Selected Talks & Lectures
For decades, Catherine Maudsley has been an active speaker discussing an extensive range of topics related to art and culture. Organizations and institutions include:
- Alisan Fine Arts
- American Women’s Association, Hong Kong
- Asia Society Hong Kong Center
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Asian Cultural Council, Hong Kong
- AXA Fine Art Insurance
- Bonhams and Cazenove Capital Management Asia
- Boston Consulting Group
- Capital Group
- Cazenove Capital Management Asia
- CEO (Chief Executives’ Organization)
- Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Fine Arts
- Christie’s Education
- Christie’s Hong Kong
- Christie’s New York
- DePaul University, School for New Learning
- Duddell’s
- L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific, School of Jewelry Arts
- Fortune Global Forum
- Forum for the Arts at the Substation, Singapore
- Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art
- Friends of the Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Harvard Business School Global Leadership Forum
- Henderson Land Development
- Hong Kong Arts Centre
- Hong Kong Art School
- Hong Kong Art Gallery Association
- Hong Kong Association of University Women
- Ink Society
- International Council of the Louvre
- International Council of the Museum of Modern Art
- International Forum of the Wharton School
- JP Morgan Chase & Co
- JP Morgan Private Bank
- Katonah Museum of Art Friends
- KEE Club, Hong Kong
- Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division
- Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong
- Pennsylvania Academy of Art Trustees
- Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch
- SC Johnson Global Forum
- Seven Sisters Alumnae, Hong Kong
- Sotheby’s
- Sotheby’s Institute of Art
- Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism
- Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
- UBS Art Education Series
- University of Hong Kong, Department of Fine Arts
- University of Hong Kong School of Continuing Studies with Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts and Design
- University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Studies
- University of Hong Kong Museum Society
- WPO (World Presidents’ Organization)
- YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization)
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Alisan Fine Arts
- “The Development of Hong Kong Art – Summer Talk Series” – June, 2020
- “Opening Remarks at Alisan Fine Arts – 30th Anniversary Exhibition Opening Ceremony” – December, 2016
American Women’s Association, Hong Kong
- “Connoiseurship of Chinese Painting: How to Read Brushstrokes” – November, 1997
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
- “Curator’s Choice: Discoveries in Ink – Paintings from the Red Rock Studio Collection” – August, 2019
- “Wesley Tongson – The Journey: Book Launch and Conversation” with Tina Pang and Cynthia Tongson – July, 2019
- “Meditating in Painting: Spiritual Art from the East and West in the 17th Century” with Nicolas Hall, Dr. Roslyn Lee Hammers and Dr. Frank Vigneron – April, 2014
- “Art in Hong Kong Today and Tomorrow” with Melissa Lee – April, 2013
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- “Curatorial Musings” – October, 2018
Asian Cultural Council, Hong Kong
- “Hong Kong Cultural Institutions” with Duncan Pescod & Dr. Xu Xiaodong – October, 2017
AXA Fine Art Insurance
- “Living With Chinese Art: Private and Public Collections” – April, 2014
- “Living with Chinese Art: Display and Presentation” – September, 2013
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Bonhams and Cazenove Capital Management Asia
- “Hong Kong – An International Art Hub: Why Here? Why Now?” – May, 2015
Boston Consulting Group
- “Cultural Series: Buddhism and its Development in China” – May, 2005
- “Cultural Series: Insights into Zen and Tibetan Buddhism” – May, 2005
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Capital Group
