To coincide "The Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collections of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphies" jointly organised by Art Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of Art, a series of international academic lectures will be held every Saturday from 2025.06.14 to 2025.07.12. Scholars will share insights on appreciating Chinese paintings and calligraphy, as well as the history of Chinese art collections in various regions.
“The Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collections of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphies” International Academic Lecture Series
Session 5
Masks and Dramatic Images in Ming Painting: After Ma Yuan’s The Stamping Song attributed to Dai Jin from the Art Museum of CUHK
by Prof Huang Xiaofeng, Dean and Professor, School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Date: 2025.06.28 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00 – 3:30pm
Venue: 1/F, Experiential Learning Space, West Wing, CUHK Art Museum
(Getting There) (Live streaming via Zoom)
Speaker: Prof Huang Xiaofeng
Language: Mandarin
Fee: Free
Remarks: Enrolment is not required. The venue will be open for admission 15 minutes before the event commences. Limited quota available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Session 6
Transformations of Chinese Calligraphy in Seventeenth Century
by Prof Xue Longchun, Professor, School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University
This lecture will use selected exhibits as examples to explore how 17th-century Chinese calligraphy initiated visual transformations under the sustained influence of the ideal of spontaneity, the format of colossal hanging scrolls, and the rising prominence of epigraphic studies.
Date: 2025.06.28 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 – 5:30pm
Venue: 1/F, Experiential Learning Space, West Wing, CUHK Art Museum
(Getting There) (Live streaming via Zoom)
Speaker: Prof Xue Longchun
Language: Mandarin
Fee: Free
Remarks: Enrolment is not required. The venue will be open for admission 15 minutes before the event commences. Limited quota available on a first-come, first-served basis.