YUM-CHA ART GROUP showcases works at Typhoon of Destiny exhibition

The works of the YUM-CHA ART GROUP are being showcased at an exhibition titled “The Typhoon of Destiny”, which is held simultaneously across three different venues of close proximity to each other.On until November 19, the works are on display at ART YIIMA, Chan Hin Io Studio, and the Fatiões Exhibition Space (temporary). The three venues are near Santo António Church (St. Anthony’s Church) on the southern tip of the peninsula.The exhibition is part of the “Local Curatorial Project”

October 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Theatre to stage series of post-pandemic play-reading performances

Interview and preview by Ginnie Liang        Local theatre Po Art Studio will stage a series of play-reading performances this weekend, the screenplay creation materials of which were provided by local people in the past three years about their life during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Macau Post Daily talked to the four screenwriters last week in the theatre’s rehearsal room in the Praia do Manduco (Ha Van) district, about how they combined these ordinary and precious stories

October 26, 2023 | BY admin

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5th !Outloud International Street Art Festival kicks off at Ponte 16

The fifth annual !Outloud International Street Art Festival (響朵) kicked off at Ponte 16 on Saturday.Organised by the Macao Old District Promotion Association and Outloud Team, the festival aims to celebrate street art while promoting cultural exchanges and Macau’s heritage.The organisers said during Saturday’s opening ceremony that the Cantonese slang “heong do” (響朵), meaning “to reveal one’s identity to make an impression”, inspired the event. They noted that it

October 25, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Local film ‘Dreaming Girls’ to premiere today

‘Music is not used to defeat others, but to inspire them’Interview and commentary by Ginnie Liang        The premiere of “Dreaming Girls”, a local film set against the backdrop of Macau’s culture, will take place today at 7:30 p.m. at Emperor Cinemas in the Lisboeta Macau in Cotai“Music is not used to defeat others, but to inspire them”, the “Dreaming Girls” crew told The Macau Post Daily in a recent interview about the story behind the film, highlighting

October 19, 2023 | BY admin

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‘Synchronicity - Topology of Mind’ showcased at All Around Space

Interview by William Chan        “Synchronicity – Topology of Mind” is an art exhibition taking place at the All Around Space venue until November 26, curator Alice Kok (郭恬熙) noted during an exclusive interview with The Macau Post Daily recently in her office in Zape.The exhibition is selected as one of the “Local Curatorial Projects” by “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennial 2023”. Kok pointed out that “Synchronicity – Topology of Mind” aims

October 18, 2023 | BY admin

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Young artists exhibit art at H853 Fun Factory

An exhibition titled “Youth Dream – Exhibition of Chinese Young Artists” is currently on display at the Lisboeta Macau H853 Art Space in Cotai and features the works of young artists from Macau and the mainland.Curated by Prof. Xiao Yong from the Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA in Beijing, who was also the chief designer of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games’ medals, the exhibition presents paintings that interpret “young people’s understanding of life, culture and art”, according

October 17, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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35 women display their art for Mid-Autumn Fest & National Day

A collective exhibition of calligraphy, painting and seal carving titled “Together We Shine” is being held at the Rui Cunha Foundation gallery until Saturday, showcasing the works by 35 artists from the “Macau Women Calligraphers, Painters and Sculptors Association” (澳門女子書法畫篆刻家協會) and was set up in celebration of both the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays.According to a recent statement from the gallery, the exhibition comprises 43 art pieces

October 12, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Gregory Wong Quintet mesmerises with jazz performance at Black Box II

Review by William Chan         The Gregory Wong Quintet delivered yesterday a captivating jazz performance at Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Black Box Theatre Box II. The band featured local trombonist Gregory Wong alongside four talented Taiwanese musicians: saxophonist Kevin Liu Tang-Wen, pianist Gwo Jun-Yu, double bassist Liu Yu-Jia, and drummer Lin Jia-En. The Macau Post Daily published an interview with Wong on September 27.The concert primarily showcased

October 11, 2023 | BY admin

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Artist shares views on govt’s drive to revitalise old quarters with city’s 6 IR operators

Interview by Yuki Lei        Local artist Wilson Lam Chi Ian, managing director of Macau Creations, talked to The Macau Post Daily recently about his views on the government’s revitalisation programme about six old quarters in the peninsula, Taipa and Coloane, namely, the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro area,  Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Shipyards, the pedestrianisation of Rua da Felicidade (“Street of Bliss”), the Barra area, Pier 23 and Pier 25 in the Inner Harbour

October 10, 2023 | BY admin

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2 authors discuss their books at Macau Literary Festival

The city centre’s Livraria Portuguesa (“Portuguese Bookshop”) hosted one of the segments of “The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival” yesterday, featuring an event titled “Greater Bay’s New Generation of Writers I: The Works of Wang Weilian and Zhu Shanbo.”The event, hosted by University of Macau (UM) Prof. Yao Jingming, invited mainland Chinese authors Wang Weilian and Zhu to talk about their respective books.Wang WeilianWang, associate professor at Sun Yat-sen University

October 10, 2023 | BY William Chan

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6 local artists showcase works at invitational exhibition

The works of six artists are being showcased at “The Invitational Exhibition by Local Artists” in the Art Space of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in Nape, which runs through October 29.The exhibition is held as a part of “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023”, which this year is themed “The Statistics of Fortune” and takes “the correlation between science and religion” as its main thematic thread, according to a recent statement from the Cultural Affairs Bureau

October 6, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Pedestrianisation of ‘Street of Bliss’ kicks off

The Rua da Felicidade pedestrianised area started at 11 a.m. on Mid-Autumn Festival last Friday and will end at 1 a.m. on Sunday, featuring, in the pilot phase, large-scale art installations, a cultural and creative market, an art and cultural event, interactive check-in game and a night market.The Rua da Felicidade area, which is aimed to “create a vibrant and artistic atmosphere filled with cultural and tourism experiences, while promoting the business and development of local small-

October 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mums share ‘Infant and Toddler Reading Programme’ experience

Interview by William Chan        The Macau Post Daily recently conducted an online interview with two mothers who had participated in the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) programme “Infant and Toddler Reading Programme”.According to a statement by the bureau in July, it has launched a string of cultural activities for Macau residents of all ages that began in July, covering history, reading, and music, one of which included distributing reading packs to infants and

September 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Black Box Theatre II to feature jazz quintet

The Gregory Wong Quintet will be the first performers at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Black Box Theatre Box II on October 10, local trombonist Gregory Wong Weng Hou told The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive interview last week at ORA Coffee Tap Seac.Wong started learning to play the trombone and jazz music in Macau at the age of 15, after which he obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Trombone at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei and a master‘s degree majoring in jazz music at

September 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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