for the Performing Arts is the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Along with theatres, including the important Agnès B Cinema, you’ll also find here the Pao Sui Loong & Pao Yue Kong Galleries. Extending over floors Nanshan four and five, there’s room to host retrospectives and group shows in all visual media.
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Hanart TZ Gallery
Hanart is la crème de la crème of art galleries in Hong Kong, and was instrumental in introducing contemporary Chinese art to the world. One of the most influential and innovative galleries, Hanart shows a thoroughbred stable of figurative and conceptual painters, sculptors and video artists, many of them based in Hong Kong.
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Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
In addition to the commercial galleries, nonprofit exhibition spaces include the nine-storey Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, which was converted from an industrial building and houses artists’ studios and workshops. The best time to visit the JCCAC is during its open studios (refer to the websites for dates).
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Amelia Johnson Contemporary
This gallery shows the works of emerging and established artists from Hong Kong and overseas in a range of media. It also runs an annual exhibition of works by promising young artists.
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KS Lo Gallery
The KS Lo Gallery, in a building southeast of the Hong Kong park's tea-ware museum, contains rare Chinese ceramics and stone seals collected by the gallery’s eponymous benefactor.
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Cattle Depot Artist Village
In addition to the commercial galleries, nonprofit exhibition spaces include Cattle Depot Artist Village, a one-time slaughterhouse that is home to a colony of local artists.
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Grotto Fine Art
This is the only gallery that represents exclusively Hong Kong artists. It features modern and contemporary works, from painting and sculpture to installation pieces.
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YY9 Gallery
Founded by a furnishing design consultant, this gallery shows local contemporary art in a range of media, from painting and photography to sculpture and ceramics.
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Sin Sin Fine Art
This eclectic gallery owned and run by a local fashion designer shows Hong Kong, mainland Chinese and Southeast Asian art.
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Edge Gallery
This up-and-coming gallery specialises in photography, painting and mixed-media art from Hong Kong and the mainland.
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10 Chancery Lane Gallery
This gallery specialises in contemporary works by local, regional and international artists.
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