Hong Kong Heritage Museum releases exhibit on 70th anniversary of Leslie Cheung’s birth to honor the famous star’s enormous beauty (with images)
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The Hong Kong Heritage Museum (HKHM) is staging “Miss You Much · Leslie 70th Birthday · Exhibition” from tomorrow (September 9) to May 10 next year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of famous star Leslie Cheung’s birth, recapitulating his exceptional accomplishments in music and movie, and thinking back about his crowning minutes.
Dealing with the opening event today (September 8), the Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau, stated that Cheung, popular as Gor-gor, is a long-lasting icon of Hong Kong’s popular culture. His creative spirit of development and self-transcendence has actually been actively driving the vigor of Hong Kong’s popular culture, and is likewise the essential element that allows it to put in impact on the worldwide phase.
Other officiating visitors consisted of visitor manager Mrs Florence Chan; the Chairperson of the Museum Advisory Committee, Professor Douglas So; world-renowned designer Alan Chan; the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Manda Chan; and the Museum Director of the HKHM, Mr Brian Lam.
The exhibit provides over 300 valuable exhibitions. Eleven traditional phase outfits will take visitors back to the deafening applause of Cheung’s shows. Exhibitions on first show and tell consist of Cheung’s individual furnishings, the gold coat, sequin top and purple striped pants used by him in his “Live in Concert 97″and his picture produced by regional artist Yuen Tai-yung. The interior settings of parts of Gor-gor’s previous house will be re-created for the very first time, including his desk and chairs and welcoming visitors to enter the super star’s personal area.
Throughout the exhibit duration, the HKHM will evaluate 6 of Cheung’s cinematic work of arts, specifically “Behind the Yellow Line” “For Your Heart Only” “A Better Tomorrow” “A Chinese Ghost Story” “Rouge” and “He’s a Woman, She’s a Man”free of charge. At the end of this year, there will be an unique complimentary retrospective screening of Cheung’s “Live in Concert 97″Movie tickets will be dispersed on the day of each screening at midday on the 1/F of the HKHM on a first-come, first-served basis while stocks last. The admission plans for the performance video will be revealed later on.
The date of September 12, 2026, marks Cheung’s 70th birthday. As a reasonably high visitor volume is anticipated on that day, the HKHM will disperse admission tickets on a first-come, first-served basis for entry to the exhibit in designated time slots. In-depth plans will be set out on the on-site notification, the HKHM’s main site and Instagram. Visitors are asked for to follow the guidelines of the place personnel.
In addition, in view of the a great deal of Cheung’s fans, versatile visitor circulation management procedures might be executed as required throughout the entire exhibit duration to use a great go to experience, consisting of releasing admission tickets for entry to the exhibit in designated time slots.
The exhibit exists by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, arranged by the HKHM with curatorial preparation by Mrs Chan, and supported by Les FANmily. Admission is totally free. The HKHM has actually particularly created a limited-edition, poster-style exhibit handout. Each visitor is welcome to take one copy. The handouts will be dispersed every day while stocks last. Information of the exhibit are offered at hk.heritage.museum/ en/exhibitions/leslie70th. html.