Making Old New Again

From analysing jade to curating exhibitions about horses, here’s how Jiao Tianlong, the new Hong Kong Palace Museum’s head curator, is preparing for the venue’s opening next summer

By Zabrina Lo.

more than 20 years. Most recently, he held a post at the Denver Art Museum, where he renewed the Asian art galleries; The New York Times described the result as “what a 21st-century museum should be”. Now Jiao is in Hong Kong to oversee the completion of the building and organise a series of events and lectures on the venue, Chinese history and exhibition highlights. Here, Jiao shares a typical day in his life. 06.00 I like starting my day early by exercising first thing in the morning, a habit I picked up in high school. The neighbourhood I live in has lots of tropical birds, and I really enjoy listening to their musical sounds. 09.00 With the museum set to open next summer, there’s a long list of things that I have to…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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