News in 2023-2024
Asian Art Essay Prize 2014-2015
Congratulations go to Shirley CHAN Bik-cheung as the winner of the 2014-15 Asian art essay prize sponsored by the University of Hong Kong Museum Society. Ms. Chan’s essay entitled “An Interpretation of Equestrian Holding a catapult in a Hunt by the Yuan-artist Zhao Yong” demonstrated an innovative analysis supported by original primary document-based research. The jury (consisting of Dr. Koon, the department’s undergraduate coordinator, Professor Clarke, and Dr. Hammers) considered Ms. Chan’s paper as particularly engaging and thoughtful. The essay is available here. Congratulations go to Ms. ZOU Yifan who was awarded honorable mention for her essay “Maturity of style, social network, [...]
The University of Hong Kong Museum Society: The Pictures of Weaving
The Pictures of Weaving: In history and in the University Museum and Art Gallery Speaker: Dr. Roslyn Hammers Date: 27 October 2015 Time: 6:30pm (reception), 7pm (lecture & viewing) Venue: Drake Gallery, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU To support art education, the University of Hong Kong Museum Society would like to extend invitation for HKU students to attend this talk free of charge. Interested students should sign up directly with Elena Cheung at hkums@hku.hk or call 2241-5512, noting that they are HKU students. Please click here to read more about the event.
Postponing the Fine Arts tea gathering
The Department of Fine Arts is postponing the Tea Gathering that was to be held on October 6. This will allow interested individuals to participate in the protest march to defend autonomy at the University of Hong Kong. We will hold the Tea Gathering in January.
Cancellation of course ARTH2088
Due to unexpected situation course ARTH2088 Introduction to the material culture of China will be cancelled.
Fine Arts Tops HKU’s Research Output Ratings
The Department of Fine Arts is proud to note that in Hong Kong’s 2014 Research Assessment Exercise, 84% of our research outputs were rated at the two highest levels of 4* and 3*. This was the highest score among all programs within HKU, matched by only one other department. To read the University’s general response to the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise results, please click here.
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