Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement protest art does disappearing act

Hong Kong artist Fong So poses next to an artwork he produced during the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement rallies in 2014 at his studio in Hong Kong. Photos: AFP

Illuminated under a spotlight at London’s British Museum, hand-drawn sketches of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement are part of a new exhibition on dissent that offers a rare glimpse of the artworks produced during the pro-democracy rallies.

The months-long demonstrations, which kicked off on Sept 28 four years ago, brought parts of the city to a standstill as protest camps took over areas normally clogged with traffic and commercial bustle.