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Since its opening last year, K11 Musea has transformed the harbourfront landscape and culture.

Masterminded by Adrian Cheng, in collaboration with over 100 creative forces including acclaimed local and international artists, architects, designers and environmentalists, this pioneering cultural-retail destination has fostered community and cross-cultural dialogue by bringing together creativity, culture as well as innovation.

To celebrate its first anniversary, K11 Musea has unveiled an exciting array of new art and cultural happenings over the span of October 9^th to November 8^th. These include a towering nine-metre-tall sculpture called Van Gogh’s Ear by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, a limited-time showcase of legendary pop artist Keith Haring’s iconic artworks presented by Phillips Auction House in the new K11 Art & Cultural Centre, as well as Spanish artist Javier Calleja’s adorable sculptures and mini-figurines at a special pop-up in Muse Edition.

A special programme of multi-cultural experiences will include screenings of Cheng Ran’s latest short film starting Carina Lau titled Always I Distrust, and The Glorious Heritage, an homage to the rich traditions of Chinese Baibaoqian and Luodian craftsmanship at the Experience Chamber to provide a platform to showcase rare and fast disappearing Chinese traditional craftsmanship.

There will also be live ensemble performances featuring works by three iconic and pioneering minimalist composers Terry Riley, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman throughout four weekends in October.

Adrian Cheng, founder of K11 Group, says, “K11 Musea is a pioneering concept that integrates all forms of culture within retail. It represents a democratisation of culture and serves as a multipurpose platform for sharing valuable content, making it readily available and accessible for our local and global communities. I hope this movement will influence today’s audience to create shared value amongst one another and, together with us, build a wealth of ‘Knowledge Capital’ for the future generations.”

Cheng continues: “As K11 Musea marks its first anniversary this month, I have put together art and cultural experiences by global and local talents that we hope will continue to inspire those who live in or visit Hong Kong. My vision is for K11 Musea to be this city’s art and cultural landmark – as the Silicon Valley of Culture of today and generations to come.”

Throughout the Anniversary month, shoppers can also enjoy an incredible range of fabulous K11 Exclusives rewards. These exciting art and cultural experiences are curated to enrich customers’ daily lives through creativity, culture and innovation.

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A rare painting by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli is poised to achieve over US$80 million (HK$620 million) when it goes under the hammer in New York in January, according to Sotheby's — setting a record auction price for the artist.

"Young Man Holding a Roundel" has been billed by the auction house as one of the greatest paintings from the era still in private hands. It is expected to smash the US$10.4 million auction record set seven years ago for a painting by the Florence native.

The subject of the enigmatic portrait is not known, but art historians believe it could be a depiction of a close friend of the Medici family, which ruled the Italian city during Botticelli's life.

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The painting has been dated to the artist's most prolific years in the late 15th century, when Pope Sixtus IV invited him to help decorate the Sistine Chapel in Rome. During that period he produced some of his most famous works including "the Birth of Venus".

"This Botticelli is so much more spectacular in every way than anything we've seen coming to market," said Sotheby's senior vice president Christopher Apostle. "It says everything about Florentine culture and that moment of the Renaissance, when just everything fundamentally changes in Western thinking and art and literature."

Despite its age, the painting has been kept in an immaculate state and has been exhibited in several museums. It last changed hands in 1982, when a private collector bought it for about US$1.3 million. More details here.

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‘Free Your Mind’ theme celebrates the international community uniting to encourage creativity and escapism through art.” World Art Dubai 2020, the region’s most accessible and affordable retail art fair, will embrace its status as the first major event of the season by uniting an eager global art community at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) starting October […]

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‘Free Your Mind’ theme celebrates the international community uniting to encourage creativity and escapism through art.” World Art Dubai 2020, the region’s most accessible and affordable retail art fair, will embrace its status as the first major event of the season by uniting an eager global art community at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) starting October […]

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‘Free Your Mind’ theme celebrates the international community uniting to encourage creativity and escapism through art.” World Art Dubai 2020, the region’s most accessible and affordable retail art fair, will embrace its status as the first major event of the season by uniting an eager global art community at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) starting October […]

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Public art is the lifeblood of one of the world’s foremost cultural hubs.

