Pearl Lam Does Away with the Boundaries Between Contemporary Art and Design

For thirty years, Pearl Lam has worked on breaking down every barrier. Now at the head of three galleries (in her native Hong Kong and Shanghai), this daughter of a property tycoon defends design as an art form in its own right. After studying in the US and the UK, she went to Shanghai, where she moved in contemporary art and design circles. Programming local contemporary creators as well as world-famous artists like the American Jenny Holzer, Pearl Lam likewise invites designers like André Dubreuil, Maarten Baas and Mattia Bonetti to push out the limits of the arts and traditional Chinese techniques. What is her recipe? You are one of the few Chinese gallery owners to exhibit…