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Watch brand Audemars Piguet was extremely forward-thinking when it opened its first AP House in Hong Kong and Asia in the heart of Central back in 2018. A way to elevate the client experience above the traditional brick-and-mortar store, the AP House concept soon inspired others to follow in their footstep – private lounges, brand residences and clubhouses began popping up left and right as others began to see the value in enhancing the client experience.

Located at H Queen's, the first AP House was designed to feel like a home away from home for the manufacture's most valued clients, a private respite that heightens one's experience at Audemars Piguet – you could have a meeting there, invite friends for a drink, with no obligation whatsoever to buy a watch. So successful was this concept that the brand's just opened their second AP House, this time on the other side of the harbour at the prestigious K11 Musea. Hong Kong is extremely lucky. Not every city has an AP House presence and Hong Kong has two, speaking to the popularity of the brand here.

"We're excited to introduce a second AP House to Hong Kong so as to bring the brand's renowned hospitality to both sides of the iconic Victoria Harbour and continue to offer unique experiences to AP lovers," says Peggy Hu, CEO Greater China of the brand.

The K11 Musea AP House exudes an air of exclusivity from the outside, featuring a facade of liquid steel panels in a luxurious gold tone. But inside, the House is warm and comforting. AP House's interiors are designed by local design practice studiossoo, founded by Samantha Soo in 2017. Past the welcome foyer, guests are greeted with the focal point of the room: AP House boasts a central feature bar in its 186-square-metre urban retreat, with design elements that pay tribute to both Chinese culture and the brand's Swiss roots.

The circular shape of the bar is inspired by the traditional red lantern, while the soothing green jade onyx countertop is a highly-prized stone in Chinese culture. The lighting recalls lampposts in Switzerland, and splashed out across the interior is a selection of artworks by prominent artists, sculptors and photographers, with many pieces documenting Hong Kong's evolution.

A fireplace flickers warmly on one side of the room. The second AP House feels more intimate than the first, there are comfortable seating and dining areas carved into every corner, shielding you from view from other guests at the house.

Another main attraction is the open terrace with panoramic views of Victoria Harbour. While the new AP House is only open by appointment at the moment, it will soon be open to the public as well.

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Shanyan Fok Koder and Richard Bassett explain how a Hong Kong art entrepreneur joined forces with a former special-forces soldier to launch a health and mental wellbeing app, Mentor360.

"Mental health and mental fitness are universal concerns," says Shanyan Fok Koder. "And regardless of your demographic, social status, your job or your age, it’s something everyone has to deal with."

Shanyan Fok Koder & Richard Bassett on Mental Health App Mentor360

The Mentor360 app dropped on World Mental Health Day in October, the cumulation of the last 20 months of work and conversations (usually across continents over Zoom) between former military man Richard Bassett and worldly art advisor Koder. A month later, I’m sitting with both in a North London café talking over slices of pizza.

Their app, they hope, offers everyone a holistic 360 guide and framework to “finding your formula” for mental and physical wellbeing. It uses a hybrid approach, with a core layer of clinicians and professional Mentors and then celebrity Ambassadors (who’ve publicly shared meaningful life stories) critical for building noise and momentum.

"I’d been in the military for a long time. And there were a couple of incidents in my life that made me want to create something," Bassett, the CEO, explains. "Firstly, it was my father committing suicide. Then my son had a bit of misdirection. And several of my friends in the military had PTSD issues or adjustment disorders."

"The biggest issue is why people wouldn’t come forward and say they’ve got a problem?” he asks.

“Unlike some apps, we’re not trying to get people hooked. Come on to it when you need it”

— Richard Bassett

The answer often lay in culture, lack of education or concerns about privacy that prevent many from seeking help. With that came Bassett’s idea of creating an app that functions as a “non-judgmental toolkit” with content validated by experts – who include coaches, performance psychologists, mental health-specialising nurses and a clinical psychologist.

Basset’s link with Koder came when his best friend, ex-special forces colleague and TV star Jason Fox, sat next to a pregnant Koder at a charity fundraiser for Born (which researches to prevent premature birth) in late 2019. As the pair talked about their passions for mental health and children’s wellbeing, the connection to Bassett’s idea became quickly apparent.

