Important Notices
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The exhibition Handmade and Handheld Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio and Japanese Jewels: Imperial Silver Bonbonnières will be closed from 3:30 pm on Friday, 5th December 2025. Thank you for your attention.
WHAT'S ON
Zhao Hai Tien—
Cultivation: 50 Years of Painting
10 Dec 2025 - 1 Mar 2026Japanese Jewels:
Imperial Silver Bonbonnières
5 Nov 2025 - 8 Feb 2026Handmade and Handheld
Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio
24 Oct 2025 - 8 Feb 2026Symbols of Identity:
IKAT Textiles from Indonesia
12 Dec 2025 - 15 Jan 2026UMAG Online Lecture Series
25 Nov 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 Online LectureHandmade and Handheld
Song to Qing Dynasty Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio
31 Oct 2025 - 5 Feb 2026 Guided TourJapanese Jewels:
Imperial Silver Bonbonnières
13 Nov 2025 - 4 Feb 2026 Guided TourMozart—
The ‘Palatine Sonatas’ for Violin and Piano (K.301-306)
5 Dec 2025BROWSE COLLECTION BY CATEGORY
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【Upcoming Exhibition✨展覽預告】
In less than one week, the exhibition “Zhao Hai Tien—Cultivation: 50 Years of Painting” will officially open at UMAG. Our team has been working closely with all partners behind the scenes and we can’t wait to welcome you into Zhao Hai Tien’s artistic journey.
Get ready to step into world of Zhao Hai Tien, whereher iconic modern abstraction features fluid and free forms, a vital palette of colours, and a continuing exploration of multi-dimensionality within pictorial art turn painting into a space for spiritual inquiry and quiet reflection… see you there!
還有不到一週的時間，展覽「修持：趙海天繪畫五十年」將於香港大學美術博物館正式開幕！ 我們的團隊一直與各界夥伴緊密合作，迫不及待想邀請大家走進海天橫跨五十年的藝術旅程。
準備好走進趙海天的世界，在現代抽象、靈動自如的線條造型、多維度空間的探索、書法筆觸與宇宙光影之間，感受繪畫作為精神探索與內觀的場域……不見不散！
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Zhao Hai Tien—Cultivation: 50 Years of Painting
《修持：趙海天繪畫五十年》
📆 December 10, 2025 - March 1, 2026
🎟️ 免費入場 Free Admission
📍香港大學美術博物館 徐展堂樓1樓
📍 1/F, T. T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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UMAG’s December opening schedule—plan ahead so you don’t miss out or show up when we’re closed! See you soon at UMAG! 🦁
香港大學美術博物館12月份開放安排，預先規劃行程以免摸門釘哦！博物館見！🦁
【Upcoming Exhibition✨展覽預告】
The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, is honoured to present, 𝘡𝘩𝘢𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘪 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘯—𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 50 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, a comprehensive overview of Zhao Hai Tien’s artistic journey as a painter and her boundless explorations as a Hong Kong artist, both locally and internationally. Her work is distinguished by a poignant confluence of abstract expression, spiritual depth, and cross-cultural dialogue. From her early New York-inflected abstractions to the later meditative, calligraphic, and cosmic visual language, she has consistently infused her practice with vitality, reflection, and resilience—an enduring testament to her inquiry into identity, spirituality, and the cosmos.
Born in Shanghai in 1945, Zhao Hai Tien emerged as a pioneering figure in modern Chinese art and was among the few of her generation to train overseas before China’s opening in 1979. She completed her early studies in Shanghai and Hong Kong, before moving to New York, where she earned a BFA from Cooper Union in 1969. Immersed in the dynamic New York art scene of the 1960s, she began experimenting with abstraction, transforming her artistic language in bold and innovative ways. Zhao Hai Tien’s artistic evolution and creative explorations are characterised by a remarkable diversity of media—from airbrush and automotive spray paint on wooden folded screens and acrylic on canvas to calligraphic experiments, large-scale public murals, and oil paintings. Her practice blends technical precision with expressive freedom, deeply informed by spiritual traditions.
Throughout her long career, Zhao Hai Tien’s art has spoken with a dynamic voice—exploring themes of meditation, transcendence, and feminine existence. At once personal and universal, her work invites us to contemplate our own inner landscapes while acknowledging the wider universe, bridging geography, discipline, and spirit with elegance and depth.
Speaker Series 💬 AI and Cultural Heritage
Not art too! Does AI have a role to play in the appreciation of art and culture?
Almost exactly 3 years since ChatGPT was unleashed on the public, AI’s absorption into every aspect of our world seems nearly complete. Is nowhere sacred? Katharine Butler, an entrepreneur and collector of Chinese porcelain, has been considering how AI can be applied to the study and appreciation of art. In this lecture, she will discuss both the opportunities and concerns surrounding AI in cultural institutions, examining existing projects at museums worldwide.
Butler will share experiments she has carried out with her collection of Chinese porcelain as well as that of other institutions. She will demonstrate the ‘AI curator’ she has developed through her company Museus and discuss the experiences around its implementation. Finally, she will open up the debate as to whether AI can really improve the appreciation of art and question what may get lost or stifled with its widespread adoption.
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🗣️Speaker: Katharine Butler
Katharine Butler is an entrepreneur and researcher in Chinese porcelain. She has an MA in History of Art from Edinburgh University. She is CEO of Museus Inc., a start-up bringing AI technology to the study and enjoyment of art. She is curator at the Butler Collection and co-author of Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain (2021). A former council member of the Oriental Ceramic Society in London, she has published articles in Arts of Asia, The Asian Art Newspaper and Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, and has lectured widely.
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[Lecture] Not art too! Does AI have a role to play in the appreciation of art and culture?
📅 Sunday, 23 November 2025
🕕 4:00–5:00 p.m.
📍 Drake Gallery, 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
🗣️ Language: English
🎟️ Registration Required
🔗 For more information, please check the link in bio!
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