The Last Supper - Art in Asia

In this episode I travelled back to Fo Tan where I sat down with artist Hou Lam Tsui. We talked about the politics of love, how the media in Hong Kong drives the heteronormative narrative, her passion for Japanese anime, finding love and the role of unloving. Hou Lam Tsui (b. 1997) lives and works in Hong Kong. Tsui received a BA in Fine Art and History of Art from the University of Leeds in 2018. Her practice centres around personal experience, gender politics, boundaries, and peripheral storytelling. Her recent exhibitions include Blind Curve (RNH Space, 2022), Noble Rot (Para Site, 2021), and Post-Human Narratives—The Co-existing Land (Cattle Depot Artist Village, 2021). She also writes poems. Website houlamtsui.cargo.site IG @hltsui.png ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode of The Last Supper I talk to Angel Leung, a Hong Kong-born but London-based digital art curator. I spoke to her to unpack buzzwords from web3 to blockchain and the pitfalls of NFT art. We continued the dialogue and talked about her recent art projects, how the next generation of art collectors see ownership, we explored the evolution of mobility and we investigated what the future of digital art may look like. Angel Leung is a  multidisciplinary art curator, programmer, and writer. Currently the Programmes Manager of Videotage, she has organised programmes include ‘Artificial Landscape’ at SOGO Hong Kong (2019), ‘Centripetal’ at Art Basel (2019), Both Sides Now V: Queer (2019) with video club, ‘Reconstructing the Self – Performativity in Hong Kong’s Moving Image’ at LOOP Barcelona (2019), and curated ‘Sensory/Motor’ at Night of Ideas (2020). She also worked at Broadway Cinematheque in Hong Kong and organised film festivals including the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (2017) and Agnes Varda Retrospective of Le French May (2018). She finished her Master degree in Screen Art at Université de Strasbourg in 2016 and received her Bachelor degree in Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong in 2009. She is also a researcher and writer on moving images. She co-edited the book David Lynch (Kubrick, 2017) and her articles are published on Stand News (HK). Visit Angel Leung on https://angellonkee.com Birds Without Legs, Art Basel, 2022 https://angellonkee.com/c/birds.html Ersilia; Body Of The Gateway Cities, Alsace, 2022 https://angellonkee.com/c/ersilia.html ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com

In this episode I visit Fabio Rossi in his gallery in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. We begin the conversation how Fabio was introduced to contemporary art in Asia, we discuss why the Hong Kong art market is so resilient and successful, the role of Hong Kong Art Gallery Association and the changing landscape for galleries in Hong Kong. We end the conversation with his thoughts on the NFT’s. Fabio Rossi was born in 1963 in Turin, Italy. At the age of eleven, he accompanied his mother, Anna Maria, on a trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. This early exposure to Asia – its culture, arts and people – had a lasting impact on him, inspiring his future professional endeavours. Fabio moved to London in 1983 to attend the School of Oriental and African Studies, from which he obtained both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art and archaeology. After a brief apprenticeship with the legendary dealership of Spink & Son, he joined forces with his mother, who had moved to London in 1986, to establish the gallery known today as Rossi & Rossi. Beginning in the late 1980s, Fabio started travelling extensively within the United States, reaching out to museums and collectors throughout the country, and developing relationships that endure to this day. Since 2005, Fabio has also been instrumental in nurturing the careers of artists of the greater Asia – Pacific region – from Tibet to Cambodia, Hong Kong to Pakistan. He moved to Hong Kong in 2011, two years later, he opened a gallery where he now exhibits the work of artists who would otherwise lack local exposure in addition to the classical Himalayan art for which he and his mother have become world renowned. Over the years, Rossi & Rossi’s innovative exhibitions and top-notch scholarly publications in both the classical and contemporary realms have solidified the gallery’s status as leaders in the wide ranging field of Asian art. Rossi & Rossi gallery Hong Kong Art Gallery Association Unschedule 2021 | Southside Saturday ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com

