Since 1996, the city’s first artist-run space, Para Site – now led by Executive Director and Curator Billy Tang – has championed art from Hong Kong and the wider region, and supported emerging artists and curators. The city it calls home has always been an integral part of the institution’s DNA, with exhibitions such as ‘A Journal of the Plague Year. Fear, Ghosts, Rebels. SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong Story’ chronicling Hong Kong’s alternative history through the lens of art. The non-profit cultural centre has a busy programme of around 10 exhibitions a year, as well as seminars, guest talks, workshops, residency programmes and bilingual publications.