Opinion | Let’s make March ‘Hong Kong Art Month’
- In Hong Kong, what is usually a fairly quiet period in the tourist calendar is buzzing with events, exhibitions and installations
- Hong Kong can unleash more synergies when all stakeholders work together to stage quality exhibitions and events
Art and culture can shape the essence of a city, strengthening its soft power and elevating its ability to draw visitors from around the world. The benefits the arts industry can bring to Hong Kong, and the city’s reputation globally, are intangible but potentially enormous and sustainable.
Detractors will say that spending on arts and culture is a frivolity and a diversion, an unnecessary expense in a world struggling to balance budgets and provide the basic necessities for citizens. But what delegates at this week’s summit and the various events around town are showing is that arts and culture can bring cities to life and help them flourish in significant and surprising ways.
We have seen a spate of new exhibition spaces and galleries, making the arts scene in Hong Kong arguably more exciting than ever and helping to elevate people’s perception of a city still working hard to rebuild its reputation.
