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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260304T183000
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SUMMARY:Curating Queer Histories
DESCRIPTION:M+ x HKU Art History Lecture Series\nCurating Queer Histories\nDate: 4 March 2026 (Wednesday)\nTime: 6:30pm-7:45pm\nVenue: Grand Hall\, Centennial Campus\, HKU (directions) \nRegistration: CLICK HERE\nFree seating\, with doors open at 6:15pm \nAbstract: Julia Bryan-Wilson will provide a curatorial overview of the 2024-25 show Queer Histories at the Museum of Art of São Paulo\, placing the show within the context of larger debates about queer/trans representation\, space\, religion\, abstraction\, and archives. In doing so\, she raises questions about how to stage political arguments in space. She also argues that art history itself has been a crucial resource for queer/trans artists as they look to alternative modes of cultural inscription. \nSpeaker: Julia Bryan-Wilson teaches contemporary art and gender studies at Columbia University. She is the award-winning author of several books\, including Fray: Art and Textile Politics (2017\, winner of the ASAP Book Prize\, the Frank Jewett Mather Award\, and the Robert Motherwell Book Award) and Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag\, Color\, Join\, Face (2023).  Her first book Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era was translated into Korean and Japanese\, and her co-authored book Art in the Making has been translated into Korean. As Curator-at-Large at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo\, she co-curated several exhibitions\, including Queer Histories (with Adriano Pedrosa and André Mesquita\, 2024-25). In November 2025 she opened two shows—GUTSY: On Feminist Infrastructures (at MSN Warsaw) and Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces (at the Wallach Art Gallery\, organized with Natalia Brizuela). Her writing has appeared in many venues\, including Art Bulletin\, Artforum\, Art Journal\, Oxford Art Journal\, and Journal of Modern Craft\, and she has authored texts on artists such as Pacita Abad\, Lee Bul\, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha\, Yoko Ono\, and Yinka Shonibare.  In 2024 she served as President of the International Jury of the 60th Venice Biennale.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/curating-queer-histories/
LOCATION:Grand Hall\, Grand Hall\, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre\, Centennial Campus
CATEGORIES:2025-2026,Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260308T143000
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SUMMARY:Faith and Shadows: The Life of Caravaggio
DESCRIPTION:This event is organized by Hong Kong Arts Festival\nDate: 8 March 2026 (Sunday)\nTime: 2:30pm-3:30pm \nThe celebrated Italian ballet phenomenon\, Roberto Bolle\, honours an earlier Italian cultural icon\, the painter Caravaggio\, in the acclaimed contemporary ballet production Caravaggio.\nDr Elisabeth Berry Drago\, lecturer in the Department of Art History at The University of Hong Kong\, in this pre-performance talk reveals the mysteries behind Caravaggio’s most famous artworks\, his techniques\, hidden inspirations and the controversies that followed in his footsteps.\nA matinee performance of the contemporary ballet Caravaggio will start at 4pm\, soon after the conclusion of this talk\, at the Grand Theatre in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. \nRead more and register here
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/faith-and-shadows-the-life-of-caravaggio/
LOCATION:Lemna of the alchemist
CATEGORIES:2025-2026,Public Lecture,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260320T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260320T190000
DTSTAMP:20260418T163532
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Eternal Egypt in the Greco-Roman Imagination
DESCRIPTION:This event is organized by HKU Fine Arts and Art History Alumni Association (HKUFAAA)\nDate: 20 March 2026 (Friday)\nTime: 6pm-7pm\nFormat: online\, registration required\, zoom link will be sent one day before the talk \nThis online talk will delve into the fascinating cultural exchanges between ancient Egypt and the Greco-Roman world\, highlighting how Greco-Roman artefacts feature the imagined Egypt\, how Egyptian art\, architecture\, and mythology had an enduring impact in the art production of later centuries. This talk pairs beautifully with the current exhibition “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. \nSpeaker: Prof. Susanna McFadden (Assistant Professor\, Department of Art History\, HKU) \nRead more and register via HKUFAAA
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/the-legacy-of-eternal-egypt-in-the-greco-roman-imagination/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2025-2026,Academic Talk,Public Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260323T181500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260323T194500
DTSTAMP:20260418T163532
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SUMMARY:Can Machines Imagine?