From 26 September to 31 December 2020, the historical and cultural heart of Shanghai, the Shanghai Jing'an Sculpture Park (JISP), brings the worlds of nature and design together by hosting the fifth edition of the Jing'an International Sculpture Project.

The city’s biennial sculpture exhibition was launched in Jing'an in 2008. Since then, sculpture has become an ever more distinguishing feature of the district’s urban landscape. Organised by the Jing'an District Government and curated with the Purple Roof Art Gallery, the project is an ongoing endeavour to introduce world-renowned international artists to the local community.

The Creative Minds

It is not typical for government-initiated public art projects to involve a creative team. In Jing’an, however, the District Government is seeking out and investing in the curatorial expertise of gallery professionals. With a keen eye on public art and sculpture, Shanghai Purple Roof Art Gallery has successfully organised the Jing'an International Sculpture Project since 2010.

Reshaping Space

In keeping with its fundamental characteristic as public art, the latest edition of the project, themed “Reshaping Space”, aims to boost public participation and interaction. The exhibition space extends from Wujiang Road Pedestrian Street Plaza, to Henglong Plaza, Fengshengli and other lively commercial areas. An exhibition area has also been set up at SISU Jing'an Foreign Language Primary School in order to inspire the creative minds of the future.

One of the indoor exhibitions, the “Floral·Art Space”, is being held in the Sculpture Park Art Center, and integrates floriculture and sculpture into a rich and colourful visual experience.

Twenty nine artists from 10 countries – China, Cameroon, German, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Ukraine and United Kingdom – were invited to exhibit, bringing with them 56 sculptures, which were divided into 33 groups.

“Amelia 1, Julian, Yasmin” by Julian Opie 

Born in London, Julian Opie graduated from Goldsmiths College of Art, University of London in 1983.  His work is exhibited in many major museum collections including the Tate Modern, UK, The British Museum in London and Victoria and Albert Museum in London. His exhibit is the representative work of the artist, which takes “walking men” as creative objects. Taking portraits as the main creative form, Opie considers those “walking” movements in people’s lives are to be the most natural and common movements, reflecting different moods and colours.

However, Opie does not hold a realistic mentality in creation, but takes the concept first and regards them as a symbol of a hidden environment. “How do people participate in a public environment” is used as the starting point for thinking. Like other representative works, the forms of Opie’s exhibitions are beginning to change, calling this movement as “moving painting”. His creation is not limited to the traditional art of painting and sculpture; he comprehensively uses sound and light and computer animation and other means in his work, combining these new materials with his paintings.

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"Four Ways” by Richard Long  

Sir Richard Julian Long is one of the best-known British land artists. He is the only artist to have been shortlisted four times for the Turner Prize. "Four Ways" is a self-portrait of his life on earth. It represents his participation in the world through walking, and the result of the interaction between his energy and natural materials and forces.

There is a duality in his works — traveling far away and taking root in his hometown. He was made a CBE in 2013 and knighted in the 2018 Honours List for his contributions to art.

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"Unite" by Pedro Reyes 

This work is one of Pedro Reyes’ most renowned large scale installations. Reyes' position, the use of pick-up materials, and the negation of the corporate mentality led him to support the art of poverty and gained unprecedented international attention through his unique views on society.

As the director and curator of the art organisation Torre de Vientos (windmills), Reye held exhibition tours in Harvard University, Cambridge University, Monte Carlo, Milan, Mexico City and Shangri-La in Puerto Rico. Reyes constantly explores how individuals can be liberated in a space, or how to inspire a group of people to coordinate their work.

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"Arbre à palabres" by Pascale Marthine Tayou 

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Pascale Marthine Tayou’s participation in Documenta 11 (2002) in Kassel and at the Venice Biennale (2005 and 2009) has introduced him to a broad international public. In some African traditions, “Arbre à Palabres” (a talking tree) is often a metaphor for everyday popular mass gatherings in which everyone can speak about the social, economic or political life of his or her community. Such a place is a city that matures based on the needs and experience of its residents.

