The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Art Museum

Prof. Josh YiuDirectorB.A.(The University of Chicago), D.Phil.(University of Oxford)jyiu@cuhk.edu.hk39435517
Research Interests:Archaistic vessels for devotional purpose; Twentieth-century Chinese painting; Qing material culture; History of collecting; Museum management; Art and technology
Research Projects:
  • Art of early twentieth-century China (Ongoing)
  • Data-mining Sheng Xuanhuai Archive (3/2014 to present)
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Dr. Raymond TangDeputy DirectorB.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (CUHK)manleungtang@cuhk.edu.hk3943 5518
Research Interests:Chinese paintings and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing dynasties; 20th century Chinese paintings; contemporary Chinese art; Guangdong paintings and calligraphy; Hong Kong art history; and museology
Research Projects:
  • "Ten Thousand Plum Blossom Hall”Conservation, Research and Exhibition Project," June 2025 to June 2027.
  • “Research on Chinese lacquerware of R&J Collection and Exhibition Project,” in collaboration with R&J Collection and sponsored by Bai Xian Foundation, June 2025 to September 2027.
  • Bei Shan Tang Legacy: Qin and Han Seals Research Project (Phase I), December 2025 to February 2027
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Dr. Ho Pik Ki, PeggyResearch FellowMember of Xiling Seal Engraver's Society; Committee Member of the Biweekly Assembly, New Asia College, CUHK; Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Studies and Mei Cheng Zai Jiupeggyho@cuhk.edu.hk39437408
Research Interests:Chinese Rubbings, Painting and Calligraphy, Literati Culture
Research Projects:
  • The Legacy of Guqin Master Tsai Teh-yun
  • Commemorating a Life: Journeys Preserved in the Bei Shan Tang Rubbings Collection
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Dr. Chan Kwun Nam, PhilPainting and Calligraphy CuratorB.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (CUHK)philchan03@cuhk.edu.hk 39437409
Research Interests:The Ming, Qing and Modern Chinese calligraphy and painting, including the relation between Chinese poem and painting, and the history of connoisseurship and collecting
Research Projects:
  • Principal Investigator, "Studies of Chinese Letters in the Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum, and Art Museum, CUHK", Princeton University Art Museum, and Art Museum, CUHK, 2019 to present.
  • Co-investigator, " The Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collection of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphies ", Hong Kong Museum of Art, and Art Museum, CUHK, 2024-2025.
  • Co-investigator, "The Bei Shan Tang Legacy: Chinese Painting", sponsored by the Bei Shan Tang Foundation, Art Museum, CUHK, 2015-2019.
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Dr. Wang Guanyu, SamanthaObjects CuratorB.A., M.Phil. (Peking University), Ph.D. (CUHK)gywang@cuhk.edu.hk39435534
Research Interests:History of Chinese ceramics; Maritime trade ceramics; Transnational history of material culture and the early modern globalization
Research Projects:
  • The Ming Court and the World Beyond: Production, Circulation and Consumption of Dragon Porcelain from the 15th to the Early 17th Centuries (Co-I, GRF project, 2025-27)
  • Yuan Blue and White: New Archaeological Discoveries in Jingdezhen (collaboration with Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, 2024-2027)
  • Trade Ceramics in the CUHK Art Museum Collection (ongoing).
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Dr. Tong Yu, SamResearch FellowB.A. (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art), M.A.(HKUST), Ph.D.(CUHK)samyutong@cuhk.edu.hk39439532
Research Interests:gold and silver; decorative arts; painting and calligraphy; history of collecting.
Research Projects:
  • Ancient Chinese Gold Techniques, in collaboration with the LCSD Conservation Office and the Chow Tai Fook Master Studio.
  • Qing's court art, archive and workshops;
  • Museum collections study, with a focus on decorative art;
  • Art collecting from late Qing to early 20th century.
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Dr Chou Ying-ching, JoyceResearch AssociateB.A. and M.Phil. (National Taiwan University), DPhil (University of Oxford) yingchingchou@cuhk.edu.hk39437387
Research Interests:The Qing imperial art; the culture of Chinese collections; History of Chinese paintings; the exchange between East Asia and the West in early modern period
Research Projects:
  • Canton trade and export art (ongoing)
  • Canton enamels (ongoing)
  • The Qianlong Emperor's collection (2015-2020)
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Dr. XIONG, XinPostdoctoral FellowB.A. (University of Cambridge), B.A. (University College Utrecht), M.A. (SOAS), Ph.D. (CUHK)xinxiong@cuhk.edu.hk39438126
Research Interests:Modern and contemporary Chinese arts; institutional history and art pedagogy
Research Projects:
  • Painting and calligraphy collection of Wanmei Tang (ongoing)
  • Art and life of Huang Shaoqiang (ongoing)
  • Wartime Chinese woodcut prints (ongoing)
  • ‘Ink Play: Paintings by Lui Shou-Kwan’, an exhibition co-organized by the Art Museum of CUHK and Art Institute of Chicago (2022–2023)
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Dr. Xialing LiuPostdoctoral FellowM.A. (Central Academy of Fine Arts), Ph.D. (Central Academy of Fine Arts) xialingliu@cuhk.edu.hk39430576
Research Interests:
  • Chinese Lacquer, Lacquerware in the Eurasian Exchange, Material Culture, Transcultural Art History（17th - 18th Century）
Research Projects:
  • Chinese lacquerware of R&J Collection and Exhibition Project,” in collaboration with R&J Collection and sponsored by Bai Xian Foundation
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