Yifawn Lee is the founder of Asian Art Hong Kong (AAHK) and the publisher of ''
Orientations
''Orientations'' is a bimonthly print magazine published in Hong Kong and distributed worldwide since 1969. It is an authoritative source of information on the many and varied aspects of the arts of East and Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, the India ...
'' magazine.
Lee earned her BA at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
with a double major in East Asian languages and cultures and economics. She received her master's degree in Economics from the
before working in investment banking with
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Gol ...
in Hong Kong. She later took a further MA in
East Asian art East Asian art includes:
*Chinese art
*Japanese art
*Korean art
See also
* History of Eastern art
The history of Asian art includes a vast range of arts from various cultures, regions, and religions across the continent of Asia. The major reg ...
at
Sotheby's Institute of Art
Sotheby's Institute of Art is a private, for-profit institution of higher education devoted to the study of art and its markets with campuses in London, New York City and online. The institute offers full-time accredited master's degrees as wel ...
.
References
Hong Kong people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Columbia University alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Chinese magazine publishers (people)
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