Haven’t checked out every Art Macao exhibition in town? We know summer could be difficult: between the holidays and taking care of the kids, it might not leave that much time for you to put your tourist hat on and explore. Well, September is here to brighten your days! It’s not only a great month to visit Macau, but great for exploring as well. It’s still hot out, but there are plenty of things to do indoors. Read on and find out what arts and culture events we’ve selected for you to enjoy this month!
Art Macao: “Under Siege” by Yang Liping Contemporary Dance
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Renowned Chinese choreographer and dancer Yang Liping brings us Under Siege, a visually stunning new master-piece based on an epochal tale known as Farewell My Concubine, depicting a story of ambition, treason and eternal love. Yang Liping joins forces with Academy award-winning set and costume designer Tim Yip, conjuring up visual magic on stage. With a cast of performers from backgrounds and traditions as diverse as Peking Opera, hip-hop and ballet, this dance theatre piece is an unforgettable, breathtaking experience.
Yang Liping (1958) is a famous dancer and choreographer who is known across China for her creativity and her performance of the Dai peacock dance. Of Bai ethnicity, she grew up in a village in Yunnan province. She started dancing at 11 years old with a local dance troupe, rising to a national level and winning the first prize in a national competition in 1986. She is now the director, choreographer and main dancer of Dynamic Yunnan, a performance art show nationally acclaimed in China, having toured Europe and the USA in 2005. She also did a research project involving finding gifted people in remote Chinese villages and bringing them to stages. Liping collected more than 60 peasants, with whom she built an archive of talent.
When: 8:00pm, Friday and Saturday, September 6 and 7, 2019
Where: Grand Auditorium, Macao Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai s/n, NAPE, Macau
How much: MOP $100–250
For more information, check here and head to Macau Ticket website to buy yours
Macao Film Week 2019
From September 11 to 14, Macao Film Week 2019 features ten local productions released in the years following Macau’s handover to China. The screening is held at the Cinematheque Passion and the Macau University of Science and Technology.
The ten local productions selected for the Film Week include three subsidized productions from the “2013 Support Programme for the Production of Feature Films”, namely Sisterhood directed by Choi Ian Sin, Love is Cold directed by Ho Fei and Passing Rain directed by Chan Ka Keong; two productions by the Audio-Visual CUT Association, namely Macau Stories 2: Love in the City and Macau Stories 3: City Maze; the former tells love stories of the city and the latter is a suspense film; Oliver Fa’s marathon-themed film Against the Wind; Chan Nga Lei’s inspirational teen film Our Seventeen; Chan Kin Tak’s film The Last Roar of a Mother Bear; and Lio Chi Heng’s producer projects Diago and Nobody Nose. These ten productions, all directed or produced by local filmmakers, seek to present the city and its stories to audiences through the camera lens of different directors.
When: September 11–14, 2019
Where: Cinematheque Passion, 13 Travessa da Paixão, Macau and Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa
How much: Free admission
For more information, call +853 8399 6295 or check the organizer’s Facebook page
Wynn Resorts Macau partners with local artists and curators to present an art exhibition entitled “Wynn – Post Haywain”, allowing the public and visitors to soak up the artistic atmosphere of Art Macao. The exhibition will showcase a series of artworks created by local artists, continually adding artistic and cultural vitality to Macau as well as supporting its local cultural and creative development. “Wynn – Post Haywain”, the second-phase exhibition of “Wynn – Garden of Earthly Delights”, is free-of-charge and open to the public starting from August 30 until October 6 at the Art Gallery on the first floor of Wynn Palace. Inspired by a Flemish proverb, “The world is a haywain from which every man takes what he can,” Bosch’s The Haywain uses human greed and desire to explore human nature and social evolution.
The exhibition showcases remarkable artworks created by several contemporary local artists and offers a chance for both Macau residents and tourists to expand their appreciation of art. “Wynn – Post Haywain” is co-curated by Wynn Resorts Macau and Blanc Art Macau. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Macau’s return to China, the exhibition contextualizes Macau’s vibrant development in 20 years. Under the theme “Post Haywain”, the exhibition explores the changes and current situations in today’s society with a series of contemporary art pieces, with the hope that the development of contemporary art in Macau will usher in a new, exciting chapter.