"Foxy told me that I have to meet his friend, Richard, who’s building this app," Koder recalls. "I was always wanting to support things that are very meaningful and close to my heart … and now Jason is actually our key mentor. The partnership between Richard and I was almost like two parts of a jigsaw puzzle come together."

Although some might go to the app for help with stress, trauma or even resources to help with suicidal feelings, Mentor360 is designed specifically as a three-dimensional offering that will also encourage fitness, workouts, performance and meditation or more clinical matters.

"We wanted to maintain the human factor as a constant throughout. So it feels like somebody has given you some advice rather than some process-driven machine learning," Bassett adds.

The co-founders might come from two different worlds, but the unlikely partnership speaks to the ubiquity of the issues at hand. Bassett’s 25-year military career saw him being appointed the first ever Command Sergeant Major within the UK Special Forces military group. "It was at that stage where I was asked if I wanted to run defence,” he says. “At that point, I thought, I’ve kind of had my fill of the military now, it’s time to move on."

Koder meanwhile grew up in Hong Kong and the UK as the daughter of Li Ka-shing’s "right-hand man" Canning Fok, carving out a career in the arts and taking over her family’s impressive collection. As a female art entrepreneur and mother, her challenges would be different.

"When I had the misfortune of losing three babies to miscarriage and dealing with that emotional fallout, it led me to want to support this as a cause," Koder divulges. "If there’d been something like this app available to me, I don’t think I’d have suffered as much as I did emotionally. It’s a topic that’s still very taboo, even in this day and age … and while you eventually find your own community, at the very beginning, you do feel very alone."

Both were clearly driven towards the app through deeply personal experiences. Bassett saw first-hand how soldiers who’d done several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan suffered – his best friend, Fox, had left the forces with PTSD. Perhaps machismo or fear of institutional repercussions meant that the issue was often ignored or hidden in the military – but he hopes that Mentor360’s holistic approach can gently lead people to explore mental fitness alongside physical performance too.

The male-female perspectives of the pair offer a well-rounded, powerful tool. And while the wellness space is already crowded, Mentor360 stands out by being so broad, human-focused and non-prescriptive.

There’s been exciting traction too. Since its launch, the app has been downloaded in more than 176 countries, with the UK, the US and Australia leading. British schools have reached out and it’s one governance board away from being trialled within the National Health Service (NHS), which means added clinical risk management in the app. That has been an important validation, says Bassett, "especially when an institution like that has picked it out from a huge spectrum of apps on the market today."

Covid-19 and lockdowns have helped throw light on mental health, taking the conversation more mainstream. The timeliness has hit home; as Bassett says, “there’s a lot of people now struggling with the transition between Covid and normality”.

Koder tells us that the plan is to serve individuals but also institutions such as the NHS and the military. There’s also the option of “white labelling” it, so the app can be packaged and tailored to certain industries or corporate employees. In the future, might they look more global, with different languages and translations? Absolutely, the pair say, but they’re taking it “slow and steady”. There’s been interest from American corporations and Koder says that she’s keen to push into Asia very soon. Although going truly global might mean translating for languages, cultures and tone, as well as working with diverse psychologists, it remains a future ambition.

Mentor360 may be extra helpful in cultures where mental health is still relatively taboo. As Koder says, "I think, coming from our Asian culture, it speaks volumes to me – so much of our culture is about still performance or hiding a lot of what you’re feeling."

"Unlike some apps,” Bassett adds, "what we’re not trying to do is create a hook or get people hooked. Come on to it when you need it, and if you don’t need it for a while because you’re good, you can just put it away … We’re starting to see those patterns in the trend analysis."

To get a little personal, I ask what works for them individually to keep a healthy mind and body. Bassett’s formula revolves around daily exercise, time with the family, dogs and good sleep – even the occasional glass of wine on the sofa in front of a crackling fireplace. Koder’s happiness hacks centre around motherhood, being content and at peace in her skin, and looking at life with a certain romanticism: "I always love to see the poetry in my day,” she says, "and I think it’s important to just pause throughout the day, check-in and acknowledge that I’ve achieved these things and I should be proud of myself, rather than just rushing on to the next thing."