- “China and the Art of Collecting” – April, 2008
Cazenove Capital Management Asia
- “The Dynamic Explosion of the Art Market in China” – November, 2013
CEO (Chief Executives’ Organization)
- “The Great Debate at Tibet’s Samye Monastery” for CEO China/Tibet Academy – September, 2005
- “Chinese Painting: An Enduring Aesthetic” at CEO Hong Kong University – March, 1998
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
- “A Search for Transcendence: Art and Spirituality” with Abby Chen and Cynthia Tongson – October, 2018
Christie’s Education
- “The Unending Path of Harold Wong: Connoisseurship, Collecting and Painting” – May, 2024
- “Inter-generational Collecting: A Global Perspective” with Sara Mao and Chloe Suen – May, 2024
- “Post-War: Abstraction and Beyond” in Modernities in China: Paintings from 1911 to 1979 Lecture Series – May, 2017
- Guided Viewing of “A Taste of the Masters II – Paintings from the M K Lau Collection” – May, 2017
- “Contemporary Ink: Evolution and Innovation” in Crossroads: Chinese Contemporary Art Lecture Series – October, 2016
- “Chinese 20th Century Ink Painting and Influences from the West” in Chinese Modern Painting: An Introduction to History, Markets, and Collecting Lecture Series – November, 2012
- “Historical Collectors of Qing Art: Britain and America” – November, 2011
- “Chinese Twentieth Century Oil Painting” – May, 2011
Christie’s Hong Kong Art Forum
- “The Art World Becomes One” with Eric Chang, Judith Dolkart, Robert Manley and Jonathan Stone – October, 2012
Christie’s New York
- “The Unending Path of Harold Wong: Connoisseurship, Collecting and Painting” March, 2024
Catherine has been an inspiring teacher, advisor and friend for 25 years. Her unending curiosity, deep knowledge, and genuine joy exploring the rich and complex layers of Chinese painting practice and history make her an excellent guide. Catherine’s sensitive approach to teaching enables her to match the information she communicates with the knowledge level and interest of her clients, from first timers to experienced collectors and connoisseurs. This approach has built my knowledge and immensely enriched my pleasure in studying, viewing and living with Chinese ink paintings.
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DePaul University, School for New Learning
- “Art and Identity: Banks and Corporations as Patrons and Collectors of the Arts” – January, 2001
Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- “The Fine Arts as a Profession” – November, 1998
Duddell’s
- “Irene Chou – Creator not Muse: A Feminist Perspective” with Suhanya Raffel, Carmen Shek Cerne and Alexandra A. Seno – December, 2019
- “Rediscovering Irene Chou – An Early Masterpiece” – November, 2019
- Curator’s Talk “Wesley Tongson – The Journey” – July, 2019
- “Modernity in 20th Century Chinese Ink Painting” with Dr. Roslyn Lee Hammers and Tina Pang – November, 2017
- “Hong Kong Art and Times: A Cultural Ecology of the mid-20th Century” with Dr. Jenny So, Dr. Raymond Tang and Michelle Wong – October, 2014
- “Private vs Public: Art Outside the White Box” with Aric Chen, Ilse Crawford and Amelie von Wedel – May, 2013
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L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific, School of Jewelry Arts
- “Illuminata: Discovery of an Extraordinary Private Collection” with Mathilde Rondouin – January, 2024 (online conversation)
- “An Eye for Beauty, the Illuminata Jewelry Collection” with Nicolas Luchsinger and Mathilde Rondouin – November, 2023
- “Through the Eyes of a Connoisseur, The Mengdiexuan Collection” with Kenneth Chu – August, 2021 (online conversation)
- “Through the Eyes of a Connoisseur, The Mengdiexuan Collection” with Kenneth Chu – July, 2021
- “Inspiring Feathers in Jewellery” with Gislain Aucremanne and Inezita Gay – March, 2016
- “Jewelry Design and Calligraphy” with Fung Ming Chip and Inezita Gay – October, 2014
Thank you, Catherine. Your encouragement has been a source of my creative energy.
