San Jose Calendar
Chinese food served on Tuesdays. Lunch is served Monday-Friday, noon. Suggested donation of $2.50 for ... San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 560 S. First St., San Jose. sjica.org. The Music of Kurt Weill: In this concert/cabaret, Symphony Silicon ...
(Jan 11, 2013, San Jose Mercury News)
Watts shining bright in 2013
Sydney billionaire Kerr Neilson, one half of the arts duo which has taken the city by storm, has reassured art lovers his wife Judith's beloved White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale, home to one of the world's greatest collections of contemporary Chinese ...
(Jan 11, 2013, Sydney Morning Herald)
The 46 Places to Go in 2013
That's basically what happened in Amsterdam, with the closings of the Stedelijk, the city's design and contemporary art museum, in 2004 and the Rijksmuseum in 2003. The Stedelijk finally ..... Red China is taking on a whole new meaning. SETH SHERWOOD ...
(Jan 11, 2013, New York Times)
Top 5 Shanghai Biennale Art Pavilions by Global Cities From Detroit to Tehran
SHANGHAI — One of the standout art events in China in 2012 was undoubtedly the ninth Shanghai Biennale, which opened in October and runs through March 31. Although reaction to the event overall has been mixed, ... Some of the cities set up their ...
(Jan 11, 2013, ARTINFO)
The Art Market: Sitting pretty for a new season
Rossi, who is already based in Hong Kong, specialises in classical Himalayan and contemporary Asian art, while Decrop's interests are in contemporary Chinese, Indonesian and Middle Eastern art and artists – “Away from the dominating north Atlantic ...
(Jan 11, 2013, Financial Times)
A Textile Tycoon's 'G'Day' To American Artists
"There was a time in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s when New York dictated what happened in contemporary art. In the 1900s, it was Paris; now it's Berlin. Maybe Los Angeles is more interesting than New York at times. This whole phenomenon of Chinese art I ...
(Jan 11, 2013, Wall Street Journal)
Watts shining bright in 2013
Sydney billionaire Kerr Neilson, one half of the arts duo which has taken the city by storm, has reassured art lovers his wife Judith's beloved White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale, home to one of the world's greatest collections of contemporary Chinese ...
(Jan 12, 2013, WA today)
A legacy in progress
If you want a crash course in the recent history of Chinese contemporary art, this is the place. Liu Wei is here, so is Zeng Fanzhi, Yue Minjun, Fang Lijun and Yang Shaobin: even if the names aren't familiar, you'll probably recognise their style ...
(Jan 13, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Travels with my art
But I'm also pleased to see that there are some extraordinary Chinese contemporary artists offering very original and unique artworks," said the art critic and curator Victoria Lu at a forum held at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai last ...
(Jan 13, 2013, Global Times)
Atfal Ahdath: Three juvenile delinquents come home
Raed Yassin is known for his work as an improv musician, Lebanon's trash culture ambassador and as an alumnus of the 2012 Abraaj Prize – for which he produced a series of China pots, each representing a pivotal battle from Lebanon's Civil War, all of ...
(Jan 13, 2013, The Daily Star)
The American International Fine Art Fair returns to Palm Beach this February 2013
Michael Goedhuis returns to AIFAF with a presentation of leading Chinese contemporary art, as well as works from the Neolithic period to Modern. The gallery will bring works by ink painters Yao Jui-chung, Wei Ligang and Zhang Zhaohui and sculptors Li ...
(Jan 14, 2013, Art Daily)
South Africa and China to 'make a way' at the Standard Bank Gallery
Johannesburg audiences can look forward to viewing Making Way: Contemporary Art from South Africa and China, the acclaimed exhibition curated by Ruth Simbao for the 2012 National Arts Festival. One of the most critical geopolitical shifts of the 21st ...
(Jan 14, 2013, Media Update)
UK Weather: 10cm Snow In North East, Ice, Snow and Freezing Temperatures ...
UK Weather: 10cm Snow In North East, Ice, Snow and Freezing Temperatures ...
(Jan 14, 2013, Huffington Post UK)
More than 50 art shows in Singapore for January
Indonesian Women, a polyptych composed of 18 watercolour portraits by Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming, is among the works on display at Art Stage Singapore, a high-end art fair at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre. -- ST PHOTO: CAROLINE ...
(Jan 14, 2013, Straits Times)
Airport thrillers
Even so, Xiao said that she never imagined that one day she would help organize and curate a contemporary art exhibition at Shanghai's international hub. Entitled On the Way Home - Pudong International Airport Special Exhibition, the show has assembled ...
(Jan 14, 2013, Global Times)
Korean artists gaining foothold abroad
"I think that the growth in interest in Korean contemporary art has increased so much at such an incredibly fast rate, even quicker, in fact, than the rise in interest in Chinese contemporary art," Chang said. "That category saw the shift over a 14 ...
