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In support of the HKUMS 30th Anniversary Endowment Fund, Patron Dr. Christina Mathieson and the Executive Committee of the University of Hong Kong Museum Society invite you to an elegant evening of music and culinary art at the University Lodge. Nestled among lush greens, the art-deco style home was built in 1949 and has since housed eight Vice-Chancellors of The University of Hong Kong.

The evening will begin with a music programme to showcase accomplished students – Rosanne Lee (Soprano), Timothy Wong (Piano) and Grammy Yeung (Guzheng) – from the University’s Advanced Music Performance class under the direction of Dr. Jacqueline Petitto.

Members will discover and savour the culinary arts of Vicky Lau, Asia’s Best Female Chef in 2015. Trained as a graphic designer, her talent for visual artistry is reflected in the immaculate presentation of her dishes while her innate creativity and appreciation for gourmet cuisine is evident throughout her seasonal menus. Inspired to create ‘Edible Stories’, each of Vicky’s menus originate from a common theme and consist of elaborately designed dishes that stir the imagination with their rich imagery and intriguing play on flavors and textures.

In 2013, Vicky’s skill and talent garnered her restaurant Tate Dining Room & Bar a Michelin star for three years in a row. Today, she continues to rein as the queen of French fine dining in Hong Kong and has expanded her repertoire with the launch of Butler – a unique luxury catering service. For our special evening, they will create an exquisite menu and tablescape to excite all your senses.

The HKUMS 30th Anniversary Endowment Fund will directly support the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) and raise its level of excellence to place it as one of the leading teaching museums in Asia.

To celebrate art and friendship, members are invited to a preview of “Objectifying China: Ming and Qing Dynasty Ceramics and their Stylistic Influences Abroad”.

Come join us for an evening of art and music where, over a glass of wine and canapés, you can see pieces specially selected for this exhibition, that include objects on loan from the Asian Civilization Museum in Singapore, The Hong Kong Maritime Museum and pieces from UMAG’s own collection.

Highlights include Chinese blue and white as well as celadon ceramics and foreign objects in imitation thereof, which testify to the enormous success of Ming and Qing ceramics at home and abroad.

Accompanied by Dr Florian Knothe, UMAG’s Museum Director, you will learn more about Chinese ceramics’ journey abroad and how they stimulated a long-lasting appreciation and scientific imitation in the West.

The symposium, conducted by the artist Professor Pan Gongkai 潘公凱教授 and Professor Cheng Pei-kai 鄭培凱教授 will explore the future of ink art in view of the present situation of contemporary Chinese culture, and with reference to the development of Professor Pan Gongkai’s ink art and vision.

Pan is regarded by many scholars within and outside China as the “Renaissance Man” of China today. He has spent over half a century learning traditional Chinese culture and art, and is an expert on the subject. He has also studied Western culture, arts and aesthetics, making comparisons between them with their Chinese counterparts, for the purpose of exploring the direction of future development of Chinese arts. Apart from the analysis of theories, he devotes himself to creating ink works with excellent traditional brush and ink techniques, which are grand in spirit and yet elegant in mood, going far beyond the reach of the conventional regime. In recent years, Pan has incorporated new media art such as video and installations, to further widen the spectrum of traditional ink as an art medium. Therefore, for an exploration of the future of ink art, the path taken by Pan would be inspiring.

This symposium is jointly organised by the University of Hong Kong Museum Society and the Chinese Civilisation Centre of The City University of Hong Kong, and with special thanks to Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery. Professor Pan's works will be exhibited at Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery from 25 November 2017 to 24 January 2018.

Speakers
Professor Pan Gongkai is the son of 20th century Chinese ink painting master Pan Tianshou (1897–1971). He was the President of Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (2001–2014) and the President of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (1996–2001). He has written influential books, e.g. “The Boundary of Modern Art” and “The Road of Chinese Modern Art”. His works are exhibited constantly at important platforms within and outside China, including the 54th and the 56th Venice Biennale. His works are collected by important museums, including Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA; The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA and National Art Museum of China, Beijing.

Professor Cheng Pei-kai received his Ph.D in history from Yale University. He taught at the State University of New York, Yale University, and Pace University, before founding the Chinese Civilization Centre at City University of Hong Kong in 1998. Awarded Merit of Honour by Hong Kong government in 2016, he is now Chairman of Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee.

Professor Cheng has published more than 30 books, covering various academic subjects on Tang Xianzu, transcultural aesthetics, tea culture, Chinese export porcelain, and English translation of Chinese classics. He is also the founder of the "Chinese Culture Quarterly" since 1986.