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Fortune Global Forum
- “Chinese Art: Lessons in Balance and Harmony ” – May, 2001
Forum for the Arts at the Substation, Singapore
- “Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting” – October, 1996
Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art
- Guided viewing of “Intimate Encounters: Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection” – March, 2018
- “Chinese Buddhist Luohan Paintings” – September, 2005
Friends of the Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- “Farewell White Cube – Co-Curating the M K Lau Collection” – September, 2014
- “Art in Hong Kong Today and Tomorrow” with Melissa Lee – April, 2013
- “Chinese Art Now and Then: From Blatant Borrowing to Insightful Interpretation” – March, 2013
- “The Future Direction of Chinese Contemporary Art” with Alice King – June, 2008
- “Composing a Life: Lessons in Creativity” – February, 2001
- “Chinese Religions and Beliefs” – April, 1999
- “Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Art in Context” – December, 1998
- “Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting” – October, 1998
- “Song of the Brush: Connoiseurship of Chinese Painting” – February, 1996
- “Journey of the Three Jewels: Buddhist Art in Asia” – June, 1995
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Harvard Business School Global Leadership Forum
- “Leadership and the Tradition of the Dalai Lamas in Tibetan Buddhism” in Tibet: Brief Encounters on the Roof of the World – June, 2004
Henderson Land Development
- “The Art of Engagement – The Power of Participatory Artwork” – December, 2017
Hong Kong Arts Centre
- “Chinese Oil Painting in the New Era” – November, 2017
- “The Rise of Contemporary Chinese Art” – November, 2017
- “Water to Water – The Abstract Art of Li Lei” with Edie Hu, Li Lei and Dr. Pi Li – October, 2015
- “How Art Responds to Our Habitat” a conversation with “Unseen Existence: Dialogues with the Environment in Contemporary Art” curator Rudy Tseng and artists Ang Song Ming, Nadim Abbas, Yuko Mohri, Maya Kramer, Wang Fu-jui and Yao Jui-chung – December, 2014
- “Seminar and Critique for Emerging Artists” – December, 1990
Hong Kong Art School
- “Buddhism – Essential Concepts, Practices and Art Forms” in Decoding Curatorship Lecture Series on Buddhist Perspectives and Contemporary Curating – August, 2016
Hong Kong Art Gallery Association
- “Artist Talk” a conversation with Fung Ming Chip – June, 2017
Hong Kong Association of University Women
- “The Life and Work of Fang Zhaolin: Woman Painter of the Twentieth Century” – February, 2007
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Ink Society
- Guided viewing of “Intimate Encounters: Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection” – March, 2018
- “Dialogues on Ink – Session 3 The Market and Collecting: What is the Future of Contemporary Ink Art?” with Katharine Don, Daphne King, Vincent Lo and Olivia Wang – December, 2016 for Fine Art Asia
- “Passion and Purpose: Three 20th Century Women Ink Painters” – October, 2014 for Fine Art Asia
- “New Directions in Ink Art” – October, 2007
- Guided viewing of “Universe of the Mind – Irene Zhou Luyun, the Retrospective Exhibition” – March, 2006
International Council of the Louvre
- “A Taste of the Masters: Chinese Ink Paintings from the M K Lau Collection” – April, 2014
International Council of the Museum of Modern Art
- “Hangzhou and the West Lake as Sources of Inspiration in Chinese Painting” – May, 2006
International Forum of the Wharton School
- “Windows on the World: Perspectives on Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting” – June, 1995
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JP Morgan Chase & Co
- “The Forbidden City – Development of an Imperial Museum in Beijing” – October, 2007
JP Morgan Private Bank
- “The Tao of Faith: Shanghai’s Religious Traditions” at Understanding China Conference – November, 2002
Katonah Museum of Art Friends
- “Hong Kong: The Architecture of Density” – October, 2010
KEE Club, Hong Kong
- “ForwART: Destination 5 – What is the Future of Art” with Damian Chandler, Aric Chen and Aenon Loo – December, 2016
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division
- “Asian Art – The Most Attractive Asset Class – Past, Present and Future” – March, 2014
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Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong Kong