In this last episode of 2022 of 'The Last Supper - Art in Asia' I had the pleasure to talk with Dutch art lawyer Laurens Kasteleijn. Laurens explained the implications of the anti money laundering regulations, the latest developments in crypto and NFT, and we talked about the apparent shift of art centres in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul. The Last Supper will continue on Saturday 5th February 2023. Laurens holds a master’s degree in corporate law from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, studied in France and at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Laurens has lectured on ‘Legal Issues in the Art World’ at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in Hong Kong and in London, and writes frequently on this subject. He is the co-author of the Dutch chapter of the IBA Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee report. In addition to holding the position of Chair of the Art and Law Association in the Netherlands, he is a member of the Royal Asian Art Society, committee member of the IPBA, member of PAIAM, legal committee member of the Art Identification Standard, and a contributor to the Responsible Art Market initiative in Switzerland. In 2021 he founded a new company ‘Kasteleijn Mediation & Arbitration’ that specialises in solving art disputes for which Laurens is a registered mediator with the Court of Arbitration of Art (CAfA) in The Hague. www.artlawservices.com | Linkedin: Art Law Services | Instagram: @art.law.services ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I sat down with Charles Fong, the gallery director of Rossi & Rossi in Hong Kong. We began the conversation with his visit to the Art Collaboration Kyoto fair in Japan, we talked about what art is for, discussed what the value of art is, and ended our dialogue talking about the dark side of art. Charles Fong - Gallery Director, Hong Kong. After graduating with a degree in Microbiology from the University of Hong Kong, Charles took a dive into the art world. While working, he completed his Masters in Sociology, specifically examining the development of Hong Kong’s art gallery ecosystem from the 1980s. Having great interest in understanding the role of art in different cultures, Charles aims to contextualize art through different means of storytelling. IG @charles.fongSouthside SaturdayRossi & Rossi gallery ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I spoke with filmmaker Violet Du Feng. Among the many topics we delved into we talked about the pressures of capitalism, her observations of living both in China and in the U.S., the challenges of today’s ambiguous world and what she hoped to achieve with her recent and multiple award-winning documentary Hidden Letters. Hidden Letters follows two millennial Chinese women connected by their passion for Nushu, a secret female-only language that for centuries has allowed women to communicate privately without men understanding their correspondence. While practices like foot-binding are long past, the film shines a light on contemporary millennial women’s ongoing struggle to forge their own paths in the patriarchal climate in China today, and the value of a sisterhood that can support along the way. The timely film has a focus on how female communication networks remain a significant lifeline around the world today. Violet is a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and Sundance has named her as one of "7 Directors to Watch." Violet is a compelling and passionate artist who has produced multiple award-winning films such as DEAR MOTHER, I MEANT TO WRITE ABOUT DEATH, SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS, CONFUCIAN DREAM, MAINELAND, and PLEASE REMEMBER ME.  Feng started her career as a co-producer on the 2007 award-winning NANKING. She is the consulting programmer of Shanghai International Film Festival. HIDDEN LETTERS is her second feature-length documentary as a director. Website www.hiddenlettersfilm.com Instagram @hiddenlettersfilm ----- Join a Christie's Education art course. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' code to claim your 15% discount. ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this week’s episode of The Last Supper I sat down with artist Siu Ding, founder of the Hong Kong Life Model Club for artists, musicians, painters, writers, photographers, and artmakers. We spoke about her passion to promote body autonomy, gender fluidity, and her recent show ‘Ritsu Aomame’  in Hong Kong. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Siu Ding is an artist and book designer. Life is art, and the body is a personal temple. Known as the “exhibitionist”, she likes to break taboos and make the world her playground.  Selection of work: Founder, Hong Kong Life Model Club (2017) Curator, BodyFest 2018 - Everybody is Awesome Curator, BodyFest 2020 - Our Models Curator, BodyFest 2021 - Body Autonomy: Talks and Workshops Curator, Multimedia exhibition - Incarnation (part of Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2021 Satellite Exhibition) Photographer and model, Momome (Photobook, 2022)   Photographer and model, Ritsu Aomame (Photobook, 2022) Siu Ding IG @siuding_ii Hong Kong Life Model Club @hklifemodelclub Ritsu Aomame IG @ritsu_aomame ----- Join a Christie's Education art course. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' code to claim your 15% discount. ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

