Past Events

Virtuous Heritage: Xu Family of Guangzhou - Mandarins, Revolutionaries, Educators and Scientists

To help understand more about the development of China through the legacies of the Xu Family, The University Museum and Art Gallery organizes a symposium (in Cantonese) on Saturday 24 March, in collaboration with Guangzhou Xudi The Xu Clansmen's Association, So Man Hing and Joint Network. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: The Xu Stories

Time: 2: 30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Speakers:

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, HKU

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, HKU

To complement the exhibition “HKU Memories from the Archives”, the Museum is pleased to announce a lecture by Dr Peter Cunich, on Tuesday 21st February 2012 at 6 pm.

‘A Noble Landmark’: Sir Hormusjee Mody and the Construction of HKU’s Main Building.

The University of Hong Kong’s Main Building (sometimes known as Loke Yew Hall) is one of the most recognisable architectural icons in Hong Kong today. Not only is it one of the few buildings to survive intact from the great building boom of the first two decades of the twentieth century, it is also still being used for its original purpose. A gift to the colony from the Parsee real estate tycoon Sir Hormusjee Mody, and designed by the firm of Leigh and Orange, the construction of the ‘University Buildings’ between March 1910 and July 1912 was a civic project that caught the imagination of the whole colony. Despite its enduring significance for the history of higher education in Hong Kong, little is known about the origins and erection of the Main Building and its ancillary structures. Peter Cunich will discuss the genesis of the HKU scheme and the central role that Mody’s building project played in establishing Hong Kong’s first university as a distinctive cultural icon. The lecture will be illustrated with rare original drawings and photographs from the University Archives.

Peter Cunich teaches history at the University of Hong Kong and is Director of HKU’s Centenary History Project. While his main area of research interest is sixteenth-century English history, he has also written widely on the history of universities and higher education. His books include A History of Magdalene College Cambridge (1994, with Eamon Duffy, Ronald Hyam and David Hoyle), HKU SPACE and Its Alumni (2007, with Lawrence Chiu), and a volume edited with Chan Lau Kit-ching, An Impossible Dream: The University of Hong Kong from Foundation to Re-establishment, 1910-1950 (2002). He plans to publish the first volume of his history of the University later in 2012.

Venue: 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, HKU

The lecture is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.
Enquiries: 2241-5503

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays

• Dialogue with Audience: 14 January 2012

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Venue: 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, HKU

Guided tours for the "HKU Memories from the Archives" exhibition

Thursday 19th January, 1 p.m.
Stacy B Gould, University Archivist
English

Tuesday 7th February, 1 p.m.
Tina Yee-wan Pang, Museum Curator
Cantonese

Tuesday 14th February, 1 p.m.
Yeung Chun-tong, Museum Director
Cantonese

Friday 17th February, 1 p.m.
Stacy B Gould, University Archivist
English

Saturday 18th February, 11 a.m.
Tina Yee-wan Pang, Museum Curator
Cantonese

Saturday 3rd March, 11 a.m.
Stacy B Gould, University Archivist
English

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art from November 2011 to January 2012. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Venue: 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, HKU

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art from September to November. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art in July and August. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art in June and July. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art in April and May. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art in February and March. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese art on Wednesdays and Saturdays in December 2010 and January 2011. Admission is free. All are welcome.

Topics: Appreciating Art in the Spring Hall

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays

• Chinese Pottery: 24 November 2010
• Chinese Porcelain: 1 December 2010
• Chinese Bronze: 8 December 2010
• Chinese Jade: 15 December 2010
• Chinese Wood Carving: 22 December 2010
• Chinese Bowls: 12 January 2011
• Chinese Cups: 19 January 2011
• Chinese Jars: 26 January 2011

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

To coincide with the exhibition "Hong Kong Hong Kong: Works by Chu Hing Wah", a concert by the artist will be held at the Museum on Saturday 20 November 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

The University Museum and Art Gallery presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) on Chinese traditional culture from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. All are welcome.