香港大學博物館學會及香港城市大學中國文化中心 將聯合主辦「當世中國文化與水墨藝術的未來」研討會。得到季豐軒畫廊全力支持，研討會由潘公凱教授 (藝術家、前中央美術學院院長及中國美術學院校長) 及鄭培凱教授 (香港非物質文化遺產諮詢委員會主席、團結香港基金顧問)主講，季豐軒畫廊創辦人季玉年女士主持。潘教授的作品將會在2017年11月25日至2018年1月24日於季豐軒畫廊展出。

是次研討會借鑒潘公凱水墨藝術的發展和視野，探索在當世中國文化的局面中，水墨藝術的未來。潘公凱被中外學者譽為中國當代的「文藝復興人」。他對中國傳統文化藝術累積逾半世紀的修養，瞭如指掌。同時，他亦深入研究西方文化藝術及美學，從多維通盤視角，比對中西異同，探索中國藝術的未來。除理論外，他身體力行，以爐火純青的傳統筆墨功底，創作出氣魄恢宏的水墨作品，既不失文人氣韻，但遠超傳統眼界。近年，他更採用錄像、裝置藝術等新媒體，進一步拓展傳統水墨的語境。故此，要探索水墨藝術的未來，潘公凱所走的路有難得的啟示。

潘公凱教授
生於1947年，是二十世紀中國書畫大師潘天壽（1897-1971）之子。曾任中央美術學院院長（2001–2014）及中國美術學院院長（1996–2001）。著作包括《現代藝術的邊界》、《中國現代美術之路》。作品在中外重要平台不斷展覽，包括第54屆及第56屆威尼斯雙年展。亦獲重要美術館收藏，包括三藩市亞洲藝術博物館、美國西雅圖弗萊藝術博物館及中國美術館。

鄭培凱教授
臺灣大學外文系畢業，耶魯大學歷史學博士，哈佛大學博士後。曾任教於紐約州立大學、耶魯大學、佩斯大學、台灣大學、新竹清華等校，1998年到香港城市大學創立中國文化中心。香港非物質文化遺產諮詢委員會主席，2016年獲頒香港政府榮譽勛章。著作三十餘種，所涉學術範圍甚廣，以文化意識史、文化審美、經典翻譯及文化變遷與交流為主。主編《九州學林》季刊，近作有《湯顯祖：戲夢人生與文化求索》、《多元文化與審美情趣》等。

The Executive Committee is pleased to organise a guided tour of three exhibitions presented by Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) Gallery. HKDI is a leading design education institution in Hong Kong, offering excellent learning opportunities to keep pace with the growing demand of the creative industries. Themed as the White Sheet, the campus design from French architects Coldéfy & Associés, was the award-winning project in the HKDI International Architectural Design Competition in 2006/2007. We will start the tour with a showcase for Swiss accessory and watch, follow with a silk exhibition and end with an exhibition about design and technology. Our tour will be led by Joy Wang, Curator of HKDI Gallery.

1. “Swiss Accessory and Watch Design by HEAD – Genève”
This exhibition showcases over 100 pieces of designs by students of Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève), one of the major institutions of art and design education in Europe. It demonstrates the latest innovations in jewellery, watch and accessory designs from Switzerland. Highlighting not only the renowned Swiss techniques of precision but also craftsmanship instilled by mentors in the field, via collaborations with worldrenowned watch and accessory brands such as Baume & Mercier and Piaget.

2. “In Praise of Silk: Fashion from China National Silk Museum Across Time”
The exhibition is a tribute to “mulberry silk”, the fibre that made China famous since historical times. Presented by HKDI’s Department of Fashion and Image Design, in collaboration with the China National Silk Museum, one of the largest textile museums in the world, this fascinating display provides an insightful journey through the millennialong evolution of China’s silk culture and its global impact. Exhibits range from ancient Chinese silkwork designs to contemporary fashion, weaving looms, animations, photographs, and more.

3. “Homo Ex Data – The Natural of the Artificial”
As robots, drones, and virtual reality enter our smart homes, technology has gradually built within us a second nature, an artificial one. But how natural can an artificial, technology-driven world be? To answer such a philosophical question, the Red Dot Design Museum will showcase a variety of Red Dot Awardwinning products in an exhibition that demonstrates how well-designed technology has become a “new, second nature” to modern human beings, so much so that our daily life and global society can no longer survive without these technologies.

