The Chinese Avant-Garde in Paris: Chu Teh-chun, T'ang Haywen, Walasse Ting, Zao Wou-ki

Celebrating 45 years of championing Chinese contemporary art, Alisan Fine Arts’ 2026 “Then and Now” programme honours early French-influenced pioneers while spotlighting today’s practices. This exhibition at the gallery’s Central Hong Kong location anchors the “Then” with Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-chun, T’ang Haywen, and Walasse Ting, francophone Chinese diaspora masters who fused Chinese cultural roots with post-war Parisian modernism. From Zao’s atmospherics and Chu’s calligraphic lyrical abstraction to T’ang’s meditative ink and Ting’s pop-bright sensuality, it maps a decisive shift that shaped global art—and sets the stage for a parallel “Now” exhibition at Alisan Atelier. Both are part of French May Arts Festival Associated Projects.