While exploring the breadth and beauty of Hong Kong Art Week, visitors of the spirited city will want to make time for captivating presentations which illuminate the pleasures and rigors of ecology and humanity. Don’t miss Wing Po So at Para Site, Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, and much more.
Wing Po So
Para Site
Quarry Bay
Chinese medicine drawer. Courtesy of Wing Po So.
Para Site beckons all into a spellbinding, newly commissioned presentation, “Take Turns,” by Hong Kong artist Wing Po So at its haven in Quarry Bay. Investigating the metamorphosis of materiality, nature, and the body, the perceptive artist utilizes Chinese medicine drawers as her imaginative vessel of choice. Drawing deeply from a childhood spent in her family’s Chinese medicine shop, Wing Po So brings these drawers to new life as preserved portals for communal, revelatory healing.
What we love: Three “islands” of Para Site throughout the tenth-floor also offer moving sculptures, 3D printed objects, Chinese herbs, and sonic meditations, engaging all in a living universe honoring decay and rebirth.
Wing Po So at Para Site
March 15 – May 25, 2025
Louise Bourgeois
Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong
Central Business District
Louise Bourgeois,
“Untitled,” 1993,
Painted wood and fabric wall relief,
57.2 x 89.5 cm / 22 1/2 x 35 1/4 in,
67.3 x 99.7 x 8.9 cm / 26 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 3 1/2 in (framed);
Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer, © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY.
Hauser & Wirth brings the masterful vision of French-American artist Louise Bourgeois to its Hong Kong space this month with “Soft Landscape,” on view through June 21. Deftly curated by Philip Larratt-Smith, smaller-scale drawings are placed in dialogue with sweeping installations, connecting rich landscapes with nuances of the mesmeric human body. This marks the visionary’s second exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, and aligns with a touring presentation of her beguiling oeuvre alongside the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
What we love: Must-see artworks in this show range from the 1960s until the late artist’s death in 2010, culminating in a poetic experience which spotlights the creative’s emphasis on symbols including cavities, spirals, breasts, water, holes, and snakes.
Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong
March 25 – June 21, 2025
Robert Indiana
Pace
Central District
Robert Indiana, “Love,” 1965, Oil on canvas,
12 × 12 in; © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative,
courtesy Pace Gallery.
Commencing on March 25, Pace’s Hong Kong space radiates with “Robert Indiana: The Shape of the World,” ongoing through May 9. Beloved American artist Robert Indiana (1928-2018) is honored here as a vital pioneer of Pop Art, and the captivating presentation unveils singular prints, paintings, and sculptures. Astute and inventive, Indiana harnessed a graphic visual language that illuminated the subtleties of color, geometry, numerology, form, and literature.
What we love: After this momentous presentation, Pace continues to celebrate the trailblazing Indiana with a major exhibition in its New York flagship. Taking place in May, this show will raise the curtain on a series of rarely seen paintings and sculpture, placing its heart in the complex theme of the American dream.
Robert Indiana at Pace
March 25 – May 9, 2025
Lynne Drexler
White Cube Hong Kong
Central District
Lynne Drexler, “Foam,”
1971, Oil on canvas,
50 x 30 in. (127.0 x 76.2 cm); © The Lynne Drexler Archive. Photo © White Cube (Frankie Tyska).
Late American artist Lynne Drexler’s artworks newly shine at White Cube Hong Kong in “The Seventies,” on view from March 16 to May 17. This inaugural, major exhibition of the artist’s creations in Asia focuses on vibrant paintings and works on paper. Produced from 1970-78, this is also the celebratory first time in which her artworks from this period have been showcased. Zooming in on a very challenging time in the visionary’s personal life, each piece is a tender treasure which reveals Drexler’s adoration of nature and classical music.
What we love: This post-war female artist, like so many others, was given little recognition throughout her career. Now, she is rightfully honored as an important art historical figure, and her works of spectacular color, form, and structure are placed front and center.
Lynne Drexler at White Cube Hong Kong
March 26 – May 17, 2025
Sin Wai Kin
Blindspot Gallery
Wong Chuk Hang
Sin Wai Kin, “The Time of Our Lives” (film still), 2024, Two-channel video, 28’00”. Initiated by Accelerator and co-produced with Kunsthall Trondheim, Canal Projects, and Blindspot Gallery, supported by Vince Guo. Image courtesy of artist and Blindspot Gallery.
“Sin Wai Kin: The Time of Our Lives” is a sonorous presentation at Blindspot Gallery in Hong Kong, and rejoices in the artist’s second solo show with the forward-thinking gallery. Blindspot places emphasis on Sin’s most recent, intuitive video works: The Time of Our Lives (2024), The Fortress (2024), and Asleep (2024). Further, enthralling face wipes stamped with the make-up of characters in the films will debut. In this prismatic world ideated by Sin, all parts are played by the skillful artist, and dive freely into realms of drag performance, science fiction, architecture, theater, and more.
What we love: This lush presentation is the last stop in a tour which included Kunsthall Trondheim (Trondheim) and at Canal Projects (New York), on view through March 29. A riveting artist talk, “Sin Wai Kin in conversation with John Tain,” will unfold on March 22 at Blindspot Gallery.
Sin Wai Kin at Blindspot Gallery
March 24 – May 10, 2025
Emma McIntyre
David Zwirner
Central District
Emma McIntyre, “Infernetto,” 2024,
© Emma McIntyre
Courtesy the artist, Château Shatto, Los Angeles, and David Zwirner, New York.
“Painting, like a stage set, is worldbuilding in a contained space,” said artist Emma McIntyre. “I’ve long been interested in painting’s connection to theatre; the drama, the sets, the mood, the lighting, protracted movement through emotional registers….”
“Painting, like a stage set, is worldbuilding in a contained space,”
Emma McIntyre
Journeying through spaces of reality and fantasy is intrinsic to “Among my swan,” McIntyre’s new exhibition of paintings at David Zwirner in Hong Kong. The artist’s momentous first solo show in Asia, and second with the esteemed gallery, offer abstract symphonies of dynamic color, gesture, and feeling.
What we love: An extraordinary practice of fusing oils with oxidized iron and other innovative materials, as well as meticulously pouring pigment from above the works, results in spontaneous and organic masterworks.
Emma McIntyre at David Zwirner
March 25 – May 10, 2025
Yoan Capote
Ben Brown Fine Arts
Wong Chuk Hang
Yoan Capote, “Isla (Galerna)”, 2024; Courtesy of the artist and Ben Brown Fine Arts.
Lauded Cuban artist Yoan Capote brings absorbing new artworks to Ben Brown Fine Arts’ Hong Kong space in an experiential show titled “Mixed Feelings.” Here, Capote delves into the majestic charms of the Cuban landscape, juxtaposed with its challenging socio-political past. “When a Cuban looks at the sea, it evokes the isolation and pain of thousands of families, the anxiety, and the psychological frustration of living in a divided country,” said Capote. “The sea becomes a wall or a barbed-wire fence delimiting one’s destiny.”
“When a Cuban looks at the sea, it evokes the isolation and pain of thousands of families,”
Yoan Capote
The dichotomy of desire and desperation, faith and hostility, merge with global issues of migration and political turmoil in enveloping seascapes and landscapes.
What we love: The signature, stirring artistry of Capote is also placed in singular dialogue with the evolving political atmosphere of Hong Kong, contemplating loss of autonomy and profound emotions of detachment.
Yoan Capote at Ben Brown Fine Arts
March 22 – June 1, 2025
