Bulletin No. 1, 2014

18   Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2014 To complement the exhibition, paper, calligraphy brushes and ink are offered to the public for hands- on practice at designated time slots.’ Online Collection Archive The museum is currently digitizing its collections for the establishment of an online archive that will provide information on individual artefacts, including images, period, size, and related research. It is anticipated that the archive will be completed in two years and be open to the public. Professor Xu said, ‘The archive helps to deepen understanding of Chinese art and facilitate research.’ Appreciation of Latest donation to the Art Museum— Zen Lotus by Lui Shou-kwan (1970, 152 x 82.5 cm) Chinese art and culture will no longer be bound by temporal and spatial limitations. Brief statistics: • Size of collection: over 15,000 items • Collection includes calligraphy, paintings, rubbings, ceramics, jades, bronzes, epigraphy, objects for scholar’s desk, sculpture, miscellaneous • Over the past 10 years, 96 exhibitions and 13 academic conferences organized, 49 books published