Chris Hall: A Collector’s Journey
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Renowned textile collector Chris Hall discusses his approach to collecting and his work with cultural institutions around the world. He will be joined in conversation by ACM Director Kennie Ting.
About the speakers
CHRIS HALL is a Hong Kong-based collector. Since the 1980s, he has built up one of the most important private collections of Asian textiles in the world, containing between 2,500 and 3,000 works. His collection spans almost 2,500 years of history, with a focus on China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
KENNIE TING is the Director of the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Peranakan Museum. He has overseen the shift in the museum’s curatorial approach from a geographical focus to a thematic, cross-cultural focus, and from ethnography to the decorative arts and design. He has helmed exhibitions on the arts of Myanmar, Korea, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Japan, and on the material culture of cosmopolitan Asian port cities. Most recently, ACM under his direction has presented exhibitions and experimental showcases on contemporary fashion and photography, spotlighting Asian masters such as Russel Wong, Guo Pei, and BINhouse, in partnership with Singapore’s fashion community and industry. He is interested in the history of travel and the heritage of Asian port cities and is the author of The Romance of the Grand Tour – 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia, Singapore Chronicles: HERITAGE and Singapore 1819 – A Living Legacy.
Image of Chris Hall courtesy of The Creative Room
The ACM Conversations Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Royal Insignia
