The lecture series on the art of Ren Bonian, generously supported by Xuanhuitang, is scheduled from March to August this year. The impressive speaker list consists of top scholars from The National Art Museum of China, The Palace Museum in Beijing and Taipei, Academia Sinica, University of Edinburgh and Department of Fine Arts, CUHK.

The second lecture titled "Hokusai in Shanghai: Ren Bonian (1840–1895) and the Japanese Popular Culture" was delivered by Prof. Lai Yu-chih, Associate Research Fellow of Academia Sinica, on 26 April (Friday) at L1, Institute of Chinese Studies, attracting an audience of 39.