Beatrice Chan is a PhD student on the Museum Professionals track at Rice University and serves as the Curatorial Assistant in the Asian Art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where she continues to work on Chinese ceramics and Buddhist sculptures. Her research focuses include Chinese painting traditions, as well as collectors and the development of collections of Asian art in the 20th century. Prior to Houston, Chan held museum internships at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Publications
Chan, Beatrice. “Drawn from Cobalt Skies and Seas: Depictions of Animals on Blue and White Ceramics,” Arts of Asia (September/October 2020).
Chan, Beatrice. “Reflection and Enlightenment: An Exhibition of Chinese Buddhist Gilt Bronzes from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.” Arts of Asia (January/February 2018): 58-65.
Chan, Beatrice. “The Charlene Quitter Thompson Bequest: An Enduring Veneration of Qing Dynasty Imperial Ceramics.” Arts of Asia (November/December 2016): 60-70.