Topic: Telling Fortunes in the Spring Hall

Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

Dates: 15 September, 22 September, 29 September, 6 October, 13 October, 20 October, 27 October, 30 October, 3 November, 6 November, 10 November, 17 November

These talks introduce the skills for authenticating Chinese artworks by their designs and also explain how to tell a person's future according to his facial features.

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong jointly presents a series of demonstration lectures on Guangdong music appreciation (in Cantonese)

4 September to 23 October 2010 (Saturdays 3:00 p.m.)

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building

(See Chinese details)

 

(1) Docent: Dr. Yu Siu-wah (Associate Professor, Department of Music, CUHK)

04. 09. 2010 3:00 p.m. (Saturday)

 

(2) Docent: Dr. Chan Hing-yan (Associate Professor, Department of Music, HKU)

18. 09. 2010 3:00 p.m. (Saturday)

 

(3) Docent: Dr. Yu Siu-wah

23. 10. 2010 3:00 p.m. (Saturday)

In Search of the Bodhi Tree: Paintings by Shi Song Talks

Paintings of Guan Yin by Shi Song (in Mandarin)
24.3.2010 (Wednesday) 7 p.m.
Speaker: Shi Song
Place: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall

Guan Yin in Chinese Art (in Cantonese)
17.4.2010 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)
Place: UMAG at Fung Ping Shan Building

Hong Kong Lyric: Ink Paintings by Raymond Fung Gallery Talk (in Cantonese)
30.1.2010 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Raymond Fung

Seeing China: Antique European Illustrated Books, 1667-1874 Gallery Talk (in English)
9.1.2010 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Greg Thomas (Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, HKU)

The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods Talks and Guided Tours

Prudence, Passion and Pleasure (in Cantonese)
17.10.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Michael L. Yuen (Chinese art collector)

The Handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty (in Cantonese)
24.10.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Designs and Colours of Ming Porcelain (in Cantonese)
31.10.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Guided Tour: Imperial Wares of the Late Ming Period (in Cantonese)
7.11.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Guided Tour: Imperial Wares of the Late Ming Period (in English)
14.11.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Ming China and Foreign Cultures
13.3.2010 (Saturday) 3 p.m
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Ming Porcelain and People's Life
20.3.2010 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Universe in the Mind: Paintings by Liu Guosong Talk (in Putonghua)
26.9.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Liu Guosong

Outside In: alternative narratives in contemporary art Artist's Dialogue (in English)
10.6.2009 (Wednesday) 5.30 - 7 pm
Artists: Htein Lin, Wilson Shieh and Sara Tse

Traditional Jingdezhen Wares from Contemporary Kilns Guided Tours and Talk

Imitative Art in China (in Cantonese)
9.5.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Guided Tour (in Cantonese)
16.5.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Guided Tour (in English)
23.5.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

Early Hong Kong Transport Talks (in Cantonese)

Early Land Transportation in Hong Kong
18.4.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Cheng Po-hung (Museum Advisor)

Early Air and Sea Transportation in Hong Kong
25.4.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Cheng Po-hung (Museum Advisor)

Colours of Nature: Hong Kong Native Orchids Talks (in Cantonese)

The Native Orchids in Hong Kong
7.3.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Gloria Siu Lai-ping (Chairperson, East Asia Regional Orchid Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, The World Conservation Union)

Tress of Hong Kong
14.3.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Chow Kam-chiu (Committe Member, Green Fun Limited)

Flowers in Chinese Art
21.3.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)

The Techniques of Photographing Orchids
28.3.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Poon Tak-lun (Specialist in Orthopaedics)

Scribbles, Dribbles, Ripples: Calligraphy by M K Chan Gallery Tour (in Cantonese / English)
22.2.2009 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr M K Chan

Ancient Silk Road in Ningxia Half-day Seminar (in English)
Date: Saturday 17 January 2009
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker: Dr. Susan Whitfield
Title: Ningxia and its Place on the Silk Road

Speaker: Prof. Puay-peng Ho
Title: Western Xia Buddhism and its Art

Speaker: Dr. Susan Whitfield
Title: Sogdian Traders in Ningxia: Life and Death

Speaker: Prof. Puay-peng Ho
Title: Xumishan Buddhist Grottoes

The Silk Road in Ningxia Exhibition Guided Tour

Speaker: Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director) (in Cantonese)
20.12.2008 (Saturday) 3 p.m.

