Following the success of UMAG’s 2016 exhibition ‘Pictures of the Past: Hungarian Photographer Dezső Bozóky in Hong Kong’, the Museum is now presenting a larger group of photographs that Dezső Bozóky took along China’s coast from 1908–1909. A naval officer with the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Bozóky first left Hong Kong for Canton before travelling to Fujian province, Shanghai and Beijing, documenting the countryside and cities, along with their inhabitants.

The photographer’s interest in nature and architecture and, above all, the Qing dynasty street scenes and people he met, continue to transmit the excitement and wonder of this early European traveler in a country and culture so far from his own. UMAG’s 2019 exhibition records an abundance of impressions from areas of China that have undergone phenomenal amounts of social and economic change.

For 70 of the years since Bozóky’s journey along China’s coast, Hungary has had a diplomatic representation in Hong Kong—a history that our project celebrates with this exhibition. We thank the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts in Budapest for our continued collaboration and the Hungarian Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau for its generous support.

Details of the Exhibition
Period: November 8, 2019 (Friday) to December 29, 2019 (Sunday)
Opening Hours*:
09:30 – 18:00 (Tuesday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on Mondays, University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: http://www.umag.hku.hk/en/

*The museum may also be closed early and on short notice. Please contact the museum on +852 2241 5500 before you plan your visit. We apologise for any inconvenience caused