Traditional meets contemporary
Traditional Chinese porcelain vases, painted scrolls and brightly colored robes are juxtaposed with modern Chinese photographs and videos in a new joint exhibit meant to highlight aspects of old and new Chinese culture through opera. The joint exhibits ...
(Feb 24, 2014, The Columbiachronicle)
The Visible Vault celebrates the art of telling stories
Peterson said contemporary art is informed by the past. So the trove of historic works, ... For example, during the Chinese New Year, works showcasing horses were added to the exhibit because 2014 is the year of the horse. Most of the works that will ...
(Feb 24, 2014, Billings Gazette)
Houses without Windows: Meditative Respites or Architectural Straightjackets?
The Vertical Glass House (2013), built at the West Bund Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Shanghai. Photos of the Vertical ... The Vertical Glass House by Chinese architects Atelier FCJZ is disingenuous to say the least. Its name suggests ...
(Feb 24, 2014, Metropolis Magazine)
Isozaki brings fiction to city
He won an international reputation with his architectural designs, including those of the Tsukuba Center Building in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The word “toshi” (city, urban) has always ... The ...
(Feb 24, 2014, The Japan News)
Chinese Arts Company Goes Public in Bid to Grow
Still, both can deal only in watches, wine, jewelry and contemporary art, not the more lucrative markets of cultural relics, calligraphy and ancient works. The initial public offering for a division of Poly is a sign of China's transformation into a ...
(Feb 25, 2014, New York Times)
Art14: new fair is firing on all cylinders
Galleries from 42 countries are setting up shop in Kensington Olympia's vast, barrel-roofed exhibition halls this week for the modern and contemporary art fair, Art14, which opens to VIP guests on Thursday and the public on Friday. ... Other high ...
(Feb 25, 2014, Telegraph.co.uk)
Designer Leon Max on women drivers...
Designer Leon Max on women drivers...
(Feb 25, 2014, Spear's WMS)
Designer Leon Max on women drivers in Saudi, Asia and shooting in The Lakes
After China I spent a week in Vietnam at Aman's newest resort, which is set on spectacularly rocky landscape with a beautiful view on to a fishing village. The food ... Meanwhile, Christie's and Sotheby's had record-breaking sales of Contemporary art ...
(Feb 25, 2014, Spear's WMS)
Artists upset by Beijing gallery plan
The gallery decided to set up a branch in Taipei because of the strong purchasing power of the city's residents and their appreciation of art, but it had no plans to shift its focus from Chinese contemporary art and photography or to represent ...
(Feb 25, 2014, Taipei Times)
The Battle for the Soul of the Academy Museum
Observes writer-producer Maria Bell, who in December stepped down after almost five years as co-chair of the board at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art: "It's a learning curve, starting a museum. .... to the first whiff of controversy when it comes to ...
(Feb 25, 2014, Hollywood Reporter)
HH Lim's art with a difference
He was speaking at the launch of his latest art exhibition "The Beginning of Something" at the Wei-Ling Contemporary art gallery in The Gardens recently. Lim showed that he was no typical artist and it became evident the moment guests entering the ...
(Feb 25, 2014, New Straits Times)
Toying with our tendency to trust photographs
“MADE,” an exhibition about visual trickery at Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, carries water for familiar contemporary art tropes about fractured identity, photographic fiction versus reality, and the like. But gallery director and ...
(Feb 26, 2014, Boston Globe)
Art14 London features strong Taiwan presence
Artists Fan Yang-tsung, Hua Chien-chiang, Lee Chen-dao, Lo Chan-peng, and Shen Chao-liang, who already have established international reputations, will be showing a diverse range of fresh and innovative works showcasing Taiwan's contemporary art scene ...
(Feb 26, 2014, Taiwan Today)
Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei bringing new exhibition to Brooklyn ...
Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei bringing new exhibition to Brooklyn ...
(Feb 26, 2014, New York Daily News)
The week ahead: Theater, galleries, and museums
World Music/CRASHarts, Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3103, www.worldmusic.org. TAO DANCE THEATER The Celebrity Series presents the Boston debut of this modern dance troupe from Beijing. Founded in 2008, the troupe's experimental bent in ...
(Feb 26, 2014, Boston Globe)
Art Terminal T1 takes off with Chinese artists
ACAF is 'a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting artists and building active links through contemporary art between Australia, China and the Asia-Pacific region'. The Sydney space extends its already established program, including a ...
(Feb 27, 2014, artsHub Australia (subscription))
Art Terminal T1 takes off with Chinese artists
ACAF is 'a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting artists and building active links through contemporary art between Australia, China and the Asia-Pacific region'. The Sydney space extends its already established program, including a ...
(Feb 27, 2014, artsHub Australia (subscription))
Chinese Auction House on the Block
The lack of galleries in China makes the market heavily reliant on traditional ink paintings and porcelain, whose supply is limited and which may look stale over time. Oil paintings and contemporary art account for just a one-tenth of the market ...
(Feb 27, 2014, Wall Street Journal)
China's Warhol: An Interview with Armory Commissioned Artist Xu Zhen | 徐震
VX: Chinese contemporary art is often associated with its first generation artists. Many well-known works are distinctively “Chinese”. Your work at times challenges this Chinese-ness, for instance, Seeing One's Own Eyes: Middle East Contemporary Art ...
(Feb 27, 2014, ArtSlant)
To Understand The Meaning Of Chinese Censorship, See This Powerful Xu Bing ...
To Understand The Meaning Of Chinese Censorship, See This Powerful Xu Bing ...
(Feb 27, 2014, Forbes)
From Realism to Radicalism: Speaking with Philip Tinari, Curator of Focus ...
From Realism to Radicalism: Speaking with Philip Tinari, Curator of Focus ...
(Feb 27, 2014, ArtSlant)
'Taiping Tianguo': 'A History of Possible Encounters: Ai Weiwei, Frog King ...
'Taiping Tianguo': 'A History of Possible Encounters: Ai Weiwei, Frog King ...
(Feb 27, 2014, New York Times)
Wryly Nibbling at His Bread and Butter
“There's a certain gutsiness to Xu Zhen's work,” said Thomas J. Berghuis, the new curator of Chinese contemporary art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, who attended the show's opening at the Ullens Center. The survey ranges from early examples ...
(Feb 27, 2014, New York Times)
Continuity & Creativity: Inspirations from the Classics
Professor Frank Vigneron (moderator) joined the Department of Fine Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in 2004, teaching courses on the History of Western Art, theories of Modernism and Postmodernism in art, and Chinese and Western ...
(Feb 28, 2014, Asia Society)
Christie's Lures Chinese Art Buyers With First Gallery In Asia
Prominently on display is an untitled piece by contemporary Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi, who holds the record for the most expensive Asian contemporary art at auction. The Beijing-based artist's work broke records at Sotheby's Hong Kong sale last ...
(Feb 28, 2014, Forbes)
Chinese Auction House Raises $331 Million in Hong Kong IPO
The two companies have profited in recent years from soaring demand for Chinese antiquities, calligraphy, scrolls and contemporary Chinese art. The Beijing-based Guardian, which is privately held, is expanding quickly with plans for new headquarters in ...
(Feb 28, 2014, New York Times)
Monet's Next Big Exhibition Will Be In a Chinese Shopping Mall
The founders of Dallas' fashionable NorthPark Center were avid art collectors and the mall has long exhibited world-class contemporary art in its commercial corridors. And just last summer my colleague wrote about Utrecht's Hoog Catharijne shopping ...
(Feb 28, 2014, ArtSlant)
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