CHOW CIAO CHOW x Doris CHUI x Jake WONG x Ant NGAI: “Whisper or Loud”, SC Gallery
Whisper or Loud brings together four artists from Hong Kong who have found their own voice within a “noisy” world, each using their artistic language to create resonance and forge identity. Chow Ciao Chow (b.1984) radiates positivity, masking his often-overlooked inner sorrow. With vivid tones, he employs the “crying sun” as a symbol that conveys the necessary existence of sadness amid sun-like optimism. Chui Suet Wai, Doris (b.1997), explores ways to coexist with loneliness by adopting bright neon tones and hand gestures to echo inner states. She presents three works that represent different moments: early morning, celebrations, and late night. Wong Man Kit, Jake (b. 1995) has a rational approach to inner feelings as he’s aware of the gap between what we want and how we feel. He uses geometric forms and flat planes of colour to guide viewers through perceiving subtle emotional changes. Ngai Wing Lam, Ant’s (b. 1986) fantastical world is inhabited by fish-headed characters inspired by her experience of raising koi fish. Artworks in this exhibition are inspired by the “House–Tree–Person” test, which therapists use to evaluate the cognitive, emotional, and social functioning of the person who draws these things. The exhibition blends their voices to explore how different artists manage the chaos of the world and the stillness within themselves differently.
When: Until June 20, 2026
Where: Unit 02, Sungib Industrial Centre, 53, 19/F Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Wong Chuk Hang
Lifting the Veil, Gagosian
Lifting the Veil surveys James Turrell’s (b.1943) oeuvre from holograms, prints, three Glasswork pieces, and site plans, photographs, and models of Skyspaces and Turrell’s magnum opus, Roden Crater. The renowned American artist, regarded as the ‘master of light’, constructs and paints with light to create sensorial experiences of space, colour, and perception. Serena Cattaneo Adorno, Founding Director at Gagosian Paris, who has worked closely with James on multiple exhibitions, reveals that there are only about three people at the artist’s studio, two of whom are architects, making each artwork or project a lengthy production.
Gagosian has reconstructed their Hong Kong space to display Turrell’s works. The most breathtaking are the three Glassworks, each in a specially constructed chamber. Each work in the Glassworks series includes computer-controlled LED lights installed behind an aperture in the wall. Turell programs these personally, adjusting the shifting fields of colour like a painter could with their pigments. The exhibition showcases five holograms, a series Turrell has stopped producing, which are categorised into “innies” and “outies”, depending on the direction of the projected shape. Since 1977, Turrell has been working on a monumental project at Roden Crater, an extinct volcano in northern Arizona—this would be the culmination of Turrell’s works. While construction is still underway, maquettes of the artist’s Skyspaces (individual architectural chambers with an aperture in the ceiling open to the sky) and site plans, photographs, and models created for Roden Crater are on view. “My work has no object, no image and no focus. With no object, no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking. What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought,” Turrell says.
When: Until August 1, 2026
Where: 7/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central
dreamedcore, Serakai Studioa
Contemporary creatives are foregrounding “digital nostalgia” at dreamdcore. This is both an art exhibition, concept store, and runway show, gathering 22 artists, designers, fashion labels, and creative studios from across Asia. This includes Gao Xiang’s label Penultimate, Hong Kong jewellery brand VANN Jewellery, Bangkok’s I Wanna Bangkok, multidisciplinary artist Peng Ke, and others. dreamdcore explores the impact of a dizzyingly fast urban space and the new generation’s subsequent longings—how can we adapt or resist the pitilessness of information and images? Is it in searching for refuge in the past?
When: Until August 1, 2026
Where: Suite 2703, 28 Stanley St, Central
Dan Flavin: Grids, David Zwirner
David Zwirner’s presentation is the first focused examination of Dan Flavin’s (b. 1933- 1996) Grids. The American minimalist artist began to create this key body of work in 1976. This consistent body of work utilises commercially available fluorescent lamps to create installations, or “situations” as Flavin preferred, of light and colour. Featured in this exhibition are several re-creations of the grids installed in significant exhibitions during the artist’s lifetime. This includes his first grids, untitled (for Mary Ann and Hal with fondest regards) 1 and 2 (both 1976), which face each other as though in conversation. His later constructions begin to blend colour more freely, such as untitled (for you, Leo, in long respect and affection) 2, which is dedicated to his longtime New York dealer, Leo Castelli. Re-created for the first time since its debut at Castelli Gallery in 1987, untitled (in honor of Leo at the 30th anniversary of his gallery) joins together all of the three editions of the work (on loan here from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) to create a 24-feet installation, sectioning a corner of the gallery space. This presentation in Hong Kong is the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work in Greater China.
