In discussing the early history of Hong Kong one often mentions the development of the western part of Hong Kong Island. The subject would naturally lead on to a discussion of the brothels and prostit
This catalogue is published on the occasion of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s eponymous exhibition, Song of Spring: Pan Yu-Lin in Paris, from September 12, 2018 to January 6, 2019, the second instalment in ASHK’s 20th Century Female Artist Series. The book includes a catalogue of all exhibited artworks, as well as four new essays that shed light on the life and artistic trajectory of Pan Yu-Lin, the significance of Chinese expatriate artists in modern Chinese art history, and speaks to the greater history of Chinese female emancipation. 本書為亞洲協會香港中心籌劃香港賽馬會呈獻的《春之歌:潘玉良在巴黎》印製,展覽從2018年9月12日至2019年1月6日舉辦,是亞洲協會香港中心「二十世紀中國女藝術家系列」的第二個展覽。這本書包括展覽所有作品的圖錄,以及四篇新撰文章研究潘玉良的人生及藝術演變、中國留歐藝術家對中國現代藝術史發展的重要性以及女藝術家在中國女性解放進程中的角色。
"Early Hong Kong Transport" is one of a series of exhibitions of Hong Kong history held in collaboration with collector Cheng Po Hung. It features some 100 old photographs selected from Cheng's collec
「今朝風日好, 或恐有人來」, 這是生活的期望, 也是生活的美好。董橋的散文, 終於變成我們香港人的自豪, 也成為我們習慣享用的精神糧食, 我們樂於讀一篇美好的文字, 如濟慈的開篇的千古詩句 ""A thing of beauty is a joy forever""。美的事物確然常常給我帶來歡愉;美的事物一旦歸我擁有,那份歡愉確然更是無盡的歡愉了。所以我們盡力把書做好, 皮面, 燙金, 精裝,
Cantonese is the only dialect of Chinese which has developed a widely known and used written form. It has played a role in publishing in the Guangdong region since the late Ming dynasty when various t
There are very few textbooks or reference works on international trade finance pertaining to Hong Kong. This text covers all the basic concepts and takes into account actual practice of trade financin
This catalog illustrates and examines paintings and calligraphy of Su Liupeng and Su Renshan, also known among modern scholars and collectors as the Two Sus. Both artists were active in the first half
This major new history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with founding of the Crown Colony af