International Excursions
Cultural Excursions for Arts Professionals
KMP is host to various cultural excursions, curated specifically for performing and visual arts professionals to encourage collaboration, open dialogue for co-commissions across borders, and to stimulate opportunities for professional artists and artistic companies. KMP has been hosting international delegations since 2015 to Shanghai, Seoul, Cairo, New York City, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai and more.
March 28-30, 2024: Art Basel Hong Kong
The premiere Hong Kong fair features galleries from Asia and beyond. It provides an in-depth overview of Asia-Pacific's astonishing diversity, as well as global artistic perspectives through Modern and contemporary works. Visits to the expo and to Hong Kong’s museums will offer participants a diverse range of possibilities, from Modern and contemporary art to Chinese calligraphy and tea ware. The visit to Hong Kong will include visits to West Kowloon Cultural District and Asia Society Hong Kong.Together with prominent international and local art galleries, these institutions shape the modern cultural landscape of the city
April 30-May 3, 2024: Perth, Australia
Arts, culture and heritage are valued components to city life for their ability to engage, challenge, excite and surprise people and help society reflect on our unique cultural identity. Through direct investment in these activities, you will visit the City of Perth is a leader in the development of our rich cultural landscape.
Experience the City’s cultural collections, integrated planning for the management and conservation of the city’s built heritage and the provision of meaningful public programming showcasing Perth’s unique cultural identity. Experience special visits to West Australian Ballet studios, His Majesty’s Theater. Option to add day pass or full congress registration as this excursion will take place concurrently with International Society for the Performing Arts.
July 24-28, 2024: 2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France
This excursion will focus on cross industry innovations and collaboration with other sectors of the entertainment industry. In addition to cross industry and conversations with sports and hybrid event specialists in addition to the opening ceremony.
Paris 2024 will feature the debut of breaking (also known as breakdancing) as an Olympic event, and it will be the final Olympic Games held during the presidency of IOC President Thomas Bach. The Games will be the first to feature identical number of athletes between men and women.
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the Opening Ceremony will take place outside of a stadium and in the heart of Paris, with the delegations parading along the Seine River with the Parisian icon the Eiffel Tower serving as the backdrop. Opening day celebrations are available on a strictly limited basis.
October 17-21, 2024: Shanghai International Performing Arts Fair & Forum - Shanghai, China
As the largest performing arts exchange market in the Asia-Pacific region, the China Shanghai International Arts Festival Performing Arts Fair attracts hundreds of performing arts organisations and more than 1,000 representatives from countries and regions around the world every year. The fair continues to build a professional platform for cultural trade, comprehensively demonstrating the platform's nature of being international, professional, pioneering and active, signaling direction to the global performing arts industry, and helping create a domestic and international dual circulation.
The Fair has built a platform for domestic and foreign artists, performing arts groups, theatres and performance intermediary agents to exchange and display, cooperate and negotiate, promoting more foreign artistic excellence to enter the Chinese market, and enabling a large number of outstanding domestic works to "set sail" for the global stage
