Review of Culture, International edition, no. 76 (RCI)

This issue delves into various aspects of Macao’s art, history and culture, as well as its global interactions, while the highlight falls on the 250th anniversary of the birth of George Chinnery.

The Splendour of Chinese Bronzes - Masterpieces from the National Museum of China

This catalogue for the exhibition The Splendour of Chinese Bronzes: Masterpieces from the National Museum of China includes images of over 150 exhibits, presenting a comprehensive view of visual artistry, decoration and pattern, inscriptions and calligraphy, technical skill, and corrosion representation. Additionally, it features descriptions of the exhibits and essays, providing a valuable reference for understanding the history and art of Chinese bronze.

Focus: Integration of Art between China and the West in the 18th-19th Centuries

This catalogue features the exhibit images of Focus: Integration of Art between China and the West in the 18th-19th Centuries. With the export paintings and works influenced by George Chinnery from the collections of the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau’s Macao Museum of Art and the Guangdong Museum as its core, this exhibition is also a collaboration with the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Macao Museum. Featuring over 300 pieces of artwork that look into painting style, painting skills and painting materials, the exhibition unveils the visual dialogue and integration between China and the West, which local and foreign artists brought about in the Pearl River Delta area during the 18th and 19th centuries. The exhibition features three sections: 1. Integration of Painting Styles: George Chinnery and His Painting Styles 2. Acclimation of Painting Skills, and 3. Adaptation of Painting Materials. The exhibition offers a glimpse of the visual dialogue and integration of Chinese and Western painting skills through an array of botanical paintings, ship portraits, landscapes, and genres. It also offers an overview of the adaptation and integration of Chinese and Western painting materials through various Chinese and Western painting materials, including oils, watercolours, gouache, sketches, and printmaking.

Yun Shouping - Paintings and Caltigraphy from the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Museum Symposium Proceedings

In September 2023, the Macao Museum of Art under the Cultural Affairs Bureau collaborated with the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Museum to present the exhibition Yun Shouping - Paintings and Calligraphy from the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Museum. An academic symposium was held during the exhibition to discuss various topics on Yun Shouping’s paintings, including subject matters, styles, inheritance, influences, creative concepts, and appreciation of his works. Theses on Yun Shouping’s Paintings and Calligraphy compiles the essays presented at the symposium, authored by experts from the Palace Museum, the Shanghai Museum, the National Museum of China, the Nanjing Museum, the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Macao Museum of Art. Together, they presented the recent findings of Yun’s creative concepts and influences.