Dr Yupin Chung

Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow
Email: Yupin.Chung@glasgow.ac.uk

PhD in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, MA in Museum and Gallery Management at the  City University of London, BA in Art History at the Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan                   

Yupin Chung’s research is centred on the interaction of art and economics, with a particular interest in the influence of Western collectors and dealers in the Chinese art market and museum collections. She is currently working on the preparation of a publication on economic and aesthetic practices and discourses in Chinese art collecting. Dr Chung has written on a number of significant collectors and dealers of Chinese art, including essays on William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) and Frank Partridge (1875-1953). She is a Curator of East Asian Art in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums.

Research interests: Art and Material Culture of China; History of Chinese Ceramics; Oriental Design Influence in the Western World; 19th Century Photography in China; Art, Poetry and Music Intervention

Current & Recent Projects

 2013-14  Yellow, Red and Blue: Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums

 2011   China through the Lens of John Thomson 1868-1872 (4 February – 12 June) – Curator of the major exhibition of the work of the Scottish photographer and traveller John Thomson (1837-1921).

 2011   ‘Motes of Living Light’ – short film in cooperation with Thomas Jacobi (Artist), David Greygoose (Poet) and Eddie McGuire (Composer), commissioned by Glasgow Museums.

 2009-2010   ‘Chinese Stories’ – supported by the City of Liverpool, Arts Council England, and the Windows Project exploring the lives of Chinese people on Merseyside. The everyday life of a “Chinatown” widening dialogues between a curator and the Chinese community.

Recent Publications

'Reading between the lines: a potter, a connoisseur and a curator', in Rui Oliveira Lopes (ed.) Face to Face. The transcendence of the arts in China and beyond - Historical perspectives, Lisboa: Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (2013)

‘Travelling, Discovering and Shooting’: A Victorian Photographer’s Sport, The National Palace Museum Bulletin, October (2011)

 ‘Lord Leverhulme and Chinese Art’, The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, No.311 (2008)

 ‘Victorian Taste: Lord Leverhulme and His Chinese Collection’, Collection & Auction, No.6, October (2008)

 ‘James Wheeler Davidson: The First American Citizen Consul Agent in Formosa’, Literature, Media, Culture Studies Newsletter, 31 (2007).

'The Impact of Privatising Public Museums on Admission Charges: A Case Study from Taiwan', International Journal of Arts Management, 7:2 (2005).

Cities on Display: Where is Chinatown? (Shanghai: History Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2005).

'Take a Seat and Have a Cup of "Art" at M50, Shanghai', The 4th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (Conference paper, Vienna: 2006).

'Developing Chinese Audiences: A Case Study from the Victoria & Albert Museum', Material Culture, Identities and Inclusion (Conference paper, University of Leicester, 2006).