DESCRIPTION:Can Machines Imagine?\nAI\, Art\, and None of the Hype\nDate: 23 March 2026 (Monday)\nTime: 6:15pm-7:45pm\nVenue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall\, LE1\, Library Extension Building\, Main Campus\, HKU\nBy MTR: directions from Exit A2 \nBy Taxi: for taxi driver \nRegistration: CLICK HERE\nFree seating\, with doors open at 6pm\nWe have a limited number of Art Basel and Art Central Art Fair tickets to give away to students — first come\, first served (at the registration desk)! \nThis panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Yeewan Koon \nSpeakers: \n\nAlan LAU (Vice Chairman of M+ Board)\nAdrian NOTZ (Curator)\nBianca TSE (Artist)\nTakeshi YAMADA (teamLab)\n\nAlan LAU\nAlan Lau is Vice Chair of M+\, Hong Kong’s largest contemporary art museum. He has been a champion of Asian artists for two decades\, and co-chairs the Asia Pacific Acquisition Committee of Tate\, and the Asia Art Circle of Guggenheim. He has been a technologist for 20 years\, with leadership roles in McKinsey\, Tencent\, and Animoca Brands. He founded McKinsey’s digital practice and led as Asia Head\, co-founded Tencent’s insurance arm WeSure and served as CEO\, and currently leads investment and manages a portfolio of 500 companies as CBO of Animoca. He advises the Oxford University and HK University on AI\, Creativity & Ethics\, and promotes AI adoption and policies as a founding member of The AI Association of HK. In the broader culture sphere\, he serves on the board of Tapestry\, which owns Coach and Kate Spade\, and previously served on the digital board of Burberry. He also makes angel investments in F&B\, entertainment\, and technology. \nAdrian Christopher NOTZ\nAdrian Christopher Notz (*1977\, Zurich) is an independent curator and lecturer based in Zurich. He studied time-based media and Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Bremen and Theory of Art and Design at the Zurich University of the Arts. In 2024\, he co-curated the AAA Experiments in Kunsthalle Zurich and in 2023 the Art Encounters Biennial in Timișoara. He is currently lecturer at ETH Zurich\, where he led the AI+Art Program at the ETH AI Center from 2021 to 2024. From 2020 to 2022\, Notz served as curator at the Tichy Ocean Foundation in Zurich. Previously\, he was the artistic director of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich (2012–2019)\, following roles as co-director (2006–2012) and curatorial assistant (2004–2006). From 2010 to 2015\, he also headed the Department of Fine Arts at the School of Design in St. Gallen. Throughout his career\, Notz has organized and curated numerous exhibitions\, events\, conferences\, and interventions\, collaborating with international artists\, scientists\, activists\, and thinkers both at Cabaret Voltaire and globally. \nBianca TSE\nBianca Tse\, born and raised in Hong Kong of the 80s\, combines her expertise in advertising with a profound passion for documentary work. Having experienced challenging family conditions during her upbringing in Temporary Housing Area\, she consistently feels a deep connection to the themes of chaotic urban life and poverty. Her particular passion and fascination lie in the history of Kowloon Walled City and her hometown\, Hong Kong. Drawing inspirations from local heritage and culture\, as well as her personal memories\, Bianca utilises AI tools to embark on a reimagined journey. Her works transport viewers into a captivating parallel universe of the City of Darkness while simultaneously experimenting with the possibilities of AI documentary. Bianca’s artistic style is rooted in storytelling\, where she weaves together Hong Kong’s collective memories with the boundless possibilities offered by AI as a creative medium. By blending elements of authentic history and imagination\, she creates an intriguing juxtaposition between the familiar and the extraordinary\, breathing life into its forgotten past and presenting it in a unique light. https://www.walledcitywildestdreams.com \nTakeshi YAMADA\nTakeshi Yamada was born and raised in Tokyo in 1990. He studied at Durham University for one year and then graduated from Teikyo University in 2012 with a B.A. in English Literature and History. After working as a Marketing Manager in the travel industry in Zurich\, he returned to Japan to work at teamLab where he is now the Director of Community Engagement.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/can-machines-imagine/
LOCATION:Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall (LE1)\, LE1\, LG1/F\, Library Extension Building\, Main Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2025-2026,Academic Talk,Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260324T173000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260324T183000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to teamLab
DESCRIPTION:HKU Student Event\nTakeshi Yamada: Introduction to teamLab\nDate: 24 March 2026 (Tuesday)\nTime: 5:30pm-6:30pm\nVenue: CPD-2.42\, The Jockey Club Tower\, Centennial Campus\, HKU \nRegistration: CLICK HERE\nSeats are limited; students who attended “Can Machines Imagine?” are given priority\, subject to availability. \nteamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art\, science\, technology\, and the natural world. Through art\, the interdisciplinary group of specialists\, including artists\, programmers\, engineers\, CG animators\, mathematicians\, and architects\, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world\, and new forms of perception. In this session\, a teamLab member will introduce teamLab’s projects and the concepts that drive their creation. The speaker will also delve into the teams behind the work and the technologies they utilize. The presentation will conclude with information on internship and employment opportunities at teamLab. \nSpeaker: Takeshi Yamada was born and raised in Tokyo in 1990. He studied at Durham University for one year and then graduated from Teikyo University in 2012 with a B.A. in English Literature and History. After working as a Marketing Manager in the travel industry in Zurich\, he returned to Japan to work at teamLab where he is now the Director of Community Engagement.
URL:https://arthistory.hku.hk/index.php/event/takeshi-yamada-introduction-to-teamlab/
LOCATION:CPD-2.42\, CPD-2.42\, Centennial Campus\, HKU
CATEGORIES:2025-2026,Public Lecture
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