{"id":80742,"date":"2026-08-30T14:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80742"},"modified":"2026-08-30T14:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:13:06","slug":"how-a-hong-kong-psychiatrist-with-a-taste-for-nsfw-art-built-a-gallery-for-the-unsuitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80742","title":{"rendered":"How a Hong Kong psychiatrist with a taste for NSFW art built a gallery for the \u2018unsuitable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dr Brian Ip Pak-in\u2019s Kabinett art space taps into the look and feel of a Scandinavian cabin, complete with pine panels and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking green hills. It acts as a fast-acting dose of Nordic tranquillity.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But the practising psychiatrist did not design it with wellness retreats in mind, and neither is this an art therapy centre. Instead, Kabinett is where he can freely show pieces that he deems not safe for work, or, at least, not safe for his work.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI have to be very careful with what I show in the clinic and avoid anything that\u2019s potentially triggering. The art on the clinic walls tends to be abstract,\u201d he says of his practice in Melbourne Plaza, in Hong Kong\u2019s Central neighbourhood, where his father, also a psychiatrist, has his office, too. \u201cI love Miriam Cahn, but her portraits would be most unsuitable there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">He named Kabinett after the miniature solo or thematic exhibition sections at <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Art Basel<\/span> fairs. The three-year-old <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Wong Chuk Hang<\/span> space is partly a personal escape from the intense negativity that he, like other psychiatrists, absorbs daily.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The entrance to Kabinett art space, where pine panels and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Wong Chuk Hang\u2019s green hills give off Scandinavian cabin vibes. Photo: Enid Tsui\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/28\/d0406321-cef1-49ac-98d8-9941a5997495_b3ee84ec.jpg\" title=\"The entrance to Kabinett art space, where pine panels and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Wong Chuk Hang\u2019s green hills give off Scandinavian cabin vibes. Photo: Enid Tsui\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">The entrance to Kabinett art space, where pine panels and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Wong Chuk Hang\u2019s green hills give off Scandinavian cabin vibes. Photo: Enid Tsui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ip, who believes collectors have the responsibility to share works rather than hide them away in storerooms, also intends Kabinett to be a semi-public platform for thematic exhibitions based on the psychologically complex creations he loves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3365552\/how-hong-kong-psychiatrist-taste-nsfw-art-built-gallery-unsuitable?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Brian Ip Pak-in\u2019s Kabinett art space taps into the look and feel of a Scandinavian cabin, complete with pine panels and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1501,2199,1553,3569,5231,25976,29168,2717,15583],"class_list":["post-80742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-art","tag-built","tag-gallery","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-nsfw","tag-psychiatrist","tag-taste","tag-unsuitable","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}