This series stems from the artist's "Manipulation" concept, which observes how society controls and manages visual imagery. These 2025 works suggest that this manipulation has moved beyond surface-level images to "process" the human soul and the way people think. It reflects the intricate relationship between individual personas and the collective.

The exhibition, titled Blessings from Afar, explores themes of “misunderstanding” and “miscommunication” as pivotal creative threads borne from her long overseas life. Utilizing a visual language of rainbow hues, lifelines, and interwoven lines, she delves into the exploration of line rhythms, corporeality, and sonic perception. Over time, she has developed a keen interest in the musicality encapsulated within lines, connecting this with the imagery of “minstrels,” seeking to introduce a more holistic perception into her visual art.

Ai Weiwei presents key works from over two decades, focusing on the themes of traditional cultural heritage, power structures, and the globalized landscape of consumerism. The exhibition starts with seemingly familiar everyday objects and historical imagery, and through material transformation and scale reconstruction, uses a variety of methods to engage with topics surrounding craftsmanship, history, and the artist’s personal circumstances and life experiences, which are intricately connected to human survival realities.

Although Ai’s work has been shown at fairs in Delhi and Mumbai, this marked the first sustained presentation of his oeuvre beyond an art week duration, featuring a concise yet pointed selection of projects spanning nearly three decades of his practice. Throughout this period, the Chinese artist has continually treated ordinary materials such as porcelain, earthenware, wood, and marble as historical evidence, using them to challenge collective memory, notions of authorship, and networks of power.

Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong is proud to present the exhibition Beyond Context, curated by Michela Sena. The group show features works by artists from Southeast Asia: Bjorn Calleja, Entang Wiharso, Gongkan, Heri Dono, Kitti Narod, Kim Lim, Kim Oliveros, Ryol, Luis Lorenzana, Nice Buenaventura, Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Pow Martinez, Rodel Tapaya, Shannah Orencio, Sophie-Yen Bretez, Tos Suntos, TRNZ, and Zean Cabangis.

Ming Ying’s exhibition "Anonymous Monuments" invites us into a world where the female figure emerges not as a singular identity but as a living fabric of history, culture, and emotion. Her paintings, executed in heavy impasto oil, are less about representation and more about embodiment: each layered brushstroke is a visceral act of storytelling, transforming paint into a tactile memory. Within this process, she reconfigures how we perceive female identity—shifting it from personal portraiture to a universal monument.

Since the early 2010s, Beijing-based artist Cai Lei has forged a practice that dissolves boundaries between sculpture, painting, and architecture. A graduate of the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts with a master’s degree in sculpture, he brings an architect’s precision to works that probe at how space is inhabited, measured, and inscribed in memory. Using cement, steel, and acrylic, Cai explores the slippage between vision and experience, as well as the material world and its phantom double. His use of trompe-l’œil—less deception than inquiry—tests the limits of sight itself, coaxing depth from flatness, solidity from air, while revealing the fragile contract between seeing and believing. His art inhabits that charged threshold where vision falters and perception begins.

Tos Suntos is an artist and designer that explores the tension between personal identity and the social, cultural, and religious forces that shape it. Through his alter ego "Enimous," he creates a visual language that explores the boundaries imposed by our belief systems and cultural traditions. Tos' work combines elements of Thai-Chinese culture with contemporary pop culture references, a voice that speaks to the universal human experience of navigating identity within societal constraints.

Created by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Can’t Help Myself is a highlight of the Stay Connected: Navigating the Cloud exhibition at Tai Kwun. The monumental installation features a robotic arm, programmed to behave like a living entity. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

The works of one of Asia's most famous photographers is on display at the Tang Contemporary Art gallery. Wang Qingsong's exhibition comprises over 20 works created over the past two decades.

Wang created "On the Field of Hope" during the pandemic this year. The work shares its name with a popular song from the 1980s.

Inside the imaginative crucible of Berlin’s art scene, Jonas Burgert builds kingdoms that crumble as you look. He is less a painter than a conjuror—part Bosch, part Goya, with a touch of Lynch thrown in for psychological chiaroscuro. His canvases are not merely paintings, they’re cathedrals of chaos: populated by the grotesque, haunted by longing, and held together by the frayed strings of the human condition.

