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<p>This September brings a feast of entertainment to enjoy, from the amazing Ultra music festival to many great theatrical and artistic productions, there is so much to lift the spirits.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Ultra Hong Kong</h3>


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<p>Billed as the world’s premier electronic music festival, this first Ultra Worldwide event in Hong Kong will shake the very foundations of two stages set up on the Central shoreline, where headliners including Alesso and Marshmello will perform. The fantastic backdrop of Victoria Harbour will only add to the intoxicating party vibe as the thumping electronic beat sends the throbbing crowd into frenzied delight. This is the full multi-stage version of Ultra following previously successful single-stage ‘Road to Ultra’ editions in the territory. </p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 14 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Central Harbourfront Event Space</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: From $988</p>



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<p><em>For more information:</em> <em><a href="http://ultrahongkong.com">ultrahongkong.com</a></em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Centrestage 2024</h3>


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<p>For anyone who is fascinated by developments in the global fashion industry, this is a must-attend trade fair. Touted as Asia’s leading fashion event, the four-day annual spectacle has it all – glorious catwalk shows, revealing presentations by industry movers and shakers, the eagerly awaited Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest, and many discussion groups and seminars. Thematic zones cover the likes of circular fashion and contemporary and avant-garde design, while Hong Kong’s influence on the fashion world is also spotlighted.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 4-7 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: Entrance fee</p>



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<p><em>For more information: <a href="http://hkcec.com">hkcec.com</a></em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">HK Phil Season Opening</h3>


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<p>Soak up the glorious music of Sibelius’ <em>Violin Concerto</em> and the breathtaking beauty of Bruckner’s <em>Symphony No.9</em> as the Philharmonic begins its 51st season with two masterpieces. Young Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich, who has been winning plaudits for his fine musical interpretations, will leave audiences spellbound during the Finnish composer’s classic piece. Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski will also wave his baton as the Hong Kong orchestra performs the Austrian maestro’s homage to God.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 5-6 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: From $380</p>



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<p><em>For more information:</em> <a href="http://hkphil.org"><em>hkphil.org</em></a></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Hong Kong Open Badminton</h3>


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<p>As a World Tour Super 500 tournament sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation, these championships are a highlight on the international badminton calendar and always entice some of the sport’s best players to Hong Kong. The athletic prowess on show will be unmatched as competitors bid to earn top honours and a share of this year’s prize money (US$420,000).</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 10-15 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: Various prices</p>



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<p><em>For more information: <a href="http://hkopenbadminton.org">hkopenbadminton.org</a></em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Ambiguous</h3>


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<p>Don’t miss the opportunity to see this rerun of Matthew Cheng’s award-winning play about the complexities of married life and the true meaning of relationships. Returning by popular demand to the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre stage, <em>Ambiguous</em> explores the intricacies of simple daily activities that may have deeper significance. The plot unpicks the humdrum lives of stay-at-home husband Chan Chi-yung and housewife Wang Xia following their chance meeting outside a kindergarten.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 13-22 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: City Hall Theatre, Central</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: From $200</p>



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<p><em>For more information: </em><a href="http://hkrep.com"><strong><em><em>hkrep.com</em></em></strong></a></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sheng &amp; Didgeridoo!</h3>



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<p>Enjoy a unique collaboration of musical styles as local sheng master Loo Sze-wang joins forces with didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton. The pair, conducted by Australian Luke Dollman, perform with Hong Kong Sinfonietta in the world première of <em>Coming Together</em>, a concerto by Adelaide-based music-maker Dylan Crismani that showcases these two ancient wind instruments of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian heritage respectively.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: 14 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: City Hall Concert Hall</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: From $200</p>



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<p><em>For more information: <a href="http://hksl.org"><strong>hksl.org</strong></a> </em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Timeless Diva: Anita Mui</h3>


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<p>Grab this last chance to visit an exhibition dedicated to one of Hong Kong’s great cultural icons, Anita Mui. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the idol’s passing, it gathers costumes, records, posters and trophies evoking memories of her glory years on stage, in film and as a driving force behind the emergence of Cantopop. Mui’s contribution to the local cultural scene in the 1980s and 1990s was immense, and this is a fitting tribute to an amazing talent.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: Until 2 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sha Tin</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: Free</p>



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<p><em>For more information: <a href="http://hk.heritage.museum">hk.heritage.museum</a></em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Art021 Hong Kong</h3>


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<p>Unlike other art fairs, the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair spreads its reach throughout the city. Showcasing the works of more than 70 galleries and artistic talent emanating from countries in West Asia and South Asia as well as the region as a whole, the cultural extravaganza is divided into five distinct thematic sections staged at various iconic local venues.</p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: Until 8 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Various locations</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: <em>$300 opening pass (29 Aug &#8211; 1 Sep).</em></p>



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<p><em>For more information: <a href="http://art021.org">art021.org</a>   </em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Chinese Cultural Festival</h3>


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<p>This inaugural event has captured the rich tapestry of Chinese culture through a wide range of programmes catering to all tastes. Magnificent operas and dance shows staged to take your breath away over the summer have been interspersed by more sedate lectures, artist talks, films and master classes to appreciate the finer nuances of the country’s enduring heritage. September highlights vary in theme and format. </p>



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<p><strong>When</strong>: Until 30 Sep</p>



<p><strong>Where</strong>: Various venues</p>



<p><strong>How much</strong>: Various prices</p>



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<p><em>For more information:</em> <a href="http://ccf.gov.hk"><em>ccf.gov.hk</em></a></p>


What’s on? Things to do this September in Hong Kong


<p>It was music for Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift for music at the get-go. The country star turned pop star royalty showed a passion for music at a young age and quickly advanced from parts in children’s theatre to performing in front of a large audience. Before a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game at age 11, she sang The Star-Spangled Banner and the following year she picked up the guitar and started writing songs.</p>


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<p>Swift created original music that expressed her experiences of tween alienation by drawing inspiration from country-music performers like Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. Her parents, supportive of her ambition for a musical career, sold their farm in Pennsylvania when she was 13 and relocated to Hendersonville, Tennessee, so she could attract the attention of country labels in nearby Nashville.</p>


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<p>Swift met recording-industry veterans through a development arrangement with RCA Records, and in 2004, when she was 14 years old, she signed with Sony/ ATV as a songwriter. She frequently played her own songs at venues in the Nashville region, and it was during one of these performances that record executive Scott Borchetta took note. </p>



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<p>Swift was recruited by Borchetta to his budding Big Machine label, and in the summer of 2006, she released her debut single, Tim McGraw, which was heavily influenced by the teenager’s favourite country musician. And the rest, including her chart-topping discographies, as they say, is history (her story in that case).</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Voice for feminism</h3>



<p>When the Grammy Award-winning music video – full of strong women kicking ass – for her iconic hit Bad Blood came back to back with her topping Maxim’s 2015 Hot 100 list, she took a moment to speak out about feminism and equality: “A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is oversharing or whining. Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So, to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it’s just basically another word for equality.”</p>


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<p>At the same time, Swift faced criticism for penning too many songs in the past about her ex-boyfriends and other intimate relationships. She finds this critique anti-feminist and no longer has time for it. “When I was a teenager, I would hear people talk about sexism in the music industry, and I’d be like, I don’t see it. I don’t understand. Then I realised that was because I was a kid,” she explains.</p>



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<p>“I didn’t see myself being held back until I was a woman. Or the double standards in headlines, the double standards in the way stories are told, the double standards in the way things are perceived.” She used her 2019 song The Man to emphasise how women and men are treated differently in the industry.</p>



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<p>Taylor also wants people to know that she supports the LGBTQ community, having received criticism of inaction in this regard. She claims she has consistently supported the movement through her work and charitable contributions. Clarifying her viewpoint, she says: “I didn’t realise until recently that I could advocate for a community that I’m not a part of. It’s hard to know how to do that without being so fearful of making a mistake that you just freeze.”</p>


