Art History @HKU

We offer art history training from Bachelor level to MA, MPhil and PhD level. Our courses are open to students from all faculties and year groups, attracting a large enrollment every year. Explore the Art History programme at HKU now!

Academic Programmes >

Undergraduate

4 year curriculum

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MA

1 year curriculum

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MPhil & PhD

2-4 year curriculum

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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm & 2pm-5pm
Location: Room 10.29, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus

Books

Online Library Catalogue

FAIVA

Digital Image Database

HKAA

Hong Kong Art Archive

Web

Hong Kong Art Timeline

Events

Art History Tea Gathering 2026

September 17 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Relief and the Sacred Monument: Entering the Space

September 3 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm

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August 23 @ 10:30 am - 6:00 pm

SSCC Meeting 2025-2026

August 17 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Conversations with Art Professionals

June 30 - July 3

Preparing for the Art World

June 29 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

On Heroic Maps

June 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

A Cultural History of Asian Art in the Long Nineteenth Century (Panel)

June 24 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Iran: Modernity, Photography and the Painter’s Dilemma

June 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Book Talk

June 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

AI Fluency and Digital Methods

June 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

“Hogan-Minded”: Race and Place in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Southwest

May 12 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am

HKU Arts Undergraduate Information Sessions

May 8 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Beyond the Flatness

May 5 @ 3:30 am - 6:30 pm

John Sloan, Fordism, and Mass Automobility

May 4 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Reinventing the Archive: Franki Raffles, Asia and Women’s Work

April 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Can I Pass?

April 29 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Franki Raffles: Asia and Women’s Work

April 27 - May 22

Introduction to teamLab

March 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Can Machines Imagine?

March 23 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

The Legacy of Eternal Egypt in the Greco-Roman Imagination

March 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Jumpstarter 2026

March 12 - March 13

Faith and Shadows: The Life of Caravaggio

March 8 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Curating Queer Histories

March 4 @ 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm

What Was the Floating World in Japanese Art

February 24 @ 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Projects >

VR The House of Serenos
Buddhaverse: VR Dunhuang
Hong Kong Art Timeline