Christie’s Hong Kong Presents 'Through the Master's Eye' Exhibition Featuring David Hockney and Wu Guanzhong

Christie’s Hong Kong has announced an exhibition titled 'Through the Master's Eye: David Hockney & Wu Guanzhong,' bringing together works by these two influential artists for the first time in Hong Kong. The exhibition will be open to the public from 22 to 29 September 2026 at Christie’s Asia Pacific headquarters at The Henderson.

This presentation coincides with the Hong Kong Autumn 20th/21st Century Preview and Sales, offering visitors the opportunity to view a significant collection. The exhibition highlights the legacy of David Hockney by placing his work in direct dialogue with that of Wu Guanzhong, a pioneer of Chinese Modern art.

The works on display span several decades and explore how both artists expanded the possibilities of landscape painting. Both Hockney and Wu are noted for their experimentation and for challenging the conventions of single-point perspective, a central theme of the exhibition.

The exhibition also features two landscape works by Wang Hui (1632–1717), whose multi-perspectival compositions influenced Hockney’s understanding of pictorial space and his investigations into vision and perception.

Throughout his career, Hockney explored multiple ways of seeing through painting, photography, and digital media, creating compositions that present simultaneous viewpoints. Wu Guanzhong similarly moved beyond strict naturalism, favoring rhythm, abstraction, and spatial expression to reinterpret landscape traditions.

This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to compare and appreciate the artistic journeys of two masters who redefined landscape art through innovative approaches to perspective and technique.