Resource Person
Joy Wang is currently Curator of Hong Kong Design Institute & Institute of Vocation Education (Lee Wai Lee), overseeing international exhibitions under the brand HKDI Gallery Presents, including most recently “Konstantin Grcic – Panorama” with Vitra Design Museum; “Rafael Moneo: A Theoretical Reflection from the Professional Practice. Archive Materials (1961-2013)” with Fundación Barrié and “Homo Ex Data –The Natural of the Artificial” with Red Dot Design Museum. She directs the curatorial and event services teams in the creation of large-scale art and design exhibitions and educational events. Previously, she worked at the British Council Hong Kong (Arts and Creative Industries); the Hong Kong Arts Festival; and the Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association.

Cheng Po Hung, UMAG honorary advisor and renowned Hong Kong historian will take us to the districts of Yau Ma Tei to Sham Shui Po, walking through the old Kowloon historic sites and scenic spots. We will pass through Kowloon King George V Memorial Park, Kwun Chung Battery, Majestic Cinema, Kwong Chi, Astor and Alhambra Theatre, Yung Shue Tau Square, Tin Hau Temple, Yau Ma Tei Police Station, Wholesale Fruit Market, Orient Tobacco Manufactory, Ming Yuen Amusement Park, Victoria Theatre, Broadway Cinematheque, Royal Theatre, Empress Theatre, Prince’s Theatre, Great World and Good World Theatre, Mu Tai Temple, Sham Shui Po Village and Sham Shui Po Police Station.

Route:
Jordan Road > Nathan Road > Public Square Street > Shanghai Street > Reclamation Street > Soy Street > Nathan Road > Lai Chi Kok Road > Boundary Street > Pei Ho Street > Yen Chow Street

* Walk itinerary subject to change

漫遊油麻地至深水埗
多年來，香港大學美術博物館名譽顧問、著名香港歷史學家鄭寶鴻先生曾替我們導覽港島東區、油尖旺區等。這次，鄭先生將會帶領我們探索油麻地至深水埗一帶，與大家一起回溯這個地區的起源及發展。

沿途的舊建築及遺跡︰
佐治五世公園、舊砲台山、大華、廣智、普慶及平安戲院、榕樹頭廣場、天后廟、舊差館、果欄、東方煙廠、明園及天虹遊樂場、域多利戲院、百老匯戲院、麗聲、凱聲、東樂、大世界及好世界戲院、武帝廟、深水埗村、深水埗警署

路線︰佐敦道>彌敦道>眾坊街>上海街>新填地街>豉油街>彌敦道>荔枝角道>界限街>北河街>欽州街

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深水埗原是材料集中地，工業北移多年以來，老字號陸續遷出，尤其是大南街，近幾年出現不少吉舖，同時又有新店進駐。就在同一段街，有結合咖啡店、書店、展覽空間及自造者空間的common room & co.；過五個舖位，就是以藝文界茶餐廳定位的合舍；再過三個舖位，還有壹屋計劃的限時社區商店。嶄新的構思同意念，透過策劃，連結，無形中滲透在一間店舖，一條街道，一個社區。

– 《大南街的日與夜》，《設計日常》，RTHK 31
http://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/everydaydesign/episode/467006 

Christie’s is delighted to invite the members of the University of Hong Kong Museum Society to a private guided tour of the Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in the forthcoming Hong Kong Autumn Auctions. This will include a viewing of works from the celebrated Le Cong Tang collection of Ming dynasty ceramics, highlights of which include the magnificent Wucai Fish Jar and Cover, produced during the Jiajing reign, a Xuande Yellow-Enamelled Bowl, and the Tixi Lacquer Hexagonal Ewer.

The guided tour will be given by Rosemary Scott (International Academic Director to Christie’s Asian Art Departments) and Pola Antebi (International Director, Chinese Works of Art).

Resource Persons
Rosemary Scott joined Christie’s in 1997 and in 2006 was appointed International Academic Director to Christie’s Asian Art Departments. In 2017 she changed to a part-time role as Senior International Academic Consultant to Christie’s Asian Art departments.

Ms Scott was formerly the Head of the Museums Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and was responsible for the university’s Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art and for the Brunei Gallery.

After completing a degree in Chinese Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Ms. Scott undertook postgraduate research into early Chinese lacquer and its relationship to other materials, particularly textiles and inlaid bronze. In 1979, she joined the Burrell Collection in Glasgow as an Assistant Keeper with curatorial responsibility for Oriental works of art and was appointed Deputy Keeper of the entire collection in 1980. In December 1983, Ms. Scott took up the post of curator of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and in January 1995 she became the first Head of the SOAS new Museums Department.

Ms. Scott has researched and written numerous books and articles on subjects related to Chinese ceramics and decorative arts, and has also presented papers at many international conferences, in addition to organizing and editing the proceedings of several such conferences in the UK. She has travelled widely in East Asia, America and Europe, lecturing and undertaking research. She served as President of the Oriental Ceramic Society 2006-2009.

