FINE ART ASIA 2022 Academic Programme

 

Modern and Contemporary Art at The Met

Presented by The Ink Society

Speakers:

Dr Lesley Ma, Ming Chu Hsu and Daniel Xu Associate Curator of Asian Art, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date: 7 October 2022 (Friday)
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Language: English

Dr Lesley Ma will give an overall introduction to the Modern and Contemporary Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York which is devoted to the study, collection and exhibition of art from 1890 to the present. The lecture will encompass the department’s history and collection, with an emphasis on its recent collecting and programming efforts beyond Euro-American art, and plans for its upcoming renovation.

 

 

Dr Lesley Ma is the inaugural Ming Chu Hsu and Daniel Xu Associate Curator of Asian Art at the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  Previously she was Founding Curator, Ink Art, at M+, Hong Kong, and Project Director at Cai Guo-Qiang Studio in New York.