Tales of Resistance: Allegory & Myth

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• Location: Leiden University (Spuigebouw) en NGO DEI

Hong Kong–born artist Kacey Wong returns to The Hague for the second time, with a public talk at Leiden University on 14 April as a key moment of his visit. In the talk, Wong will share his insights into the aesthetics of protest and reflect on his experience of exile in Taiwan as a renowned Hong Kong art professor. Drawing from lived experience and artistic practice, he will discuss how visual language is shaped under authoritarian pressure, censorship, and political displacement, and how art becomes a tool to resist erasure and sustain civic courage.

Wong will situate Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Ukraine as interconnected frontline sites of both military and cognitive warfare, referencing the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition movement and Taiwan’s ongoing geopolitical vigilance. He frames imagination as a form of resistance and survival in times of prolonged threat.The talk accompanies Wong’s first solo exhibition in The Hague, presented from 11–26 April at NGO DEI, Westeinde 25. The exhibition extends these ideas through installation, photography, and satire, positioning art as a vital space for resistance, memory, and human dignity.

Artist Talk
14 April 2026
17:00–19:00
Leiden University – Spuigebouw (3B.38)
Spui 5, The Hague
(RSVP link: https://linktr.ee/ngodei) 

Exhibition
11–26 April 2026
NGO DEI, Westeinde 25, The Hague

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