News in 2023-2024
Student KE Project: Transformations
Transformations: Art Workshop and Art Practices Last summer, with the support of HKU Knowledge Exchange Grant and the Faculty of Arts, a group of Fine Arts undergraduates, including Miles Dugan, Erin Li, and Clea Chan, Shirley Chan, Bridgette Kam, Chloe Lam and Sunny Liu, worked on the project Transformations: Art Workshops and Art Practices, in which they assisted in the production of It Begins with Metamorphosis: Xu Bing, an exhibition curated by one of our faculty members Dr. Yeewan Koon at Asia Society Hong Kong Centre from May 8 to August 31, 2014. Their first and primary role was to raise silkworms that were used [...]
New Book: A Defiant Brush by Dr. Yeewan Koon
A Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and 19th-Century Guangdong Dr. Yeewan Koon’s new book A Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and the Politics of Painting in Early 19th-Century Guangdong has been published. “As the Opium War unfold in Guangdong Province, the painter Su Renshan (1814—c.1850) exploded onto the art scene with a bold, paradigm-turning new voice. A Defiant Brush takes a fresh look at this underappreciated artist in the context of a nascent Chinese modernism…” Visit Hong Kong University Press website for more information.
Asian Art Essay Competition 2013-2014
Asian Art Essay in Competition 2013-2014 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. Click to read previous winning essays: – 2012-2013 – 2011-2012 The competition is open to all current full-time undergraduate students, including: – 1st year students, who intend to declare a major in Fine Arts; – 2nd year students, who are majoring in Fine Arts; – 3rd year Fine Arts majors, given that they submit the essay before their HKU student status expires. Deadlines: – Monday 30 June 2014, 5pm (3rd year students) – Monday 1 September [...]
Travel Grants Applications
The deadline of this year’s travel grants application is 31 March 2014, 5 pm. There is only one application form for all travel grants. Click here to download a soft copy. For more details on the specific grants and the application procedures, please click here to visit our travel grants page.
Reminder: Class Venue Changes
Please be reminded that there have been several class venue changes this semester. ARTH2025 The Art of the Baroque Thursday 2:30pm, Room 4.34, Run Run Shaw Tower ARTH2026 The Age of Revolution: Art in Europe, 1750-1840 Thursday 12:30pm, Room 4.34, Run Run Shaw Tower ARTH2055 Crossing Cultures: China and the Outside World Tuesday 10:30am, Room 4.34, Run Run Shaw Tower ARTH2075 Collecting and Display in Early Modern Europe, c.1500-1850 Wednesday 2:30pm, CPD2.37 Visit our department in person to check the weekly timetable, which has information on lectures and tutorials particular to the week.
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