Societal expectations, cultural norms, and hierarchies of value are deeply subjective and personal. At the same time, they are shaped by communities and vary from person to person and place to place. For Thai artist Kantapon Metheekul, better known as Gongkan, the space between these shifting boundaries serves as a powerful site of exploration—one where he reflects on his own journey while also examining broader personal and collective experiences.

These three Thai artists from different eras not only have a global vision, but their works also show the unique imprint of national culture. They vividly portray and present Thailand's society, history and current life from different angles and in their own distinctive artistic language and style, giving us a glimpse of a rich and diverse country that is integrated into the wave of globalization, and is shrouded in the heavy color of tradition and history.

Art Paris, the leading spring event for modern and contemporary art, is making a grand return to the historic Grand Palais from 3 to 6 April. Now in its 27th edition, the fair is bigger and more ambitious than ever, welcoming 170 galleries from 25 different countries—an increase of 34 exhibitors compared to 2024. With a newly renovated nave and expansive balcony spaces, Art Paris 2025 is set to reaffirm its status as a premier showcase for artistic discovery.

The recent show was held at Tang Contemporary Art, showcasing Ayres' singular development of abstraction as its own visual language.

Entre local et global, passé colonial et capitalisme contemporain, le cacao est un sujet d’étude pour les artistes-chercheurs travaillant en Asie. Caroline Ha Thuc les a réunis dans l’exposition itinérante.

For Out of Bounds, independent exhibition curator Simon Lamunière has selected 18 international artists from among the exhibiting galleries. He will be exploring contemporary creation as seen through the prism of multiethnicity and the hybridisation of forms and cultures, while addressing questions such as origins, gender, kinship, history and geography. His reflections will give rise to a themed visit and a catalogue presenting the work of each selected artist.

「吉莉安·艾尔斯：时光流逝之歌」主题展览由即日至2025年2月15日，于香港中环皇后大道中80号10楼当代唐人艺术中心展出。是次展览为吉利安．艾尔斯首次香港个展，由当代唐人艺术中心策划。

In Song of Hours Fled, Tang Contemporary Art invites guests to walk through the late Gillian Ayres’ first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Curated by her son, Sam Mundy, the showcase offers a thorough look into the artist’s life.

Gillian Ayres (1930 - 2018) was an influential English painter renowned for her large, vividly coloured abstract works and prints, characterised by thick layers of pigment that draw from diverse styles and movements. Ayres viewed abstract painting as a vital language reflecting the energy of the 20th century and its evolving relationship with nature and society.

As Hong Kong gets swept up in anniversary celebrations for the People’s Republic of China, recent museum and gallery programming reveals the battle for the city’s identity.

“This exhibition reflects my wish for people to slow down, stay present, and reconnect with their surroundings,” shared Benzilla. Through LOOOK, the artist bridges external experiences and internal peace, offering a whimsical yet deep narrative shaped by his encounters with people, events and emotions.

This exhibition reflects the artist's introspection as it spreads from internal contemplation to the external surroundings.

Art exhibition in Hong Kong sets out to educate people about where chocolate comes from and how it is made

Here Chow reiterates his recurring Hong Kong themes, but in a new incarnation. He creates an unusual, captivating tension between reality and cinematic imagination, and between different eras of the city that continue to coexist in our minds, clashing with the city’s ever-changing landscape.

Her brushstrokes, as if guided by the rhythms of heavy metal and electronic experimental music, dance across increasingly large canvases, leaving behind traces that are at once weighty and ethereal, imbued with profound emotion.

When Chow Chun Fai could not find a crossroads in Mong Kok, it led him to produce paintings of street views that combine present and past...

Conceptually, ‘No Heart Here’ delves into the emotional intricacies of modern life, illustrating the divide between body and mind and the inner dialogues that often go unspoken. Physically, it’s divided into four specific zones, and each one offers something very different for viewers.

Held in collaboration with Tang Contemporary Art, this is the first full-scale solo exhibition in Thailand in three years by Gongkan who evokes deep reflections on the complexities of life through the lens of surrealist art.

Works by 17 artists range from gilded zodiac sculptures by Ai Weiwei to the packed, whimsical paintings of Atreyu Moniaga, who was immensely popular at Art SG in January.

"Garden of Smiles", a solo exhibition featuring works by the contemporary Chinese artist, Yue Minjun, has opened at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The exhibition presents Yue Minjun's iconic "self-portraits" and "flower" series - examples of paintings and sculptures.