This week I caught up with art critic, writer, and curator Chris Wan. He talked about the role of narrative and anti-narrative in art, the multiplicity of perspectives of how we perceived the world and we also talked about his personal experience of displacement in Hong Kong. Chris Wan Feng is a writer, critic and curator, currently works and lives in Hong Kong. His writing on contemporary art can be found on various media publications, e.g., Artforum. Chris’s recent research and curation focuses on new developments of local art system and creation of emerging artists in Hong Kong. He is also the founder and editor of independent art review project Daoju Website www.daoju.art Instagram @daoju.art Chris Wan @chriswanfeng ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

A 66 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, also nicknamed Shen the T. rex, is the very first T. rex skeleton offered at a public auction in Asia. I sat down with Georgina Hilton and we talked about Christie’s upcoming auction on the 30th November in Hong Kong. We also talked about Paul Allan’s exceptional art collection at the Rockefeller Center galleries in New York. As Head of Classic Art, Asia, Georgina is responsible for developing collectors in this field in Asia. Classic Art at Christie’s spans from antiquity to the nineteenth century, covering an array of highly collectable categories from European Old Master Paintings and Sculptures, Illuminated Manuscripts, Objects of Scientific Interest, and the Decorative Arts. The market for Classic Art in Asia has grown significantly over the past decade, with masterpieces being collected for private and public art collections in Greater China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Working in this area combines Georgina’s passion for paintings and objects as well as working closely with Collectors and Institutions. Prior to this role Georgina lead the Marketing and Events team and was responsible for delivering best in class campaigns and client experiences to help drive auction bidding and buying. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2019, Georgina spent 5 years at Christie’s in London, latterly in the Old Master Paintings Department. As a Christie’s Auctioneer, Georgina Hilton is responsible for taking the most prominent sales, including flagship Evening Sales in Hong Kong, New York and London. She holds many world record prices for the most expensive pieces sold at auction and has become known for her theatrical style on the rostrum. In 2017, as the youngest in company and one of only a handful of women in the industry, at the time, she was awarded Novice Auctioneer of the Year by the National Association for Valuers and Auctioneers, and has since been named as “Christie’s Rising Star of the Rostrum” by the Art Newspaper. Georgina joined Christie’s in 2013 having studied Art History at The University of Manchester. Public viewing: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre: 26 – 30 November Shen the T. rex Hong Kong Paul Allen Collection Download Christie's Auction Week Brochure ----- Sign up for a Christie's Education art course. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' code to claim your 15% discount.  ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I have the pleasure to meet Yi Gao, the programme lead at Christie’s Education in Hong Kong. Yi explains how she began her career in art, the many roles she fills at Christie’s Education and what makes learning at Christie’s unique and special. Yi Gao 高伊, Programme Lead, Christie’s Education, Asia Pacific. - As Program Lead of Christie’s Education Asia, Yi is responsible for developing course curricula and programme content, maintaining and expanding a network of lecturers, as well as leading courses and lecturing on topics related to art business, art market and art law.  She is also actively involved in marketing, branding and student recruitment.  Prior to joining Christie’s, she completed her M.A. in Art, Law and Business, awarded jointly by Christie’s Education London and University of Glasgow College of Arts. Yi is a qualified attorney licensed to practice in New York and practised corporate and capital markets law at the global law firm of Kirkland & Ellis.  She holds a B.A. in Law from Beijing Foreign Studies University and L.L.M. from New York University School of Law. Yi has studied and worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Washington D.C. and London, and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Christie’s Education Asia Pacific, headquartered in Hong Kong, is a specialist institution in the study of art business and the art market, art history and art world ecosystems, curating and connoisseurship. We offer courses to art lovers, collectors and industry professionals throughout the year, in person and online, English and Chinese. Christie’s Education Website education.christies.com Instagram @education.christies Facebook ChristiesEduLDN YouTube ChristiesEducation ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this podcast episode of The Last Supper I caught up with Charlotte Lin and discussed her experience working with a new generation of artists and collectors in Hong Kong. We also spoke about the background of Charlotte's upcoming group exhibition Glimmer Shrine at the Tang Contemporary art gallery in Central, Hong Kong. Charlotte was born in Shenzhen, China. She currently lives and works in Hong Kong as the Sales and Marketing manager of Tang Contemporary Art in Hong Kong, serving as the