JOHN BATTEN GALLERY / ARCHIVE

John Batten Article Archive

Gallery owner John Batten writes and comments about art and on Hong Kong's cultural and arts policies. On this page you can access a selection of articles on a variety of topics.

Click on the article title to open as a PDF file (in a new window).

'Lunar New Year 2005'

Artists

• Laurence Aberhart: New Zealand photographer
• Santiago Bose: Philippine artist
• Santiago Bose: 1949-2002 - an obituary -
• Chan Yuk-keung: Hong Kong artist and teacher
• Leong Ka Tai: Hong Kong photographer
• Rick Martin: Australian artist and photographer

RTHK Viewpoint

The following transcripts are from 'Viewpoint' - a recently defunct regular Radio Television Hong Kong programme - on a variety of topics.

• Middle management bureaucrats and Hong Kong's natural 'cultural district: SOHO
• Hong Kong Harbour and the Town Planning Board
• The 'governance' of Hong Kong's public museums
• SARS and Leslie Cheung's suicide
• Hong Kong's Tai Ping Shan district and fences
• The Bali Bombing
• The appointment of Dr Patrick Ho; Hong Kong's Home Affairs Minister
• The 'urban renewal' of Hong Kong's older areas

Hong Kong Art and Cultural Policy

• Collecting Contemporary Asian Photography - An introduction to collecting photography
• Hong Kong Biennial 2003 - a critical review (WITH IMAGES)
• The Guangzhou Triennial: An Art ‘Must-see’ - the first Guangzhou Triennial
• Hong Kong Artspaces - an overview of Hong Kong's visual artspaces
• International Art Fame - Taking the Biennial Route?
  - exploring how to raise the international profile of Hong Kong art
• Human Solutions for Art Venue Constraints
  - offering obvious and practical improvements to Hong Kong's publically funded artspaces
• Contemporary Hong Kong Art Exhibition - a critical review of this overview of Hong Kong art held in 2000
• An Enviable Opportunity - operating a commercial gallery in Hong Kong

Essays from the Hong Kong Arts Centre Catalogue:

'Someone's Else's Stories - Our Footnotes: Contemporary Art of Hong Kong between 1990 - 1999' edited by Dr David Clarke & Oscar Ho.

These essays cover: the photography of So Hing Keung; an installation by Leung Po-shan; Mong Kok pop culture; the Hong Kong Museum of Art's exhibition policy; Para/Site Art Space and its foray into the art market.