MARCH IS A GREAT MONTH TO…

Curators, gallerists and art lovers from around the world are congregating in Hong Kong for a month of heavy-duty viewing and networking. Watch Czech opera and Bavarian ballet among a diverse range of artistic endeavours at HK Arts Festival (until 18 March), then head harbourside to Art Central

(21-25 March) where Asian and international galleries introduce their most promising emerging artists. The big date-claimer, though, is Art Basel

(23-25 March), when immersive exhibitions and pop-up galleries appear across the city. Among this year’s features is local artist Kingsley Ng’s work turning the city’s trams into an altered-reality video exhibition. It’s Adelaide’s big arts month, too. Street artists, circus tents and food trucks line city footpaths for the Adelaide

Festival (3-19 March) and Adelaide Fringe (until 19 March). At the same time, Botanic Park bustles with the 25th iteration of the international music festival WOMADelaide

(10-13 March). Ballarat, meanwhile, hosts its first White Night on 4 March, when the Victorian regional city transforms into an all-night gallery lit by neon and enlivened by interactive street art. Lights are also a central feature at a 4.8-hectare site near Uluru, where more than 50,000 solar-powered light sticks sway in the desert breeze. The public response to Field of Light, by British artist Bruce Munro, has been so enthusiastic the temporary installation’s life has been extended to 31 March 2018. Three weeks of festivities at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

culminate on 4 March with the pride parade along Oxford Street. Next day, head to the Sydney Opera House to discuss women’s rights at the All About Women

Festival (5 March).