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The SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION embraces the rich creative history of LGBT community. By exhibiting and preserving art that speaks to the society at large, it aims to foster a stronger, healthier and more equitable world for LGBT people and their allies; and to encourage and inspire a generation of young artists to take action and create positive changes to the LGBT experience.

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2024-07-16

STIRWorld – Patrick Sun mobilises his art collection to celebrate queer identities

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“Patrick Sun grew up in Hong Kong at a time when being gay was viewed as a source of familial shame. On coming out to his mother, the real estate developer and art collector was dispatched to a psychiatrist, “not in Hong Kong”, he recounts, to eliminate the risk of…

2022-12-31

Review | LGBTQ art exhibition at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong a celebration of Asian queer identity

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by Enid Tsui, 30 December 2022 The exhibition was meant to coincide with Hong Kong’s hosting of the Gay Games sports and cultural event, but despite this being delayed it has gone ahead The show features some 100 works from 60 artists, both from Hong Kong and overseas, and is…

2022-06-09

Artsy | What Does It Mean for Galleries to Support Queer Artists Today? by Josie Thaddeus-Johns

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2021-09-12

Wu Tsang on “Anthem” (2021), a new site-specific multimedia installation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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Wu Tsang’s new commission, “Anthem” (2021), was conceived in collaboration with the legendary singer, composer, and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Harnessing the Guggenheim’s cathedral-like acoustics to construct what the artist calls a “sonic sculptural space,” this site-specific installation revolves around an immense, 84-foot curtain sculpture suspended from the Guggenheim’s iconic…

2021-08-22

MOCA Taipei Symposium: Gender Equality in Museum Exhibitions

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2021-06-09

8 LGBTQIA+ Artists on Self-Portraiture and Expressions of Pride

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2021-05-24

Art Basel Hong Kong 2021 | Show Floor Discovery with Patrick Sun

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2021-05-13

Why I Collect: Patrick Sun | As told to Nick Yu for Art Basel

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“What sets the Sunpride Foundation apart from other private initiatives is why and how we collect. Our mission is to foster a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for the LGBTQI+ community in Asia through the display of art. This affects how we look at art and how we acquire…

2021-05-04

Meet The Collector: Patrick Sun On His Acquisition Strategy And Fostering Better LGBTQ+ Representation In Art | CoBo Social

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He is now known among the art community for his large-scale exhibitions promoting LGBTQ+ art in Asia, but real estate developer Patrick Sun began his path collecting art with an interest in ink and a vague attraction to themes of forbidden love. He shares some of his early artistic interests,…

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