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Filipino artists based in Hong Kong are holding an exhibit of contemporary visual works at the Hong Kong Central Library for the next two weeks, the Philippine Consulate General there said.

The 600 plus exhibitors this year come from a record number of 56 countries and regions, up almost 20%, from Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, the Pacific and Indian oceans, and the Middle East! Some 80% of the exhibitors are from outside Hong Kong and around half of the exhibiting countries from outside Asia. These testify the exceptionally strong international profile of ITE & MICE exhibitors.

A toothless garbageman who once wandered Hong Kong’s streets with dingy bags of ink and brushes tied to his crutches is now the subject of a major retrospective. About 300 calligraphic works by the late Tsang Tsou-choi — who is best known by his self-dubbed title, the King of Kowloon — are showing at the ArtisTree art space in a high glass tower.

This year marks the centenary of the 1911 Revolution, an epoch-making event that had far-reaching consequences for the Chinese people, including the end of imperial rule and the birth of Asia's first republic. To commemorate this remarkable event, an exhibition titled "Centenary of China's 1911 Revolution" will be held at the Hong Kong Museum of History from today(March 2) until May 16.

The new Gagosian gallery opens today in Hong Kong with the Damien Hirst show "Forgotten Promises." The artist was in town five days ago and generated intense buzz for the show, a sign that Hong Kong's international art hub status has crystallized.