万众期待的“艺苑寻珍──列支敦士登王室收藏名品”特别展览正式和大家见面啦！此次特展承载了中国和列支敦士登在艺术合作交流上的厚望，自筹备以来备受各界关注。周二（8日），位于西九文化区的香港文化新地标──香港故宫文化博物馆，与世界闻名的列支敦士登王室收藏，一同为双方合办的“艺苑寻珍──列支敦士登王室收藏名品”特别展览揭幕。
主礼嘉宾出席“艺苑寻珍──列支敦士登王室收藏名品”展览开幕典礼，为向公众开放的展览揭开序幕。
在展览主要赞助机构LGT 皇家银行私人银行的支持下，列支敦士登王室传承逾四百年的珍藏首度在香港展出。“艺苑寻珍”展展出超过 120 件列支敦士登王室珍藏，聚焦介绍列支敦士登亲王的艺术收藏史、以及多位欧洲艺术巨匠的名作及成就，体现中国与欧洲之间在艺术和建筑领域的交流。展览在2022 年 11 月 9 日至 2023 年 2 月 20 日期间向公众开放。
“艺苑寻珍”展的开幕典礼在香港故宫文化博物馆举行，主礼嘉宾包括香港特别行政区行政长官李家超、列支敦士登现任亲王及列支敦士登公国元首汉斯·亚当二世（H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adams II）、LGT 皇家银行私人银行董事会成员阿德海德公主（H.S.H. Princess Adelheid Coudenhove-Kalergi）、香港特别行政区政府文化体育及旅游局局长杨润雄、西九文化区管理局董事局主席唐英年、香港故宫文化博物馆董事局主席谭允芝、LGT皇家银行私人银行亚太区行政总裁黎万亨博士（Dr Henri Leimer）、列支敦士登王室收藏总监约翰·卡夫特纳博士（Dr Johann Kräftner）、西九文化区管理局行政总裁冯程淑仪及香港故宫文化博物馆馆长吴志华博士。
香港特别行政区行政长官李家超致辞
香港特别行政区行政长官李家超表示：“继在北京的国家博物馆和世界各地主要博物馆巡回展出后，列支敦士登王室收藏名品首次在香港展出。在国家《十四五规划纲要》的支持下，香港致力发展成为中外文化艺术交流中心，这个展览正适逢其时。我们会积极推动世界不同文明交流，在国际间说好香港和祖国的故事。”
香港故宫文化博物馆馆长吴志华博士表示：“列支敦士登王室收藏是世界上最重要的艺术收藏之一，盛载深厚的艺术及文化价值。作为香港故宫文化博物馆开幕展后推出的首个特别展览，‘艺苑寻珍’展具体呈现过去数世纪以来东方和欧洲之间的文化交流。展览也充分体现了博物馆致力促进世界文明之间对话的使命，巩固香港作为中外文化交流中心的地位。我们热切期待公众亲临参观，体验亲王们在艺术收藏中传承逾四百年的精彩故事。”
列支敦士登王室收藏总监约翰·卡夫特纳博士 （Dr Johann Kräftner）表示：“在LGT的大力支持下，我们许多无价之宝已于世界各大博物馆作国际性展出。我们很高兴与香港故宫文化博物馆合作，在香港分享这些珍宝。列支敦士登王室收藏已经发展了五百多年，收藏仍在增长中。我们希望参观者能借着这些惊世之作了解各位列支敦士登亲王对艺术的热情，以及收藏习性与价值观。”
香港历年最大规模展示
艺术巨匠鲁本斯与凡·戴克名作
列支敦士登王室历代亲王在过去四百多年的艺术收藏精粹，建立了当今世界最大规模、最重要的艺术收藏之一，当中包含跨越五个世纪的重要欧洲艺术作品。“艺苑寻珍”展由香港故宫文化博物馆与列支敦士登王室收藏的专家团队共同策划，展览按主题分为八个部分，并从三万多件王室藏品中，精心挑选出 124 件具代表性的珍品作展示，种类涵盖油画、版画、挂毯、雕塑以及装饰艺术等。
“艺苑寻珍”展以崭新视角展示列支敦士登王室的艺术收藏史，重点介绍为列支敦士登王室收藏作出重要贡献的五位亲王。五位亲王均十分热衷于艺术，并各具独特的收藏喜好及方法。观众可从亲王们收藏的中国陶瓷和委托建造的园林中，探寻中国艺术与文化对欧洲装饰艺术和建筑的影响。
这次展出的逾百件王室珍品中，包括两位 17 世纪巴洛克时期最著名的艺术巨匠彼得．保罗．鲁本斯（Peter Paul Rubens，1577–1640年）和安东尼·凡·戴克（Anthony van Dyck，1599–1641年）的36幅画作，是香港历年来对两位大师名作最大规模的展示。两位巨匠的作品均具极强表现力、气势宏伟、色彩丰富且构图充满动感，为后世留下了丰富的文化遗产。
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为了配合此次展览，展览策展人还将于 2022 年 11 月和 2023 年 1 月举行两场专题讲座，聚焦介绍列支敦士登王室独特的艺术收藏喜好及方向，以及中国和西方在艺术和文化方面的历史渊源。
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“Odysseys of Art: Masterpieces Collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein” opens at Hong Kong Palace Museum
The much-anticipated “Odysseys of Art: Masterpieces Collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein” is officially open to all! This special joint art exhibition between China and Liechtenstein has attracted attention from all walks of life. On Tuesday, the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), Hong Kong’s new cultural landmark in the West Kowloon Cultural District, unveiled the renowned Liechtenstein Princely Collections for “Odysseys of Art: Masterpieces Collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein”.