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"Moon Bay" by Liang Shaoji

For nearly 30 years, Liang Shaoji has worked in domains spanning art and biology, installation and sculpture, new media and critical points of behaviours. “Moon Bay” is forged in stainless steel, crimping and destructing the oil fume pipe into the shape of a conch. Bathing under the gentle moonlight, surfing in the breeze, the sculpture sings lightly and plays a poetic imagination of environmental protection.

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"Ever Time Gate" by Juan Garaizabal 

The work reproduces many of the lines with Chinese architectural elements that Juan Garaizabal has studied. Each element has its own greatness until now, not only in its own time.

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Purple Roof Art Gallery

After successfully hosting the Jing'an International Sculpture Project on four previous occasions, Julia Mao and Peter Zhao, founder of Purple Roof Public Art, believe the sustainability of the Project is a result of the close collaboration of professionals from multiple sectors, the benefits reaped by the local community and role the Project plays in boosting Shanghai’s reputation as a center for cultural exchange.

Founded in 2006, the Purple Roof Art Gallery is a fascinating public art space, as well as a multi-functional institute which features expressions of creativity through productions and exhibitions. Passionate about artistic creation and practice, the Gallery advocates the concept of “art is life” and provides strategic planning and innovative execution for public art events.

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By now, your bosses and colleagues have probably seen more of your abode than you would've ever expected to show them.

With many of us working from home these days, meetings held over video conferencing apps the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams have become the new normal. Inevitably, this means letting colleagues into our residences — albeit virtually — and having them catch glimpses of it via our backdrop. Depending on where your workspace is located, this view could range from a boring blank wall to windows or cluttered bookshelves.

Your makeshift office may not be the most glamorous, but there are several easy interior design tricks that you can employ to quickly jazz up the background of your Zoom calls.

Textiles and cushions

If your workstation of choice is the couch or bed, all it takes is a few snazzy throw pillows wrapped in eye-catching fabrics and prints to provide visual interest in the space behind you. Consider dressing your cushions in the Armani/Casa Exclusive Textiles by Rubelli collection, which is inspired by modern art — specifically works by Henri Matisse, Vasilij Kandinskij and Paul Klee.

It showcases striking colour blocks embellished with embroideries, ikat details and intertwined motifs. These are available in various patterns and shades ranging from pastel to neutral hues. More details here.

Houseplants and greenery

Adding houseplants to your home office will help the space look less spartan and bland. Smaller plants like cacti, succulents and spider plants can be displayed on shelves or tables, while larger ones such as philodendrons, snake plants and ZZ plant (Zanzibar Gem) can be placed on the floor to break the monotony of blank walls.

Online plant retailer Flora Houses offers a wide variety of houseplants that will thrive indoors and are generally low-maintenance. Its range includes Japanese fir, fiddle leaf fig and Bird of Paradise. The store provides free doorstep delivery with a minimum spend.

Artworks and paintings

Perhaps houseplants may seem like too much of a commitment, or you simply don't have green fingers. This is where paintings and art pieces make an easier alternative. You can simply hang a couple of them on the wall that constantly forms your video call backdrop.

An Andy Warhol or Basquiat will certainly impress your co-workers, but your art doesn't necessarily have to be expensive or by big name artists. Consider procuring artworks instead from indie galleries such as Odd One Out, which boasts an array of creations by local and international printmakers and illustrators. We can't take our eyes off the above acrylic painting by Micke Lindebergh, which is titled 'Small Yellow Flower Pot' and features colourful blooms accented by quirky squiggles and bright hues.

Statement ornaments and furniture

Inject a dose of quirk into your meeting setup by peppering your background with assorted decorative items and statement furniture pieces. These can be anything from figurines to colourful tiles and dramatic room dividers.

Our go-to is Lala Curio, which is a whimsical wonderland of objets d'art such as brass monkey sculptures, cloisonné birds, and, one of our favourites — an adorable trio of cranes adorned with rock crystal feathers and perched on crystal balls.

