Conversations with Art Professionals

The University of Melbourne X The University of Hong Kong

Conversations with Art Professionals

Date: 30 June -3 July 2026 (Tuesday to Friday)
Venue: CPD-LG.59 & 61, Centennial Campus, HKU

All sessions will begin with the guest speaker’s presentation in CPD-LG.59
HKU students are welcome to join both the talk and the subsequent discussion in CPD-LG.61

Registration on-site
Free seating, first come first served, student-only

30 June

9:30am – 11:30am
Find a Voice through Sat Jyu: Care in HK Art
Guest speaker: Prof. Yeewan Koon
Associated Dean (Global) and Chair of Department of Art History, HKU

2pm – 4pm
There Was Always Gold: The Development of Hong Kong’s Art Ecology
Guest speaker: Tobias Berger
Co-founder and Curatorial Director, Serakai Studio/ GOLD; Strategic Advisor of the Tanoto Art Foundation, Singapore

2 July

2pm – 4pm
Culture, Money and How You May or May Not Change the World: Insights from the Frontlines of Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong Grantmaking
Guest speaker: Alex Seno
Director, Asian Cultural Council, HK

3 July

9:30am – 11:30am
Art Publishing: ArtAsiaPacific
Guest speaker: Elaine W. Ng
Editor of ArtAsiaPacific magazine and assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Arts