bridge to build both gallery's artist and public relationship globally. Charlotte graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art. Since then, she has been heavily involved in the art world. In 2017, she participated in the curation role for the National Palace Museum of Taipei at The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), and 2019 – 2020 in White Rabbit Gallery. In recent years, she is responsible for the leading role in planning and implementation of large scale public projects for Tang Contemporary Art. Glimmer Shrine, Nov 3 – Dec 10, 2022 Artists: Alina Birkner, Gretta Louw, Lorraine Ren (Jialin), Super Future Kid, Yuchu Gao Curator: Charlotte Lin Tang Contemporary Art, 10/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong www.tangcontemporary.com ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I travelled to Kwai Hing in Hong Kong's New Territories and visited artist and researcher Kay Mei Ling Beadman in her studio. Kay shared her experience of being an Eurasian in the U.K. and Hong Kong, why she co-founded artist-run Hidden Space and the role of critiquing in the emergence of art. Kay Mei Ling Beadman is an artist, researcher and co-founder of Hong Kong artist-run initiative Hidden Space. She uses her Chinese and white English mixed ethnicity to explore aspects of complex dual identity formation, often focusing on embodied aspects of lived experience amid socio-politically and culturally constructed assumptions around race. Her practice is multidisciplinary and includes installation, video, painting and text. She has a BFA from the University of Reading, UK, an MFA from RMIT, Australia and is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Kay was born in England, zigzagged between HK and UK growing up, but has lived and worked permanently in Hong Kong since 1999. She has exhibited in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka and the UK. Website www.kaybeadman.com Instagram @kaybead Hidden Space @hiddenspacehk ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

Amanda Sun is the founder of the Arts For Good Foundation, a social enterprise that is dedicated to social inclusion for future generations through the soft power of art and culture in Hong Kong. We spoke about a range of subjects including what drove her to begin Arts For Good and we delved into the purpose and impact of the art making programmes. Amanda grew up in Mainland China with rich experience in social science research, art research and project management with a record of working with education institutions, as well as creating educational art projects for students in Hong Kong.  Being a strong advocate of community inclusion and an avid art lover, she championed art as an important common ground for fostering a diverse and inclusive society for Hong Kong. She deeply believed in the social power of art, and founded Arts for Good Foundation in 2020 to provide high quality and tailor made art viewing, art making and community services experiences for students (aged 9-22) in Hong Kong. Amanda is an upholder of good values and change maker with the goal of driving positive changes in our future society. The interpretation of diversity and inclusion of Arts for Good Foundation is to foster perspectives, nurture ethical and respectful minds towards cultural differences, and cultivate common cultural identities through educating future generations, and engage children and youths to seek common humanity values and make positive changes together. Prior to Arts for Good Foundation, Amanda worked in the commercial sector in Canada, and was an education researcher with Hong Kong Education University and Hong Kong Academy of Gifted Education. She holds a Master's degree in recreation and tourism policy and planning, and a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. Website www.artsforgoodfoundation.com Instagram @arts_for_good_foundation Facebook artsforgoodfoundation ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I sat down with gallerist Rachel Lee, owner of Soluna Fine Art in Hong Kong. Rachel began our conversation by sharing her story where her interest in art came from, her journey of becoming a gallery owner and we ended the conversation exploring the meaning of Jeong Myoung-Jo's first solo exhibition The Paradox of Beauty. Seoul-born, Hong Kong-based gallery owner, painter and mother of three Rachel Lee, has always been passionate about art. Her formal training in fine arts (MFA) at the Hong Ik University in South Korea opened doors for Rachel to learn from some of Korea’s greatest painters: Park Seo-bo and Choi Myoung. Her training in art combined with her business experience would later lead to founding of her very own contemporary art gallery, Soluna Fine Art. The Paradox of Beauty, Jeong Myoung-Jo, 16 September - 25 October 2022, www.solunafineart.com ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I travelled back to Wong Chuk Hang in Hong Kong where I met artist Wai Pongyu in his studio. We talked about his working approach, the stories visitors tell him, revealing emotions through his line work and Pongyu explained why he has confined himself in a gallery for several months. Wai