Seasonal cat-themed artworks are stealing the limelight this Easter, tapping into the city’s booming ‘cat economy’
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenOscar LiuPublished: 6:44pm, 5 Apr 2026Updated: 6:50pm, 5 Apr 2026From giant cat installations to murals, Hong Kong’s Easter holiday has seen a surge in feline presence over the traditional rabbit.
Stealing the limelight were a gigantic ginger cat greeting travellers at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport and three inflatable marmalade felines sprawled on a lawn at the West Kowloon Cultural District.
In Yau Ma Tei, local artist German Li and his students produced cat-themed murals by reinterpreting Vincent van Gogh’s classic painting The Starry Night.
At Silvermine Bay Hotel in Mui Wo, a one-floor-tall mural featured a three-dimensional cat sleeping and showing its belly.
Almost all of these cat installations and murals appeared in the past few days.
At the airport’s arrival hall, scores of people took selfies and pictures of the giant cat – measuring eight metres long, seven metres wide and 3.5 metres tall – with its moving ears and tail.
