Episodes.


Art gallerist Shivang on commerce, F.Art Basel, artist intent, how comedy teaches us, and the art of critiquing.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Art gallerist Shivang on commerce, F.Art Basel, artist intent, how comedy teaches us, and the art of critiquing.

Ep.47 | Shivang is the co-founder of Young Soy based in Hong Kong. I met him in his office in Central and our discussion covered his journey in art, which began during the Covid-19 pandemic, the current state of art critiquing in Hong Kong, and the unique requirement of performing a stand-up comedy routine to join the Young Soy team.

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Neon artist Chankalun on the neon society's secret code, circular art, and her upcoming work for Art Basel 2023.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Neon artist Chankalun on the neon society's secret code, circular art, and her upcoming work for Art Basel 2023.

Ep.46 | For this episode of The Last Supper I sat down with neon artist Chankalun in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. We began our dialogue with a short quiz in which I attempted to see the difference between neon and LED. We continued the conversation how she learnt the craft of neon and her upcoming Art Basel work, the difference between American and Japanese Neon techniques, and her project ‘The Neon Girl’.

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Artist Ice Wong on Hong Kong’s art education, glass blowing, jumping from a cabinet, and adopting sun flowers.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Artist Ice Wong on Hong Kong’s art education, glass blowing, jumping from a cabinet, and adopting sun flowers.

Ep.44 | Mixed media and performance artist Ice Wong talked about her experience of studying art in Hong Kong, how she began with performance art, discussed what’s behind her recent work for Post-Human Narratives and the rapport she developed with sunflowers. Ice completed the conversation by explaining why she was jumping off a wooden cabinet and what other work she had planned for this year.

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Artist Jade Ching-Yuk Ng on the impact of Russian mosaics, escapism, and character proximity.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Artist Jade Ching-Yuk Ng on the impact of Russian mosaics, escapism, and character proximity.

Ep.42 | I caught up with London-based artist Jade who is in Hong Kong for her first solo show. Our conversation centred around her experience of being back in Hong Kong after 3 years, how her trip to Russia and the Eastern Bloc countries made a lasting impression on her work, we talked about what Jade meant by character proximity and ended our conversation with her current solo show GUSH.

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Meet Shen the T. rex with Georgina Hilton, Christie’s Head of Classic Art, Asia.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Meet Shen the T. rex with Georgina Hilton, Christie’s Head of Classic Art, Asia.

Ep.36 | A 66 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, also nicknamed as Shen the T. rex, is the very first skeleton offered at a public auction in Asia. I sat down with Georgina Hilton and we talked about Christie’s upcoming auction on 30th November in Hong Kong. We also talked about Paul Allan’s exceptional art collection at the Rockefeller Center galleries in New York.

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Artist Kay Mei Ling Beadman on expanding Hong Kong’s fixed boundaries, belonging and her invisibility cloaks.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Artist Kay Mei Ling Beadman on expanding Hong Kong’s fixed boundaries, belonging and her invisibility cloaks.

Ep.33 | Kay May Lin Beadman is a Hong-Kong based artist and researcher. In this podcast episode I travelled to Kwai Hing in and visited in Kay May Lin Beadman in her studio and independent gallery space. Kay talked about her Eurasian experience in Hong Kong, why she co-founded Hidden Space, and the role of critiquing in the emergence and development of art.

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Amanda Sun on Arts For Good, the impact of her art programmes and her mission for social change.
Oscar Venhuis Oscar Venhuis

Amanda Sun on Arts For Good, the impact of her art programmes and her mission for social change.

Ep.33 | Amanda Sun is the founder of the Arts For Good Foundation, a social enterprise that is dedicated to social inclusion for future generations through the soft power of art and culture in Hong Kong. We spoke about a range of subjects including what drove her to begin Arts For Good and we delved into the purpose and impact of the art making programmes.

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