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Breaking the Waves Exhibition Travels to Hong Kong After Shanghai Run

exhibition · 2026-04-20

Breaking the Waves, a group exhibition curated by ArtReview and presented by K11 Art Foundation, opens at K11 HACC in Hong Kong on 17 December 2021. The show features fourteen international artists and collectives including Larry Achiampong, Yuko Mohri & David Horvitz, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Eisa Jocson. Works explore dialogue and collaboration through video, sound, sculpture, and photography, addressing themes like human-nature relationships, migration, and technological potential. An immersive video installation by Eisa Jocson titled Superwoman KTV is previewing at K11 MUSEA's Gold Ball until 18 December, examining Filipino migrant labor through KTV culture. The exhibition previously appeared at chi K11 art museum in Shanghai earlier in 2021. It will remain on view at K11 HACC L2, K11 ATELIER King's Road in Quarry Bay through 23 January 2022, with special hours on Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. K11 Art Foundation, founded by Adrian Cheng in 2010, is a Hong Kong-based non-profit supporting Chinese contemporary art through exhibitions, residencies, and global partnerships with institutions like the Royal Academy of Arts, Serpentine Galleries, Centre Pompidou, and The Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition title metaphorically references persistence and renewal in the post-pandemic context.

Key facts

  • Exhibition opens 17 December 2021 at K11 HACC in Hong Kong
  • Features 14 artists including Larry Achiampong, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Eisa Jocson
  • Previously shown at chi K11 art museum in Shanghai
  • Eisa Jocson's Superwoman KTV previews at K11 MUSEA until 18 December
  • Exhibition runs through 23 January 2022
  • Curated by ArtReview and presented by K11 Art Foundation
  • K11 Art Foundation founded by Adrian Cheng in 2010
  • Explores themes of dialogue, migration, and human-nature relationships

Entities

Artists

  • Larry Achiampong
  • Yuko Mohri
  • David Horvitz
  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Eisa Jocson
  • Laure Prouvost
  • Adriano Costa
  • Jac Leirner
  • Chim↑Pom
  • Ho Tzu Nyen
  • Ripon Chowdhury
  • Michael Joo
  • Zheng Bo
  • Slime Engine
  • Adrian Cheng

Institutions

  • K11 Art Foundation
  • ArtReview
  • chi K11 art museum
  • K11 HACC
  • K11 MUSEA
  • Royal Academy of Arts
  • Serpentine Galleries
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
  • Centre Pompidou
  • Palais de Tokyo
  • Musée Marmottan Monet
  • Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • New Museum
  • The Museum of Modern Art
  • MoMA PS1
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
  • Videotage
  • British Council Hong Kong
  • Design Trust
  • Asia Art Archive

Locations

  • Hong Kong
  • Shanghai
  • China
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Paris
  • France
  • Figueres
  • Spain
  • New York
  • United States
  • Los Angeles
  • Beijing
  • Quarry Bay

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