Of all the art you could see in Hong Kong this summer, few things are as quietly strange — or as free — as stepping inside a heart-shaped pool tiled from more than a thousand hand-made ceramics. That's the experience waiting at Jeremy's Bathhouse, artist Chan Wai-lap's dreamy installation at the Oi! art space in North Point.
What is Jeremy's Bathhouse about?
Jeremy's Bathhouse is a ceramic, dreamlike reimagining of a public bathhouse. Presented as part of the Oi! Spotlight programme, it extends Chan Wai-lap's ongoing "Swimming" series, which mines pools, water and bathing as spaces of intimacy and connection. The title nods to the 2016 viral story of Jeremy, a rare left-coiling garden snail whose much-publicised search for a mate captured the internet.
The result is one of the more poetic free shows in the city right now — a calm, tactile counterpoint to Hong Kong's blockbuster museum exhibitions. If you're building an art-filled summer, pair it with our guides to Lee Bul at M+ and Janet Cardiff's Forty Part Motet.
What you'll see inside
The centrepiece is a heart-shaped pool built from over 1,200 handcrafted ceramic tiles, each designed by the artist. Around it, Chan has installed a set of shower cubicles lined with casts of real soap bars he has collected from bathhouses around the world — a quietly global, deeply personal archive of washing rituals.
Every so often, a timed release of mist drifts through the space, softening the edges and shifting the mood from crisp clarity to a dreamy haze. It rewards a slow, unhurried visit — the kind of show you sit with rather than speed through. For more free, low-key culture, see our round-up of free things to do in Hong Kong.
Jeremy's Bathhouse — at a glance
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Artist | Chan Wai-lap ("Swimming" series) |
| Where | Oi! Glassie, 12 Oil Street, North Point |
| Dates | 19 March – 30 August 2026 |
| Highlight | Heart-shaped pool, 1,200+ ceramic tiles, mist |
| Admission | Free |
Details per Time Out Hong Kong and Oi! (Art Promotion Office).
Who is Chan Wai-lap?
Chan Wai-lap is a Hong Kong artist known for turning water and swimming into immersive, emotional environments. His "Swimming" series has long used pools as metaphors for connection, vulnerability and play, and Jeremy's Bathhouse is its most ambitious public outing yet.
It also caps a high-profile year: Chan presented a major immersive installation at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, putting his watery worlds in front of the international art crowd. Seeing his work for free at Oi! a few months later is a rare bit of accessible programming. For the city's wall-based art, our street art walking guide is a good companion.
Where is Oi! and how do I visit?
Oi! (油街實現) sits at 12 Oil Street (油街), North Point, a couple of minutes from Fortress Hill MTR. The complex pairs a historic Edwardian building with the newer Oi! Glassie extension, where Jeremy's Bathhouse is staged. Admission is free, and the space runs free Cantonese guided tours of the building at weekends.
Jeremy's Bathhouse at Oi! — Visitor Info
Details per Time Out Hong Kong and Oi!, run by the Art Promotion Office. Free guided tours of the Oi! building run on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm in Cantonese, with no booking needed.
It's free, it's a two-minute walk from the MTR, and it's open until the end of August — making Jeremy's Bathhouse one of the easiest, most rewarding art stops you can make this summer.
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