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Welcome to #FrenchMayCloseUp!


What's a Close Up? It's a focus on a piece of art through the eyes of artists, directors, curators... revealing and explaining the hard work behind the outstanding performance/exhibition.


  1. Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin des Voix



The first guests speakers will be the team of Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin des Voix, including the Co-director Paul Agnew, and the group singers of their 9th edition. The singers will explain everything you need to know about the characters of the Mozart's opera "La Finta Giardiniera", that they will perform in Hong Kong, as well as their experience at Le Jardin des Voix. Let’s roll the clip!



  1. Mythologies: Surrealism and beyond -- Masterpieces from Centre Pompidou, Paris


The second guest speaker is the curator of the next French May major exhibition - Mr. Didier Ottinger. In this knowledgeable video, you will learn about the artistic movement of Surrealism and it’s mythological origins through the artworks of the French National Museum: Centre Pompidou. Have a look at these masterpieces from Dali, Picasso, Pollock… accompanied by Mr. Ottinger comments. He will explain the philosophy behind the creation and how the paintings became the turning point in the art development.

  1. Get closer to Surrealism through highlight collections from HKMoA


Our third guest speaker is Ms Apo Wu, curator of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, partner of our next French May major exhibition ‘Mythologies: Surrealism and Beyond – Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris'. In this video, Apo is taking you into the HKMoA's collections to explore the surrealism elements in artworks from 3 significant contemporary local artists: Luis Chan Fu-shan, Ha Bik-chuen and Antonio Mak Hin-yeung.



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歡迎收睇 #法國五月零距離!


甚麼是零距離?我們會從藝術家、藝團總監、策展人等人的視點,透露在完美的表演/展覽背後下的苦功。


  1. Les Arts Florissants - Le Jardin des Voix



第一組嘉賓是繁花古樂團的「庭院之聲」,包括樂團的聯合總監Paul Agnew和第九屆的歌唱家。這群歌唱家將會為大家介紹,他們未來在香港演出的莫扎特作品—《假女園丁》中的所有角色,仲有他們在「庭院之聲」的難忘經歷!事不宜遲,馬上去片!


  1. Mythologies: Surrealism and beyond -- Masterpieces from Centre Pompidou, Paris



第二組嘉賓是巴黎龐比度中心館長Didier Ottinger先生。在這蘊藏藝術知識的短片中,透過法國國立博物館—龐比度中心的藏品,你會了解超現實主義的藝術運動進程,以及其神話起源。在館長Ottinger先生闡述下,一起近距離欣賞達利、畢加索、波洛克的藏品。他亦會介紹創作背後的理念,以及這些藝術作品如何成為藝術發展史上的轉捩點。



  1. Get closer to Surrealism through highlight collections from HKMoA



我們第三組嘉賓是香港藝術館館長胡珮珊,藝術館是下一屆法國五月精選展覽「超現實之外 - 巴黎龐比度中心藏品展」的合作夥伴。在這段短片中,Apo會帶我們細看藝術館的館藏,探索存在於3位著名當代本地藝術家作品中的超現實主義元素,分別是陳福善、夏碧泉及麥顯揚。