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Luk Yu Ping

@YPLuk

Basil Gray Curator: Chinese Paintings, Prints and Central Asian Collections @britishmuseum / all tweets are my own

 London
Joined March 2013
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Job alert! We are looking for a project curator to work with us on a forthcoming Silk Roads exhibition @britishmuseum More information here: bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com…
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The Admonitions scroll @britishmuseum will go on display again soon! #chinesepainting britishmuseum.org/exhibition…
Admonitions of the instructress to the court ladies

Admonitions of the instructress to the court ladies

A masterpiece of early Chinese figure painting, from the fifth to seventh century AD, displayed annually at the British Museum.

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Some of the Chinese paintings and prints now on display in the Hotung Gallery (Room 33) @britishmuseum. Part of the new rotation until 27 Nov 2022.
Image from Luk Yu Ping (@YPLuk)
Image from Luk Yu Ping (@YPLuk)
Image from Luk Yu Ping (@YPLuk)
Image from Luk Yu Ping (@YPLuk)
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Please apply! Several wonderful programs, including one based in London to study the Stein collections of paintings and manuscripts with @ImreGalambos and me
From The Ground Up (@UBCfrogbear) profile pictureFrom The Ground Up@UBCfrogbear11 Apr 2022
[Call For Application]: 2022 FROGBEAR Phase 2 Research Cluster Activities: bit.ly/3juNmsa | Application deadline April 15, 2022 or until spaces are filled! Apply online bit.ly/3O3PwwF
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Landscape, or ‘shanshui’ (literally ‘mountains and waters’), has long been the subject of artistic and cultural expression in China. 👀 Zoom in to see the figures on this 15th-century painted scroll 🔎🔗 ow.ly/pRvS30s3Utq
A mid-brown painted hanging scroll showing mountains and trees, with a small group of figures in the bottom left hand corner.

ALT A mid-brown painted hanging scroll showing mountains and trees, with a small group of figures in the bottom left hand corner.

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The new rotation of Chinese paintings and prints in the Hotung Gallery (Room 33) @britishmuseum is now up! Until 5 June 2022.
Image from Luk Yu Ping (@YPLuk)
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#Museum30 Day 17 & 18 Time for a #celebration🎉of our newly published paper on #textile borders in Asian paintings in @Heritage_MDPI by a collaborative team from @britishmuseum led by @DiegoTamburini1. Read it free & #openaccess here: mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/4/240
Image from Dr Joanne Dyer (@JoanneDyer_BM)
Image from Dr Joanne Dyer (@JoanneDyer_BM)
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Fully funded AHRC Collaborative PhD: @UoMICP & @britishmuseum Decolonising the Sacred: Acknowledging colonial experiences of Tibetan Buddhist collections in the British Museum. Deadline 25th June. Open to Home and International Students jobs.ac.uk/job/CFZ770/ahrc-c…
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My talk for the Dunhuang Foundation is now available on YouTube: The Stein Collection from the Library Cave, Dunhuang, in the British Museum youtu.be/jASADpos7ow via @YouTube
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#Lecture: The Stein Collection in the British Museum by Luk Yu-ping @YPLuk (Dunhuang Foundation), 15 April 2021 (1:00 PM ET) ea-aaa.eu/online-lecture-the… #Art #AsianArt #BuddhistArt #Dunhuang #BritishMuseum #OnlineLecture
Online Lecture: The Stein Collection in the British Museum (by Luk Yu-ping)

Online Lecture: The Stein Collection in the British Museum (by Luk Yu-ping)

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Registration is open for our second joint webinar on #EastAsianArt #artmarket #provenanceresearch!! This time we will focus on ‚Yamanaka&Co‘: April 15 | 2.30-6 ECT | @FreerSackler @kulturSPK @PPR_Dahlem #MuseumfürAsiatischeKunst : smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/…
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For more on the pioneering women that inspire us 💪@britishmuseum, check out the blog👇@MVandenbeusch @YPLuk @EleanorGhey @CatherineDaunt @aurelia_masson, Duygu Camurcuoglou, Jeannette Plummer Sires & Ann Lumley @boodlemum #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 blog.britishmuseum.org/pione…
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Aurel Stein's acquisitions at Dunhuang: a taster of a forthcoming article. silkroaddigressions.com/2021…
Aurel Stein at Dunhuang

Aurel Stein at Dunhuang

A snippet from the forthcoming paper concerning Stein’s acquisitions from the Library cave at Dunhuang Mogao.

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An introduction to the Stein collection is now available on the @britishmuseum website. Many thanks to @HelenWangLondon; @boodlemum and website editor Charlie Jones. britishmuseum.org/collection…
Exploring the Silk Roads

Exploring the Silk Roads

Often travelling under harsh conditions, explorers and archaeologists sought to discover the ancient cultures that once flourished here.

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Thank you @LianmingW. Very honoured to be giving this lecture.
Lianming Wang (@LianmingW) profile pictureLianming Wang@LianmingW7 Dec 2020
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"Inscribed Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the British Museum" - talk by Dr Yi Chen, at Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London, 13 Dec 2019 ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events…
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After our winter object rotation, the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia has now reopened. Be sure to look round on your next visit and see what new objects you can spot on display! Explore the gallery online wherever you are here: ow.ly/I2IG30pXBCv
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@HENI6 Dec 2019
As the colour fades from our own landscapes this December, Wen Zhengming's 'Wintry Trees' depicts a scene that is fittingly wan and bare. Follow the link below to watch this #henitalk with @CraigClunas bit.ly/WintryTrees
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New rotation of Chinese painting and prints ready for tomorrow when the Hotung Gallery @britishmuseum reopens.
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10am and the first group of visitors are in to see the Admonitions Scroll @britishmuseum
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