Love Letters: Everlasting Sentiments from the Xubaizhai Collection

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

Love has always been a source of inspiration for artists. Romance, family ties, teacher-student bonds, friendship, patriotism... all these forms of love provide artists with an endless wellspring of creative energy. Over the centuries, Chinese artists have often suffused their painting, calligraphy and poetry with sentiments. Like love letters, their works of art are intimate […]

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Art Personalised: Masterpieces from the Hong Kong Museum of Art

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

"Art Personalised: Masterpieces from the Hong Kong Museum of Art" exhibition will be held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) from June 30. Featuring nearly 100 artworks of different styles from ancient and modern times from the museum's rich collection, the exhibits are grouped in four personality types for display, offering visitors an […]

Boundless Universe: Calligraphy by Jat See-yeu

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

The Hong Kong Museum of Art is deeply honoured to receive a generous donation of 123 sets of precious artworks from the family of Hong Kong calligraphist Jat See-yeu (1935 – 2009), marking the largest single donation of calligraphy works by an individual Hong Kong artist that the museum has ever received. This substantial contribution […]

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Small Small World Panorama

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

The Hong Kong Museum of Art offers a world of contrasts in art. When you visit the museum through the lens of diversity, what would you discover? Drawing inspiration from the collections of the HKMoA, 60 youngsters from multicultural backgrounds and with different abilities explored the topics of biodiversity, cultural diversity and diverse abilities at […]

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Wu Guanzhong: Between Black and White

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

Wu Guanzhong (1919 – 2010) practiced traditional Chinese ink painting in his early years and later ventured into the colourful realm of oil painting. After furthering his studies in France, he made the deliberate choice to return to China, dedicating his life to exploring the integration of Chinese and Western aesthetics. In his later years, […]

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Seeing Art Anew: Mounting and Conservation of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

Ho Iu-kwong, the Master of Chih Lo Lou once lamented the destruction of ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy due to wars, natural calamities, pest damage and the natural elements. The survival of these artworks owes much to the meticulous craftmanship of traditional mounting techniques. In collaboration with the Conservation Office, the Hong Kong Museum of […]

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True Likeness: The Art and Collection of Jingguanlou

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

Like many 20th century Chinese artists who navigated between realism and abstraction, Dr Leo Wong Kwai-kuen, the master of Jingguanlou, aspires to create his photographic works by embracing the Chinese artistic ideal of “taking the likeness in unlikeness as true likeness”. Photography garnered for him trophies in the form of international awards. Suspecting a block […]

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Art of Gifting: The Fuyun Xuan Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

HKMoA Hong Kong Museum of Art 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong

In 2023, the Hong Kong Museum of Art received a generous donation from Mrs Josephine Sin comprising 490 sets of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Fuyun Xuan Collection, which is the most extensive and comprehensive of its kind ever received by a museum in Hong Kong. Established by the late local collector Mr Christopher Sin, the Fuyun Xuan […]