Fading Treasures: The Elegance of Hong Kong's Hand-Lettered Signage 褪去的珍寶：香港手寫手製招牌的魅力

Hand-written Chinese character signs often serve as prominent features in local movie backdrops and nostalgic tourist photos. Hong Kong's oldest storefronts proudly display hand-painted lettering, embodying a unique charm that image makers strive to cherish — from filmmakers to photographers like renowned Hong Kong-based French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze. These signs, with their graceful strokes, have become iconic symbols of the city's culture, offering a nostalgic glimpse into its bustling urban landscape — enjoy every image!

Design Dialogue, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseSeptember 6, 2024art, chinese, street photography, design annual, design, CalligraphyComment

Exploring Identity and Legacy: Kevin Matthew Wong's Benevolence Hall

“Benevolence Hall” is Hakka-Chinese Canadian artist Kevin Matthew Wong’s latest art installation, inviting audiences to reflect on their personal journeys and connections to Canada. Many Canadians have roots in different parts of the world, coming to Canada and making it their new home. This is also true for the Hakka (which translates to “guest families” in Chinese), who have migrated within China and across the globe, including Canada, while respecting the local cultures of their new homes.

Art and Fashion, Mark Your CalendarFête ChinoiseAugust 1, 2024Art, artists, art, Installation, Installation ArtComment

Shanghai Tang AW24: Reimagining Tang Dynasty Elegance with Modern Flair

Inspired by ancient Chinese poet Li Bai’s “Bring In The Wine,” Shanghai Tang’s AW24 collection blends Tang Dynasty opulence and modern sophistication. Immerse in vibrant silks, rich colours, and exquisite craftsmanship that reimagine ancient elegance with a contemporary twist.

Art and Fashion, Design DialogueFête ChinoiseJuly 25, 2024fashion, Fashion, chinesefashion, CollectionsComment

Engage in the Joy of Giving Back: Vancouver's Silent Auction is Live

The Vancouver Silent Auction site is now live! Explore various categories showcasing generous donations from our valued donors. Engage in bidding for your favourite items, supporting a great cause, and discovering an array of distinctive goods and exclusive experiences, ranging from home decor to fashionable apparel and accessories

Objects of Desire, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseFebruary 15, 2024fashion, FashionComment

Place Your Bids: Toronto Silent Auction is Now Live

Explore a diverse range of products and experiences, including art & collectables, jewellery, home & lifestyle, culinary & hospitality, and more, all beginning at $1000 retail value. Place your bids now to win curated items for a great cause! The Silent Auction site is now live for preview and closes on February 4th, 2024, at 11:59 PM.

Objects of Desire, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseJanuary 26, 2024fashion, FashionComment

Introducing a New Book for Asian Heritage Month by Canadian Author — Nancy Lam: The Loyal Daughter

Asian Heritage Month is a fitting time to celebrate authors from the Asian-Canadian community, and new to the scene is immigration lawyer Nancy Lam. Her debut novel, The Loyal Daughter, is loosely based on her mother’s journey from China (Hong Kong) to Canada, spanning from the 1940s to present day. Told through the perspectives of a mother, daughter and grand-daughter, the story speaks to the myths and realities of the immigrant journey in North America which include complex relationships and generational challenges and trauma.

Art and FashionDeborah Lau-YuMay 10, 2023Art, artists, sculptureComment

Remembering Ju Ming 朱銘, Sculptor and Artist

On April 22, 2023, the art world was saddened by the passing of sculptor Ju Ming 朱銘 who was aged 85. He was an internationally-renowned Taiwanese sculptural artist best known for his abstracted, blocky bronze and steel sculptures that masterfully depict human forms with unexpected sharp-edged shapes and a modern palette. A large number of his works are on permanent display in public areas around the world.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseMay 1, 2023Art, artists, sculptureComment

A SENSE OF PLACE: JENNY YUJIA SHI 施雨迦：漂流成長記

Halifax-based, multimedia artist Jenny Yujia Shi talks a lot about growing roots. This is probably because her life has been uprooted almost too many times to count. Not surprisingly, much of her creative output centres around themes of displacement and dislocation, which she attributes to two defining moments in her life: the demolition of her childhood neighbourhood in downtown Beijing and then, the decade she spent navigating the immigration process here in Canada. Shi’s work is as poignant as it is beautiful.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseApril 17, 2023Art, artistsComment

Art, Food & Family Ties: Don Kwan 關日安：尋找我那遺失的美好

This year marks a major milestone in artist Don Kwan’s family: they will be celebrating their 100th anniversary since settling in Canada back in November of 1922. One of 8 children, Kwan is part of the third generation of his family and a proud descendant of his paternal grandfather who immigrated to Canada at just 11 years of age. Part of the first wave of Chinese immigrants, his grandfather was affected by the discriminatory Chinese Immigration Act that would charge every Chinese newcomer a $50 head tax (an incredible sum in the 1920s). Like so many of that generation, his grandfather would later go back to China to marry and have children there before his family could fully emigrate to Canada after the Second World War.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseMarch 27, 2023Art, artists, ottawaComment

Game On: Arnold Tsang 曾昭雋:「Chill 」的人生攻略

In a blaze of publicity, Tsang quit the company that was his creative home for the past twelve years to leap again into the unknown. His latest venture is Azuki, the digital brand known for its collection of 10,000 NFTs on the decentralized Ethereum blockchain. As its name implies, Azuki are little red beans disguised as youth culture rebels who skate the Internet. They are outsiders, prone to taking risks, and alarming the Establishment, much like NFTs themselves, a pandemic-era phenomenon sold in virtual marketplaces, using the same blockchain ledger technology as cryptocurrencies.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseFebruary 28, 2023art, nft, anime, mangaComment

Model Citizen: Daniel Liu 劉丹尼:因為‧愛

A marriage and one son later, the Lius find themselves north of the border, where the jack-of-many-trades is making noise these days at the 19th century church they purchased in the small Ontario town of Paisley. Currently converting it into a high-design home, he’s doing his own woodworking and welding — just some of his talents — while continuing to give good face (when duty calls), and even taking a role in a box office juggernaut Shang-Chi. Daniel is living life on his own terms. Pews, included.

Personal Stories, Long Reads, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseFebruary 21, 2023danielliu, model, actorComment

(Un)Readability, Script and Visual Language with Xu Bing 只可意會，不可言傳：訪問徐冰

Chinese culture has a complex relationship with the origin and evolution of hieroglyphics. I say this because Chinese is so different from English – it is much more ideographic. This logic also corresponds with the magical relationship between reading, thinking, and constructing perspective in Chinese.

Art and FashionFête ChinoiseNovember 23, 2022Xu Bing, 徐冰, Installation Art, Chinese ArtistComment