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Easily the most dazzling evening of the year for fashionistas and the arbiters of style in the city, the opening gala for Savoir-Faire: The Mastery of Craft in Fashion exhibition at K11 Musea was a spectacular return to glamour. For a city that’s long been cloaked in designer masks and mostly muted celebrations for the past two years, the best-dressed stepped out in unabashed style.

K11 Musea was the place to be seen, to be heard, to be photographed in couture, and by George, the A-list pulled out all the stops and dug out their finest wears and tears. The opening night for Adrian Cheng's exhibition, with fashion editor Carine Roitfeld, provided ample reason to doll out in designer gladrags as haute couture was celebrated alongside intricate Chinese crafts. From the realms of culture, fashion and art alike, we noted several people head to toe in scintillating sartorial selects, after the drudgery of the pandemic, it was a return to life in colour, exquisite embroidery, scintillating silhouettes, sequins and feathers.

The big question that was trending on social media (and by many self-appointed fashion critics); Who was best dressed? We have our picks, of course, and as we race to print and publish, here are a few of our favourites; Anne Wang Liu in Alex Perry to Jennifer Yu Cheng in a custom pink Christian Siriano gown, the gold carpet (red carpet is ‘so’ last season) was rolled out for the dashing and the debonair.

Let’s not forget the gents, Adrian Cheng inaugurated the eventing wearing Alexander McQueen, architect Andre Fu looked faultless in a tailored suit by Yally Yan (for the pernickety fashion purveyors, in Tom Ford shoes and a Chanel brooch).

The bold and the beautiful Elly Lam in London-based label Alessandra Rich turned several heads, while Alison Chan El Azar in a feathery and sequinned little red number from 16Arlington looked ultra-glam. Veronica Chou wore Thierry Mugler and all the devilish details were in the back of her eye-catching ensemble, Colleen Yu Fung in Jenny Peckham looked fab, while Michelle Reis opted for a classic Giorgio Armani gossamer gown with intricate detailing.

A special shout out to those who opted for Asian designers such as Feiping Chang’s frothy green confection from Chinese designer Ryzyoryuan, couturier Barney Cheng and PR maven Peter Cheung who wore traditional qipaos (designed by Cheng). Calvin Wang also opted for a traditional Chinese-style men’s gown accessorised with a glittering broach.

Via livestream, fashion icon Carine Roitfeld joined the guests, the glittering skyline of Hong Kong island was the stunning background for the evening. Gala guests also participated in a silent auction powered by Open Heart featuring one-of-a-kind pieces and one-off experiences by couture houses and traditional artisans crafted in collaboration with the K11 Craft & Guild Foundation (KCG). Proceeds from successfully auctioned items benefited UNESCO and the KCG to further the global efforts in cultural preservation.

Savoir-Faire: The Mastery of Craft in Fashion officially opens to the public today (13 December, 2021), and continues on 6F, K11 Art & Cultural Centre, K11 MUSEA until 14 February, 2022.

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Here are the latest must-see art exhibitions and experiences to satiate the art-and-culturally-minded individuals in this city.

Soluna Fine Art: Prism

Until October 21, Soluna Fine Art presents a group exhibition titled Prism in celebration of the third anniversary of the gallery's relocation to Sheung Wan. Its biggest group show yet, the exhibition comprises the work of 16 local and international artists.

Until October 21. Soluna Fine Art, G/F 52 Sai Street, Sheung Wan

Woaw Gallery: Maxx Headroom by Michael Lau

Hong Kong-based artist Michael Lau, known as the “Godfather of the Designer Toy”, is presenting a solo exhibition at Woaw Gallery in Central. Original paintings and sculptures from the artist’s signature Gardener series showcase an important part of Lau’s career. Delving into Maxx Heardoom, hero of the Gardener series, the exhibition explores the concept of youth, passion and perseverance through a selection of works old and new. It also reflects Lau’s own journey through the character of Maxx as a metaphor for the artist himself — a strong-willed character who sacrifices everything for his passion.