Speaker: Anita Wong (Museum Curator) (in Cantonese)
14.2.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.

Speaker: Tina Pang (Museum Curator) (in English)
28.2.2009 (Saturday) 3 p.m.

 

 

Workshop on Cartography and Instruments in East and West

To coincide with the Museum's exhibition, "Visions of the Celestial Empire: China's Image in Western Cartography", the Centre of Asian Studies, The Martino Martini Centre of University of Trento in Italy, and the UMAG are pleased to present an academic workshop on "Cartography and Instruments in East and West", on the morning of 24 September 2008, Wednesday, at the Tsui Gallery, 1/F., T.T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong.

Date: 24 September 2008 (Wednesday)

Venue: 1st Floor, T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong

Programme:

2:15-2:30 Registration

2:30-2:45 Opening Remarks:

1. Mr. Marco Maria Cerbo, Consul, Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong
2. Professor Kam Louie, Dean, Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong
3. Professor Wong Siu-lun, Director, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong
4. Professor Riccardo Scartezzini, Chairman, The Martino Martini Centre, University of Trento, Italy

Session 1

Chair: Professor Kam Louie

2:45-3:15
Professor Riccardo Scartezzini, Chairman, The Martino Martini Centre, University of Trento, Italy: "Martino Martini, One of the Generation of Giants: Life and Works of a Jesuit Scientist "

3:15-3:30 Tea Break

Session 2

Chair: Professor Wong Siu-lun

3:30-4:00
Mr. K.W. Fung, Associate Professor, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong: "Cartography and Instrument Making: Matteo Ricci and Jesuit Science in China"

4:00-4:30
Dr. Aldo Caterino, Director, The Martino Martini Centre, University of Trento, Italy: "The Instruments of the Geometrical Seaman: The Evolution of the Nautical Instruments from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century"

4:30-4:45 Closing Session

*Each paper presentation will last for 20-25 minutes, to be followed by 5 minutes discussion.

 

Registration form: http://www.hku.hk/cas/Event/Reply24Sep2008.doc

For further information, please visit: http://www.hku.hk/cas/Event/24September2008.html

Should you have any enquiries about the workshop, please feel free to contact Becky Fung by email at fbscau@HKUCC.hku.hk

On Saturday 17 May, Pascal Torres, curator of the chalcographic department of the Louvre Museum, Paris will give a lecture on the Vollard Suite (in French with simultaneous translation in English), at 3 pm at the Museum.

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks related to the Exhibition of Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table

17.11.2007 (Sat) 2:30 - 5 pm Talks in English

(1) Chinese Jades in the Two London Exhibitions 1935 and 1975
Speaker: Ming Wilson (Senior Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum)

(2) Jade Pictures and Other Thoughts on Later Chinese Jades
Speaker: Jenny So (Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

12.1.2008 (Sat) 3 pm Talk in English
Chinese Jades in the Scholar's Studio
Speaker: Tina Yee-wan Pang (Museum Curator)

Free admission

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) related to the Exhibition of Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula , on Saturdays from 26.1.2008 to 2.2.2008 at 3:00pm, 1/F Fung Ping Shan Gallery.

(see Chinese details)

 

On Saturday 14th July from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, the curator and artists will discuss the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese contemporary art at the Museum. This event will be conducted in putonghua, and is free and open to public. No registration required.