With LGT Private Banking (LGT) as the Principal Sponsor, this is the very first showcase of Liechtenstein’s quadricentennial collection in Hong Kong, featuring more than 120 masterpieces from the Collections that highlight the Princes’ collecting practices, and some of the most celebrated European artists, in a cultural dialogue between European and Chinese art and architecture. The exhibition is open to the public from 9 November 2022 until 20 February 2023.
The official opening ceremony was held at the HKPM, officiated by John Lee, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR; H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adam II, Reigning Prince of the House of Liechtenstein and Head of State of the Principality of Liechtenstein; H.S.H. Princess Adelheid Coudenhove-Kalergi, Board Member of LGT Private Banking; Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism of the HKSAR Government; Henry Tang, Chairman of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WCKDA) Board; Winnie Tam, Chairman of the HKPM Board; Dr Henri Leimer, Chief Executive Officer, LGT Private Banking Asia Pacific; Dr Johann Kräftner, Director of the Princely Collections; Betty Fung, Chief Executive Officer of the WKCDA and Dr Louis Ng, Museum Director of HKPM.
John Lee Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said: “This is the first time the Liechtenstein Princely Collections are displayed in Hong Kong, after its successful tours at the National Museum of China in Beijing and other major museums around the world. The exhibition is staged at a most fitting juncture, as Hong Kong embarks on its new mission to develop into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, a positioning supported by the National 14th Five-Year Plan. We endeavour to foster the exchange across civilisations and tell the captivating stories of Hong Kong and our motherland in the global arena.”
H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adam II, Reigning Prince of the House of Liechtenstein and Head of State of the Principality of Liechtenstein, said: “The Liechtenstein Princely Collections represent the Princely Family’s generational values of tradition, high quality investment, conservation and sharing of values as passionate art collectors and art patrons. We are honoured to have the support of the Hong Kong Government to jointly present my family’s private art collections with the Hong Kong Palace Museum to the people of Hong Kong and visitors from around the region. We hope this landmark exhibition, which showcases unique early cultural exchanges across the East and West, will continue to foster mutual understanding and dialogue between cultures and generations.”
Dr Louis Ng, Museum Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, said: “The Liechtenstein Princely Collections are one of the world’s most important art collections and carry a profound artistic and cultural significance. As the first special exhibition to take place at the HKPM after its opening exhibition, “Odysseys of Art” paints an inspiring picture of the dialogue between Eastern and European cultures over the past centuries. The exhibition is a striking testament to HKPM’s commitment to advancing dialogue among world civilisations while reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as a centre for East-meets-West international cultural exchange. We look forward to welcoming visitors to experience the magnificence of Liechtenstein’s quadricentennial collection.”
Dr Johann Kräftner, Director of the Princely Collections, said: “With generous support from LGT, many of our priceless treasures have been exhibited internationally in the world’s most important museums, and we are happy to partner with the Hong Kong Palace Museum to share these rare treasures in Hong Kong. The Liechtenstein Princely Collections have been expanding for more than five hundred years and are still growing. Through these stunning works, we hope visitors will discover the passion for art and the collecting practices and values of the Princes of Liechtenstein.”
The largest display of works by Rubens and Van Dyck in Hong Kong
The prestigious collections of the Princes of Liechtenstein have been established over the last four centuries. They rank among the largest and most important art collections in the world, containing major works of European art spanning five centuries. Co-curated by experts from the HKPM and the Liechtenstein Princely Collections, the exhibition is divided into eight thematic sections and showcases 124 representative masterpieces including paintings, prints, tapestries, sculptures, and decorative art objects. They were selected from more than 30,000 works of art in the Collections.
The exhibition casts a new light on the Princely House of Liechtenstein’s history of art collecting, spotlighting five princes whose passion for art shaped the Collections. Each of the featured princes enriched the Collections through their unique interest in and approach to art collecting. Through Chinese ceramics and gardens that the Princes commissioned, visitors will discover the influence of Chinese art and culture on European decorative arts and architecture.
Among the treasures on display at the HKPM are paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), two of the most distinguished 17th-century artists of the baroque period. They left a rich cultural legacy through their powerful and expressive paintings, characterised by vibrant palettes and dynamic compositions. A total of 36 major works by the two masters will be presented at the exhibition, making it by far the largest assembly of these masterpieces ever to have been displayed in Hong Kong.
To complement the exhibition, two thematic talks by curators of the exhibition will be held in November 2022 and January 2023, introducing the House of Liechtenstein’s unique approach to art collecting, as well as the historical ties between China and the West in arts and culture.
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