When: Until August 8, 2026
Where: 5–6/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road, Central
Like Water, Hauser & Wirth
At 92, Frank Bowling (b. 1934) continues to paint every day in his South London studio. Born in British Guiana (now Guyana), Bowling arrived in London in 1953 and graduated from the Royal College of Art with the silver medal for painting in 1962. During this period, his expressionistic figuration and Pop Art style of painting encompassed autobiographical elements and the artist’s socio-political concerns. A significant shift in his practice occurred in 1966 when Bowling relocated to New York. From then on, he became immersed in abstract expressionism, increasingly focused on material, process and colour. By 1973, he had created his Poured Paintings, which allowed paint to cascade across the surface, evoking the flow of water. Curator Hou Hanru notes, “It is in such a vigorous but undefinable way of navigating between “clean and dirty waters” that Bowling’s art embodies the identity of cultural diaspora and hybridisation: an identity in permanent renewal.”
In the 1980s, Bowling’s practice began to include embedded objects such as newsprint, plastic and foam, and his works in the 1990s were richly layered, echoing his belief that life was inherently layered. The exploration of materiality and colour continued in the 2000s, with ambitious works such as Shrill (2002) and There Be Dragons (2020). Bowling’s dynamic language and inventive approaches create powerful works of art that pull viewers into another dimension. This solo exhibition, his first in East Asia, showcases a selection of works from the 1960s to 2020.
When: Until August 29, 2026
Where: G/F, 8 Queen’s Road Central, Central
Phantom(‘s) Presence, Podium
Phantom(‘s) Presence is Rotterdam-based Japanese artist Shimon Kamada’s (b. 1997) first solo presentation in his career. With Dutch surrealist techniques, Kamada conjures realms where pictures from his childhood and teenage years intertwine like fragmented memories, revealing the fragility and elusiveness of remembrance.
When: Until August 29, 2026
Where: Unit 9D, E Tat Factory Building, 4 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang
BETWEEN, WKM Gallery
Japanese artist Iori Nagashima’s (b. 1997) BETWEEN exhibition is a culmination of works from his extended residency at SIDE SPACE in Hong Kong. Known for subdued oil paintings of everyday objects and routines, Nagashima deftly captures the essence of objects or atmospheres, creating paintings that invite you to pause. With an outsider’s lens, Nagashima capture Hong Kong’s quotidian scenes with fresh, observing eyes. Still-life subjects include a dragonfruit—uncommon in Japan—plucked from a Hong Kong market somewhere, or a Hong Kong trash can in its unmistakable orange hue. Not only did Nagashima adapt to a new city, but he also adapted to new paints and canvases because his usual ones were not available here—accidental site-specificity? Through layered surfaces, BETWEEN probes how we interact with our cities and connect through quiet scenes and layered surfaces.
When: Until August 29, 2026
Where: 20/F, Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Into The Heart-Mind, Galerie du Monde
Photo: @galeriedumonde and @tangchang.estate via Instagram
Self-taught Thai artist and poet Tang Chang’s (1934-1990) insistence on independence made him a defiant and innovative voice of his time. His education was cut short by war, but without institutional training, he forged his own practice. Chang painted with his body—fingers, hands, and gestures directly onto canvas—and he fused calligraphy, abstraction, and poetry into singular works. Curated by Sheryl Gwee, the exhibition explores Chang’s visions of the world and his existence, rooted in his nonconformity and diasporic Sino-Thai identity. As the exhibition note illustrates, “The core conceit of this exhibition is the heart-mind (xin) as a mirror, reflecting in its stillness the myriad things of the cosmos. To achieve the clarity of a sage is to attune one’s heart-mind to the Dao — the universal structure and flow that underpins everything in existence.” The exhibition revisits Chang’s works with the heart-mind as an interpretative tool, while exploring how Chang carved a world of his own.
When: Until August 29, 2026
Where: 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong
The Little Prince and The Pilot, the University Museum and Art Gallery and Alliance Française de Hong Kong
As of 2026, the classic French novella The Little Prince has been in publication in France for 80 years. To celebrate, Alliance Française de Hong Kong and the University Museum and Art Gallery present The Little Prince and the Pilot, which presents original artefacts in four thematic zones. The zones trace the life of the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry through letters, maps from his first flights, military objects from his WWII service, along with manuscripts, original editions and global translations of The Little Prince.
When: June 26, 2026 – October 18, 2026
Where: 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Lead Image: 'Your sunshine and the bed heads' (2025) by Chow Ciao Chow
