Welcome to J.S. Lee Memorial Fellowship Programme for Chinese Arts

The J. S. Lee Memorial Fellowship Programme was established in 2008 in memory of Dr. J. S. Lee’s lifelong promotion of the study of Chinese art. Dr. J. S. Lee was the founder of Bei Shan Tang Foundation and a distinguished philanthropist in Hong Kong who valued the importance of the arts to a society and the need to nurture cultural development. He was a major benefactor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and supported the building of its Institute of Chinese Studies and the Art Museum. He also supported numerous museums and art institutions in China and abroad, including the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Shanghai Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the Oriental Ceramic Society and Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art in London.

In order to perpetuate Dr. Lee’s aspiration of promoting Chinese Art, the Fellowship Programme’s mission is:

• To facilitate the exchange of curatorial expertise on a worldwide basis;
• To contribute to the professional enhancement of curators and academics in Chinese art through attachment and fellowship at museums and arts institutions in China and overseas.