Art Agenda

Must-see exhibitions

FLOWERS GALLERY

Interregnum

March 18 to May 29 Scottish artist Ken Currie rose to fame in the 1980s as one of the New Glasgow Boys, a group of painters celebrated for their portrayal of Scotland’s working class. Currie is renowned in particular for his exploration of violence and sickness. The Covid-19 pandemic has partly inspired this exhibition, his first in Asia, though it also explores superstitions held by people living on Scotland’s remote islands. flowersgallery.com

WHITE CUBE

Bruce Nauman: Presence/ Absence

March 10 to May 8

With a career that so far has spanned more than 50 years, 79-year-old Bruce Nauman is widely considered one of the most influential American artists alive. This show features five video installations made between 1999 and 2013, which reveal the artist’s interest in time, sound and the human body, as well as his willingness to perform for the camera, either in his studio or in the wilderness of his New Mexico ranch. It is his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. whitecube.com

MASSIMO DE CARLO

Purple Skin

Until March 18 Beijing-based artist Lu Song is inspired by imaginary places and the natural world. His early works featured jungle foliage and water. Recently, he has focused on painting purple flowers, sometimes enlarging them to fill the whole canvas and using layer upon layer of paint as a reflection on the power of nature. massimodecarlo.com

GAGOSIAN

Hong Kong Exchange Until April 30

Pieces by some of Gagosian’s most famous artists have been gathered together in this group show. Highlights include a new painting by American artist Ed Ruscha and a large-scale photograph of the HSBC Building in Hong Kong by German photographer Andreas Gursky. Also on show are one of Korean artist Nam June Paik’s famous robot sculptures, an oil painting by Cy Twombly and works by Takashi Murakami, Zeng Fanzhi and Jenny Saville, among others. gagosian.com