Seminar

"A Tribute to Past Shiwan Masters - Ou Qian, Wu Zaosheng, Liu Chuan, Zeng Liang, Ma Hai, Liang Huafu, Zhuang Jia" (in Cantonese)

Date & Time: 9.6.2007 (Sat) 10:00 - 11:30 am

Details

Symposium

Chinese Ceramics and the Maritime Time Trade Pre-1700

Date & Time: 16.6.2007 (Sat) 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm

English section

2:00-2:35 pm
Mr Brian McElney (East Asian Museum of Art, Bath, United Kingdom)
The early Chinese ceramic trade to Europe, and the Americas and the Portuguese involvement therein

2:35-3:10 pm
Ms Christine van der Pijl-Ketel (Centre of International Heritage Activities,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Kraakware: Chinese export porcelain for the Dutch market

3:10-3:45 pm
Dr Roxanna M. Brown (Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok University, Thailand)
Trade ceramics illuminate major historical events

Moderator
Ms Rita C. Tan (Ceramic Gallery of Kaisa Heritage Center, Manila, the Philippines)

 

Chinese section (in Putonghua)

4:05-4:40 pm
Cao Ganyuan (Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, Jiangxi province)
Decorations on blue-and-white porcelain at Jingdezhen between 1436-1464, and a comparative study of blue-and-white porcelain of the Yuan and Ming dynasties

4:40-5:15 pm
Li Jian'an (Archaeological Research Institute, Fujian Museum)
Chinese trade ceramics from the 13th to 17th centuries: Marine archaeological discoveries in China

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks and guided tours related to the Exhibition of The Silk Road in Inner Mongolia

21.4.2007 (Sat) 3:00 pm Talk in English
The Legacy of the Mongols in Material Culture and in Myth
Speaker: Dr Roslyn Hammers (Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, HKU)

6.5.2007 (Sun) 3:00 pm Guided tour in English
Speaker: Tina Pang (Museum Curator)

Painting demonstration

To accompany the exhibition ÒBeyond the Clouds: Canada through the Eyes of Yukman LaiÓ, the Museum will organise a painting demonstration by the artist from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday 20 January at the Fung Ping Shan Building, the University Museum and Art Gallery. The demonstration is in Cantonese. Free admission and open to the public. Enquiry: 2241 5500

 

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of guided tours related to the Exhibition of Art and Imitation in China

Cantonese guides (see Chinese details)

2.12.2006 Saturday 3-4 pm
Speaker: Tina Pang (English)

19.11.2006 Sunday 3-4 pm
Speaker: Tina Pang (English)

Free Admission.

Fung Ping Shan Building, The University of Hong Kong, 94 Bonham Road.
Tel: 2241 5500
http://www.hku.hk/hkumag

Symposium
ART & IMITATION IN CHINA

Presented by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong

Sponsored by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

on Saturday 14 October 2006, from 2:30 to 5:30 pm
at the Fung Ping Shan Building
University Museum and Art Gallery
The University of Hong Kong
94 Bonham Road, Hong Kong

Moderator:
Anthony Hua-Tien Lin

Speakers:

Mayching Kao "Imitation and Innovation in Chinese Painting"

Paul Serfaty "Art, Politics and Imitation in China"

Richard Stanley-Baker "Archaism (fugu)"

Julian Thompson "The Message in the Mark - Late Ming Copies, Pastiches and Fakes of Chenghua Imperial Porcelain"

This event will be conducted in English and is free and open to the public. No registration required.

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Cantonese) related to the Exhibition of Scholar's Objects from the Mengdiexuan Collection, on Saturdays from 2.9.2006 to 23.9.2006 at 3:00pm, 1/F Fung Ping Shan Gallery.

(see Chinese details)

To coincide with the exhibition "Enlightening Pursuits Scholar's Objects from the Mengdiexuan Collection", a lecture entitled "A few questions related to ancient Chinese scholar's objects" (in Putonghua) by Mr Sun Ji, Research Fellow of the National Museum of China, will be held at the Fung Ping Shan Building of the Museum on Friday 30 June 2006 at 6:00 pm.

All are welcome.

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong will present a series of talks (in Cantonese) on arts and heritage in July and August 2006.

(see Chinese details)

Engraving the World: The Chalcography of the Louvre Museum
Exhibition period: 15 June to 30 July 2006

Associated public events at the Museum

(1) Mr Pascal Torres Guardiola, Curator of the Louvre Chalcography Collection, will give a talk (in French with English translation) on Thursday 15 June at 6:00 pm.

