Overview
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In this half day course, an art historian will speak on the historical context and aesthetic concepts that are key to understanding and appreciating Chinese paintings.
This course concludes with a guided tour, where a specialist will offer insights into the market and the latest collecting trends.

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Schedule
Tuesday | 29 November 2022
- 10:15 – 11:30 (GMT+8)
Lecture | What is Modern about Chinese Modern Paintings?
Nixi Cura | Hon. Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
- 10:15 – 11:30 (GMT+8)
Lecture | What is Modern about Chinese Modern Paintings?
Nixi Cura
- 11:45 – 12:20 (GMT+8)
Guided Tour * | Chinese Paintings and the Market: Guided Tour of the Christie’s Spring Auctions Preview
* Chinese Paintings Exhibition Area, Hall 3D, HKCEC
Sophia Zhou | Specialist, Chinese Paintings, Christie’s New York
- 12:20 – 13:00 (GMT+8)
Handling | From Classical to Contemporary: Issues of Connoisseurship
Nixi Cura
*Schedule and topics are subject to change.
Speakers
Nixi Cura
Hon. Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
Nixi Cura did East Asian Studies at Yale University, then specialised in Chinese painting and Buddhist art, with a minor in Romanesque art, at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Her current research interests include Qing art, especially during the Qianlong reign (1736-1795), collecting and antiquarian practices in the Qing, Republican and Manchukuo periods, and contemporary Chinese visual culture. Nixi serves concurrently as Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow and co-founded the Arts of China Consortium.
Sophia Zhou
Specialist, Chinese Paintings
Sophia Zhou is a Specialist in the Chinese Paintings Department based in New York. Since joining Christie’s in 2014, she has researched, catalogued, appraised and consigned Chinese paintings across the classical, modern and contemporary ink categories, contributing to the sales of important private collections. Sophia graduated from University College London with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art and holds a Master of Arts from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.