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Pearl Lam

Hong Kong gallerist

Pearl Lam (Chinese: 林明珠) is a Hong Kong-born gallerist and curator. She is known for establishing Pearl Lam Galleries, which has presented Chinese contemporary art and design internationally.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Pearl Lam (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

About

The Financial Times has described her as “a powerhouse of China’s art world.”

From Wikipedia’s article on Pearl Lam, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, podcaster, gallerist, art dealer, art collector.4 5

Lam began organising pop-up exhibitions in Hong Kong in the early 1990s. In 2004, she curated Awakening: La France Mandarine, a Franco-Chinese exhibition presented in Shanghai.

In 2005, she founded Contrasts Gallery in Shanghai, later renamed Pearl Lam Galleries, and since 2022 operating as Pearl Lam Limited. The gallery emphasised the relationship between art and design and participated in the inaugural edition of Design Miami at Art Basel.

The Hong Kong branch of Pearl Lam Galleries opened in 2012 in the Pedder Building with a show curated by Gao Minglu. Additional branches were established in Singapore’s Gillman Barracks in 2014 and in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan in 2015. The gallery has presented exhibitions by artists including Su Xiaobai, Zhu Jinshi, and Maggi Hambling.

In 2008, Lam co-founded the China Art Foundation, which promotes contemporary Chinese art and culture internationally.

From Wikipedia’s article on Pearl Lam (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornHong Kong6
  • CitizenshipHong Kong, People's Republic of China7

Awards

  • 2021Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong8 9

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