Refik Anadol Wins M+ Facade Commission; Tai Kwun Promotes Philip Tinari; Indonesia to Open Otonomia Bioskop

Key facts

• Refik Anadol commissioned by M+ museum in Hong Kong for a new moving-image work on its facade overlooking Victoria Harbour.
• The work, Winds of Hong Kong (2026), is part of Anadol's Winds of . . . series (2017– ) and uses local meteorological data to visualize weather and monsoon wind patterns.
• Winds of Hong Kong will be on view from October 14 through January 7, 2027.
• Philip Tinari promoted to director of Tai Kwun Arts in Hong Kong, succeeding Timothy Calnin, who becomes director of Tai Kwun Arts (special projects).
• Chin Chin Teoh's role as managing director at Tai Kwun expanded; she will continue to oversee performance and operations.
• Otonomia Bioskop, a new independent cinema and contemporary art center in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is scheduled to open in early 2029.
• Otonomia Bioskop is spearheaded by artist-filmmaker Riar Rizaldi and curator Hera Chan, and will be built on land belonging to artist Uji Hahan Handoko.
• The center will feature a roughly 60-seat indoor cinema, an outdoor screening area, a gallery, and a park, and will show experimental films including 1980s visual anthropology and Indonesian horror movies confronting Suharto's New Order regime (1966–98).