The Hong Kong Museum of Art will launch a talk series to tie in with the exhibition, inviting two scholars in the field to give differently themed talks that share their research on Guangdong and Hong Kong collecting history. The talks will be conducted on 4 and 11 March respectively at the Lecture Hall of the HKMoA.
【Talk 1】
Public Talk Series of “The Connoisseurship and Collection of the Master of Chih Lo Lou”: From North to South: The Circulation of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphies taking Guangdong as a Case Study
Date: 2023.03.04 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm
Location: Lecture Hall, B/F, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Speaker: Dr. Liang Jiyong
Format: Live
Language: Cantonese
About the Talk:
During the Qianlong to Daoguang period, Guangdong became the wealthiest region in China due to its bustling export trade. As a result, many art works from Jiangnan were brought to the south and acquired by collectors in Guangdong. Indirectly, this led to the Lingnan School of painting flourishing in the late Qing dynasty. A great amount of exquisite works from this period can be found in the Chih Lo Lou Collection. In this talk, we will explore the background and impact of these seminal developments in Chinese art.
About the Speaker:
Born in Guangzhou, Liang Jiyong holds a PhD in ancient literature from Zhongshan University and is a calligrapher, painter, collector, and musical historian. His research focuses on the history of Guangdong during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with recent publications including Dao cong ci ru: Qingdai hanlin yu Xianggang (Tracing their paths: The Hanlin academicians of the Qing dynasty and Hong Kong). He is currently an Honorary Research Associate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Deputy Editor of the magazine Artist, and President of the Hong Kong Gu Qin Association.
【Talk 2】
Public Talk Series of “The Connoisseurship and Collection of the Master of Chih Lo Lou”: Untold Stories of Collecting in Hong Kong
Date: 2023.03.11 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm
Location: Lecture Hall, B/F, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Speaker: Mr. Hui Lai-ping
Format: Live
Language: Cantonese
About the Talk:
The speaker will share collecting stories in Hong Kong from the end of the 1920s through the 1960s, drawing upon letters, intelligence, diaries, newspapers pertaining to the trade of Chinese paintings and calligraphies that he has collected over the years, as well as first-hand knowledge and observations he gained over decades in the collectors’ circles. Beginning with the establishment of the Chih Lo Lou Collection, the speaker will reveal little-known anecdotes, including the return of relics that had been stranded in Hong Kong, the secret acquisition team set up by the Chinese Communist Party, its members and senior leadership, their targets, and how these people were vying to acquire artefacts. This engaging talk will be the first time many of these stories are revealed to the public.
About the Speaker:
Born in Macao in the 1950s, Mr. Hui Lai Ping is a historian and an avid collector of paintings, calligraphy and historical documents. He is the founder of Philosophos Society and Han Mo Xuan, as well as the Han Mo periodicals.
