{"id":3544,"date":"2021-11-18T15:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T07:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:46:12","slug":"firesidechat_felixkwok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/firesidechat_felixkwok\/","title":{"rendered":"From Picasso to Wong Kar Wai: Career of Auction House Specialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"From Picasso to Wong Kar Wai: Career of Auction House Specialists\" class=\"wp-image-3607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-133x75.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9-853x480.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Fireside_Chat_20211126_v6_16-9.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fireside Chat with Felix Kwok, Jestina Tang and Gabe Chan from Sotheby\u2019s Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1><strong>From Picasso to Wong Kar Wai: Career of Auction House Specialists<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">November 26, 2021 (Fri) | 6:30pm &#8211; 7:45pm<br>Foundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, HKU<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp; [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/crmweb.hku.hk\/view.image?Id=3008\" target=\"_blank\">Map<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Conducted in English<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/about\/team\/felix-kwok\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Felix Kwok<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (BA 2008) &#8211; Director and Head of Modern Art, Sotheby\u2019s Asia<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Jestina Tang<\/span><\/strong> (BA 2016) &#8211; Junior Specialist, Modern Art, Sotheby\u2019s Asia<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Gabe Chan<\/span><\/strong> (BA 2016) &#8211; Cataloguer, Modern Art, Sotheby\u2019s Asia<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat_felixkwok\/register.html\" style=\"border-radius:10px;background-color:#003978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>REGISTER NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/press\/sothebys-hong-kong-2021-autumn-sales-achieve-hk-3-08-billion-us-397-million-surpassing-2020-full-year-total\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sotheby\u2019s Hong Kong 2021 Autumn Sales<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0achieved HK$3.08 billion in sales, surpassing the full year total for 2020. The lots included Picasso\u2019s \u201cFemme Accroupie\u201d, which sold for an Asian record HK$191.7 million, and acclaimed film director\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/series\/wong-kar-wai-x-sothebys-a-modern-art-collaboration\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wong Kar Wai\u2019s first ever NFT creation<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cIn The Mood For Love &#8211; Day One\u201d, which soared to HK$4.3 million and established a new benchmark for any Asian film NFT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in Art, fascinated by Picasso or Wong Kar Wai, or aspire to have a career in the Art world,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat_felixkwok\/register.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">REGISTER NOW<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fireside Chat with Felix Kwok, Jestina Tang and Gabe Chan from Sotheby\u2019s Asia From Picasso to Wong Kar Wai: Career of Auction House Specialists November 26, 2021 (Fri) | 6:30pm - 7:45pmFoundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, HKU&nbsp; [Map] Conducted in English Felix Kwok (BA 2008) - Director and Head<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3544"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3609,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544\/revisions\/3609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daao.hku.hk\/firesidechat\/web\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}