Art History @HKU

We offer art history training from Bachelor level to MA, MPhil and PhD level. Our courses are open to students from all faculties and year groups, attracting a large enrollment every year. Explore the Art History programme at HKU now!

Academic Programmes >

Undergraduate

4 year curriculum

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MA

1 year curriculum

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MPhil & PhD

2-4 year curriculum

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2026-2027 MAAH >

2025-2026 Timetable >

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Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-1pm & 2pm-5pm
Location: Room 10.29, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus

Books

Online Library Catalogue

FAIVA

Digital Image Database

HKAA

Hong Kong Art Archive

Web

Hong Kong Art Timeline

Events

A Cultural History of Asian Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

June 24

Book Talk

June 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

AI Fluency and Digital Methods

June 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

“Hogan-Minded”: Race and Place in Georgia O’Keeffe’s Southwest

May 12 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am

HKU Arts Undergraduate Information Sessions

May 8 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Beyond the Flatness

May 5 @ 3:30 am - 6:30 pm

John Sloan, Fordism, and Mass Automobility

May 4 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Reinventing the Archive: Franki Raffles, Asia and Women’s Work

April 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Can I Pass?

April 29 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Franki Raffles: Asia and Women’s Work

April 27 - May 22

Introduction to teamLab

March 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Can Machines Imagine?

March 23 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

The Legacy of Eternal Egypt in the Greco-Roman Imagination

March 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Faith and Shadows: The Life of Caravaggio

March 8 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Curating Queer Histories

March 4 @ 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm

What Was the Floating World in Japanese Art

February 24 @ 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

SSCC Meeting 2025-2026

February 24 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Final-Year Student Gathering

February 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Girl Statue of One’s Own

February 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Fai-Chun Party 2026

February 9 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Session

January 28 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Serial Visions of Socialist Construction

January 15 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Ancient Egyptian Temples: Three Thousand Years of Development

November 26, 2025 @ 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

Information Day 2025

October 25, 2025

Conversation with Pi Li & Pauline Yao

October 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Projects >

VR The House of Serenos
Buddhaverse: VR Dunhuang
Hong Kong Art Timeline