Selected Publications
Early in her career, Catherine Maudsley regularly contributed art market reports – observing, commenting and analyzing Chinese painting auctions in Hong Kong. As a seasoned writer, she was subsequently invited to contribute book, exhibition and symposium reviews, opinion pieces and feature articles to a wide variety of publications.
Books/Booklets
- Discoveries in Ink – Paintings from Red Rock Studio (Hong Kong: Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2014)
- Xi’an, Shaanxi and the Terracotta Warriors [with co-authors Paul Mooney and Gerald Hatherly] (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Odyssey Publications, 2005)
Book and Exhibition Catalogue Articles
- “From Protégé to Master: The Journey of Harold Wong” in From Protégé to Master: The Journey of Harold Wong (Hong Kong: Christie’s Hong Kong Limited, 2024) 11-16
- “An Eye for Beauty: Ming Dynasty Furniture” in An Eye for Beauty: The Illuminata Jewelry Collection (Hong Kong: L’ÉCOLE Van Cleef & Arpels, 2023) 36-45
- “La collection Mengdiexuan: Curiosité intellectuelle et conservation responsable” in Exposition Ors et Trésors: 3000 ans d’ornements chinois (Paris: Connaissance des Arts, 2022) 16-29
- “The Journey Begins with a Single Step” in Wesley Tongson: The Journey (San Francisco: Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, 2019) 73-79
- “Objects of the Senses: Eddie Lui and the Natural World” in Art Totems Bridging East & West: Eddie Lui’s Four Decades of Artistic Pursuit (Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2017) 127-134
- “A Meeting of Cultures: The Transmission and Exchange of Ideas and Goods” in Contemporary Ink Art: Confluence (Hong Kong: Sotheby’s Hong Kong Ltd, 2017) 12-17
- “Alisan Fine Arts and Alice King: Doyenne of Chinese Contemporary Art” in Alisan Fine Arts: Thirty-Five Years (Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 2016) 18-31
- “Edging Towards Transcendence: The Abstract Art of Li Lei” in Water to Water: Li Lei Art Exhibition (Hong Kong/Shanghai: Leo Gallery, 2015) 6-19
- “Enchanted by Ink: The Creative Journey of Wesley Tongson” in Ink Explorations: A Wesley Tongson Retrospective (Hong Kong: INK.spiration, 2014) 6-19
- “The Universality of ‘Look Left – Look Right’” in Xenia Hausner: Look Left, Look Right (Vienna: Christian Brandstätter Verlag, 2014) 32-44
- “Hong Kong Ink Painting: Pioneers and Practitioners” in Rediscovery: Hong Kong Ink Painting (Hong Kong: China Guardian, 2012) Unpaginated
- “Tradition on Edge: Ink Heritage and the Way Forward” in Hong Kong Artists: 20 Portraits (Nürnberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2012) 34-41
- “Tradition Continued and Created Anew: The Paintings of Harold Wong” in The Unending Path: Harold Wong Paintings from 1957- 1997 (Hong Kong: GT Publications, 1997) 17-21
- “Means of Self-Expression” in Means of Self-Expression: Recent Paintings of Harold Wong (Huang Zhongfang) (Hong Kong: GT Publications, 1993) unpaginated
Book, Conference and Exhibition Reviews
- “The Buddhist Art Forum” Asian Art Newspaper (June 2012) 6
- “Exhibition Preview: ‘Passion of Collecting’ University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong” Orientations Vol. 30 no. 10 (December 1999) 88
- “Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection Symposium Report” Orientations Vol. 30 no. 5 (May 1999) 68-69
- “In the Footsteps of the Buddha Symposium Report” Orientations Vol. 29 no. 11 (December 1998) 54-55
- “The Big Red Brush: a Review of ‘Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China’ by Michael Sullivan” Far Eastern Economic Review (December 19, 1996) 56
- “Stony Gods: a Review of ‘The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India’ edited by Pratapaditya Pal and ‘Buddha of the Future: an Early Maitreya from Thailand’ by Nandana Chutiwongs and Denise Patry Leidy” Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 158 no. 30 (July 27, 1995) 61-62
- “Conference Report: ‘The Future of Asia’s Past: Preservation of the Architectural Heritage of Asia'” Orientations Vol. 26 no. 4 (April 1995) 73-74
- “Book Review: ‘Twentieth-Century Chinese Painting’” Domina Vol. 168 (October 1988) 94-99
Journal Articles
- “Alisan Fine Arts and Alice King: Doyenne of Chinese Contemporary Art” Arts of Asia Vol. 47 no. 1 (January-February 2017) 106-115
Published in Arts of Asia January–February 2017 issue
- “The M.K. Lau Collection: Twentieth Century Chinese Paintings and Woodblock Prints” Arts of Asia Vol. 40 no. 5 (September-October 2010) 118-129
Published in Arts of Asia September–October 2010 issue
- “An Interview with Irene Chou” Orientations Vol. 34 no. 5 (May 2003) 54-55
- “The M.K. Lau Collection: Twentieth Century Chinese Paintings” Arts of Asia Vol. 25 no. 3 (May-June 1995) 92-103
Published in Arts of Asia, May–June 1995 issue
- “The Dharma World of Kwok Hon Sum” B International (April 1994) 70-71 reprinted in Best of the Best, 1994
- “The Islamic Mosque of Xi’an” Vision Vol. 11 (1984) 12-17
- “The House of Confucius” Vision Vol. 10 (1983) 64-73
Newspaper
- “Building up to an Expression of Belief” [part 15 of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Extramural Department’s Course ‘Classical Chinese Architecture and Gardens’] South China Morning Post (April 26, 1985) 30-31
- “Caves and Mountains and the Religious Mentality” [part 15 of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Extramural Department’s Course ‘Classical Chinese Architecture and Gardens’] Hong Kong Standard (April 26, 1985) 8
Dictionary Entries
- “Biographical Entries: Luis Chan, Chao Shao-an, Ding Yanyong, Jian Jinglun, Lee Jung Sen, Lo Kwee Seong, Lui Shou-kwan, and Yang Shen-sum” in Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011) 72-73, 78, 126-127, 212, 250-251, 277-278, 291-292, 472-473
Editor
- Art & Imitation in China (Hong Kong: The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong Limited, 2006)
- Passion of Collecting: The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong 25th Anniversary Exhibition (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1999)
