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Mr Tang Hoi-chiu

Professor Tang Hoi-chiu was born in Hong Kong. He obtained a BA from The University of Hong Kong in 1977 and a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from The University of Sydney in 1998. He joined the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1977. From 1989 to 1991, he was assigned to re-provision the Royal Hong Kong Police Museum. In 1995, he was appointed as Curator (Modern Art) at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Subsequently, he served as Chief Curator from 2008 to 2012, and then Chief Curator (Special Projects) from 2012 to 2014 for the renovation of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Professor Tang retired in 2014. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor of the Division of Art and Humanities, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong; Adjunct Professor, Academy of Visuals Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University; and External Member, Culture Promotion Committee, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His expertise is in curatorship, Chinese art, ink art, Hong Kong art, art administration and museum management.


Professor Tang has served as adjudicator and adviser for various local and international art competitions, art fairs and exhibitions, including the recent “Ink Innovations and Crossovers - Retrospective Exhibition of Painting by Wucius Wong” (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2016), “From Blossom to Harvest - A Century of Modern Chinese Painting from Singapore’s Qiu Zhai Collection” (Christie’s Hong Kong, 2016), “Art Next” Expo, “Ink Global” (2017). He has won a number of professional awards and his writings and research papers have been widely published in journals, art publications and exhibition catalogues.

Exhibition

Programme Plus+: Guided Tour to Hong Kong Museum of ArtMoA2

Mr Tang led guided tours for PolyU students and staff on visits to two art exhibitions at the
Hong Kong Museum of Art - the Lingnan School Paintings Collection and Zen Paintings from Master Lui Shou-kwan - providing them with a fascinating insight into the artists’ endeavours. 

The tours provided participants with a deeper understanding of the Lingnan
School of art and strengthened their insight into the Lingnan School masters’ painting techniques, building upon their visit to the Master Gao Jianfu exhibition that Mr Tang had curated. 

Press Coverage

Programmes

2021-2022

Exhibition 
From Naturalism to Artistic Realm
Exhibition of Sketches and Paintings of Gao Jianfu, Master of the Lingnan School of Painting
30 September - 27 October 2021
10 am - 7 pm
Innovation Gallery
Jockey Club Innovation Tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Opening Ceremony 
30 September 2021
5 pm
Innovation Gallery
Jockey Club Innovation Tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Docent Training 
27 and 29 September 2021 (Monday and Wednesday)
6:30 pm
Innovation Gallery
Jockey Club Innovation Tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Guided Tours 
20 and 25 October 2021 (Monday and Wednesday)
6:30 pm
Innovation Gallery
Jockey Club Innovation Tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Programme Plus +
Guided Tour to Hong Kong Museum of Art
October 2021

2018-2019

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Exhibition of Figure Painting by Ren Bonian from the National Art Museum of China
3 August 2019 (Saturday)
3 pm
Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

2017-2018

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Art Next Expo 2017
7 October 2017 (Saturday)
3 pm - 5 pm
PMQ

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Celestial Cases: Antique Boxes of China Exhibition
25 November 2017 (Saturday)
3 pm - 4:30 pm
Sun Museum

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Exhibition of Avant-garde Ink Artist Wang Tian-de
14 April 2018 (Saturday)
3 pm - 4:30 pm
Alisan Fine Arts

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware
24 March 2018 (Saturday)
3 pm - 5 pm
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

 

2016-2017

A Feast of Art: Guided Tour by Mr Tang Hoi-chiu
Alisan Fine Arts 35th Anniversary Exhibition
4 December 2016 (Sunday)
3 pm
Hong Kong Central Library

 

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