(2) Dr Greg Thomas, Associate Professor of the Dept of Fine Arts, HKU, will give a guided tour of the exhibition (in English) on Saturday 17 June at 3:00 pm.

Books and Their Stories: Gems from the University of Hong Kong Libraries Collection
Exhibition period: 9 June to 30 July 2006

Associated public events at the Museum

Dr. Wan Yiu Chuen will give guided tours of the exhibition on:
(1) Saturday 10 June at 11 am (in Cantonese)
(2) Saturday 17 June at 2:15 pm (in English)

Gallery Tour and Paper-cut Demonstrations

Date: Saturday, 14 January 2006
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: UMAG Fung Ping Shan Building

Informal walking tours through the exhibits with the visiting master artists from Switzerland and China. They will talk about their experience, show the various tools that they use and demonstrate the different techniques they employ to create their art.

The Department of Music and the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong jointly present a series of talks (in Cantonese) in connection with the exhibition of "Hong Kong Cantonese Operatic Artist: Law Ka-ying".

(see the Chinese scheule)

The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong presents a series of talks (in Chinese) and guided tours (in Cantonese and English) in connection with the Exhibition of Cultural Relics from the State of Chu, Hubei Province.

Talks: 4 June to 9 July 2005 (Saturday 3-5pm)

Venus: 1/F Fung Ping Shan Gallery

(see Chinese details)

Guided Tours in English
(1) Speaker: Luk Yu-ping
5.6.2005 3 p.m. Sunday

(2) Speaker: Luk Yu-ping
18.6.2005 10:30 a.m. Saturday

(3) Speaker: Tina Pang
26.6.2005 3 p.m. Sunday

Guided Tours in chinese (see Chinese details)

Artists' Talks at the Museum
(Co-presented by: The AiR Association, Asia Art Archive and UMAG)
Tuesday 26 April 2005 at 6.30pm

As part of the Hong Kong International Artists' Workshop, The AiR Association, Asia Art Archive, and the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong will present an evening of artists' talks. The participating artists will be Abdul Halim (Bangladesh), Nindityo Adipurnomo (Indonesia), Annie Wan and Amy Cheung (Hong Kong). The evening will be moderated by Claire Hsu, Executive Director of Asia Art Archive.

Md. Abdul Halim Chanchal received the BFA in Painting from the Institute of Fine Arts from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2000, and attained his MFA degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of M.S. University Baroda Gujart, India, in 2002. Having taken part in many group exhibits in Bangladesh, he is also a Lecturer in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Development Alternative in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Nindityo Apidurnomo graduated from the Indonesia Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1998 and 1987 respectively. His solo exhibits have taken place extensively all over Indonesia.

Annie Wan obtained her BA and MA degrees from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Her works have been featured in solo exhibitions around Asia and Europe. Wan has participated in numerous residency programmes including Denmark's Guldageraard Museum of International Ceramic Art in 2004; Japan's Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in 2002; and the United States' Maine Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in 2001.

Amy Cheung gained her MFA in Mixed Media from the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London in 1998; and a BA in History of Art & Fine Art from Goldsmith's College, University of London in 1996. She has participated in many festivals and exhibitions internationally around the world. Cheung is the Unesco/Aschberg Laureate in 2004, awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International Fund for Promotion of Culture.

The presentations will be in English. This event is free but as space is limited registration is required, please call the Asia Art Archive on 2815 1112 or contact info@aaa.org.hk to reserve a place.

For full programme details of the Hong Kong International Artists Workshop, please visit the AiR website: http://www.hkair.org

SYMPOSIUM ON Early Swiss-Chinese Encounters: Basel Mission in Hong Kong

Date: Saturday, 19 March, 2005
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, 94 Bonham Road, Hong Kong

Free admission. All are welcome.

