Veteran Chinese curator Pi Li will step down as head of art at Tai Kwun when his three-year contract expires in February 2026, the Hong Kong heritage and arts centre has confirmed.
Pi declined a request for an interview, but sources have told the Post that he is going to play a leading role in the founding of a new art museum in Shenzhen.
The 51-year-old moved to Hong Kong in 2012 to become the senior curator in charge of the Sigg Collection of Chinese art at M+ museum.
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Born in Wuhan, in mainland China, Pi followed in the footsteps of his father, the well-known art historian Pi Daojian, and began his career as a scholar and curator in Beijing, later co-founding Boers-Li Gallery. He left M+ after 11 years to join Tai Kwun, succeeding Tobias Berger as the head of its contemporary art programmes.
Tai Kwun, which is operated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, has yet to name Pi’s successor, though it adds that the search is in its “final phases”.
News of Pi’s departure follows this summer’s announcement of leadership changes at Asia Art Archive and Para Site, two other well-known non-profit art institutions in Hong Kong.