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A vibrant melting pot of cultures, Hong Kong boasts many Arts events
museums, concert halls and performance venues, and a vast v Since 2013, Art Basel the Hong Kong International Film
array of cultural events from around the world. Hong Kong has Hong Kong – attracting more than Festival, Asia Contemporary Art #COSMOPOLITAN
emerged as one of world's art trading centres, alongside 200 leading galleries from around Show, Hong Kong Arts Festival,
New York and London. the world every year – helps cement French May Arts Festival, Chinese
Opera Festival, International Arts
Hong Kong as the epicentre of
Asia's international art scene. Carnival and World Cultures
Festival.
Cultural hub v Over 100 contemporary galleries v The city hosts top-tier galleries
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), spanning 40 hectares, from around the world showcase and auction houses such as the
cutting-edge works by exciting new
is one of the largest cultural projects in the world. With a variety of talent at the annual Art Central. Gagosian, White Cube, Christie's
performance venues and museums, the WKCD can host world-class and Sotheby's.
exhibitions, performances, and arts and cultural events, consolidating v Other prominent events include
Hong Kong's position as a major cultural hub.
v The first performing arts venue, v The Hong Kong Palace Museum,
the Xiqu Centre, is dedicated scheduled for opening in mid-2022,
#COSMOPOLITAN v Freespace presents a variety Chinese art and culture from the
will display priceless artefacts of
to preserving and promoting the
art of Cantonese opera.
collections of the Palace Museum,
Beijing.
of cultural events.
v M+, Asia's first global museum
of contemporary visual culture,
is expected to be commissioned in 2023.
opened in mid-November 2021. The East Kowloon Cultural Centre

Museums
Hong Kong's museums offer a variety of exhibitions from near and far,
past and present. Major museums include the Hong Kong Museum of Art,
Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong
Science Museum, Hong Kong Space Museum and Hong Kong Maritime
Museum.
Courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District
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