In the skilled hands of Master Hui Ka Hung, paper transforms into vibrant, lifelike creations embodying Hong Kong’s cultural heritage.

Hong Kong is a fast-paced city filled with innovation and potential. Among its towering skyscrapers are streets alive with people rushing to their next destination. Beyond the urban chaos lie alleys steeped in history and tradition. It is here that artisans preserve Hong Kong’s cultural heritage through traditional skills passed down for generations. Among them is Master Hui Ka Hung, whose workshop, Hung C Lau, has become synonymous with the art of paper craft.

Kejie Lin’s transformation from a landscape architect to a contemporary gongbi painting artist is as deliberate and precise as the strokes in her paintings. For over twenty years, Kejie designed gardens, orchestrating nature into harmonious compositions that invited reflection and calm. Today, she cultivates these same principles on paper, transforming the ancient, meticulous technique of gongbi, known for its fine lines and detailed brushwork, into a contemporary practice that speaks of her own journey.

Her latest exhibition, A Garden of My Own, at the Varley Art Gallery, extends this creative world and draws audiences from the moment they step inside.

Brimming with talent, Vancouver-based fashion designer Ou Ma is making waves on the west coast with her exquisitely tailored creations. Intrinsically artistic and vividly expressive Ou Ma, is the Beijing-born, Fashion Institute of Technology educated, couture-trained, passionate force at OUMA. The tactile and artistic mediums of illustration and painting found Ma at an early age while growing up in Beijing. This innate talent inspired her to shift from the canvas to physical expression, where movement, intent, and emotion can come to life in the space between fabric, form, culture, and the human experience to create something of deep emotional resonance.

The number one young female sushi master to watch, in Japan - and one of a perilously few in an industry that remains obstinately male-dominated - the 36-year-old (who is also a trained sommelier!) was in Canada for the first time. A two-day whirl at the oh-so-wonderful Sushi Yugen on York Street.

This October, Louis Vuitton brought Chengdu to life with an immersive experience blending urban discovery, scent, and gastronomy. Marking the debut of the updated Louis Vuitton Chengdu City Guide, the “Chengdu Chill” pop-up at Regular Park invited visitors to explore the city’s vibrant culture.

Hong Kong, a city of neon lights and whispered histories, hums endlessly at the intersection of the ancient and the modern, the East and the West. It is a place of contradictions – a city that carries within it the echoes of temples, quiet in incense smoke, juxtaposed against the bustle of crowded, cosmopolitan streets. Within this labyrinth of cultural dualities and layered identities, the contemplative sculptures of Danny Lee Chin-Fai emerge – shaped by and, in turn, shaping the identity of the city itself.