Tag: Modern Art
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Claude Monet: The Spirit of Place | Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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in ReviewClaude Monet descends in Hong Kong for the first time! A lot of people were excited about it, including me, because Monet is such an easy favorite among everyone, yes? The exhibition is part of the Le French May events this year, and is held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum from 4th May to…
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 | Oldies Are Goodies
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in ReviewTechnically, not all of the artworks/artists in this post are old. The artworks in this post are by artists well-loved and familiar to most, whether of contemporary art or of modern art of the 19th/20th centuries. For all of the new faces of contemporary art in my first review post, there was notably a number of works…
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Vision Tunnels
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Summer break is officially here!!! I’m so so happy to be done with my long semester, and I can get back to viewing art around Hong Kong. In the meantime, here’s a quick post on Vision Tunnels, an architectural installation showcasing artworks at LANDMARK Mall as part of the Be Inspired in Central events, that was…
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Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art | M+ Sigg Collection
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in ReviewAfter all the hubbub of art fairs and exhibitions in March and April, it has been an abrupt move to school work for weeks on end. (I talk about school work too much.) Funnily enough, after visiting the M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art, I liked it so much I wrote an…
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This Means War & Klimt’s “Finger Painting”
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in CrossoverCaught the fun, silly, and absolutely hilarious This Means War last night on TV. It’s about two CIA agents (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) who meet and fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon). Of course, hijinks ensue. FDR (played by Pine) goes to woo Lauren (Witherspoon) by showing her “real” artworks by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt…