The KT Wong Foundation

The KT Wong Foundation The leading cultivator and producer of cultural collaboration and exchange between East and West.

Posted • 2026.05.30: Lido in Venezia, Italia. Day 27 🌸🙏🏾🌸. and 🌈💕🇿🇦
30/05/2026

Posted • 2026.05.30: Lido in Venezia, Italia. Day 27 🌸🙏🏾🌸. and 🌈💕🇿🇦

Posted • Yinka Shonibare MBE () was born in 1962 and moved to Lagos, Nigeria, at the age of three, before returning to ...
30/05/2026

Posted • Yinka Shonibare MBE () was born in 1962 and moved to Lagos, Nigeria, at the age of three, before returning to London to study Fine Art. His work spans painting, sculpture, photography, and film, and consistently explores issues of race and class.⁠
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Drawing on Surrealism as both an artistic and political movement, Shonibare engages with its aim to liberate the human spirit from the constraints of capitalism, the state, and cultural forces that limit the imagination.⁠
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📚 He often recalls making magical, imaginary journeys through books. In ‘Girl Balancing Knowledge’, a young girl precariously balances a stack of books on her left hand, as if they might topple at any moment. Her right foot crosses over her left in a poised, almost weightless gesture, suggesting a silent, surreal dance of joy and intellectual freedom.⁠
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🔗 Find out more through the link in our bio.⁠
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Artwork:⁠
Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962)⁠
Girl Balancing Knowledge VI, 2019⁠
Fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, books, globe, leather, and steel baseplate⁠
141 × 134 × 54.5 cm (55 1/2 × 52 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.)⁠
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Posted • It was a true honor to deliver this year’s commencement address at for their Class of 2026. The full text of ...
27/05/2026

Posted • It was a true honor to deliver this year’s commencement address at for their Class of 2026. The full text of my speech can be read at the link in my bio. Congratulations and best wishes to all!

Posted • Sneaky little WIP shot of the next baddie I’m busy with. Only had one day off work this week and I spent it in...
27/05/2026

Posted • Sneaky little WIP shot of the next baddie I’m busy with. Only had one day off work this week and I spent it in my studio, so I’m here seeking validation from internet strangers for my efforts 🫡

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Posted • This collaboration with isn’t just about blending tradition and innovation. It’s about honoring where you’re ...
25/05/2026

Posted • This collaboration with isn’t just about blending tradition and innovation. It’s about honoring where you’re from, while disrupting where you’re going.

Your heritage isn’t your past. It’s your power.
We’ve put contemporary performance design in the hands of Moroccan artisans with a meaningful story to tell through craftsmanship.

Artisan:
Tailor: Said
Models: , .kadmari2 & .ness0205

Yue Minjun is a leading figure in the Cynical Realism movement. He is known for paintings and sculptures featuring his o...
24/05/2026

Yue Minjun is a leading figure in the Cynical Realism movement. He is known for paintings and sculptures featuring his own face locked in a maniacal, frozen grin. This exaggerated laughter is a tool for exploring themes like conformity, alienation, and satire in a rapidly changing society. His iconic imagery is widely recognized in both Eastern and Western art markets.

Posted • Tonight, Shanghai premier Lou Harrison’s “Concerto for P**a and string Orchestra” with
22/05/2026

Posted • Tonight, Shanghai premier Lou Harrison’s “Concerto for P**a and string Orchestra” with

Posted • Now Open: ‘Shao Fan: Refrain / 复沓’ at White Cube Mason’s Yard⁠⁠Shao Fan’s work invites us to attune ourselves ...
22/05/2026

Posted • Now Open: ‘Shao Fan: Refrain / 复沓’ at White Cube Mason’s Yard⁠
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Shao Fan’s work invites us to attune ourselves to multiple registers of time, from the flash of a rabbit’s eye to the slow accumulation of ink on paper, from vegetal growth and geological weathering to the aeons embedded in the moon’s cratered surface.⁠
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Time moves here as a rhythmic flux of transformations through which matter, memory and consciousness remain, quietly and stubbornly, alive.⁠
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📍 ‘Refrain / 复沓’ will be on view until 27 June 2026 at White Cube Mason’s Yard.⁠
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🔗 Click the link in our bio to learn more about the exhibition.⁠
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Images: Shao Fan, ‘Refrain / 复沓’, White Cube Mason’s Yard, 22 May – 27 June 2026. © Shao Fan. Photo © White Cube (Theo Christelis).

Posted • “In the war of egos, the loser always wins”
20/05/2026

Posted • “In the war of egos, the loser always wins”

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show Revisited: I Dream, I Seek My GardenThe Gold Medal winning Chelsea Garden created in 2008 by...
18/05/2026

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show Revisited: I Dream, I Seek My Garden

The Gold Medal winning Chelsea Garden created in 2008 by Shao Fan, under the guidance and support of Lady Linda Wong – Davies was conceived not only as a garden, but also as a spiritual and philosophical statement. Part art installation, part metaphor, but all expressed through the art of garden making – a skill well known and highly developed by the Chinese over many centuries. It was inspired by the imperial Song dynasty, but with a contemporary sensibility.

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Posted • “It doesn’t have to always make sense,” Amoako Boafo’s first solo exhibition in Italy, is now on view at Museo...
17/05/2026

Posted • “It doesn’t have to always make sense,” Amoako Boafo’s first solo exhibition in Italy, is now on view at Museo di Palazzo Grimani!

The show, presented in collaboration with Gagosian, features a series of new and recent works, many of which directly reference the unique architecture and historical context of the site, which is part of the Musei archeologici nazionali di Venezia e della Laguna. The exhibition coincides with the 61st Biennale di Venezia (), which opens this Saturday, May 9. Follow the link in our bio to learn more.
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Installation views, “Amoako Boafo: It doesn’t have to always make sense,” Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, May 6–November 22, 2026. Artwork © Amoako Boafo. Photos: (1) Naïla Opiangah (); (2–5) Leonardo Cestari

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