(Jan 15, 2013, Yonhap News)
Two artists cross ornamental cultural boundaries
Esfahani's My Place is Placeless recalls her sculpture Cultured Pallets, which was installed at Civic Square during the most recent Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) exhibition in 2011. Like the earlier work, My Place is Placeless ...
(Jan 15, 2013, Waterloo Record)
P-P-P-P-P Pick Up A Snow-Covered Penguin At Whipsnade Zoo
Winter Weather - January 14th. Heavy snowfalls sweep across York today as a Chinese student at York University (name not given) looks at the snow coming down in Deans Park in York. ... Winter Weather - January 14th. A general view of the Nottingham ...
(Jan 15, 2013, Huffington Post UK)
In Performance: Elizabeth Marvel in 'Picnic'
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo's modern and contemporary art museum, announced on Monday that Janne Sirén, director of the Helsinki Art Museum in Finland, will become its next director. He is believed to be the first director from the Nordic ...
(Jan 15, 2013, New York Times (blog))
Zhao Zhao, Ai Weiwei's Former Assistant, Is Leading China's Young Generation ...
Zhao Zhao, Ai Weiwei's Former Assistant, Is Leading China's Young Generation ...
(Jan 15, 2013, In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog))
Inaugural prize goes to Chinese artist
Chinese artist Zhou Tao has won the first Han Nefkens Foundation-BACC Award for Contemporary Art. As part of the award, announced last week, the 37-year-old will spend two to three months in Bangkok and develop an art project for the Bangkok Art and ...
(Jan 15, 2013, Bangkok Post)
Art Basel Hong Kong promises big showing in May
Art Basel, which originates from Switzerland, is one of the world's most famous modern and contemporary art fair. The Hong Kong edition comes after organiser MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) in 2011 acquired 60 per cent of Asian Art Fairs, organiser of the ...
(Jan 15, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Groundbreaking artists, educational perspective and global diversity ...
Groundbreaking artists, educational perspective and global diversity ...
(Jan 16, 2013, Art Daily)
The Rise of Private Museums in Asia
But now the world's wealth is rapidly being created in Asia, as reflected in the Hurun Rich List 2012, where the average wealth for China's richest thousand people is $860 million, nearly double 2008's figure, and its owners are discovering that ...
(Jan 16, 2013, Spear's WMS)
Art Basel Hong Kong Announce Their First Edition Lineup
The line-up takes on a diverse selection of galleries from 35 countries and territories across the globe: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mainland China ...
(Jan 16, 2013, ArtLyst)
UCSD conference examines canonical forms
13 the conference will offer a symposium: “Landscapes — Reinterpretation and Reconstruction in Contemporary Chinese Art” (in Conrad Prebys Music Center Room 350). The panelists are Britta Erickson (independent scholar and author), An-yi Pan (Cornell ...
(Jan 16, 2013, U-T San Diego)
Chinese millionaires stay hungry for French luxury goods.
The Hurun Report Chinese Luxury Consumer Survey 2013 is released and reveals the lifestyle and brand preferences of China's wealthy consumers; this year the survey included for the first time the 'happiness index'. The report is intended to provide a ...
(Jan 17, 2013, 4Hoteliers)
Christie's Sales Climb 10% Lead by Record Rothko Painting
Growing demand for contemporary art helped sales climb 10 percent at Christie's International in 2012, even as its market contracted in Asia and the Middle East. The London-based auction house sold 3.9 billion pounds ($6.23 billion) of art and ...
(Jan 17, 2013, Bloomberg)
Yes, but Is It Art? 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'
Given its fascinating subject matter, this DVD is compulsively watchable, and will be of interest to anyone with an interest in contemporary art or, more significantly, contemporary Chinese politics. It's certainly thought-provoking, even as it makes ...
(Jan 17, 2013, PopMatters)
Five Predictions For The Chinese Art Market In 2013
Aside from baseline prices for modernist Chinese painters like Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi, Chinese buyers have pushed the boundaries of pricing in the contemporary art market as well, leading prices for the best works by top Chinese contemporary ...
(Jan 17, 2013, Jing Daily)
Christie's rose period
Growing demand for contemporary art helped sales climb 10 per cent at Christie's International last year, even as its market shrank in Asia and the Middle East. The London-based auction house sold £3.9 billion (HK$48.47 billion) of art and collectibles ...
(Jan 17, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Museum and Gallery Listings for Jan. 18-24
Asia Society and Museum: 'Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao' (through Jan. 27) Lin Tianmiao is one of a rare kind in China, where she lives: a nationally and internationally renowned female artist. .... Museum of Modern Art: 'Projects 99: Meiro Koizumi ...
(Jan 17, 2013, New York Times)
Ink meets light
She used a computer program to interpret ancient Chinese teachings such as the I Ching, Tao Te Ching and the traditional Chinese almanac, as well as daily weather and societal conditions. Each day's unique characters and aura are projected as light ...
