ART KARNIVAL

To celebrate Hong Kong’s annual art month, foster cross-cultural dialogue and inspire through the arts, K11 Art Foundation (KAF) presents a remarkable international arts programme at K11 MUSEA. Headlining the programme is Calligraphy Rhapsody – Retrospective Exhibition of Georges Mathieu co-presented with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, showcasing the preeminent artist’s works spanning four decades. Showing in Hong Kong for the first time, In Just a Blink of an Eye is the landmark installation by Xu Zhen, a leading figure in Chinese contemporary art. The programme will also debut the first-ever bronze sculptures by Japanese artist Izumi Kato, as well as the publication launch of City As Studio, giving an exciting glimpse of the forthcoming City As Studio exhibition slated for 2022, helmed by legendary curator Jeffrey Deitch.

Further augmenting the agenda of art and cultural happenings this month, KAF presents an additional array of cross-cultural projects including: the inaugural edition of Micromégas artist residency and cultural exchange programme between Hong Kong and France co-organised with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and Videotage, supported by the Institut français; KAF x MOCA: Transpacific Stream, an all-digital collaborative video art programme co-presented with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) now screening on KAF’s newly revamped official website; and the release of Katharina Grosse: Mumbling Mud Catalogue, an extension of the acclaimed German artist’s first solo exhibition in China.