David Clarke is Professor in the Department of Fine Arts, University of Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, in 1983 and has lived in Hong Kong since 1986. He has written extensively on both Chinese and Western art and culture, with a primary focus on the twentieth century, and is also active as a photographer. His most recently published books are Modern Chinese Art (Oxford University Press, 2000); Hong Kong Art: Culture and Decolonization (Duke University Press, 2002); Reclaimed Land: Hong Kong in Transition (Hong Kong University Press, 2002); and Hong Kong x 24 x 365: A Year in the Life of a City (Hong Kong University Press, 2007).