To applaud the Hong Kong public for supporting Tai Kwun over the last six years, we and Tai Kwun offer a rich diversity of art and cultural activities.
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Tai Kwun site-wide
HKJC celebrates Tai Kwun 6th anniversary with encore!
Together, Tai Kwun and the Club continue to delight, inspire, and enlighten all with a vibrant line-up of shows, exhibitions, events, and new experiences that appeal to first-time visitors, art aficionados, and anyone fascinated by history and heritage. You can find a major contemporary exhibition by a truly global figure alongside a new series of tours with a focus on architectural features. The vast, welcoming Parade Ground is enlivened by a spectacular French physical theatre. While conservation talks and world-class chamber music can be found in the exquisite intimacy of JC Cube.
Tai Kwun has welcomed 17 million visitors over the last six years, with four million of you in the last year alone. For sharing every moment, for embracing Tai Kwun’s ever-changing offerings and 365-day festival, we say thank you. Bravo, Hong Kong! Encore!
It is your Tai Kwun and now it is time for your encore!
Website: https://www.taikwun.hk/en/programme/detail/encore-hkjc-celebrates-tai-kwun-6th-anniversary/1396
Exhibitions and programmes
Hidden Spaces Tour
An exceptional tour of three hidden spaces at Tai Kwun, often off-limits to the public due to conservation and operational considerations.
Get ready to climb the hidden stairs that brought defendants from the underground cell to the Magistracy. Next, enter the thick-walled prison cells transformed into backstage dressing rooms for performers and follow the underground tunnel to a secluded air raid shelter. Besides experiencing these historical spaces of submission, incarceration, security, and life protection, participants can learn the solutions and challenges of heritage conservation, the efforts being taken to preserve our site and develop a deeper understanding of criminal justice, punishment and rehabilitation, conflict and war.
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| Date | 25 – 26 May 2024 |
| Time | 11:15am – 6:30pm (45min per session) |
| Venue | Site-wide |
Architectural Legacy: Guided Tour
This special guided tour allows you to discover Tai Kwun’s rich architectural heritage. You get to know how individual structures and original elements embrace diverse architectural traditions, and how materiality and craftsmanship reflect the technological and cultural significance of the heritage site.
From the designs of Chinese pan-and-roll tile roof, timber roof truss, and European cantilevered staircase to the tactile properties of stone, wood, metal, and brick — the tour enhances one’s appreciation of architecture and personal experience of the site.
| Event information | Details |
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| Date | 23 May – 30 Jun 2024 |
| Time | 2:00pm |
| Venue | Site-wide |
Bruce Nauman
Tai Kwun Contemporary is proud to present a major survey exhibition by the US-born artist Bruce Nauman, one of the most influential artists working today. Curated in collaboration with the Bruce Nauman Studio, and based primarily on works from the Pinault Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as loans from Tate, The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Dia Art Foundation, and The Sonnabend Collection Foundation, Tai Kwun Contemporary’s exhibition takes the form of a survey covering aspects of the artist’s entire career, and is the first show of this kind to be presented in Hong Kong.
| Event information | Details |
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| Date | 15 May – 18 Aug 2024 |
| Time | 11:00am – 7:00pm (Closed on Monday, except public holidays — in which case closed the day after) |
| Venue | JC Contemporary |
| Ticketing (HK$) |
Online / on-site: $120 (General) / $60 (Concession*) *Concession ticket for full-time students with ID, people with disabilities, and senior citizens over the age of 60 https://www.klook.com/en-HK/activity/111130-tai-kwun-bruce-nauman/ |
Tai Kwun Conversations: Chinese Cultural Heritage Series – Interpretation and Uses of Heritage in Urban and Rural China
The second session of Tai Kwun Conversations: Chinese Cultural Heritage Series presents “Interpretation and Uses of Heritage in Urban and Rural China” by Dr Kuanghan Li, Regional Representative (China) of World Monuments Fund. The conversation features Prof. Richard Engelhardt, former UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific.
In the context of mass-urbanisation, widening urban-rural disparity, and an aggressive campaign to integrate tourism and culture, what are the strategies and case studies for integrating urban and rural heritage into the wider goal of sustainable development in contemporary China through interpretation and uses of cultural resources? This programme offers insights on recent developments in China’s heritage conservation and management.
| Event information | Details |
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| Date | 20 May 2024 |
| Time | 7:00pm – 8:30pm |
| Venue | JC Cube |
French Rendezvous@Taikwun: Möbius in May
Möbius in May is an exploration of the outer confines of acrobatics, inspired by the phenomenon of murmuration. In nature, this “choreography” of hundreds of starlings in flight is so well-timed and so dense that it sometimes eclipses the sun – even if just for an instant.
Möbius in May is an extract from Möbius – the fifth creative production from the French contemporary circus company, Compagnie XY.
| Event information | Details |
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11 May 2024 (Saturday) 8:00pm |
| 12 May 2024 (Sunday) 6:30pm, 8:00pm |
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| 13, 15 – 16 May 2024 (Monday, Wednesday – Thursday) 6:00pm, 7:30pm |
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| 17 – 18 May 2024 (Friday – Saturday) 5:00pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm |
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| 19 May 2024 (Sunday) 4:30pm, 6:00pm, 7:30pm |
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| Venue | Parade Ground |
The Art of Rejuvenation by Musicus Society
The acclaimed ECO is the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world, breathing new life into classic chamber works. Concert C.P.E. Bach and J.S. Bach feature Musicus Artistic Director and cellist Trey Lee, and violinist Aaron Chan in respective concerts. For The Art of Rejuvenation, Hong Kong new media artist Phoebe Hui is commissioned to create a new artwork that celebrates the intersection of old and new.
| Event | Details |
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| Ensemble concerts |
Date and time: 17 – 18 May 2024 | 8:00pm Venue: JC Cube |
| Free chamber concerts |
Date and time: 18 May 2024 | 2:00pm, 19 May 2024 | 2:30pm and 4:30pm Venue: JC Cube |
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