- Guided viewing of “A Taste of the Masters–An Exhibition of Paintings from the M K Lau Collection” – April, 2021
- “Songs of the Sirens: Exemplary 20th Century Women Collectors” – December, 2020 (online)
- Guided viewing of “Intimate Encounters: An Exhibition of Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection” – March, 2018
- “History of The Royal Ontario Museum’s Collection of Chinese Art” – October, 2017
- “Qi Baishi: A Masterclass” – June, 2014
- “Women and the Art of Collecting” – June, 2011
- Guided viewing of “Luminous Essence: Tibetan Buddhist Relics of the Palace Museum” – February, 2004
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Pennsylvania Academy of Art Trustees
- “Chinese Brush and Ink Painting: Tradition and Innovation” – December, 1997
Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch
- “Contemporary Chinese Painting: Metamorphosis or Misrepresentation” – June, 1995
SC Johnson Global Forum
- “Discover China: The Everyday Spirituality of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism” – October, 2000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art & World Affairs Council of Northern California
- “The Asian Art Market” with Johnson Chang, Mee-seen Loong and Grace Wu Bruce – February, 1997
Seven Sisters Alumnae, Hong Kong
- “Artful Experiences: The Pursuit of Fine Arts as a Profession” – April, 1994
Sotheby’s
- “A Brush with the Past and Other Treasures of the Studio” The Scholar’s Studio Lecture Series – April, 2004
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
- “The Influence of Western Impressionist Painting on guohua in China (1910-1950)” – April, 2003
- “Twentieth Century Innovations in Chinese Painting” – October, 2002
Toronto Centre for Applied Buddhism
- “Buddhist Art and Culture – A Series of Four Lectures” – February – March, 2024
Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
- “Chinese Contemporary Art – The Medium and the Message” – May, 2012
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UBS Art Education Series
- “The Art of Collecting Art” – June, 2015
University of Hong Kong School of Continuing Studies with Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts and Design
- “Executive Programme: Collecting Contemporary Art – Current Issues in Art Collecting” – March, 2017
- “Managing and Maintaining a Collection” Module 4 of “Executive Programme: Collecting Contemporary Art” – March, 2016
- “Curating and Private Collections” – February, 2015
University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Studies
- “Managing and Maintaining a Collection” Module 4 of “Executive Programme: Collecting Contemporary Art” – December, 2014
University of Hong Kong Museum Society
- “The Art of Collecting – Passion, Principles and Practices” – August, 2021
- Guided viewing of “Intimate Encounters: Handscrolls and Albums from the M K Lau Collection” – March, 2018
- Guided viewing of “Rendering Change – The Arts of New China 1949-1979” – April, 2016
- “Rumi’s Search for the Beloved” – March, 2010
- Guided viewing of “Universe of the Mind – Irene Zhou Luyun, the Retrospective Exhibition” – March, 2006
- “Paths to Enlightenment: The Buddha’s Way – a One-day Seminar” with Dr. Rajeshwari Ghose, Venerable Tenzin Pemba and Reverend Yan Xi – November, 1999
- Guided viewing of “In the Footsteps of the Buddha” – Practitioners & Patrons, The Art of Buddhist Devotion – December, 1998
- Guided viewing of “The Unending Path – Paintings by Harold Wong 1957-1997” – September, 1997
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WPO (World Presidents’ Organization)
- “Classic Ceramics of China”, “The Life of the Scholar: Painting and Furniture” and “Culture and Ceremony: Chinese Jades and Bronzes” for WPO China University – May, 2004
- “Schools of Tibetan Buddhism” for WPO China Experience The Roof of the World – Tibet – September, 2000
- “Legendary Landscapes of the Yangzi River – Seen through Artists’ Eyes” and “Chinese Painting : Brush and Ink” for WPO China Experience Seminar – September, 1999
- “Why is Chinese Painting So Enduring?” for WPO South China University – September, 1994
YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization)
- “The Schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Insights from the Roof of the World” – May, 2005
- “Private Collections: Bottled Beauty”, “Song of the Brush: A Workshop in Chinese Painting” and “Community Temple in Action: Wong Tai Sin Temple” for YPO Hong Kong University – March, 1999