With nearly 30 years of experience in field, 24 of which have been at Christie’s, Pola Antebi has made substantial contributions to Christie’s and to the field of Chinese ceramics and works of art, helping to secure Christie’s position as the premier auction house for the sale of the finest imperial Chinese works of art. As one of the first employees of Christie’s Hong Kong, when it opened its doors in 1986, Ms. Antebi has witnessed first-hand the remarkable development of not only Chinese art and auctions in Asia, but played a crucial role in expanding Christie’s footprint in Asia, which today include 11 offices around the region. She was appointed Head of the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art department in 1999, a position she held for 13 years, and established Christie’s Hong Kong as the auction house of choice for collectors of Chinese works of art, with sales totals in her category growing from US$11 million in 1998 to a record total of US$233 million in 2010. In 2012 she was promoted to International Director for the Chinese Works of Art department and is responsible for sourcing, marketing and promoting works for sales Hong Kong, New York, London and Paris. With expertise in Imperial ceramics, jades and works of art from the Yuan to the Qing Dynasties (14th-19th Centuries), Ms. Antebi travels extensively and conducts appraisals and consults for an extensive network of institutions and private collectors. Ms. Antebi holds degrees in Art History and French Literature from the University of Vermont in the United States.

The Executive Committee is pleased to organise this guided tour of an exhibition of the private collection of the world’s foremost expert in and leading dealer of Ming furniture, Grace Wu Bruce.

Formed over the past 30 years and little known to the public, The MQJ Collection, short for Muquju ('Lodge of Wood Delights'), comprises more than 100 pieces (sets) of museum-grade Ming furniture of all major types, mainly made of huanghuali and zitan. The collection spans 11 categories, from tables and chairs to incense stands and beds, all beautifully designed, superbly crafted and in excellent condition. Among them are rare surviving examples of their kind which are being unveiled to the market for the very first time.

Resource Person

The tour will be led by Julian King, Director, International Specialist of the Chinese Works of Art Department in Hong Kong. Julian King joined Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2013 as International Specialist in the Chinese Works of Art department, with responsibility for supporting global sales of Chinese Works of Art focusing on sourcing and selling.

Mr. King began his career in the art industry working as a cataloguer of ceramics and works of art in Sotheby’s London from 2000 to 2004, where he trained under Julian Thompson, the late Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia. After a career change, he returned to the Chinese art world at an auction house in London before relocating to Hong Kong to head their Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art department between 2008 and 2013. In addition to a focus on Chinese porcelain, Mr. King is particularly specialised in Qing dynasty works of art, and has handled a number of prominent collections in the past decade, including Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection (2010-2015), Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann (October 2014) and The Robert H. Blumenfield Collection of Chinese Bamboo Carvings (April 2015). Mr. King also has a deep interest in Tibetan art and supports the Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art sales in New York.

Mr. King graduated from Wadham College, Oxford University, with a Masters in Classical and Modern Chinese.

The talk will focus on Zao Wou-Ki and his contemporaries, entitled “Infinities – the Art of Zao Wou-Ki”. Catherine will be attending the opening of the Zao Wou-Ki exhibition at the Asia Museum of Modern Art in Taichung, She will share with us her insight and "highlights of the exhibition".

To those who may not be joining our Taichung Trip, this talk may spark your interest to a weekend in Taichung to view this important exhibition!

The second of the four "music dramas" that make up the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walkure weaves utterly compelling music around the haunting story of the Valkyries. As in the Norse sagas on which Wagner drew for his text, in the Ring the Valkyries are "angels of life and death." Their intervention in the life of the all-too-human heroes of Wagner's epic is shocking and all-encompassing. But their main claim to glory lies in their role in the life of the cycle's central character, and subject of its third segment: Siegfried. In this lecture, Biancorosso will introduce to the audience to the difference between "music drama" and "standard" opera and retell the endless fascinating story of how Die Walkure got written.
Opera lovers and Wagner Fans are most welcome!

Resource Person:
Dr. Giorgio Biancorosso Associate Professor in Music, and the Director of the Society of fellows in the Arts and Humanities, The University of Hong Kong. Biancorosso studied music and film studies at the University of Rome and King's College London, before moving to Princeton University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in musicology in 2002.
He is the author of Situated Listening: The Sound of Absorption in Classical Cinema (Oxford University Press. 2016) as well as a number of studies on film music and opera. Biancorosso is also active in Hong Kong as a music programmer and curator.