Episode Preview: Maggi Hambling: The Night | With Maggi Hambling | The Pearl Lam Podcast

This is an episode preview of The Pearl Lam Podcast with acclaimed British artist Maggi Hambling who engages Pearl Lam and Louisa Buck in a revealing discussion about Maggi’s life and career ahead of the launch of Maggi Hambling: The Night, a solo exhibition by Maggi Hambling at Pearl Lam Galleries, Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong, from 26 March to 16 May 2024. The exhibition also coincides with Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, where Pearl Lam Galleries will also be exhibiting Maggi’s work.
Maggi Hambling occupies a unique position as an artist who has consistently embraced a spirit of rebelliousness throughout her career, making her one of the most celebrated female artists in the British art scene. Joining Pearl and Maggi is Louisa Buck, a British art critic and art journalist who has made significant contributions as an author and co-author of books focusing on the intricate workings of the contemporary art market.
Learn more about ‘Maggi Hambling: The Night’ at: www.pearllam.com/exhibition/t...
About Pearl Lam (林明珠):
Pearl Lam (林明珠) is a gallerist and cultural influencer and is a leading authority on Asian art and the global contemporary art market, with a network spanning the world. The Financial Times calls Pearl Lam “a powerhouse of the contemporary art world”. The New York Times calls her "a tour de force of the art world”. And Forbes names Pearl Lam as “one of Asia’s most powerful women”.
For over 20 years Pearl Lam has also been at the forefront of reimagining China’s cultural place in the world. She has played a key role in elevating Chinese contemporary art and artists into the international market. She has also turned many international artists into ‘rockstars’ in the huge Chinese and Asian markets.
Her Pearl Lam Galleries is a driving force within Asia’s contemporary art scene, with spaces in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The gallery is globally recognised for its intellectual ambition. Pearl Lam also has a longstanding commitment to promoting exchange between Asia and the Western world.
林明珠是一位畫廊廊主和文化方面極具影響力的人，同時也是亞洲藝術和全球當代藝術市場的頂尖權威，在全球範圍內擁有廣泛的人脈。《金融時報》稱林明珠為“當代藝術界的龐然大物”；《紐約時報》稱她為“藝術界的頂流”；《福布斯》將林明珠列為“亞洲最具影響力的女性之一”。
20多年以來，林明珠致力於重新定義中國的文化地位。她的存在於協助中國當代藝術和藝術家進入國際市場不可或缺。與此同時，她也將許多國際藝術家打造成了在龐大的中國以及亞洲市場上的“搖滾巨星”。
她的藝術門畫廊是亞洲當代藝術界向前推進的動力,在香港和上海都擁有展廳。該畫廊因其遠大抱負而在全球范圍內得到認可，林明珠也一直致力於促進亞洲與西方世界之間的文化交流。
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About Maggi Hambling
Maggi Hambling (b. 1945, Sudbury, Suffolk) is a contemporary British painter and sculptor. Hambling studied first at Cedric Morris’s and Arthur Lett-Haines’ East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing before going to the Ipswich (1962-64), Camberwell (1964-67) and Slade (1967-69) Schools of Art. In 1980, she was invited to be the first artist in residence at the National Gallery, London.
Hambling’s work has been the subject of many solo museum exhibitions since 1980, including two solo exhibitions at The National Gallery, London in 1981 and 2014 along with solo exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery in 1983 and 2009. Other significant museum exhibitions include The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA (1981); the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (1997); The Lowry, Salford (2009); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2009); The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2010); Winchester Cathedral (2013); The Hermitage, St Petersburg (2013); Somerset House (2015); The British Museum, London (2016); The Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2018); CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2019); and Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury (2023). Hambling’s work has been acquired by many important private and public collections including in the UK by Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, British Museum, and outside the UK by CAFA, Beijing and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public sculptures include A Conversation with Oscar Wilde, London; Scallop (for Benjamin Britten), Aldeburgh Beach; The Brixton Heron, London; and A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft, London.