This talk is organized by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Art & Conversation: Yoshitomo Nara | Nara, kawaii, and the "Superflat" concept Date: 13 January 2021 (Wednesday) Time: [...]
This talk is organized by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Art & Conversation: Yoshitomo Nara | Who is that big-headed girl? Date: 6 January 2021 (Wednesday) Time: 10-11am [...]
Warmest congratulations to Dr. Yeewan Koon for receiving the University's Outstanding Teaching Award 2020! This award is a formal recognition of her teaching excellency. Over the past 15 years [...]
Congratulations to Dr Hammers and Dr Koon for their research has recently turned into publications! The Imperial Patronage of Labor Genre Paintings in Eighteenth-Century China by Roslyn [...]
Art and its Histories: Scholars in Lecture An Unexpected Masterpiece: Luo Ping’s Ghost Amusement Scroll Date: 9 September 2020 (Wednesday) Time: 6:30-7:30pm Registration: Click here to join the Free Facebook [...]
International Internship SUMMER 2021, Japan If you are interested in taking part in the Department’s first-ever international internship programme at Hong Kong House, Echigo-Triennale Japan, please join me for an [...]
Writing Nara Yoshitomo: A Conversation with Author Yeewan Koon Drink Reception 6:30pm Discussion 7:00pm Close 8:00pm Yeewan Koon, author of Nara Yoshitomo (Phaidon, 2020), will join us in an evening [...]
This paper looks at the use of portraiture by the Manchu official Qiying (1787-1858) who was sent by the Daoguang Emperor (r.1820-1850) to Guangdong for the negotiations of the Nanjing Treaty after the Opium War (1839-1841). By looking at the different practices involved in the gifting of portraits in Europe and China, the paper will highlight the problems of communications and exchanges between Britain and China during this period. It will also show how Guangdong’s leading merchants were instrumental in these discussions and how they were active players in Guangdong’s local community and Qing politics.
Afterwords is a website developed for the 2018 Gwangju Biennale “Faultlines” exhibition curated by Dr. Yeewan Koon. It documented a series of interviews with the participating artists held during [...]
The 2018 Gwangju Biennale will soon start and Dr. Yeewan Koon as one of the 11 curators is currently busy working with the artists at the exhibition venue. Their [...]
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