Danh Võ's Solo Exhibition "Let's Start Over" Arrives in Hong Kong

Summary

• Duddell’s in Hong Kong reopens with a solo exhibition by artist Danh Võ, titled “Let’s Start Over”
• The exhibition explores themes of identity and memory through the artist’s subtle use of everyday objects
• Running from September 17, 2025, to April 6, 2026, the show is a perfect blend of culinary and creative culture

Hong Kong’s renowned cultural and culinary hub, Duddell’s, is marking a new beginning. To celebrate its reopening after a major redesign by Andre Fu Studio, the restaurant is presenting “Let’s Start Over,” a new solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed Vietnamese-Danish artist Danh Võ. Curated by William Zhao, the exhibition’s title is taken from a classic line in the film Happy Together, perfectly mirroring Duddell’s own fresh start. The presentation will be on view from September 17, 2025, to April 6, 2026.

This new exhibition is a profound and quiet exploration of identity, memory, and heritage, and serves as a retrospective of Võ’s artistic practice since his first show at Duddell’s a decade ago. Known for his breakthrough at the 2015 Venice Biennale, Võ masterfully reconfigures everyday objects, religious relics, and family archives into subtle, yet powerful, arrangements. The works do not make grand gestures, but instead invite viewers to find personal and collective meaning in transformed materials.

A signature element of Võ’s work, a series of gold-leaf cardboard pieces, exemplifies his approach of turning the ordinary into the sacred. By doing so, he challenges conventional ideas of value and materiality. The exhibition is a forward-looking dialogue that encourages visitors to engage with the quiet power of objects and the resonant histories they carry, offering a perfect blend of culinary art and creative dialogue for which Duddell’s is known.