2nd Highly Collectible Art Fair showcases 60 exhibits

The second Highly Collectable Art Fair is being held at Casa Garden on Praça Luis de Camões until Sunday, presenting over 60-odd exhibits.The fair’s founder and exhibition curator James Wong Cheng Pou told The Macau Post Daily yesterday that the exhibition features interesting pieces that could even be displayed in museums.According to a recent statement from the organisers, this year’s art fair features several wood carvings showing “Sino-Portuguese culture” were provided by

March 16, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local saxophonist Timothy Sun shares music perspective, upcoming performance

Interview by William Chan        In an exclusive interview, local saxophonist Timothy Sun (孫穎麟) has told The Macau Post Daily that he will perform solo with the Macao Chinese Orchestra (OCHM) on April 2.The interview was conducted recently in a café in the city centre.Sun began his music studies at the age of seven. He studied the saxophone and clarinet with George Galway at the Ellen Wilkinson High School of Art in England in 1997, and in 2001 became the first

March 15, 2023 | BY admin

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Yaya Vai exhibits ‘Awaken and to be Continued…’

Local artist Yaya Vai (韋艷芳) is displaying her paintings and an installation at the Creative Macau gallery in an exhibition titled “Awaken and to be Continued”.The gallery is located on the ground floor of the Macau Cultural Centre complex in Nape.Vai said in a recent statement from the gallery that people may wish that what happened in recent years was only a dream, asking: “If it is time to wake up, are you ready?”. She also questioned what needed to be done to prepare oneself if

March 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tulip Garden installations on display at The Parisian Macao

Tulip Garden installations created by renowned artist Xuan Qing are on display at The Parisian Macao in Cotai as spring is in full bloom.A recent Parisian Macao statement noted that Tulip Garden at the property’s Rotunda features around 50 five-metre-tall tulips around the Fontaine des Mers, each hand-painted by Xuan, who is from the mainland, and brings “romance and the charm of springtime” to the property’s French architecture.The Floating Magic Tulip Garden, which is a “matrix of

March 9, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Tribute to local composer Doming Lam

Interview by William Chan        Prolific Macau-born composer Doming Lam passed away on January 11. He was 96.One of the first of a few Chinese music composers who have appeared in the classical music encyclopaedia “Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians”, Lam was named one of the five Asian composing masters by music circles in Tokyo in 1999 and had contributed to numerous entities such as the Sino-British Orchestra, Hong Kong’s now defunct Rediffusion, Hong Kong

March 8, 2023 | BY admin

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Lúcia Lemos exhibits photos of 20 artists for Int’l Women’s Day

Artist and photographer Lúcia Lemos is showcasing photographs in an exhibition titled “20 Women Artists of Macao” at the H2H Gallery on Estrada de Nossa Senhora de Ka Ho for International Women’s Day.International Women’s Day is celebrated tomorrow, according to the UN Women website.Lemos is also the founder and coordinator of the Creative Macau-Centre for Creative Industries and the festival director of the Macau International Short Film Festival.According to a statement from the

March 7, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Hugo Teixeira presents ‘Involuntary Landscapes’

Involuntary Landscapes, a photography exhibition by artist Hugo Teixeira, is being held at Creative Macau on the ground floor of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) until Saturday.Through the exhibits, a statement from the gallery said, Teixeira, who is a linguist by training currently teaching at the University of Macau (UM), attempts to construct a “historical and cultural consciousness” that was lost when his family emigrated from Portugal to California in the 1970s.The works feature photos

March 2, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local group presents ‘ecological dance’ on Guia Hill

Local art organisation Four Dimension Spatial staged a performance called “Expressive Sight: Take Root” recently as part of its “Deconstruction of Subjectivity” series around the Guia Hill area.The Macau Post Daily published an exclusive interview on February 15 about the three-day performance (February 17-19).Dancer Guo Rui said in a brief interview before the performance that the work took the format of a guided tour, aiming to combine the experience of observing the ecological sights

March 1, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Sands Gallery displays 60 works by Zhaoying Zhang & Sisi Wong

An exhibition titled “Illumination – Zhaoying Zhang & Sisi Wong Dual Solo Exhibition” is currently showcasing nearly 60 works by the two artists at Sands Gallery, a permanent art space on the 6th floor of the The Grand Suites at Four Seasons.According to a statement by the gallery, Zhang and Wong were first-prize winners in the painting and photography categories respectively in the “Time is on My Side – 2021 Greater Bay Area Young Artists Scheme” launched by Sands China in

February 28, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local artists hope viewers ‘fall in love with’ the art of theatre

A local play, Zheng Family, will be staged from tomorrow to Sunday this week, and members of the cast said in an interview with The Macau Post Daily in their studio on Avenida Almirante Lacerda last week that they hope the public will appreciate the art of theatre through their performances.The play’s writer, Mok Keng Fong, said he wrote the play to portray a family of YouTubers to reflect the current phenomenon of people being deeply affected by the social media and mobile phones.Mok said

February 23, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Coco Zhao to bring his jazz to Macau

Interview by William Chan         The “Coco Zhao Jazz Concert” will be held at the Grand Auditorium of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM), singer Coco Zhao (趙可) confirmed to The Macau Post Daily in an online interview last week.The septet comprises Zhao, saxophonist Wilson Chen, trombonist Hu Qingwen, guitarist Lawrence Ku, pianist Huang Jianyi, double bassist Joseph Han and drummer Charles Foldesh. Coco Zhao and his six-piece band will aim to recreate the 1920s

February 22, 2023 | BY admin

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Local artist Lai Sio Kit exhibits his perspective on nature in white

An exhibition titled White Shade – Exhibition of Works by artist Lai Sio Kit is being held at the H853 Art Space in the H853 Fun Factory of the Lisboeta Macau resort in Cotai, with the artist giving his take on nature through the artworks.According to a statement from the gallery, Lai attempts to observe nature “from a wider perspective”. The statement added that the artist’s creative process has shifted to forests and running water, and his works aim to show an awe for nature and the

February 21, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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5 artists depict Macau in their own style in ‘A Quintet’

Five artists are showcasing their works in an exhibition that is being held at the 10 Fantasia gallery titled “A Quintet”, which depicts Macau in the artists’ own styles.According to a statement from the gallery, the artworks were done in watercolours, acrylics, sketch, charcoal, pastel and colour pencil. The statement noted that the artists include teachers, civil servants and designers. They are art lovers, with some who have participated in solo or joint exhibitions.Through five

February 16, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Portuguese lensman’s exhibition shows glimpses of Macau’s past & present

An exhibition and photo documentary project titled “O que foi não volta a ser...” by Portuguese photojournalist Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro is being held at the H2H Gallery on Estrada de Nossa Senhora de Ka-Ho, enabling the past and present to meet through 18 images of Macau.The title is translated as “what was doesn’t come back”.According to a recent statement by the gallery, Pinheiro acquired or borrowed old photographs of Macau from between 1930 and 1990. The photos were captured in

February 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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