Huang’s research interests include cross-cultural exchange on art and curating, history of collecting and display of Chinese painting, art of the Chinese diaspora, and Asian influences on the arts and crafts of Europe and America in the 20th and 21st centuries. She has undertaken extensive research into the reception of Chinese ink painting in Britain, circa 1880-1980, with special focus on important collections, collectors, curators, scholars and artists associated with the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, and other institutions in the UK. Her recent research focuses on Chinese women artists and their circle of friends in Britain from the 1930s to the present.

Huang has edited two books, entitled Beyond Boundaries: East and West Cross-Cultural Encounters (2011) and The Reception of Chinese Art Across Cultures (2014). She currently works on a book manuscript entitled The Reception of Early Chinese Paintings in Britain: Collecting, Display and Interpretation, which will be published by Manchester University Press. Other recent publications mentioning major collections and exhibitions of Chinese paintings in England and Scotland are listed below.