The Last Supper.
A weekly podcast with an Asian perspective on contemporary art, featuring emerging and established artists, curators, gallerists, and collectors in Asia. Available on Spotify, Apple, and Google podcasts.

Neon artist Chankalun on the neon society's secret code, circular art, and her upcoming work for Art Basel 2023.
Ep.46 | I travel to Fo Tan in Hong Kong where I met Chankalun in her neon studio. 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. We discussed as well the difference between American and Japanese Neon techniques and her project ‘The Neon Girl’.

Tatler Arts & Culture Editor Aaina Bhargava on the hardship of writing and why you must procrastinate.
Ep.45 | In this episode I visited Aaina, the Arts and Culture Editor of Tatler Asia. 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.

Artist Ice Wong on Hong Kong’s art education, glass blowing, jumping from a cabinet, and adopting sun flowers.
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.

Art lawyer Laurens Kasteleijn on anti money laundering, NFT’s latest development and the lost Van Gogh’s.
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.

Artist Jade Ching-Yuk Ng on the impact of Russian mosaics, escapism, and character proximity.
Ep.42 | I met 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.
Artist, Curator Kobe Ko on gender fluidity, feminism, and Hong Kong's generation of displacement.
Ep.41 | In this week’s episode of The Last Supper I sat down with Hong Kong-based artist and curator Kobe Ko. We spoke about her experience in Taiwan, her perspective on the current state of Hong Kong, The Post Human Narrative project and what Kobe is planning for next year.

Gallery Director Charles Fong on what art is for, Tinder, and the dark side of art.
Ep.40 | In this episode I sat down with Charles Fong, the gallery director of Rossi & Rossi in Hong Kong. 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.

Filmmaker Violet du Feng on Hidden Letters and Nushu, a language that men don’t understand.
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.

Artist Siu Ding on body autonomy, gender fluidity, and her recent project ‘Ritsu Aomame’ in Hong Kong.
Ep.38 | In this week’s episode of The Last Supper I sat down with artist Siu Ding who runs a live model club for artists including musicians, painters, writers and photographers. We spoke about her passion to promote body autonomy and gender fluidity in Hong Kong.

Art critic Chris Wan on the anti-narrative, the real world, and the effects of displacement in Hong Kong.
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.

Meet Shen the T. rex with Georgina Hilton, Christie’s Head of Classic Art, Asia.
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.

Yi Gao on Christie's Education, how Covid transformed their programmes, and advice for art collectors.
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.

Curator Charlotte Lin on Millennials, Gen-Z art collectors, and her first group show Glimmer Shrine.
Ep.34 | In this podcast episode of The Last Supper I caught up with Charlotte Lin and discussed her experience working with a new generation of artists and collectors in Hong Kong. We also spoke about the background of Charlotte's upcoming group exhibition Glimmer Shrine at the Tang Contemporary Art gallery in Central, Hong Kong.

Artist Kay Mei Ling Beadman on expanding Hong Kong’s fixed boundaries, belonging and her invisibility cloaks.
Ep.33 | In this podcast episode I travelled to Kwai Hing in Hong Kong’s New Territories and visited artist and researcher Kay Beadman in her studio. Kay began our dialogue with sharing her Eurasian experience in Hong Kong, why she co-founded Hidden Space and the role of critiquing in the emergence and development of art.

Amanda Sun on Arts For Good, the impact of her art programmes and her mission for social change.
Episode 32 | 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.
Gallerist Rachel Lee on the role of Korean artisanship, grappling with ambiguity and The Paradox of Beauty.
Episode 31 | In this episode I sat down with gallerist Rachel Lee, owner of Soluna Fine Art in Hong Kong. Rachel began our conversation by sharing her story where her interest in art came from, her 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.

Wai Pongyu on the art of the dialogue, honesty, trust and why he confined himself in a gallery.
Episode 30 | In this episode I travelled back to Wong Chuk Hang in Hong Kong where I met artist Wai Pongyu in his studio. We talked about his working approach, the stories visitors tell him, revealing emotions through his line work and Pongyu explained why he has confined himself in a gallery.

Artist Joseph Chen on grappling with identity, the negative image of queer people, and Virtue Village.
Episode 29 | I sat down and met Joseph Chen at his workplace at Eaton in Hong Kong. We discussed his group exhibition at PHD Group, his collaboration with Cas Wong, his research, and we talked about his personal experience of being queer in Hong Kong.

Book dealer Lorence Johnston on Fahrenheit 451, The Story of Ferdinand and the business of rare books.
Episode 28 | In this episode I sat down with Lorence Johnston, a Hong Kong-based rare book dealer. We spoke about how Lorence began his business, discussed surprising facts of some of his rare books including the book cover of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and the amazing story behind The Story of Ferdinand.

Gallery owners Ysabelle & Willem on Hong Kong’s dichotomies; trauma-healing, fast-slow, sensory-paranormal.
Episode 27 | In this episode of The Last Supper I sat down with Ysabelle Cheung and Willem Molesworth, co-founders and co-owners of the PHD Group in Hong Kong. We began the conversation talking about the background of their new gallery, their current exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hong Kong and they explained why they are committed to this city despite all the transformative changes in Hong Kong.