Co-organizers:
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong

Sponsors:
Swiss Consulate General, Hong Kong
Bank Sarasin
Swiss International Air Lines

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

10:00-10:10 REGISTRATION

10:10-10:15 OPENING ADDRESS
Prof. Wong Siu-lun

10:15-11:15 SESSION I

(1) Peter A. Schweizer: "The origins of the Basel Mission"
(2) Carl Smith: "The development of the Basel Mission in Hong Kong during the nineteenth century"
Discussion

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-12:30 SESSION II

(3) Paul Jenkins: "Aspects of Basel Mission history in Hong Kong, seen from a desk in Basel"
(4) Tong Wing-sze: "The life-style of Basel missionaries in Hong Kong: four nineteenth century pictorial images from the Basel mission archive"
Discussion

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Francois Barras - Consul General of Switzerland in Hong Kong

Tobias Brandner - Missionary of Mission 21 (Basel Mission Hong Kong)

Paul Jenkins - Basel Mission Archives

Lee Pui-tak - Research Officer, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong

Peter A. Schweizer - Ambassador of Switzerland in Malaysia

Carl T. Smith - Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong

Pauline Tai - University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong

Tong Wing-sze - Department of Religion, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Thomas Tsang - Executive Secretary, Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong

Anita Wong - Curator, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong

Wong Siu-lun - Director, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong

 

Symposium on the exhibition "Collection From the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy" (in putonghua)

Jointly presented by The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong and the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy.
Date: 21 September (Wed.), 2005
Time: 3 pm - 6 pm Venue: 1/F Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Shi Dawei, Director of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy
Master of Ceremony: Catherine Kwai, Curator of the exhibition

Painters of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy will be present, including Che Pengfei, Zhang Leiping, Han Tianheng, Yang Zhengxin, Wu Yumei, Mao Guolun, Zhang Sen, Ma Xiaojuan, Chen Peiqiu, Han Shuo and He Xi.

Lecture Series on Chinese Painting (in Cantonese)
22 May 2004 (Saturday) to 19 June (Saturday) at 3:00 p.m.

1. Title : The use of void in Chinese landscape painting
Speaker : Jane SZE
Time : Saturday, 22 May 2004, 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

2. Title : Chinese physiognomy and portraiture
Speaker : YEUNG Chun-tong
Time : Saturday, 29 May, 2004, 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

3.Title : Mounting formats of Chinese painting and calligraphy
Speaker : Anita WONG
Time : Saturday, 5 June, 2004, 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

4. Title : Children in Chinese art
Speaker : Annie CHOW
Time : Saturday, 12 June, 2004, 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

5. Title : Flowers in Chinese art
Speaker : YEUNG Chun-tong
Time : Saturday, 19 June, 2004, 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

The talk is free and open to the public, and will be held at the 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, the University Museum and Art Gallery. Enquiry: 2241 5513

Lecture Series on Chinese Painting (in Putonghua)
in remembrance of Professor Liu Jiu'an
27 March 2004 (Saturday) 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

1. Speaker: Xue Yongnian (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing)
Title: The Art of Wang Hui

2. Speaker: Xiao Yanyi (Palace Museum, Beijing)
Title: On the Authentication of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy

Chair: The Hon. Sir T. L. Yang

The talk is free and open to the public, and will be held at the 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, the University Museum and Art Gallery. Enquiry: 2241 5513

Talk on Chinese Antiquities

Connection of the Chinese and Foreign Cultures in Early Chinese Ceramics (in Cantonese)

Speaker : Mr. YEUNG Chun-tong ( Director, University Museum and Art Gallery)
Saturday, 6 March 2004
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Talks on Hong Kong History

5.2.2004 Superintendent HO Ming-sun
The history of Hong Kong police (in Cantonese)
Thursday (5:30 p.m.)

12.2.2004 Dr. Elizabeth SINN
Brothels as business operation in 19th-century Hong Kong (in Cantonese)
Thursday (5:30 p.m.)

19.2.2004 Superintendent HO Ming-sun
The history of Central Division Police Station (in Cantonese)
Thursday (5:30 p.m.)

Oil Painting Demonstration
7 February 2004 (Saturday)

From Saturday 7th February the University Museum and Art Gallery will be showing the exhibition, ''A Shared Space: Figure Paintings by Yin Xiong, Cui Xiaodong and He Hongzhou''. The three artists are graduates of Hangzhou's prestigious China Academy of Art where they studied oil painting, and where Cui Xiaodong and He Hongzhou remain as teachers. The focus of the exhibition is the human figure which the artists have rendered using the techniques of realism. Over thirty works will be on view.

