Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1997

The East- and West-Wing Galleries The Art Museum's overall design was undertaken by the late Wai Szeto, who was the architect of the University. From the time it opened in 1971 to the late 1980s, exhibitions were held at what are now known as the west-wing galleries, built with a donation from the Lee Hysan Foundation. The east- wing galleries were built in 1988, with generous financial support from the B. Y. Lam Foundation and Bei Shan Tang. Since then the old galleries have been designated for special exhibitions while the new wing is reserved for the rotational display of selections from the museum collection. West-Wing: Special Exhibitions Designed by famous architects I. M. Pei and Alan Fisher, the west-wing comprises four levels arranged in a spiral. Airy and full of natural light, it is the venue of special exhibitions held jointly with museums from China, overseas, as well as local collectors' societies and private collectors. Collaborators have included the Palace Museum, the municipal /provincial museums of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hubei and Guangdong, and the Guangzhou Art Gallery. East-Wing: Collection Exhibitions The elegant exhibition room in black and white in the east-wing was designed by Simon Kwan, himself abenefactor of the Art Museum. It houses selections from the museum collection, which not only exemplify the richness of Chinese art but also reflect the museum's research interests in specific areas of painting, calligraphy, seal-carving, and ceramics. West-wing galleries East-wing galleries Art Not Only for Art's Sake 13