DFA AWARDS EXHIBITION
(February 19–27) 

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Since being launched in 2003 by the Hong Kong Design Centre, the annual DFA Design for Asia Awards has been one of the region’s most prestigious touchstones of creative excellence. The recent 2021 awards celebrated dozens of established and rising industry visionaries such as Patrick Whitney, a professor in residence at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Min-Liang Tan, the co-founder of Razer; Freeman Lau, the designer and co-founder of KL&L Creative Strategics; and Design Trust Futures Studio, led by co-founder and architect Marisa Yiu. Design lovers will get a chance to learn about all of the award winners and view their inspiring projects at a week-long exclusive exhibition at The Mills in Tsuen Wan.
Find out more at dfaawards.com 

HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL 2022
(mid-February–March) 

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The city’s largest celebration of art and culture returns for its 50th iteration, bringing together commissioned and original works across the realms of theatre, music, dance, visual arts and more. Aside from a slew of international items available for online viewing, among the not-to-be-missed in-person pieces are the international premiere of Laila, a stunning immersive interactive opera experience fusing AR, VR, 360-spatial sound and more, co-produced with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet; Dance Opera: Love Streams, inspired by the poetic texts of Chinese female writers Xiao Hong and Xi Xi; and We Are Gay, a new Cantonese drama on lust, loyalty and ambition by playwright Candace Chong and director Tony Wong.
Find out more at hk.artsfestival.org  

HOUSE OF MUSEA
(Jan 28 onwards)

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Spring has sprung at K11 MUSEA which presents a festive celebration of love and new beginning by transforming into an English estate, the HOUSE OF MUSEA, adorned with larger than life strawberry artworks by Brooklyn-based Korean artist Stickymonger which challenges our perspective on uniqueness and originality. Take a romantic stroll through the pop-up garden reminiscent of the traditional English Royal gardens and take part in the many workshops such as live oil painting, flower arrangement demonstration and cocktail hat making.
Find out more at k11musea.com