French May Arts Festival (藝術節) is an annual

arts festival An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and is not solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lit ...

organized by the Association Culturelle France - Hong Kong Limited to promote

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and culture. Events include visual arts, operas, classical and

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of Concert dance, dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly stron ...

, music and theatre, circus as well as cinema.

Exhibitions

* Chu The-Chun -

University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) is located at 90 Bonham Road, next to the University of Hong Kong's East Gate entrance. Its exhibition galleries occupy the Fung Ping Shan Building as well as the first floor of the TT Tsui Buil ...

(2010) *

Bettina Rheims Bettina Caroline Germaine Rheims (; born 18 December 1952) is a French photographer. Career Early stages Bettina Rheims was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Her photographic career began in 1978, when she took a series of photos of a group of stripte ...

, Rose, c’est Paris -

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(2011) *

Guillaume Bottazzi Guillaume Bottazzi (born in 1971) is a French Visual arts, visual artist. Biography Guillaume Bottazzi is a French visual artist, born in 1971. At the age of 17, he decided to become an artist as a single activity. He began to study painting ...

, Guillaume Bottazzi, wonderland -

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(2016)

References

*Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau: https://hongkong.consulfrance.org/Guillaume-Bottazzi-Wonderland-Le-French-May-2016-10059 *Hong Kong Tourism Board: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/arts-performance/highlight-events/le-french-may-arts-festival.jsp *Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau: http://www.consulfrance-hongkong.org/LE-FRENCH-MAY-2013-PREVIEW-DINNER *Hong Kong Tatler: http://hk.asiatatler.com/events/le-french-may-2013-preview-dinner *Hong Kong Tatler: http://hk.asiatatler.com/columnists/joanne-chan/horseracing-in-hong-kong-and-france *Hong Kong Tatler: http://hk.asiatatler.com/columnists/joanne-chan/le-french-may-highlight *SCMP: http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1104667/le-french-may-gets-flying-start-2013 *LCSD (2011), ''Le French May Arts Festival 2011'': https://archive.today/20130217165524/http://sc.lcsd.gov.hk/gb/www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/00000290.html *LCSD (2012), ''Le French May Arts Festival 2012'': https://archive.today/20130217154541/http://sc.lcsd.gov.hk/b5/www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/multi_arts/000003a5.html *HK Government (2012), ''Hong Kong Heritage Museum to exhibit Picasso masterpieces'': http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201203/28/P201203280518.htm *Alliance Francaise (2003), ''French May 2003 : un avant-goût''

*French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hong Kong (2009), ''A heartfelt tribute to Laurent Aublin (1949-2009)'': https://web.archive.org/web/20141111113549/http://www.fccihk.com/fccihk/en/news/news_details.html?id=377

External links

* Festivals in Hong Kong Culture of Macau Arts festivals in China Cultural festivals in China {{HongKong-stub