In Tsim Sha Tsui, Mondrian Hong Kong brings together imaginative design and neighbourhood collaborations for a culturally charged hotel experience.

Across the street from Mondrian Hong Kong, The Cornershop is a gallery of sorts, although you won’t find the usual exhibition format here. Installations, live performances, street art and creative experiments have all occupied the space, attracting artists and curious visitors alike. In a neighbourhood like Tsim Sha Tsui, where traditional businesses rub shoulders with galleries and independent creatives, it seems quite at home.

During Hong Kong’s Art Month in March, the venue hosted two artists with distinct approaches. Hong Kong artist LCM’s&nbsp;Two Dragons Fighting Over a Pearl&nbsp;explored perceptions of reality through multimedia projections, interactive technology and live dance. Filipino transfeminine artist Bunny Cadag followed with&nbsp;The Lullabies That Lived, using handcrafted figurines, textiles and sound to examine the idea of care. Cadag also staged&nbsp;The Singer on the hotel’s rooftop, combining ritual movement with vocal performance.

More recently, EPHEMEMO-RIES, an interactive work that launched in October 2025, has been brought back by The Cornershop. The project, by Picture Rhythm Studios, requested roughly 500 volunteers to submit their recollections of Tsim Sha Tsui, which were converted into AI-generated visuals. These personal memories were shown on lit glass panels of an old-fashioned red telephone booth, building up a collective representation of the community. Following its showing at the 10th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen, the piece returned to Hong Kong in October for its last act, EPHEMEMO-RIES: Part 2 City Theatre.

In addition, it also featured performance by Hong Kong’s TS Crew, whose practice draws on dance, martial arts, Chinese opera and theatre that reflected the hotel’s wider approach to cultural programming, which welcomes everything from traditional performance and street art to digital experimentation.

Since opening in 2023, art and design have been a core part of Mondrian Hong Kong’s character. byKK Design’s Karin Krautgartner designed the 40-storey property, inspired by the city’s nautical legacy and Tsim Sha Tsui’s tailoring tradition. There are several smart touches: the minibar is in a mirrored pedestal with a sewing box on top, and lit threads appear to stitch together the bathroom mirror. Triangular window frames outline views of Victoria Harbour and the surrounding skyline.

The hotel houses Carna by Dario Cecchini, an Italian restaurant, and Avoca, its bar on the 38th floor. Artworks throughout the property deserve attention, particularly Christy Lee Rogers’ underwater-inspired mosaic in the lobby and murals by Hong Kong artists Simple Bao and Wong Ting Fung at Avoca.

Outside, the hotel has had several different relationships with the community. Czech artists Ondrej Vyhnanek and Michal Skapa worked with Hong Kong artist Chan Sai Lok on the Heart to Hart graffiti mural project, which brought street art and augmented reality to Hart Avenue. Postcards from Hong Kong, launched to mark its opening in December 2023, encouraged five female artists to reinterpret the city through collectible postcards, each presenting a personal view of their surroundings.

Marking its third anniversary this month, the hotel will roll a lineup of events alongside a postcard campaign. It’s also a time to think about the collaborations that have contributed to making contemporary art accessible to a wider audience in the past three years.

For travellers, Mondrian Hong Kong offers a comfortable stay in Kowloon, with enough happening in and around the property to encourage a closer look at the people and places that give Hong Kong its unique character.

A Stay Framed by Art

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