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GE2015-65A
Leading Patrons of Asian Art – Documentary Screening-and-Discussion
Date 日期:  27 Jan 2016
 
Time 時間: 6:45pm - 8:45pm
 
Venue 地點: CYP-P4
 
Speaker(s) 講師: Ms. Patricia Chen
 
Summary 內容: Leading Patrons of Asian Art – Documentary Screening-and-Discussion
 
Leading Patrons of Asian Art is an independent project to advance discourse on art and art collecting in the Asian art world via the lens of art patronage. The films feature ‘closed-door conversations’ with the personalities behind some of the world’s finest contemporary Asian contemporary and modern art collections.
 
China's Art Missionary
Singapore | 2014 | 19 min | In English & Chinese with English subtitles
This film gives a glimpse into the art collecting universe of legendary Swiss collector Uli Sigg, donor of the M+ Sigg Collection in the WKCD of Hong Kong – his dogged determination and dispassionate approach to create a ‘historical document’ of Chinese contemporary art, uninhibited by controversies and societal taboos.
 
The 24-Hour Art Practice
Singapore | 2015 | 50 min | In English & Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles
The film traces the journey of Dr. Oei (OHD), a whimsical godfather of Indonesian art who amassed one of the most significant collections of modern Indonesian art by adopting a round-the-clock, open-door policy for sellers and visitors to his home.
 
Speaker at the Post-screening Discussion:
Ms. Patricia Chen
Based in Singapore, Patricia is producer and director, as well as the author of Leading Patrons of Asian Art in Conversation films and publications. Patricia was a columnist of Flash Art’s ‘Asian Insider’ and C-Arts’ ‘Collectors’ Guide to the Southeast Asian art market’; she has also contributed to The Art Newspaper, The Financial Times and Art Market Report on the Asian art market and scene. Patricia created Southeast Asia’s first modern and contemporary art indices. Her published articles and public lectures on the Southeast Asian art market inaugurated ways of advancing the study of art and market via quantitative data analyses and primary field work.
 
Date: 27/1/2016 (Wed)
Time: 18:45 – 20:45
Venue: CYP-P4
Language: English
 
Registration:
For HKU students and staff: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=41208
For public: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=41209