Local illustrator presents ‘Mr Matos Went to Buy Tomatoes’

Interview and review by Ginnie Liang        Local freelance illustration artist and visual narrator Yang Sio Maan has launched her first picture book “Mr Matos Went to Buy Tomatoes”, published by Fizzy Ink Publishing, available now in local bookstores. Yang talked with The Macau Post Daily about her art journey in an interview last week in her studio in Nam Van.Mr Matos, the protagonist of the story, is a painter who is at home most of the time and goes to the

November 9, 2023 | BY admin

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Local pianist Monic Chen takes stage at Macao Int’l Music Festival

Interview by William Chan        Monic Chen Hoi Kei recently shared her insights in an online interview with The Macau Post Daily regarding her performance at Bravo Macao!, a programme within this year’s Macao International Music Festival that aimed to provide a platform for local young musicians.Chen, a local pianist and composer, possesses a versatile musical background, engaging in improvisation and composition across a diverse range of genres, including classical,

November 8, 2023 | BY admin

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hush! music marathon draws sizeable crowd

Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in conjunction with integrated resort operator MGM, the “hush! Beach Concerts x Urban Yo~gaWellfest 2023” event was held between October 27 and this past Sunday.The free-admission event offered both music performances and non-music activities that, among other things, promoted wellness. The event, which drew a sizeable crowd, featured over 50 groups from Macau and elsewhere in a music marathon of various genres for two consecutive

November 7, 2023 | BY William Chan

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!Outloud hosts Halloween parades, showcases murals at Hotel S

The fifth annual !Outloud International Street Art Festival (響朵) presented two of its major events last week, featuring a Halloween themed parade on Saturday and large murals on the façade of Hotel S in Praça de Ponte e Horta.Organised by the Macao Old District Promotion Association and the Outloud team, the festival aims to celebrate street art while promoting cultural exchanges and Macau’s heritage.Between Friday and Sunday, 12 street artists painted large murals on the exterior walls

November 1, 2023 | BY William Chan

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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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