Pong Yu is known for his complex and meticulous ballpoint-pen-on-paper drawings that stem from the rhythms and movements of lines, whereby each line follows the previous one, always moving forward without retracing itself or breaking. Delicate yet dynamic, precise yet sensuous, his inked lines create abstract images with an otherworldly presence.The present work is from the artist's ongoing series A Moment of Truth (2011–) where elements from nature lie at its core. Here, Wai has merged disparate segments from plants, rocks and the human body, into a composite work of striking harmony. To him, the image serves as a reminder that "equality lingers in a society predominated by partiality and discrimination."Wai Pong Yu moved to Hong Kong with his family at the age of 2. A graduate of the Fine Arts department of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, his works are in the collections of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.POP ROCK in 2021 is Alisan Fine Arts' first time working with the artist. Website http://waipongyu.com Instagram @pongyuwai Group exhibition, Brushstrokes and Beyond, August 20 - October 29, 2022 Axel Vervoordt gallery Hong Kong ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I sat down and met Joseph Chen at his workplace at Eaton in Hong Kong. We discussed his group exhibition at PHD Group, his collaboration with Cas Wong, his research, and we talked about his personal experience of being queer in Hong Kong. Joseph Chen King Yuen is an artist and curator based in Hong Kong, currently the Director of Culture at  Eaton HK. Joseph is the co-founder of Virtue Village, Aurora Trip Sitter, and the member of Video Cypher. His practice revolves around video art, also involving still images, installation, and performance. His artworks deal with the found materials and the post-internet experience, with an emphasis on the absurdity and ambiguity of myth/religion, pop/subculture, and low/loud aesthetic. His works have been shown around the world, including Denny Dimin Gallery (New York), HOME (Manchester), PHOTOFAIRS (Shanghai), KLEX (Kuala Lumpur), Tai Kwun (Hong Kong), and ARTnSHELTER (Tokyo). He recently received the Media Arts Emerging Artist Scheme of Project Grant from Hong Kong Arts Development Council for his solo project, Shameplant in Glory Hole, presented by Videotage from 19 Jun 2021 to 17 Jul 2021, and curated the exhibition The Third South Sour Water / Performance and Visual Art Festival: Hong Kong Unit - 爆mon in Waley Art (Taipei). His video Invisible Rock was awarded Special Mention in the Open Category of the 19th ifva Award. Website www.josephchenart.co Instagram @chenyuen1314 Eaton Hong Kong www.eatonworkshop.com ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I met Lorence Johnston, a Hong Kong-based rare book dealer. We spoke about how Lorence began his business, discussed surprising facts of some of his current rare books including the jacket of Brad Bury’s Fahrenheit 451 and the amazing background of The Story of Ferdinand. Lorence Johnston has been running Lok Man Rare Books in Central for 15 years, working with a dizzying range of valuable books, from the world’s first atlas and 18th century travel to first editions of James Bond and Hemingway. It has been his longest time in one company ever. Asia credentials - six years in Singapore followed by 25 years in Hong Kong, with a year off in South Africa for good behaviour and an MBA. He cut his teeth as a leather trader in France, Spain, Singapore and Hong Kong, shipping millions of square feet around the world. In between leather and rare books Lorence has been involved in the dotcoms, television start-ups, luxury brands, asset management, brand financing, security systems and numerous other distractions. Lorence has also found time to enjoy two now grown-up children, rowing, sailing a couple of times to the Philippines, outriggers, squash, trail running etc. etc. (well, this is Hong Kong…), his most recent madness being a 250km trail race across the north of Madagascar. Lorence is a professional member of the Geneva based International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association based in London. website www.lokmanbooks.com Instagram @lokmanrarebooks Facebook Lok Man Rare Books ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I sat down with Ysabelle Cheung and Willem Molesworth, co-founders and co-owners of gallery PDH in Hong Kong. We began the conversation talking about the background of their new gallery, their current exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hong Kong and they explained why they are committed to this city despite all the transformative changes in Hong Kong. Property Holdings Development Group (PHD Group) is a contemporary art gallery with a focus on critical engagement, research, and collaborative practice. Founded in 2021 in Hong Kong, the gallery is situated in a 1970s rooftop clubhouse adapted by BEAU Architects, and shows emerging and mid-career artists from the region. Ysabelle Cheung is a writer and editor based in Hong Kong. Her fiction writing has appeared in or is forthcoming from Granta, Catapult, and the Rumpus. Her short story ‘Please, Get