Dr Kwong was trained as an art historian in Italy and Austria. She went to the University of Bologna in Italy from 1990 to 1993 and got her PhD in Art History from Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2003. Her special interest is in Italian Renaissance art and architecture and Western architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries. She learnt Lingnan School Chinese Ink Painting for 5 years with Lam Wu Fui (林湖奎) and did oil painting and watercolour with Shen Ping (沈平)。