Ep.50 🎉 | After explaining what ChatGPT is, we delved into a series of questions around art critiquing from what the critique is of art criticism to the differences of criticism in the west and Asia, and whether or not artist intent can be determined through critical analysis. We continued with Carroll’s art critiquing argument, the role of subjectivity in art criticism and discussed many more questions.

Ep.49 | Jason Dembski is the cofounder of HKWalls and who I have known for over a decade. Surprisingly it’s the first time we sat down and talked about what drove him to host street art festivals, the state of graffiti in Hong Kong and the challenges he faces working with local land owners.

Ep.48 | From her studio space in Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong I sat down with artist and curator Eunice Tsang. We spoke about how Eunice began Current Plans, what revenge resting is, and talked about using humour to navigate Hong Kong’s ambiguous landscape.

Ep.47 | Shivang is the co-founder of Young Soy based in Hong Kong. I met him in his office in Central and our discussion covered his journey in art, which began during the Covid-19 pandemic, the current state of art critiquing in Hong Kong, and the unique requirement of performing a stand-up comedy routine to join the Young Soy team.

Ep.46 | For this episode of The Last Supper I sat down with neon artist Chankalun in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. We began our dialogue with a short quiz in which I attempted to see the difference between neon and LED. We continued the conversation how she learnt the craft of neon and her upcoming Art Basel work, the difference between American and Japanese Neon techniques, and her project ‘The Neon Girl’.

Ep.45 | Aaina Bhargava is the Arts and Culture Editor of Tatler Asia. In this week’s episode we talked about how her art studies have informed her current work, her intent when writing, her assessment of private and public art and how Aaina’s writing style has evolved.

Ep.44 | Mixed media and performance artist Ice Wong talked about her experience of studying art in Hong Kong, how she began with performance art, discussed what’s behind her recent work for Post-Human Narratives and the rapport she developed with sunflowers. Ice completed the conversation by explaining why she was jumping off a wooden cabinet and what other work she had planned for this year.

Ep.43 | In this last episode of 2022 I had the pleasure to talk again with Dutch art lawyer Laurens Kasteleijn. Laurens explained the implications of the anti money laundering regulations, the latest developments in crypto and NFT, and we talked about the apparent shift of art centres in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Seoul.

Ep.42 | I caught up with London-based artist Jade who is in Hong Kong for her first solo show. Our conversation centred around her experience of being back in Hong Kong after 3 years, how her trip to Russia and the Eastern Bloc countries made a lasting impression on her work, we talked about what Jade meant by character proximity and ended our conversation with her current solo show GUSH.

Ep.41 | Artist and curator Kobe Ko is my podcast guest for this week’s The Last Supper. We spoke about her experience in Taiwan, discussed her perspective on the current state of Hong Kong, The Post Human Narrative project that she curated and what Kobe is planning for next year.

Ep.40 | Charles Fong, the gallery director of Rossi & Rossi in Hong Kong, is my next guest of The Last Supper. We began the conversation with his visit to the Art Collaboration Kyoto fair in Japan, we talked about what art is for, discussed what the value of art is, and ended our dialogue talking about the dark side of art.

Ep.39 | Filmmaker Violet Du Feng talked about her recent documentary Hidden Letters which follows two millennial Chinese women connected by their passion for Nushu, a secret female-only language that for centuries has allowed women to communicate privately without men understanding their correspondence.

Ep.38 | Artist Siu Ding hosts a live model club for artists including musicians, painters, writers and photographers. We spoke about her passion to promote body autonomy, gender fluidity in Hong Kong, and she explains her latest project Ritsu Aomame.

Ep.37 | This week I caught up with curator, art critic, curator Chris Wan. He talked about the role of narrative and anti-narrative in the various art disciplines, the multiplicity of perspectives of how we perceived the world and we also talked about his personal experience of displacement in Hong Kong.

Ep.36 | A 66 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, also nicknamed as Shen the T. rex, is the very first skeleton offered at a public auction in Asia. I sat down with Georgina Hilton and we talked about Christie’s upcoming auction on 30th November in Hong Kong. We also talked about Paul Allan’s exceptional art collection at the Rockefeller Center galleries in New York.

Ep.35 | In this episode I have the pleasure to meet Yi Gao, programme lead at Christie’s Education headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. Yi explains how she began her career in art, the many roles she fills at Christie’s Education and what makes learning at Christie’s unique and special.

Ep.34 | Charlotte Lin at Tang Contemporary in Central Hong Kong discussed her experience working with a new generation of artists and collectors in Hong Kong. We also spoke about the background of Charlotte's first upcoming group exhibition Glimmer Shrine.

Ep.33 | Kay May Lin Beadman is a Hong-Kong based artist and researcher. In this podcast episode I travelled to Kwai Hing in and visited in Kay May Lin Beadman in her studio and independent gallery space. Kay talked about her Eurasian experience in Hong Kong, why she co-founded Hidden Space, and the role of critiquing in the emergence and development of art.

Ep.33 | Amanda Sun is the founder of the Arts For Good Foundation, a social enterprise that is dedicated to social inclusion for future generations through the soft power of art and culture in Hong Kong. We spoke about a range of subjects including what drove her to begin Arts For Good and we delved into the purpose and impact of the art making programmes.

Ep.31 | Gallerist Rachel Lee, owner of Soluna Fine Art in Hong Kong talked with me about her story where her interest in art came from, her unexpected journey of becoming a gallery owner and we ended the conversation exploring the meaning of Jeong Myoung-Jo's first solo exhibition, The Paradox of Beauty.