Until October 23. Woaw Gallery, 9 Queens Road Central

K11 MUSEA: A Muse by the Sea

K11 MUSEA is presenting a collection of six art and design dreamlands – titled Muse Rooms – to bring visitors an immersive experience into arts and culture. Six leading artists, including a'strict, Jon Buergerman, Nelson Chow, Tony Oursler, Hajime Sorayama and Joyce Wang, are tasked to put their artistic spin to some of K11 MUSEA's most popular retail destinations. Interior designer Joyce Wang has for example, reimagined an ice cream pavilion with creations by Cookie DPT, while Sorayama continues to blur boundaries between virtual and tangible with his installation at Gold Ball. Discover it all for yourself now with a visit to K11 MUSEA.

Until November 14. K11 MUSEA Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Perrotin: Gregor Hildebrandt

German artist Gregor Hildebrandt's latest exhibition Behind My Back, in Front of My Eyes, is on show at Galerie Perrotin until November 20, marking his second solo show in the city. Hildebrandt often used repetition in his works, and "sound paper" as his medium, allowing him to visualise music and to paint, or stick, "music" onto canvas.

Until November 20. Perrotin, 807, K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim She Tsui.

David Zwirner: Isa Genzken

This month, David Zwirner Hong Kong presents the first solo exhibition in greater China by artist Isa Genzken.  It presents key works from the past decade, including highlights from her Schauspieler (Actors) series, as well as recent “tower” sculptures (pictured), which together attest to Genzken’s continued innovation as an artist. The show also coincides with an ongoing presentation of the artist’s Rose II at K11 Musea.

Opens October 20 until December 18. David Zwirner Hong Kong, 5-6/F, H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central

(Hero image: Exhibition view at David Zwirner Hong Kong)

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It’s near-impossible to travel anywhere right now – let alone for an indulgent holiday. Cultural-retail destination K11 has designed the ultimate luxurious immersive experience, bringing the essence of Italy’s Lake Como to us. The breathtaking glacial lake is a well-known destination for the elite, with countless celebrity villas on its shores and cultural landmarks. It’s […]

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There’s no doubt Alex Lam inherited his musical talent from his parents, his father being Cantopop legend George Lam Chi-Cheung, and his mother, Sally Yeh. Still, the singer-songwriter and actor hasn’t let privilege get to his head — he’s not afraid to explore other paths, from a stint in Los Angeles to discover yoga and becoming a yoga teacher, to dipping his toes in fashion.

Lam met Hiro Yoshikawa, founder and designer of Washi Jeans, a Japanese denim brand, a couple years back and was intrigued by the designer’s backstory. Now based in Hong Kong, Yoshikawa is the 18^th generation of a revered sake maker in Okayama, Japan, and the first to leave the family business to pursue his own passion in denim-making. By chance, Yoshikawa had found an old document that charted out his family’s history, written on washi paper. Inspired by this, he developed and patented the Washi No. 6 paper yarn, which he utilizes in his first solo collection launching this month.

Lam, who has always had an eye for detail, quickly became an ambassador and muse for Yoshikawa, and took it upon himself to bring the recognition Yoshikawa deserves by helping him stage his upcoming solo debut.

We sit down with Alex Lam and Hiro Yoshikawa at Washi Jean's studio to talk about style and the upcoming debut of Yoshikawa's solo collection Life on Earth.

Can you describe your style? What are your wardrobe essentials?

AL: My style has always been inspired by musicians. I grew up watching some of my favourite bands like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and today, I'm inspired by singers like Drake. For me, my summer essentials include a sleeveless vest, a good multi-functional blazer and a pair of high-quality designer jeans.

Have you always been passionate about fashion and did you want to work in fashion?

AL: I have always cared about how I look and my outfits since I was a kid. I remember there was one time when the collar of my t-shirt wasn't right and I wouldn’t wear it out until my parents fixed it for me. Having friends who are in the fashion industry allows me to execute and experiment my ideas during workshops, like the ‘marshmallow’ colourway of the t-shirt I’m wearing right now. 

How did the both of you meet?

AL: I met Hiro-san thought some of our mutual friends.

HY: have been making jeans for other brands for the past 30 years and it has always been my dream to have my own denim brand. I have always hung out with people from the fashion industry, and meeting Alex from the music and acting world has made my life more fun and exciting.

Can you tell us a bit about your project with Hiro-san?