To celebrate the exhibition, the Museum organised a special oil painting demonstration by the artist, He Hongzhou for Saturday 7th February from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at the Museum.

The third series of talks on Hong Kong Stories (in Cantonese)
Speaker: Cheng Po Hung
Thursdays (5:30 p.m.)

Sun Yat-sen History Lecture Series

Presented by the Department of History and the University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
Co-ordinator: Professor Chan Lau Kit-ching

7.11.2003 Prof Gilbert F. L. Chan
The Many Faces of Sun Yat-sen (in Cantonese)
5:00-6:30 p.m. (Friday)

15.11.2003 Dr Peter Cunich
Sun Yat-sen and HKU (in English)
10:30 a.m.-12 noon (Saturday)

29.11.2003 Prof Gilbert F. L. Chan
Sun Yat-sen and the 1911 Revolution (in Cantonese)
10:30 a.m.-12 noon (Saturday)

13.12.2003 Dr Hans Yeung
Guangdong and Sun Yat-sen's Revolutionary Regimes (in Cantonese)
10:30 a.m.-12 noon (Saturday)

10.1.2004 Dr Michael Luk
Sun Yat-sen and Communism (in Cantonese)
10:30 a.m.-12 noon (Saturday)

Taoist Rituals and Deities Series Talks (in Cantonese)
November and December 2003

(see Chinese details)

 

Yang Feiyun's Sketching Demonstration
27 September 2003

China's foremost classical oil painter, Yang Feiyun, gave a sketching demonstration at the University Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 27 September at 3 pm. The demonstration was in Putonghua with English translation.

(1) Guangzhou in the Han and Qing dynasties (in Cantonese)
Mr. Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)
Saturday, 7 June 2003, 3:00 p.m.

(2) Hong Kong in the Han and Qing dynasties (in Cantonese)
Mr. Yeung Chun-tong (Museum Director)
Saturday, 21 June 2003, 3:00 p.m.

Hong Kong Stories

(3) Hong Kong Architecture 1930 (in English)
Mr. Alex Hui (Museum Curator)
Saturday, 5 July 2003, 3:00 p.m.

(4) Pak Tai (God of the North) Temple, Wanchai (in English)
Mr. Alex Hui (Museum Curator)
Saturday, 19 July 2003, 3:00 p.m.

Guided Tours

(1) China Trade Paintings Exhibition
Saturday, 31 May 2003
(a) 3 p.m., conducted in Cantonese by Ms. Jane Sze (Curatorial Assistant)
(b) 4 p.m., conducted in English by Ms. Tina Pang (Museum Curator)

(2) China Trade Paintings Exhibition
Sunday, 8 June 2003
(a) 3 p.m., conducted in English by Ms. Tina Pang (Museum Curator)
(b) 4 p.m., conducted in Cantonese by Ms. Jane Sze (Curatorial Assistant)

(3) Taoist Art Exhibition
Saturday, 14 June 2003, 3 p.m.,
conducted in Cantonese by Ms. Anita Wong (Museum Curator)

Talks in March and April, 2003

(1) Mr. Alex Hui : The Chinese Roofs in Local Temples (conducted in English)
21.3.2003 (Friday) 5:30 p.m.

(2) Mr. Alex Hui : Europe in China - the City of Victoria 1900 (conducted in English)
11.4.2003 (Friday) 5:30 p.m.

(3) Mr. Ip Cheung-ching: Taoist Temples in Hong Kong (conducted in Cantonese)
12.4.2003 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m.

(4) Ms. Anita Wong: Ancient Taoist Sculptures (conducted in Cantonese)
26.4.2003 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m.

(5) Mr. Yeung Chun-tong: Chinese Deities (conducted in Cantonese)
3.5.2003 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m.

(6) Mr. Sun Tak Wing: Neolithic culture of the Pearl River Delta (conducted in Cantonese)
7.5.2003 (Wednesday) 5:30 p.m.