Wallpaper

Why settle for one specially curated work area, when you can turn your whole room into an Instagram-worthy space? Wallpaper is a bold and easy solution — if every wall in your room is clad in beautiful prints, you can essentially park yourself in any corner and still have an envy-inducing Zoom backdrop.

Designer wallpaper has seen a resurgence in recent years, and we're obsessed with Christian Lacroix's exquisite Oiseau Fleur vinyl wallpaper, which depicts vibrant botanical and bird motifs against a silk effect embossed base. It comes in two colourways of pink and grey.

(Main image: Brina Blum/ Unsplash; Featured image: Christian Lacroix)

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By now, your bosses and colleagues have probably seen more of your abode than you would've ever expected to show them.

With many of us working from home these days, meetings held over video conferencing apps the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams have become the new normal. Inevitably, this means letting colleagues into our residences — albeit virtually — and having them catch glimpses of it via our backdrop. Depending on where your workspace is located, this view could range from a boring blank wall to windows or cluttered bookshelves.

Your makeshift office may not be the most glamorous, but there are several easy interior design tricks that you can employ to quickly jazz up the background of your Zoom calls.

Textiles and cushions

If your workstation of choice is the couch or bed, all it takes is a few snazzy throw pillows wrapped in eye-catching fabrics and prints to provide visual interest in the space behind you. Consider dressing your cushions in the Armani/Casa Exclusive Textiles by Rubelli collection, which is inspired by modern art — specifically works by Henri Matisse, Vasilij Kandinskij and Paul Klee.

It showcases striking colour blocks embellished with embroideries, ikat details and intertwined motifs. These are available in various patterns and shades ranging from pastel to neutral hues. More details here.

Houseplants and greenery

Adding houseplants to your home office will help the space look less spartan and bland. Smaller plants like cacti, succulents and spider plants can be displayed on shelves or tables, while larger ones such as philodendrons, snake plants and ZZ plant (Zanzibar Gem) can be placed on the floor to break the monotony of blank walls.

Online plant retailer Flora Houses offers a wide variety of houseplants that will thrive indoors and are generally low-maintenance. Its range includes Japanese fir, fiddle leaf fig and Bird of Paradise. The store provides free doorstep delivery with a minimum spend.

Artworks and paintings

Perhaps houseplants may seem like too much of a commitment, or you simply don't have green fingers. This is where paintings and art pieces make an easier alternative. You can simply hang a couple of them on the wall that constantly forms your video call backdrop.

An Andy Warhol or Basquiat will certainly impress your co-workers, but your art doesn't necessarily have to be expensive or by big name artists. Consider procuring artworks instead from indie galleries such as Odd One Out, which boasts an array of creations by local and international printmakers and illustrators. We can't take our eyes off the above acrylic painting by Micke Lindebergh, which is titled 'Small Yellow Flower Pot' and features colourful blooms accented by quirky squiggles and bright hues.

Statement ornaments and furniture

Inject a dose of quirk into your meeting setup by peppering your background with assorted decorative items and statement furniture pieces. These can be anything from figurines to colourful tiles and dramatic room dividers.

Our go-to is Lala Curio, which is a whimsical wonderland of objets d'art such as brass monkey sculptures, cloisonné birds, and, one of our favourites — an adorable trio of cranes adorned with rock crystal feathers and perched on crystal balls.

Wallpaper

Why settle for one specially curated work area, when you can turn your whole room into an Instagram-worthy space? Wallpaper is a bold and easy solution — if every wall in your room is clad in beautiful prints, you can essentially park yourself in any corner and still have an envy-inducing Zoom backdrop.

Designer wallpaper has seen a resurgence in recent years, and we're obsessed with Christian Lacroix's exquisite Oiseau Fleur vinyl wallpaper, which depicts vibrant botanical and bird motifs against a silk effect embossed base. It comes in two colourways of pink and grey.

(Main image: Brina Blum/ Unsplash; Featured image: Christian Lacroix)

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