Visual Arts

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will present From Paris to Venice: A photographic journey by Willy Ronis from May 31 to August 25, 2019. The photographic prints in this exhibition are on loan from the Médiathèque de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine collection, which houses the 108,000 negatives, 9000 slides, 20,300 prints and 6 albums of the photographer’s reference prints, as well as his contact sheets, archives (diaries, handwritten texts, personal and professional letters) and library. Ronis always considered the context in which his works were reproduced as being crucial, along with the accompanying notes. Therefore, some of the most important works on display here are coupled with comments or quotes from the photographer, drawn from the six photobooks that he published beginning in 1985.