04/02/2012

UMAG Exhibition: Virtuous Heritage - Xu Family of Guangzhou with Humphrey Hui and Danny Hui

27/01/2012

2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Shenzhen with Joan Leung

Our first event for the Year of the Dragon is a trip to Shenzhen where we saw many new things and possibilities. Many of us were touched differently by the different exhibits. The cold day was warmed by the hot lunch and even more by warm friendships among members of the HKU Museum Society and the Friends of the Museum of Arts. We all look forward to more joint events!!

17/01/2012

Triple Treats in Macau: Macao Art Museum with Yeung Chun-tong (楊春棠), Gourmet Lunch at Don Alfonso, and Macau Heritage Walk & Talk with Dr. Francisco Pinheiro

Despite prediction of rain and cold weather, the day turned out to be dry and crispy cool. Our morning was spent admiring Song ceramics at the Macao Museum of Art. In the afternoon, we listened to a lecture on Macau's history and then walked some of the UNESCO heritages sites In between we had a gourmet lunch in Don Alfonso's. The combination of food for the mind and food for the body made for a great day out!

14/01/2012

Tung Lung Chau and Po Toi Island with Professor Chan Lung-sang (陳龍生教授)

What a wonderful way to discover the beautiful natural scenery of 2 of Hong Kong's many islands. Prof Chan educated, entertained and inspired us to look at rocks and see the history written in them. A morning walk in Tung Lung Chau was followed by a nice seafood lunch in Po Toi. We saw the rock carvings, evidence of early civilisation in Hong Kong, before heading to Aberdeen and back to land! Thank you Professor Chan!

10/01/2012

Museum and Society - Social Ideologies of Museum Architecture with Dr. Lee Ho Yin (李浩然博士)

17/12/2011

Central to Western District with Cheng Po Hung (in Cantonese) 中西區古蹟遊 - 鄭寶鴻帶領

09/12/2011

Private Dining at 13 Degrees Cellarage

40 members and friends attended this evening of gourmet seafood cuisine paired with fine wine and champagne. Everyone enjoyed the fellowship and genial atmosphere in the private function room of this high end wine storage facility.

02/12/2011

A Weekend Escape to Taipei with Professor Peter Lam (林業強教授) - TRIP FULL

The twin highlights of our Taipei trip were our great resource persons: Master Liu Gousong 劉國松 and Professor Peter Lam林 業強教授. They shared their knowledge, passion and expertise generously with us. Liu Gousong spoke of his life as a painter and how his art has shaped his outlook on life. He opened his home and studio to share his art works with us. Peter Lam inspired all of us with his PowerPoint presentation lecture the night before our visit to the exhibition of Emperor Kangxi and the Sun King Louis XIV: Sino-Franco Encounters in Arts and Culture (康熙大帝與太陽王路易十四特展). He further educated us with his erudite commentary on the pieces on show for "A Hundred Treasures of the National Palace Museum on Parade." We presented a cheque donation to Prof Lam as a small token of our gratitude for his leading this tour. The cheque was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Art Museum, CUHK,

26/11/2011

Creative Digital Capture with Carsten Schael

24/11/2011

Christie’s Auction Preview with Rosemary Scott and Pola Antebi

The intrepid members who got up early for our preview were richly rewarded with a first look at some of the pieces on auction. Rosemary Scott and Pola Antebi took us to see some carved rhinoceros horns, ceramics and furniture, mandarin badges and imperial robes. They regaled us with stories on how some of the items came to be there! After the guided tour, some of us went to have coffee/tea before looking at more items on sale. The only hand raising this morning was to ask questions - but all members were encouraged to go to the auctions and raise their hands there as well!!