4 must-see Hong Kong art exhibitions this summer
Ailsa Wong: 1
Ailsa Wong's Lightning (2025). Photo: De Sarthe
In her solo exhibition '1', Hong Kong-based artist Ailsa Wong imagines a shared sentient body – a single organism made up of many, not unlike an ant colony where every role is vital to the whole. This idea takes form in an immersive, cave-like environment filled with moving sculptures, interactive video games, a mechanical sound installation and mixed-media works that speak to the diversity of her practice.
De Sarthe, 26/F, M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, until July 26.
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Robert Ryman
Classico 6 (1968) by Robert Ryman. Photo: courtesy Robert Ryman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The late American artist's first solo show in China presents works from the 1960s to the 2000s across two floors of
David Zwirner . Known for his use of white paint, Robert Ryman treated the medium not as absence but as inquiry as he tested how surface, scale, material and even fasteners shape a painting's relationship to its space.
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