DSEDJ shows 2 local students’ artwork about nation’s ethnic minorities

The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) is showcasing artwork at the Youth Art Exhibition and Performance Hall in Praça do Tap Seac portraying the nation’s ethnic minorities by two students (陳曉盈和陳柳楹) from Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau.According to a recent DSEDJ statement, the students used different mediums, such as water colours, digital illustration and acrylics. The statement said the exhibition, titled 民族薈萃 (“Ethnic Gathering”), aims to

April 14, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Coco Cheong dedicates ‘Our Precious Moments’ exhibition to grandma

Local artist Coco Cheong Ut Man is presenting her paintings in an exhibition titled “Our Precious Moments”, which is dedicated to her grandmother, at Creative Macau in Nape.Cheong depicts the “precious moments” with her grandmother through the paintings. “[The] majority of my childhood memories are about the love and happiness my Grandma has brought me”, the artist said in a Creative Macau statement.The statement noted that Cheong described her grandma as her guardian angel. “The

April 13, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Chengdu artist’s work shows ‘perception in a specific location’

The Ox Warehouse (牛房倉庫) has opened an art exhibition titled ‘VISIBILITY – Perception in a Specific Location’, featuring works by Chengdu artist Chen Weicai.The exhibition is hosted by the Ox Warehouse, sponsored by the Macau Foundation (FM), and it is jointly curated by Cai Guojie and Ox Warehouse President Ng Fong Chao.According to an Ox Warehouse statement, in the past year it has been working with the Chongqing Dimensions Art Centre and has signed a memorandum of cooperation,

April 12, 2022 | BY Victor Lam

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Films have edge over books

In a dark congested room filled with people and their over-buttered popcorn, my younger self would rather seek comfort in my father’s embrace and fall asleep than to properly enjoy a movie because I had never liked being in a cinema or watching a film. Maybe because I used to be afraid of the dark, or maybe because films did not entice me like words did. This dislike faded gradually as I grew older, but I still don’t find the excitement and enjoyment of films that I usually find in books.

April 11, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Online exhibition shows photos of lilies

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) and the Macau Photography Association are showing the winning photographs of lilies from their recent competition in an online exhibition.According to a recent IAM statement, the exhibition is titled “Elegance of Lilies – Online 3D Virtual Exhibition of the Winning Works in the Flowers of Lilies Photography Contest”, which displays 26 winning photographs. The statement said that the aim of the contest is to increase residents’ interest in flowers, and

April 7, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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St. Anthony’s Kindergarten’s artworks take ‘leisure walk in green fields’

Parents, teachers and children from St. Anthony’s Kindergarten have created artworks from used items and are displaying them at an exhibition titled “Passeio de Lazer em Campos Verdes” (“Leisure Walk in Green Fields”).The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DESDJ) says in a recent statement that the kindergarten believed that home education is the main motivation for children’s development, so it has cooperated with parents in creating the exhibition for children to learn more

April 5, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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‘Dark Matter’ exhibition showcases lensman’s works

Local Portuguese photographer Francisco Ricarte is showcasing 12 of his works in an exhibition titled “Dark Matter” on the 1st floor of Macau Art Garden in Avenida do D. Rodrigo Rodrigues.The exhibition is the first segment of Art for All Society’s (AFA) annual project called “As Within, so Without”– The Art of Imagery Exhibition Series, according to an AFA statement. Ricarte, who is 66 and getting ready for retirement later this year, moved to Macau in 2006 and has been working as

March 31, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local artist Ip Kuai Kun shows over 20 artworks at solo exhibition

Albergue SCM’s D1 Gallery is showing more than 20 artworks at a solo exhibition by local artist Ip Kuai Kun (葉桂權).Ip’s exhibition, which is hosted by the Macau Belt and Road Painting and Calligraphy Arts Association in conjunction with Albergue SCM, displays oil and ink paintings as well as other artwork.According to a recent Albergue SCM statement, Ip was born in Foshan in 1938 and graduated from the Foshan Academy of Fine Arts with a major in Oil Painting. The statement pointed out

March 30, 2022 | BY Victor Lam

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Exploring the past through Amy Lau’s ‘Memories of Old Macau: The Story of My Childhood’

Author Amy Lau Chuen Yim (劉全艷) released an English version of ‘Memories of Old Macau: The Story of My Childhood’ earlier this month, allowing readers to glimpse Macau’s past during simpler times as she recalls her memories during “eight happy childhood years” from 1958 to when she left for Hong Kong in 1967, at the age of 11.The Chinese version of the book was written in the spring of 2016 and was completed in the summer of 2018 and published during the autumn. Meanwhile,

March 29, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Artists from PSCs showcase their work in ‘COR Lusofonia’

The Amagão Gallery at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau debuted its first art exhibition on Friday with “COR Lusofonia”, showcasing works by over 50 artists from Portuguese-speaking countries (PSCs), with art pieces selected from a gallery collection of more than 300 works.“COR Lusofonia” is Portuguese for “Lusophone Colour”.According to a recent Artyzen statement, the gallery officially opened on Friday and is managed by Galeria 57 (Macau). The statement says that the gallery’s mission

March 24, 2022 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Bamboo is essential element of Chinese art & culture: artist

Hong Kong artist Louis To (杜煥) said in a recent statement by GalaxyArt that bamboo is an essential element of Chinese art and culture, so in his exhibition “The Art of Bamboo: from Qilin to Contemporary Art” he aims to showcase this crucial part of Chinese tradition.The statement underlined that To has taken the ancient craft of bamboo sculpting for festive ceremonies’ processions to a new stage. The statement said that he first observed how the old masters made the traditional Qilin

March 23, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Local artist paints insects to challenge traditional idea of beauty

Local artist Fong Wai Peng, one of the members of the Macao Young Artist Promotion Project, uses her artwork to portray insects found in Macau to challenge the traditional idea of beauty in nature, she said in a recent statement.The statement pointed out that according to a report by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) in 2020, Macau has only nine species of reptile, while there are as many as 712 kinds of insects. Fong asked people in the statement, what would they do when they

March 22, 2022 | BY Prisca Tang

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Local artist showcases her sentimental wind & dream watercolours

An event entitled “Fantasy Unending Watercolour Painting Exhibition” (幻想未竟_小玉藝術作品展) by Yui Ng Iok Lin is on display at the Creative Macau gallery until March 26.The exhibition is hosted by Creative Macau, Centre for Creative Industries(創意產業中心).According to a statement by the gallery, the exhibition features watercolours, focused on depicting female portraits, exploring the inner emotions of human expressions. The paintings are inspired by fictitious fairy

March 17, 2022 | BY Cindy Ng

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Zhejiang artist showcases her 13 Chinese zodiac artworks

An event entitled “AP71 The Chinese Zodiac – Thirteen Zodiac – Chai Rong Yan Art Exhibition” (AP71_十三生肖_柴荣燕藝術作品展) is on display in Room A02 at 10 Fantasia in São Lázaro district until March 29.The exhibition is co-hosted by the Macau International Printmaking Arts Research Centre (澳門國際版畫藝術研究中心) and 10 Fantasia – A Creative Industries Incubator (瘋堂十號創意園) in conjunction with the Creative Industries Promotion Association of

March 16, 2022 | BY Ula Cheang and Camy Tam

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