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Timeless Diva: Anita Mui

Free Admission

Function Place, 1/F
24 December 2023 – 2 September 2024

Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Organised by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Special thanks: Mr Eddie Lau

Creating countless legends, Anita Mui was always a shining icon of Hong Kong’s pop culture on the international stage. She made a lasting impression with her unique voice and solid singing skills. With her unconventional music style and versatile images, Anita Mui led Hong Kong’s music scene, taking Cantopop to new heights and setting a new benchmark for concert culture. On the silver screen, she played one after another classic characters with her unique personal charm and sophisticated acting skills. Named “Best Actress” at the Hong Kong Film Awards, Golden Horse Awards and Asia-Pacific Film Festival for her performance in Rogue, she bore testimony to the heyday of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and 1990s. Time certainly flies, but the trendsetting “Ever-changing Diva” continues to influence people across generations with her timeless works.
 
This exhibition commemorates the 20th anniversary of Anita Mui’s passing. Through her records, stage costumes, films, and pop culture products, we will reminisce about the superstar’s extraordinary achievements in music and film industry, while looking back at her brilliant contribution to Hong Kong’s pop culture.
 

Exhibit Highlights

 

Trophy for the TBS Award of the 12th Tokyo Music Festival

Trophy for the TBS Award of the 12th Tokyo Music Festival

1983
Donated by Mr Eddie Lau
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

 

Autographed vinyl record of Fair Lady by Anita Mui

1989
Courtesy of Mr Michael Cheng

Autographed vinyl record of Fair Lady by Anita Mui

 

Stage costume worn by Anita Mui when she performed Evil Girl and other fast-beat songs at Anita Mui in Concert in 1987-1988

Stage costume worn by Anita Mui when she performed Evil Girl and other fast-beat songs at Anita Mui in Concert in 1987-1988

1987
Donated by Mr Eddie Lau
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum



Stage costume worn by Anita Mui when she received the Golden Needle Award at Radio Television Hong Kong’s 21st Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award Concert in 1998

1998
Donated by Mr Eddie Lau
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Stage costume worn by Anita Mui when she received the Golden Needle Award at Radio Television Hong Kong’s 21st Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award Concert in 1998

 

Stage costume worn by Anita Mui for the grand finale of the last show of Anita Mui Fantasy Gig in 2002

Stage costume worn by Anita Mui for the grand finale of the last show of Anita Mui Fantasy Gig in 2002

2002
Donated by Mr Eddie Lau
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

 

Film poster for Kawashima Yoshiko

1990
©2010 Fortune Star Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Film poster for Kawashima Yoshiko

 

Film still from The Heroic Trio


Film still from The Heroic Trio

1993
©1993 eSun High-Tech Limited. All Rights Reserved.

 

Film still from Rouge

1988
©2010 Fortune Star Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Film still from Rouge

 

Film Biweekly, issue 568

Film Biweekly, issue 568

2001
Donated by Mr Richard Wong
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum  

 


New TV, issue 33

1983
Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

New TV, issue 33

 

Black-and-white sketch of Rouge

Black-and-white sketch of Rouge

1980s
Courtesy of Mr Yuen Tai-yung