(Jan 18, 2013, China Daily)
Life and art
In September, London's boutique furniture store Squint hosted a month-long exhibition of 20 sculpture pieces of the Chinese contemporary art brand X+Q. The colorful and quirky sculptures of angles, rabbits and Chinese people were made by the ...
(Jan 18, 2013, China Daily)
Breaking ground in Beijing
It's a surprise to find such freedom in a Communist country - I almost expect a government soldier to come out from the dark shadows and whisk me away in handcuffs as I wander through the never-ending corridors of contemporary art. But after a short ...
(Jan 18, 2013, Yahoo!7 News)
Frieze New York Releases 2013 Exhibitor List
Last year brought galleries from 28 countries, this year it's 32, including new exhibitors from South Africa (Capetown's Whatiftheworld) and China (Leo Xu Projects, from Shanghai). “It's a significant improvement that we have a broader geographical ...
(Jan 18, 2013, GalleristNY)
What is an iPad Doing on a Pedestal at a Chinese Art Museum?
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing has an intriguing new take on China's place in the debate over Apple, iPhones, and the people who make them. While Americans hash out the moral ups and downs of having our electronics produced by ...
(Jan 18, 2013, New Yorker (blog))
Sam Houston State University Offers Study Abroad In China, UK
Criminal justice students have the opportunity to visit and learn about systems in China and the United Kingdom this summer through two study abroad programs offered by the College of Criminal Justice. ... West Lake, Linyin Temple, Leifeng Pagoda and ...
(Jan 18, 2013, KBTX)
Artist Puts iPad on Pedestal
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing has an intriguing new take on China's place in the debate over Apple, iPhones, and the people who make them. While Americans hash out the moral ups and downs of having our electronics produced by ...
(Jan 18, 2013, China Digital Times)
SUNFED-Chinese High-Fashion Womenswear Brand Invited to Who's Next Paris
At a time when global design is being "sinicized", SUNFED perfectly interprets the theme of this show - "Moving Boundary" - with contemporary art techniques in Paris. The head portrait of a traditional lady with oriental beauty made by renowned ...
(Jan 19, 2013, PR Newswire (press release))
Museum gotta see 'um
Sailors' valentines, transfer ware, ruby-stained glass, heraldic china and even ashtrays, are a few of the many souvenirs on display, some of which viewers may recall collecting during their own excursions. Travel souvenirs have ... City Beneath the ...
(Jan 19, 2013, San Mateo Daily Journal)
Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (on Presidential Inauguration Weekend)
Prohibited from leaving his native country by the Chinese Communist Party, artist and activist Ai Weiwei has remained far from "Ai Weiwei: According to What?," the retrospective of his work currently on exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D ...
(Jan 19, 2013, The Atlantic)
Poland's National Museum expands modern art wing
WARSAW, Poland--Poland's National Museum in Warsaw has opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th- and 21st-century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most comprehensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art in the nation's ...
(Jan 19, 2013, China Post)
Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts
It also has one of the best collections of Chinese paintings and sculptures in the West, one of the top three or four collections of Islamic art in the United States, and one of the largest and finest collections of Korean art outside of East Asia. The ...
(Jan 19, 2013, Boston Globe)
Artistic impressions: Art Basel; Song Dong; Fotanian Open Day
More than half of the 245 participating galleries will be from this region, allaying fears that the annual showcase of international contemporary art - formerly known as the Hong Kong International Art Fair - will lose its Asian flavour. A couple of ...
(Jan 20, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Cities of culture: England's metropolises offer a host of extraordinary treats
... artists through a series of 'pavilions' at the original Spode factory site. There will be new commissions from diverse ceramics industries, connecting the Potteries with Europe and China, and showcases of leading UK contemporary artists working in ...
(Jan 20, 2013, Daily Mail)
Multi-billionaires like Carlos Slim and Roman Abramovich have so much money ...
Multi-billionaires like Carlos Slim and Roman Abramovich have so much money ...
(Jan 20, 2013, Mirror.co.uk)
The Trials of Art Superdealer Larry Gagosian
Sarah Thornton, a writer for The Economist, has described the Warhol market as a bellwether for the entire contemporary-art market. And the prices for Warhols, as for most of the artists that Gagosian has handled, are set at auction. Which means ...
(Jan 21, 2013, Vulture)
Singapore setting stage for Indonesian art
In addition to displays of contemporary art, there will be a host of ancillary events including tours and lectures. One notable happening is an hour-long discussion slated for Jan. 24 titled “The Private Museum” with Uli Sigg, Budi Tek and Lekha Poddar ...
(Jan 21, 2013, Jakarta Post)
SUNFED -- Chinese High-Fashion Womenswear Brand Invited to Who's Next Paris
At a time when global design is being “sinicized”, SUNFED perfectly interprets the theme of this show – “Moving Boundary” – with contemporary art techniques in Paris. The head portrait of a traditional lady with oriental beauty made by renowned ...
(Jan 21, 2013, Papierdoll (press release))
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