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<p>You Need To Calm Down, the smash-hit single from her 2019 album Lover, highlights her support of the LGBTQ community. The music video features Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres and iconic drag queens. The whole Lover catalogue was released at midnight on June 1, the beginning of Pride Month, when Swift introduced a petition in support of the US federal Equality Act. This legislation would amend the Civil Rights Act to outlaw discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.</p>


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<p>Swift also posted a letter to the Republican Lamar Alexander, then the US Senator from Tennessee, asking him to vote yes. The request, on her personal letterhead, denounced President Donald Trump for not supporting the Equality Act. “I personally reject the president’s stance,” Swift wrote. Need she say more?</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Unfashionable authenticity</h3>



<p>Since breaking into the public eye in 2006 as a 16-year-old wunderkind, Swift has become one of the most commercially successful singers of all time. Last year, her songs received 36.6 billion streams, but her aesthetic has never attracted the same kind of attention. Unlike her contemporaries, she isn’t necessarily a fashion icon. She rarely attends Fashion Week and frequently misses the Met Gala. She favours light-blue wash denim shorts, a faded pink vest and unassuming sneakers.</p>


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<p>Despite being quite nondescript, this style is notable for how Taylor Swift really is. Her attire suggests that she may be performing at a local talent show even though she is playing to tens of thousands of fans on a stadium tour. Lots of slogan T-shirts, sparkly bodysuits and prom dresses with meringue skirts. Her current tour, dubbed Eras, is a retrospective of the outfits from each of her 10 studio albums.</p>



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<p>However, a lack of fashion cred is not always a terrible thing. She is a sincere and cinematic hitmaker who effortlessly navigates embarrassing confessionals on Lover and small- town stagnation on Midnight (2022). All of this is done with an unfashionable authenticity.</p>


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<p>Swift is portrayed in pop culture as the wise best friend that her followers wish they had when they were teenagers (the Swifties actually exchange friendship bracelets). She is someone who may have covered their eyelids in glitter after being rejected by their preferred prom date, a person who would take great satisfaction in creating the ideal ‘heartbreak’ sundae with heaped piles of whipped cream, Oreos and chocolate syrup.</p>



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<p>Swift’s songwriting, in contrast to that of so many of her peers, is more likely to make references to her pet cats and a home-for- the-holidays crush than a Hermès bag. And this ordinariness resonates with many more people than perhaps she ever imagined when she first visited Nashville as a child and dreamed of making it big.</p>


Taylor to Perfection: Beyond the guitar strum, blonde locks and sold-out concerts, there is plenty of substance to Taylor Swift’s striking silhouette


<p>The man, the myth, the misogynist – just three of the few words that best describe Pablo Picasso, one of the world’s most celebrated artists of modern times. The many sides of his life and work come under the spotlight this year as institutions around the globe mark the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist’s death. </p>



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<p>Given that he was originally thought to have stolen the Mona Lisa, it’s safe to assume that the co-founder of Cubism endured early troughs among the peaks of his path to fame. Improbable though it may sound, Picasso was a prime suspect when Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece vanished from the Louvre in 1911. The picture was later found to have been stolen by a former museum employee, but not before Picasso was cast in a doubtful light. It was a low point in what would become a dazzling, high-profile career. </p>


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<p>Ever prolific, Picasso created tens of thousands of works of art, experimented with a bewildering variety of styles, and never stopped innovating. His legacy is still exciting and inspiring to artists and art enthusiasts everywhere, and tributes abound half a century after his passing. </p>



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<p>The governments of Spain and France, where he spent most of his adult life, have partnered for Célébration Picasso 1973-2023, which embraces some 50 exhibitions and events in Europe and North America. Hong Kong joined in the remembrance by showing a glistening selection of his masterpieces in an intriguing medium.</p>


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<p>Sotheby’s, which has championed some of the happenings in this timely retrospective of his work and life, highlights Picasso’s formidable influence as the resident artist of the 20th century – an idiosyncratic eye refracting the turbulence, traumas, dreams and visions of his times into stunning visual statements that challenged convention and still pulsate with energy today.</p>