AL: I was hanging out with a group of producers and we often talk about fashion shows, designer brands’ videos, installation art and music. Once we found out Hiro-san wanted to launch his own denim brand this year, we decided to catch this opportunity and put our ideas together. We are organising a VIP launch event with a fashion show on June 11, 2021.

What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome with this project?

AL: I think the rules of the game changed after Covid started last year. We looked at online fashion shows last year, without the tradition styles, and we knew our team needed to do it in a cleverer way. The restriction for event gathering is 30 persons at the moment, so we were not able to invite too many friends and make the event as big as before. Plus the campaign and fashion show video shoot all in one day, that’s the biggest challenge in this project.

HY:  We have been staying in our studio almost every day is the past few months, meeting different parties like our PR team, models, videographers and producers.

What else are you up to this year that you can share with us?

AL: I have released a new song and I just finished a music video for another song. I have also been working on my YouTube channel and created a few series, but it’s been slightly slowed down because I was focusing in this project.

Has the pandemic affected the way you work or changed your priorities?

AL: Before Covid, I was busy working with clients, who often prepared everything. With changes and restrictions during this period, I am able to organise and create more content by myself.

What are you currently inspired by?

AL: There are many indie musicians and young kids out there who are doing their music in their unique styles. I admire them a lot as they can release songs as long as they think it sounds good. I used think good music requires the best studio and recording equipment, but turned out a lot of indie musicians are producing high quality songs just by working at home.

You have a YouTube channel, you're into fashion, music as well as classic cars. How did you get into each of those passions and how do you balance it all?

AL: Project by project. I’m now focusing more on quantity over quality and I'll keep learning from the progress and mistakes.

Do you have a motto you live by?

Stay healthy. As I was a yoga teacher, I still practice yoga for two to three hours each day. It’s a good way to reflect on myself and find peace.

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This Valentine's Day, K11 MUSEA has come up with a quintessentially Parisian and poetic experience to celebrate your better half. MUSEA ROUGE is multi-sensorial and diverse journey that includes al fresco dining, a floating heart showcase at the Opera Theatre and L’Amour by Cartier.

For the month of February, Hong Kong's Silicon Valley of Culture will be painted in French red, colour of romance and the most auspicious hue of the Lunar New Year season.

The magical journey starts with a one-of-a-kind Al Fresco Dining experience featuring a Fortnum & Mason Afternoon Tea Set and a personalised bouquet by Blooms & Blossoms at the Bohemian Garden overlooking a stunning view of the Victoria Harbour.

In a historical moment where we need love and compassion more than ever, you can make a wish under floating heart C’est Mon Cœur, which also makes for an Insta-perfect photo opportunity. Lovers can then continue the whimsical journey with a stroll through a picturesque Parisian street with L’Amour by Cartier, where you can send a love letter at the postcard pop-up counter. Finally, no memorable date is complete without an intellectual discussion. K11 Art & Cultural Centre has got you covered with Tracing the Fragments, Hong Kong’s first-ever comprehensive showcase of Central Eastern European Art, presented by K11 Art Foundation and Q Contemporary.

By experiencing the magic of love, you'll also have a chance to help others. In fact, for every Fortnum & Mason Afternoon Tea Package booked through the al fresco dining initiative, K11 MUSEA will subsidise meals for those in need.

“We are thrilled to have K11 MUSEA supporting us. Through this initiative, it enables us to continue Social Miles with a wider audience and beneficiaries. The pandemic has reminded us of the importance of creating community resilience, and food security is the uttermost essential. Never stop creating shared value, especially in the mood of love. Share love to all and gain your social miles!” says Alan Cheung, Co-Founder of onebite SOCIAL, a community-empowering initiative by One Bite.

Discover all these Valentine’s Day surprises and more using the MUSEA ROUGE: Experience Paris at K11 MUSEA map on the K11 HK Mobile App.

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In 2017 Jeong Kwan, a Zen Buddhist nun revered the world over for her cooking, introduced Korean temple food to global audiences on Netflix’s award-winning documentary series Chef’s Table. From her garden at the Baekyangsa temple, in Jeolla province 270km south of Seoul, she preserves and teaches the ancient traditions that have inspired the diet of the country’s monks and nuns throughout the centuries.

