University Museum & Art Gallery (UMAG)
Current and Past Events
Potted and Painted: The Production and Technical Development of Underglaze Blue Porcelain in China
University Museum & Art Gallery (UMAG) 90 Bonham Road, PokfulamWHO UMAG WHAT The antiques exhibition traces the evolution of blue-and-white ceramics by displaying a series of porcelain works across the Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, during which time they gained huge popularity. Audiences have the chance to explore the evolution of this beautiful colour scheme, which has always been popular around…
Across Time and Space: Re-visiting Twentieth-Century Chinese Oil Paintings
University Museum & Art Gallery (UMAG) 90 Bonham Road, PokfulamWHAT The exhibition highlights the versatility of Chinese oil paintings across a diverse spectrum of themes, styles, techniques, time periods, and regional and local characteristics. Works range from intimate interior views to panoramic coastal landscapes, and from collective and individual memories to urban scenes. The selected works represent various artistic styles and visual trends along…
Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass
University Museum & Art Gallery (UMAG) 90 Bonham Road, PokfulamWHAT In the mid-1950s, the workshops of Roger Malherbe-Navarre expanded on the light boxes of French painter, Jean Crotti, by layering pieces of glass into pictorial depictions (gemmail, French for ‘enamel gem’) of several of Picasso’s paintings. Impressed by the gemmistes’ masterful assembling and fusing of carefully selected glass, Picasso quickly became a fan and…