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<p>Naturally, the Musée National Picasso-Paris is central to the year-long salute; it has already held one tribute show masterminded by British designer Paul Smith, while another from French conceptual artist Sophie Calle begins in October. It also opens a Centre for Picasso Studies in the prestigious and newly renovated quarters of Hôtel de Rohan, a short walk from the museum’s equally storied building in the Marais district. This unique resource for the artist and his subjects combines documentation, a library and archives around a research centre and a digital gateway.</p>



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<p>When Picasso passed away in 1973, at the age of 91, it was discovered that he kept pieces from all his periods in his 78-year oeuvre. It took seven years to complete an inventory of his works in all media, and many held by his family landed in the hands of the French authorities as payment for inheritance taxes. It was this initial body of work that enabled the Musée National Picasso-Paris to open its doors nearly 40 years ago.</p>


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<p>Olivier Widmaier Picasso, the artist’s grandson, gathered exclusive testimonies, historical records and personal photos from this time to make a new documentary entitled Picasso, The Legacy. Sponsored by Sotheby’s, it is an intimate exposure of the man and the splendour of his artistry.</p>



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<p>Another way to glean more about the artist’s life is through ‘Picasso’s Montmartre with Le Meurice, Celebrating 50 Years’, an experience that combines an overnight stay at the grand hotel in Paris with a guided walking tour that propels art enthusiasts back in time to the hedonistic, bohemian era of the Belle Époque. When Pablo Picasso married Russian ballerina and early muse Olga Khokhlova in 1918, the wedding reception was held at the hotel and it was the season’s biggest affair.</p>


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<p>Le Meurice’s expert guide succeeds in opening minds to the romance and derring-do of the youthful non-conformist in the early 1900s. When he first arrived in Paris, Picasso was regarded with suspicion as a foreigner and watched by the French police for his supposed anarchist leanings. During the walk, anecdotes are shared and landmarks are highlighted while tracing his ootsteps through the cobblestone alleyways of Montmartre where he once lived and painted.</p>



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<p>More than five decades later, in 1961, Picasso married Jacqueline Roque, the face that launched more than 400 portraits completed in the dozen years before his death. Museum Casa Natal Picasso in Málaga, Spain – the artist’s hometown – stages The Ages of Pablo, a chronological and stylistic overview of works from his formative years to the time spent with his second wife.</p>


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<p>Picasso is revealed through his paintings, sketches, sculptures, ceramics and photographs, all of which have enduring value. Demonstrating his dynamic ability to convey life and emotion, the exhibition is divided into eight sections corresponding to the major phases of his art, including ‘Blue and Pink’, ‘Cubism’, ‘Classicism’, ‘Surrealism’, ‘Wartime’ and ‘The Joy of Living’.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Glass act</h3>


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<p>Here at home, Hong Kongers were able to join the momentous commemoration as a summer exhibition, Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass, threw light on some of his most-known painterly compositions. A collaboration between the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong and the French May Arts Festival, it paid tribute not only to the iconic artist but also to the art form of gemmail.</p>



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<p>A type of stained-glass mosaic developed by French painter Jean Crotti and perfected in the workshop of Roger Malherbe-Navarre, gemmail involves the expert assembly and melting of meticulously chosen pieces of glass. When Picasso first witnessed the gemmistes’ endeavour in 1954, he exclaimed, “A new art is born!” Enthused, he proceeded to layer shards of glass into graphical representations of more than 50 of his existing paintings.</p>


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<p>The 50th anniversary of Picasso’s passing is, above all, a tremendous opportunity to honour his creative legacy while also challenging key events in his life, particularly his relationships with women who became his muses and lovers. “People were happy to be consumed by him,” his daughter Paloma Picasso, the jewellery designer, has said. “They thought it was a privilege. If you get too close to the Sun, it burns you. But the Sun can’t help being the Sun.” As evidenced by many of his life documentations, Picasso cared primarily for his creations, but what creations they were!</p>



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<p>Photos: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong</p>


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