page_title: Visual Arts in Hong Kong
section_title: The Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department support and carry out visual arts activities
hierarchical_section_title: Visual Arts in Hong Kong / The Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department support and carry out visual arts activities
caption_attribution_description: English: Front view of Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
context_page_description: Visual Arts in Hong Kong are supported by local markets, government programs, and auction houses that have helped raise the status of Art across the region. Hong Kong is a city that combines both Western and Eastern culture. Culture and visual art are developing together here. There will be hundreds of international-level cultural and artistic activities in Hong Kong every March. From avant-garde art to comic graffiti, from film to dance, from the temple to the street, the streets of Hong Kong are filled with posters of art events, and the atmosphere of the city will be very active. The artistic heritage of Hong Kong is everywhere. The blending of Chinese and Western cultures has formed the city's unique diverse temperament and cultural landscape. Hong Kong has a fusion of art and history in Chinese restaurants, famous wax museums, and nightlife ports. This multicultural blend of Chinese and Western cultures continues to reinvigorate. Hong Kong's visual art market has finally become one of the most important art trading markets in the world with its own development and the opportunities of the times.
context_section_description: In 1995,  Hong Kong Government established the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Its role is to "plan, promote and support the wide development of arts (including literature, performance, visual and film arts) and arts education." The Visual Arts Subcommittee is affiliated with it. One task is to improve the visual arts environment in Hong Kong. In 2001, the Visual Arts Subcommittee publicly sought a research project to help public art develop in the local environment. The results of the research project were released to the public in September 2003. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department set up an arts promotion office in April 2001. It is responsible for public arts, community arts and visual arts centre. The office is located at the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre. The office aims to "let art jump out of the museum and integrate into different segments of society... and help the public to discover their interest in visual arts, enrich their artistic experience and enhance their appreciation of art." The office is mainly responsible for promoting the community, art and public art, and provide professional visual arts facilities and training. The office is committed to providing high quality and diverse visual arts activities and services. Through different levels, people will work with artists and organizations, organizations and organizations that are dedicated to promoting Hong Kong's visual arts development to form strategic partnerships to meet the needs of the public and promote the visual arts in different fields to the public. Appreciation of visual art and interest in participation. The office also provides a one-stop service to assist the creation and development of artists. Under the jurisdiction of the Art Promotion Office, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre is a professional art venue for ceramics, sculpture and printmaking. It provides excellent equipment to facilitate artists to create and hold various types of artistic activities. The Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre has nine art studios, a lecture hall, an exhibition hall and a multi-purpose activity room for use by artists and groups. The Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre also organizes various types of arts activities, including courses, exhibitions, demonstrations, lectures, artist residency programmes and art exhibitions. It promotes arts development and training in order to promote arts exchange and foster new talent.
caption: Description：English: Front view of Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre. Date：24 May 2013, 16:26:58 Author：HK Arun
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