The Works：Tze Shan Monastery, German-French sculptor Arp & in the studio: dorma player Ekaterina Mac

Any time Tung Tsz in Tai Po is in your line of sight, it’s hard to miss seeing a giant Guan Yin, Goddess of Mercy standing in the mountains. It’s the world’s largest Guan Yin statue and a major attraction at the Tsz Shan Monastery. The compound provides visitors with a tranquil and uncontaminated sanctuary for spiritual purification and has several halls and an art museum. Members of the public can visit for free after registering.

Hans Arp, better known as Jean Arp was a German-French sculptor, painter, poet, and abstract artist associated with Surrealism, the Dada movement and the 20th century avant-garde. Today he’s perhaps best known for his smooth-surfaced and sensuous abstract sculptures. On show at Hauser & Wirth till the beginning of November, “Arp: Master of 20th Century Sculpture” is the first solo exhibition of Arp’s works in China. It includes 28 works, including woodcuts, cardboard collages, drawings, wood reliefs, and – of course - sculptures.

Ekaterina Machalova was born in Baranovichi in Belarus. She began playing two lute instruments, the mandolin and the domra, at the age of six. Not only has she won prizes in as many as twenty international Russian competitions and festivals, she has also premiered a number of new compositions for the two instruments. She’s in Hong Kong to give a concert at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and she’s here to tell us more.