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  • With prices starting at HK$1,000, the Affordable Art Fair is a great place to begin building an art collection. If you haven’t bought before it can be daunting
  • The Post asked three Hong Kong gallerists what they would say to first-time art buyers and those looking to collect art. They offered seven tips

In Korea’s Space-Out Competition, coming to Hong Kong soon, participants sit still and say nothing for 90 minutes, giving them a chance to pause their busy lives and ‘space out’.

The Speagle’s is a solo exhibition of colourful paintings by Paul Hunter Speagle in which the US artist takes an unfiltered look at his home life. The show runs until June 1 at JPS Gallery in Hong Kong.

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Sonny’s Pizza in SoHo is one of the rare Hong Kong pizzerias selling by the slice. Its founders talk up the special dough their New York-style pizzas use, and working with hot dog and ice cream vendors.

Holistic healthcare helped Marian Alonzo overcome ill-health as a child. She and colleagues from wellness resort The Farm at San Benito in the Philippines are sharing their knowledge in Hong Kong.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth are stellar in the latest episode in George Miller’s dystopian saga – this time set 15 years before 2015’s Fury Road which introduced Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron.

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John Krasinski’s movie, starring Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell, follows 12-year-old Bea (played by Cailey Fleming), who finds a doll-like imaginary friend (IF) in her grandmother’s building.

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Teodora Lazarova, a former model and founder of skincare line La Thea, shares her favourite places to eat in Hong Kong, from a noisy hotpot place to a French restaurant with ‘extraordinary’ dishes.

Korean horror film The Sin, by Han Dong-seok, sees the shooting of an experimental movie break down when a series of bizarre events occur. The film shows glimpses of promise but is ultimately underwhelming.

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David Yip, who came up with the idea for Ming Pavilion, a restaurant serving Hokkien food in Hong Kong’s Island Shangri-La hotel, reveals why he wanted to spotlight a “neglected” regional Chinese cuisine.

CJ Jalandoni, the head chef of Brut in Sai Ying Pun, shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from a pizza joint that makes its dough ‘perfectly’, to a particular Thai place with ‘fantastic’ dishes.

Freya Allan plays a human who joins a group of simians to track down a tyrannical ape ruler in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a film that looks splendid but doesn’t quite deliver emotionally.

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Chat art museum at The Mills in Hong Kong celebrates its fifth anniversary with ‘Factory of Tomorrow’, an exhibition of works made with textiles that chart the city’s evolution and imagine its future.

Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass’ haunting 2007 stage production of Cohen’s Book of Longing is being staged in Hong Kong. Director Mo Lai Yan-chi talks of her fascination with Cohen’s life and work.

A sound therapy session instantly relaxed Hong Kong business owner Sukhjit Kang, leaving him feeling at peace. Sound therapists Melisa Fu O’Connor and Martha Collard explain the process.

On Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau island, hip cafes and restaurants exist alongside traditional vendors selling noodles, seafood and dumplings. We’ve selected 15 of the best ones to try on your next visit.

Hong Kong diners are spoiled for choice for new restaurants to try in May. Here are 10 must-visit places that serve Japanese favourites, Korean chicken, banh mi, Singaporean pizza and more.

A migrant from China to Hong Kong (Raymond Lam) winds up in the Kowloon Walled City, where he befriends mobsters, in Soi Cheang’s lavishly funded yet edgy film, a spectacle let down by its storytelling.

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Food writer Annabel Jackson reveals where she goes in Macau for Portuguese seafood rice, Macanese crab curry and minchi, a favourite Hong Kong restaurant, and a go-to place for cheese in London.

Starring Patra Au, Tai Bo and Leung Chung-hang, director Ray Yeung’s LGBTQ drama All Shall Be Well sees an elderly Hong Kong lesbian at risk of losing everything after her partner suddenly dies.

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With its young people moving away, the culture and history of Tai O on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island were at risk of being forgotten. A non-profit foundation stepped in 15 years ago to help preserve them.

French conductor Philippe Fournier will watch over a two-day conducting master class organised by the co-founders of Hong Kong ensemble Le Gai, in an effort to fill a gap in local music education.

Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat are among the Hong Kong cinema luminaries featured in photos shot by Canadian Greg Girard on 1980s film sets. They will be presented at M+ with a musical accompaniment.

Donna Ong’s documentary examines cinema and Hong Kong history from the 1950s onwards through the eyes of a titan of the cultural scene. Fascinating and packed with archive material, it is narrated by Law.

Wong Sai-kit has an intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. He is also an artist whose bold, colourful work – much of it created using spoons – is on show at a Hong Kong hotel.

Director Sam Wong has tried to pack too much into Suspect, and the result is an incoherent mess. Playing a detective with unusual powers, Nick Cheung endures some frankly stupid set pieces.

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The Hong Kong-based executive producer of musical The Sound Of Music shares her favourite restaurants, including one where she has had ‘many happy dim sum visits’ to a place that ‘never disappoints’.

In China, orchids are considered one of the ‘four gentlemen’ of the plant world. Find out why at an orchid festival in Hong Kong – as well as how to avoid buying an illegally harvested wild specimen.