When: 10:00am–10:00pm, August 30–October 6, 2019
Where: 1/F Art Gallery, Wynn Palace, Av. da Nave Desportiva, Macau
How much: Free admission
For more information, check the event’s official page
Underwater City (1985), by Luís DeméeLyric Poetry – Works of Artists in Macao and Portugal from the MAM Collection
The exhibition features works by 60 artists, including local Chinese and Macanese artists, as well as Portuguese artists who have settled or exhibited in Macau, presenting works by Júlio Pomar, Vieira da Silva, Bartolomeu dos Santos, Luís Demée, Carlos Marreiros, Mio Pang Fei, Kwok Woon, Manuel Cargaleiro, José de Guimarães and other masters. The six themes of the exhibition, “View Perspective”, “Colour of Macao”, “Dialogues of Materials”, “Abstract Soul”, “Masters’ Ripples” and “On the Journey”, showcase the results of exchange between Macau and Portuguese artists over the past 30 years, involving the audience in a poetic journey of exchange.
Since the 1980s, with the rapid development of Macau’s economy, many Portuguese artists, local Chinese and Macanese artists explored their creative inspiration under the environment rich in Chinese and Portuguese cultures, constantly bringing new thoughts and driving force, and forming one of the important cultural symbols of Macau. Over the years, the Macao Museum of Art has collected modern and contemporary works from award-winning works, donations, and acquisitions since the 1980s. The exhibition “Lyric Poetry – Works of Artists in Macao and Portugal from the MAM Collection” is one of the events of Art Macao and the “2nd Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”.
When: 10:00am–7:00pm, July 13–November 4, 2019
Where: Special Exhibitions Gallery, 3/F, Macao Museum of Art, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE, Macau
How much: Free admission
For more information, check the event’s official website
Art Macao: Haojiang Moonlight Night – Dance Drama “Thangka”
Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Qinghai Province Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd presents Haojiang Moonlight Night – Dance Drama “Thangka”. The performance is organized by the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of The People’s Republic of China and the Cultural Affairs Bureau.
The original and national dance drama “Thangka” depicts Thangka artists painting with their lives, reverently and persistently inheriting and carrying forward the art of Thangka painting, and extols the pure sentiment of generations of people in the land of Qinghai. The whole drama tells a story of three times of life by the unique structure of “the previous life, another life and this life”, revealing the theme of profound Tibetan culture. The passion and love of the hero and heroine for Thangka and Tibetan culture run through the whole drama. With vivid characters and innovative stage vocabulary, it conveys a strong and rich artistic appeal.
When: 8:00pm, Friday, September 13, 2019
Where: Macao Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai s/n, NAPE, Macau
How much: MOP $100, $150, $200
Those holding a valid Macau ID Card, Macau Teacher card and full – time local student card will be entitled a 50% discount.
For more information, check here
Autumn Gorgeousness (1960)
Art Macao: Quietness and Clarity: Works of Chen Zhifo from the Collection of the Nanjing Museum
Chen Zhifo (1896–1962) was a Chinese artist noted for his meticulous-style flower-and-bird paintings, as well as an art educator and a pioneer of the Chinese arts and crafts of the 20th century. His works, featuring fine and careful depictions, are elegant and bright, sweet-toned, giving off a graceful and lofty charm. By using creative patterns with a decorative flair, he was an innovator, generating new developments for the genre.
This exhibition showcases Chen Zhifo’s flower-and-bird paintings, sketches, as well as materials used in different periods, introduces his art in a comprehensive way, with the objective to deepen the public’s understanding of meticulous flower-and-bird painting, as well as the artist’s creative spirit. The exhibition aims to strengthen the cooperation and exchange in the field of culture and museums between the Macao Special Administrative Region and Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province, the Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Nanjing Museum.
When: 10:00am–7:00pm, Tuesdays–Sundays, August 24–November 17, 2019
Where: Macao Museum of Art, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE, Macau
How much: Free admission
For more information, check here
Art Macao: Unexpected Encounters
City of Dreams owns an impressive art collection of contemporary masters. These works demonstrate how contemporary art has liberated itself from classical forms. There are pieces from renowned masters from each continent that explore art in all its forms. Each piece was selected because it provides a unique encounter with the audience.
At City of Dreams, Art Macao laid out a collection that can only be seen and appreciated while roaming through the company’s properties, which include hotels like Morpheus, Nuwa and Countdown, but also certain shopping and connecting areas. “Good Intentions” by KAWS, “Fat Convertible” by Erwin Wurm, “200 LITOFAIRHOUR” by Charles Pétillon, “Wild Pansy” by Jean-Michel Othoniel (Nuwa VIP entrance), “Continuel Lumière au Plafond” by Julio Le Parc, “9 Seas” by Mathieu Lehanneur, “I Am Busy Today” & “Look At Me!”, by Paola Pivi are available for the public to check out.
When: June 6–October 31, 2019
Where: City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai
How much: Free admission
For more information, check here