After years of training at the Mahayeon Temple Food Cultural Centre, chef Gu Jin Kwang has brought this rich – and largely unexplored – culinary heritage to Hong Kong at K11 Musea’s Soil to Soul. The restaurant, which adheres to the righteous natural order at the core of temple food, serves elevated plant-based dishes and abides by the ultimate monastic rule of avoiding the “five pungent vegetables” known as oshinchae – onions, spring onions, garlic, leeks and chives – traditionally believed to be a distraction from meditation, because of their impurities and pungent flavours.

“My dream was to do something new, something that nobody else had done before,” Gu tells me sitting at one of Soil to Soul’s tables surrounded by contemporary-chic minimalistic elements and traditional touches, such as the oblong-shaped bar reminiscent of a Buddhist temple. “In Hong Kong, there’s a lot of fine-dining and Michelin-star restaurants, but I don’t think any of them focuses purely on 100-percent plant-based food and definitely not on Korean vegetarian food. There’s still a misconception that vegetarian food, vegan in particular, is just bland vegetables, but it’s much more complex than that.”

Gu’s reinvented menu at Soil to Soul explores these complexities and plays with consistencies while staying true to the traditional premise that humans should only eat what’s essential to reduce waste and environmental pollution and respect the monasteries’ farm-to-table concept. With the exception of some Korean specialities and sauces, in fact, all the ingredients are locally sourced in Hong Kong to avoid, where possible, air-freight carbon emissions and make the most of what the land has to offer.

"I wanted to explore the old traditions at this restaurant. Nobody seemed that interested in preserving them"

Gu Jin Kwang

Perhaps to the surprise of many, the flavours of Soil to Soul are anything but bland and make masterful use of techniques such as dehydration, fermentation and pickling to create memorable dishes that blend innovation and preservation. These practices originate from the daily activities of Buddhist temples, one of the oldest examples of a self-reliant community. “So far, customers have been very surprised as to how we can explore so many flavour profiles, like acidic, salty and sweet, just by using plant-based products in a creative way,” Gu explains.

Many of the restaurant’s dishes also represent the chef’s personal journey from internationally acclaimed kitchens to the temple-food workshops in Incheon run by another famous nun chef, Wookwan. French-inspired creations, such as mushroom terrine and tofu croquettes, are a testament to Gu’s time at the two-Michelin-star restaurant La Gavroche in London, where he worked with legendary chefs Michel and Albert Roux. At the time, he’d left his coastal hometown of Busan to enrich his culinary expertise and learn the French and European techniques that are conventionally associated with fine dining and garnered him international recognition. His love for fresh produce and aspiration to do something different, however, took him back to the very roots of his country’s ever popular cuisine.

“Nowadays, Korean food – like Korean culture – is very popular, but I think there are many more things to explore in depth. Everyone knows kimchi, but do they know what it is exactly? There are more than 100 types of kimchi and the process to make it is an integral part of Korean traditional culture that dates back to the first century BCE,” Gu explains passionately. “I wanted to explore the old traditions at this restaurant. Nobody seemed that interested in preserving them, either for Koreans or everyone else around the world.”

In addition to the heritage aspect, Gu also stresses the importance of elevating Asian products. Italy and France, he tells me, are famous for ingredients such as truffle and foie gras; Asia, too, he says “should focus more on local products we only have here and celebrate them. That’s what I’m trying to do as well.”

Soil to Soul’s elevated formula to preserve the past while educating diners through a unique culinary journey couldn’t be more contemporary. Now more than ever, shaped by the eco-friendly revolution that’s taking the food industry by storm, diners are looking for transparency and are embracing the idea of eating – and cooking – food that doesn’t harm the environment and nourishes the soul as well as the body.

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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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This is the first mask project by the Museum of Contemporary Art, and features designs by artists such as Andy Warhol, Virgil Abloh and Yoko Ono.

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Hong Kong's ever-changing dining scene is constantly evolving.

So much so, that it can get a little difficult to keep track of it all, let alone remember to book and try the new restaurants that have caught your eye. From brand new concepts to fresh venues and additional locations, here is our guide to seven of Hong Kong's most promising new restaurants to try right now.

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