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The Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) is a non-profit art centre located in the former Nan Fung Textile Mills Company which were revitalized as part of The Mills heritage conservation project. CHAT is currently headed by executive director and chief curator Takahashi Mizuki.

History
CHAT is located in the Tsuen Wan area. The exterior of the art centre dates back to the 1950s, it was built by Nanpo Boshoku. However, the interior was renovated into a spinning factory museum, and a contemporary art museum using textiles. The Mills, is home to the CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts, and Textile) as part of its heritage restoration effort.

The founding donor is The D.H. Chen Foundation, and the main donor is Nan Fung Group with a budget of over HK$700 million and a space of roughly 260,000 square feet. To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Nan Fung Development began designing plans in 2014 and The Mills opened in 2018 with construction taking 2 years.

Exhibitions
CHAT opened on-site at The Mills in March 2019 with its inaugural special exhibition Unfolding: Fabric of Our Life, a showcase of 17 contemporary artists and collectives that utilize textiles as histories of textile labourers. The exhibition ran through June 2019 and coincided with the unveiling of its permanent exhibition Welcome to the Spinning Factory!, an exhibition dedicated to Hong Kong’s textile industrial history.

In 2015, CHAT launched their Artist-in-Residence program, inviting international artists to create works in Hong Kong and interact with its local textile history and culture; German artist Mariana Hahn from was the first artist in residency.

Location
The art centre comprises three galleries, an arcade, a lounge and a studio.