'In these challenging times, galleries must adapt to survive,' the veteran dealer says.

Zhu Jinshi will contribute his architectural column of rice paper Du Fu Tower (2023), named after a Tang Dynasty poet and created for the Chengdu Biennale in 2023...

The age of seven is said to be the age at which the personality is fully formed, while growing into adulthood is considered the beginning of degeneration...

A highlight of Encounters is the installation Once Upon a Time by Chinese artist Lí Wei (pictured), featuring six hyper-real mannequins of world leaders as seven-year-olds and a stirring commentary on the relationship between child’s play and global politics...

...a style that resonates with Rodel Tapaya’s paintings, presented by Tang Contemporary Art, where animist myths and folktales are enmeshed with historical events and current affairs.

Painting for Martin is performative as both act and stage.
A life within is expected by the very execution of each canvas.
In the artist’s words, “Painting is a lust for the temperance of guile, grace and gravity.”

Tang Contemporary Art, located in the same building as the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, is currently hosting a group exhibition titled "Intersection of Monsoons" featuring six Japanese artists Ai Makita, Kazuki Umezawa, Meguru Yamaguchi, TIDE, Yukari Nishi, and Yuna Ogino.

Even just a cursory glance at Yue Minjun’s “self-portraits” reveals what has made the 61-year-old painter an enduring icon of Chinese contemporary art.

After all, a manic grin plastered on rows of cloned pinkish faces, all with their eyes squeezed shut, is not the kind of image that goes unremembered.

To start off with, it’s my first solo exhibition in China and that makes me very happy. I have taken part in collective shows before and special installations, but to be able to present a vast selection of artworks at Tang Contemporary feels extra special. It brings together textile sculptures and pieces using tiles or ceramic, it’s great to see their dialogue within the concept “Through Mountains and Seas.”

The exhibition presents her spirited stance as she emerges out of the bubble. Her works speak of gathering and cultivating strength -- recognising both its internal and external sources -- and embedding cues on how to go beyond moments filled with self-doubt, anxiety or distress.

Colorful wigs, girl dolls with evil expressions on their faces, plastic diamonds shining with "blingbling", thin illusion patches, stacked plush dolls and different characters commonly seen in cartoons Toys - Doraemon, Ultraman, Pigman, Mario Brothers

Hong Kong is a favourite subject matter for residents Chow Chun-fai and Stephen Wong Chun-hei, who have been friends since art school and have, between them, committed large swathes of their home to canvas. The two men, both born in the 1980s, are highly skilled painters who create intricate, realistic representations while adopting perspectives that allow their monumental canvases to capture more than the eyes – or camera lenses – can see...

Gongkan works in various mediums – sculpture, painting, video installations, and motion graphics – and he’s also collaborated with major brands, including Carnival, the Thai streetwear fashion line and, most recently, the South Korean automaker KIA. He is represented in Asia by Tang Contemporary Art, and in May he’ll be featured in their new gallery in Seoul.

With outposts in Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Seoul, Tang Contemporary Art has nestled its place as one of the premier art destinations in Asia. For Art Basel Hong Kong, the gallery will spotlight figurative works from an international list of artists, including Chen Yingjie, Diren Lee, Etsu Egami, Gongkan, Hao Zecheng, Jonas Burgert, Jigger Cruz, Kitti Narod, Luo Zhongli, Qin Qi, Rodel Tapaya, Wang Xiyao, Woo Kukwon, and Yue Minjun.

Asian galleries have been playing the same game as their Western counterparts, if to less splashy notice in the media: Manila dealers have expanded to New York; Tokyo galleries have opened in Shanghai; Shanghai dealers have spread to Singapore.

“I want more Japanese artists, woman artists, and Asian artists to be seen in the international art world,” Egami said of her strong motivation to go global, speaking to Artnet News via a video call from her studio.

While there have been a lot of great artists from Japan and Asia throughout history, she noted, the number of them known internationally remains small. Having featured in exhibitions for nearly a decade, and reaching notable acclaim—including a spot on the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list in 2021—Egami’s fierce determination to develop a career outside of Japan “is only natural.”

Juxtaposing the artist's seminal oil paintings with her enduring experiments with paper and mixed media, Void Flowers, Yearly Portrait at Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (5 November–8 December 2022) traces Shen Ling's artistic practice since the late 1980s.