Out and Dance,’ published in The Margins (AAWW), was nominated for the 2022 Pushcart Prize. Her essays and cultural criticism have appeared in the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Artforum, and Lithub, among others. She is co-founder of the contemporary art gallery Property Holdings Development Group. She is represented by Jade Wong-Baxter at Frances Goldin Literary Agency. Willem Molesworth is a co-founder of Property Holdings Development Group (PHD Group), a private, contemporary art gallery based in Hong Kong that showcases and represents emerging and mid-career artists from across Asia. He was formerly the director of de Sarthe, where he initiated an annual summer residency program for Hong Kong-based artists. He has staged over fifty contemporary art exhibitions in ten years and has worked closely with dozens of contemporary artists as well as the artwork of many established 20th century artists. He was a board member and vice president of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association from 2018-2021. Additionally, he co-organized the first two editions of UNSCHEDULED, a boutique, alternative art fair platform in Hong Kong created in response to the pandemic. Willem is a public advocate for the arts and has been quoted in publications such as The Art Newspaper, Tatler, ArtAsiaPacific, Hyperallergic, South China Morning Post, and Le Monde. PHD Group www.phdgroup.art | Instagram @phdgroup.art Flèche at Korean Cultural Center, Hong Kong, Aug 25 - Sep 24 ----- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠ Intagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper supports the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode with Lo Lai Lai Natalie we spoke about her early life as a travel writer and how this has informed and influenced her current career as a farmer and artist. We discussed Natalie’s interests in Sangwoodgoon, meditation, surveillance, fermentation and lastly how her hyperthyroidism affected her outlook on life and work. Lo Lai Lai Natalie is based in Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Art (Fine Arts) and Master of Fine Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Lai Lai is a former travel journalist. She is interested in the development and the construction of nature, and as a learner at the collective organic farm Sangwoodgoon (Hong Kong) , where she seeks alternatives and autonomy as an artist and a Hong-Konger. Lai Lai finds her interests in food, farming, fermentation, surveillance, and meditation. She writes, “The ecological system is a chain of desires, tied to the individual’s sensibilities wandering about in the depth of mysterious valleys” Lai Lai has a farming practice, using photography, video and installation as a means to interact with nature. Her artworks are collected by the Sigg Collection and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (US). She received the Award for Young Artist, Visual Arts Category, the 16th Arts Development Awards,  Hong Kong in 2022. She was the Gold Award, recipient of Media Arts Category of the 26rd ifva Award, Hong Kong in 2021. She presented her solo exhibition in PTT Space Taipei (You’s Better Turn Down the Volume, 2021-2022), WMA Space Hong Kong (The Days Before the Silent Spring, 2020-2021), Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong (Give no words but mum, 2020), bonacon Gallery in Guangzhou, China (Down into the Abyss, 2018) , Floating Projects in Hong Kong ( Slow-So TV - Ann Eilathan’s Gaze, 2016) and the Observation Society in Guangzhou, China (Souvenir and Gift, 2014) . Lai Lai received the WMA Commission Grant on the theme of Opportunity in Hong Kong and her works were presented in San Francisco (US), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Dresden (Germany), Basel (Switzerland) Johannesburg (South Africa), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China) and Shanghai (China) and Taiwan. Lo Lai Lai Natalie Instagram @sqlai Website www.lolailai.com Other references: Choi Yuen Tsuen Village Human Library ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org

In this episode I talked with performance artist Florence Lam who returned to Hong Kong two years. We delved into her concepts of magical thinking, anthropomorphism and what she meant by elastifying worldviews. Florence Lam (b.1992 in Vancouver, Canada) lives and works in Hong Kong. She works with wonder and magical thinking to fuse together current moral issues with child-like world views through performance art, poetry, video, and sound. The aim is to explore the fertility and sterility of the mind manifested through the properties of the biological body, and language as a hint to the evolution of human values and spiritual understanding. She obtained her MFA from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2017 and her BA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins in 2014. Website florencelamsoyue.com | Instagram @Per.Platform ----- The Last Supper Instagram @thelastsupper.asia Website The Last Supper | Email: oscar@oscarvenhuis.com ----- The Last Supper is supported by the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association http://www.hk-aga.org