Donald Trump has appointed Usha Vance, the wife of Senator JD Vance, to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. US Vice President JD Vance (L) stands with his wife Usha Vance as they take part in a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ /…
Hong Kong has tightened the criteria of a mega-events fund by requiring organisers to promote tourism and stimulate economic growth, while eyeing more efficient allocation of resources for a targeted 10 large-scale projects per year. The review of the Mega Arts and Cultural Events (ACE) Fund by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau followed controversy…
Lam, co-founder of new media art group Dimension Plus, who has a new media arts degree from New York University, focuses on using technology such as AI to create immersive audio-visual experiences. Like Siu, Lam works with artists across disciplines to create shows that push the limits of arts experiences. For example, for Reconnect 2023:…
Hong Kong’s leader has taken the rare step of singling out the culture bureau for failing to meet goals in his latest policy address, calling on the minister to complete a development blueprint “as early as possible” and saying he would step in to monitor the progress. Wednesday’s policy address highlighted six key performance indicators,…