The opening ceremony of the exhibition "Enduring Presence: The Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i in the Collection of the Department of Fine Arts and Art Museum, CUHK" was held on 24 March 2017 (Friday). The officiating guests included Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Professor Jao Tsung-i, Honorary Professor of the Institute of Chinese Studies and Wei Lun Honorary Professor of Fine Arts; Mr Christopher Mok, Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Art Museum; Professor Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies; Professor Harold Mok, Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts; Professor Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum; and Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK.

(From left) Dr Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK; Professor Harold Mok, Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK; Mr Christopher MOK, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Art Museum, CUHK; Professor Jao Tsung-i, GBM, Honorary Professor of Institute of Chinese Studies and Wei Lun Honorary Professor of Fine Arts, CUHK; Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Professor Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK and Professor Josh Yiu, Director of the Art Museum, CUHK officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the exhibition.

A group photo of the officiating guests: Professor Jao's family, Professor Lee Chack-fan, Director of Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole and Dr Cheng Wai-ming, Deputy Director of Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole, The University of Hong Kong.

To complement the exhibition "Enduring Presence: The Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i in the Collection of the Department of Fine Arts and Art Museum, CUHK", the Art Museum organised two public lectures on 25 March and 5 May 2017. Guest speakers included Professor Tong Kam Tang (Associate Professor, Dept. of Fine Arts, CUHK) and Professor Mok Kar Leung Harold (Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, CUHK). Their lectures attracted over 100 audience members.

The Art Museum also organised four sessions of Calligraphy Key Chain Workshops, including two sessions as special programmes for International Museum Day 2017. The workshops drew an overwhelming response, receiving more than 200 applications. In addition to introducing the exhibits, the participants created their own calligraphy key chains with reference to Professor Jao's calligraphy.