Michael Sullivan (1916–2013) was Fellow Emeritus at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford. His many books include The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai, Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Index, and Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China. He received honors and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Shelagh Vainker is Curator of Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum, and Associate Professor of Chinese Art, University of Oxford.