“I go to all exhibitions, so you don’t have to.” gestures Yulia Yarkova, an art enthusiast and the founder of the art blog Galleries Gal. The blog’s quirky and insightful commentaries culminated from Yulia’s personal visits to galleries and art fair viewings since relocating to Hong Kong about a decade ago.

Galleries Gal is one the most popular and accessible English gallery guides in Hong Kong. Its Instagram page and website offers detailed art event calendars and personal reviews of every exhibition she visits. Since May 2021, Yulia started publishing her gallery reviews on the COBO Social’s monthly column “Galleries Girl Picks''. Very recently, she began journaling her art studio visits in the local area.

Yulia’s reflective and digestible notes have in turn garnered a strong following base on Instagram. She is easily spotted at all kinds of art functions, including public, private and press viewings, with a glass of champagne in one hand.

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