Selected Writing & Research

Chinese Works of Art

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• Fan Leaf Paintings from the Song Dynasty to the Present Day

• Imperial Connoisseurship: The Personal Delights of the Emperor

• Enter the Dragon: Imperial Power and its Depictions

• Sotheby’s Legacy in Asia: The Golden Age of Collecting

• Four Ways Chinese Jade Became the Quintessential Symbol of Social Values

• Tsai I-Ming: Master of the Leshantang Collection

• Art and Legitimacy: The Heavenly and Earthly Treasures of the Qianlong Emperor

• A Meeting of Worlds: Masterpieces of the Karamono Tradition

• Finding Harmony: Chinese Polychrome Porcelain and Feng Shui

• Reverence for the Past: Five Treasures from the Leshantang Collection

• Ancient Chinese Bronzes in Ritual and Society: A Brief Introduction

• The Piprahwa Gems: A History Spanning Two Millennia

• Collecting Chinese Art in Japan

• Celebrating Ming and Qing Splendour in 10 Chinese Imperial Masterworks

• Of Reverence and Excellence: The Story of the Poon Family Collection

• A Private Happiness: How George Walden Amassed a Sublime Collection of Paintings in China

• Highlights of Hong Kong Asian Art Week

• The Collector’s Guide to Chinese Musical Instruments

• Sunshine After Rain: Inside Zhang Daqian’s Friendship with the Wang Family

• Five Exceptional Treasures from the Eisei Bunko Collection

• 24 Exceptional Highlights of Hong Kong Asian Art Week

 

Modern & Contemporary Art

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• Joan Miró: The Earth, the Unconscious, and the Cosmos

• The Artist’s Hand: Highlights of 50th Anniversary Contemporary Evening Auction

• How Zao Wou-Ki’s Abstract Painting Made Olympic Games History

• Identity at a Cultural Crossroads: Chinese Art Highlights of 50th Anniversary Contemporary Evening Auction

• Peace in the World: Nara’s Little Children after 2011

• The Sublime World of Fernando Zóbel

• The Poetry of Everyday Life: The Still Lifes of Georgette Chen

• Anywhere and Nowhere: Je Yeoran's Journey to Utopia

• Here and Now: Ten Painters You Should Know

• The Realm of Modern Beauty: Three Masterpieces from the Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei Collection

• The Story of the Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei Collection through Eight Iconic Masterpieces

• In Search of Pumpkins, Polka Dots, and the Infinite: Kusama on Kusama

• Heartbreak Hotel: 7 Contemporary Artworks to Soothe the Woes of Love

• Women Embodying Foreignhood: Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Georgette Chen, and Beatriz Milhazes

• Picasso’s Madonna: Portraits of Françoise Gilot

• Preview: 20 Modern & Contemporary Art Highlights from the Hong Kong Sales

• 16 Modern and Contemporary Art Highlights from the Hong Kong Sales

• 13 Highlights from Modern & Contemporary Discoveries

• Who Was Eugène Carrière, the Master of Shadows?

• Chen Yifei: The Romantic Realist

• 15 Modern and Contemporary Artists on Our Radar from the Hong Kong Sales

• Beijing Circus and Sanyu’s Postwar Transformation

• “The Hand That Mocked Them”: Ozymandias and J.G. Ballard Revisited in 14 Contemporary Artworks

• A DEEPER DIVE: "SMART IDIOTS" CURATED BY MATÍAS SÁNCHEZ

 

Visual Culture

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• A History of Jewellery through the Ages: From 18th to Mid-20th Century

• Exploring Hong Kong Manhua: A Century of Comics and Visual Culture

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Contemporary Artist Profiles & Interviews

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• Punk AF: In Conversation with Hannah Martin

• Nature as Refuge: Inside the Beguiling World of David Wiseman

• Between Ruin and Reinvention: Greg Lauren’s Destroyed Elegance

• A DEEPER DIVE: In the REAL WORLD

• IN CONVERSATION: with Drew Englander

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