Hong Kong Museum of Art

The Hong Kong Museum of Art received 233 900 visitors and 369 school
parties in 1997. The permanent galleries of contemporary Hong Kong art,
Chinese antiquities, historical pictures, Chinese fine art and the Xubaizhai
collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy continued to feature selected
works from the museum's collection on a rotational basis.

Major events in the year included National Treasures - Gems of China's
Cultural Relics, a joint presentation with China's State Bureau of Cultural
Relics; Masterpieces of Western Oil Painting from the Tokyo Fuji Art
Museum, a joint presentation with the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan;
From Beijing to Versailles: Artistic Relations between China and France,
and Dynamic - Light Installation by Yann Kersal? two joint presentations
with the Consulate General of France, Hong Kong; Profound Images - A
Retrospective of Chu Teh-chun, jointly organised with the Association
Francaise d'Action Artistique, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Urban
Council Fine Arts Award Winners; Reunion and Vision - Contemporary
Hong Kong Art 1997, jointly organised with the Hong Kong Artists
Association; six Hong Kong Artists Series exhibitions by Lai Yat-fong,
Wong Lai-ching, Wong Shun-kit, Wu Man-wai, Li Wan-fai and Li
Wei-han; The Teaching of Chinese Painting in Primary & Secondary
School, an exhibition for the Outreach Programme; Contemporary Hong
Kong Art 1997, a travelling exhibition to Beijing and Guangzhou; and
Views of the Pearl River Delta - Macau, Canton and Hong Kong, an
overseas exhibition jointly presented with the Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Special acoustic guide services for most of
these exhibitions were available to visitors.

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