News in 2023-2024
Career Opportunities: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (2)
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Art historian specializing in Chinese material culture (Ref.: 201601337) The Department of Fine Arts, HKU, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in Chinese art history, with a specialty in pre-20th-century Chinese material culture. The appointment will commence on September 1, 2017, initially on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year fixed-term contract. The Department of Fine Arts has one of the best art history programs in Asia, with a particular focus on Western and Asian art, and with special [...]
Career Opportunities: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (1)
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Contemporary art history (Ref.: 201601330) The Department of Fine Arts, HKU, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in contemporary art history. The appointment will commence on September 1, 2017, initially on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of a second three-year fixed-term contract. The Department of Fine Arts has one of the best art history programs in Asia, with a particular focus on Western and Asian art, and with special strength in intercultural study. There are on average 35 undergraduate majors per [...]
Prof. Clarke’s Photographs at UMAG
Prof. Clarke's Photographs: Interruptions 斷續 Interruptions: with photographs by David Clarke and essays by Xu Xi at the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) will open next week! All current and former students are welcome to its opening at 6pm on Tuesday 13 September. “The spine of this current project is a series of interlocking images and texts that began with a single photograph selected from David Clarke’s archive. Xu Xi then wrote an essay triggered by—but not necessarily in response to—the photograph, which led to David’s choice of a second work. The 12 images and essays construct a fascinating palimpsest [...]
Fine Arts Students at Art Basel 2016
As part of the Hong Kong Art Workshop, this year ran by Michelle Wong of Asia Art Archive (AAA) and Dr. Koon, in March, the students took part in AAA’s Open Platform Booth at Art Basel and talk to some of the experts and players who attend the fair. The conversations used a speed-dating formula as a way for students to get to the point quickly and to enable a range of experts to participate. The theme of their discussion was on how non-profit organisations can shape public discourses about art at a time when attention is increasingly focused on the for-profit art market. Guests [...]
Asian Art Essay Competition 2015-2016
Asian Art Essay Prize Competition 2015-2016 This is a call for entries for the annual University of Hong Kong Museum Society Asian Art Essay Prize. A prize of HK$2,000 will be offered to the winner. Please click on the image for details. Deadlines: – 30 June 2016 (Final year students) – 1 September 2016 (Other students) Previous winning essays are available here.
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