Contemporary Chinese Art News 10/2014 (Page 2)

'Supercute' Cartoon Icon, Hello Kitty, Celebrates 40th Birthday

It's been 40 years since the Japanese accessory and toy company Sanrio first introduced Hello Kitty to the public. Since then, Kitty's now-iconic face has adorned everything from children's notebooks and backpacks, to rice cookers and adult products ... (Oct 17, 2014, NBCNews.com)

Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperors

The Vancouver Art Gallery will be transformed into the Court of China's Emperors for the landmark exhibition The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China's Emperors. From October 18, 2014 to January 11, 2015, nearly 200 treasured objects from the ... (Oct 18, 2014, US-China Institute)

Xu Jiang's sunflowers are symbol of a lost generation

"I'm most of all an artist," Xu says. "The purpose of holding the exhibition is to let the public focus on my work as an artist and not to have other thoughts about me. Besides, I'm also an educator, a writer, and a mover and shaker of contemporary ... (Oct 18, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Hillstrom Museum of Art hours during Reading Days/fall break

... everyday life in their art. Works included in the exhibit break away from traditional forms of contemporary Chinese art and represent a generation of younger Chinese artists engaging in personal and conceptual projects, generated in a global ... (Oct 18, 2014, Gustavus Adolphus College News)

Oklahoma City Museum of Art explores 21st century Chinese art in new exhibit ...

Oklahoma City Museum of Art explores 21st century Chinese art in new exhibit ... (Oct 19, 2014, NewsOK.com)

Oklahoma City Museum of Art explores 21st century Chinese art in new exhibit ...

Oklahoma City Museum of Art explores 21st century Chinese art in new exhibit ... (Oct 19, 2014, NewsOK.com)

"No more weird architecture" says Chinese president

News: Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for an end to the "weird architecture" that has come as a result of China's construction boom. Xi, who took over as China's Communist Party leader nearly two years ago, attacked projects including the Rem ... (Oct 20, 2014, Dezeen)

'Basquiat and the Bayou,' the No. 1 Prosepect.3 art festival stop in New Orleans - The Times-Picayune

The artists were selected by Franklin Sirmans, the curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). ... (Uganda), Douglas Bourgeois (Louisiana), Mohamed Bourouissa (Algeria), Thomas Joshua Cooper (USA), Charles Gaines (USA ... (Oct 20, 2014, NOLA.com)

Contemporary spin on work from Chinese artists

Part of an exhibit of Chinese art at Howard Community College is a one-man show by Shin Yeon Jeon, which includes his "Head Totem" series, above. Part of an exhibit of Chinese art at Howard Community College is a one-man show by Shin Yeon Jeon, ... (Oct 20, 2014, Baltimore Sun)

Contemporary spin on work from Chinese artists

Danni Shen / Sun Contributor

So in this way, the development of “Chinese contemporary art” is very complex, more complex than in the West, but has a lot of possibility in that expansion. In China, contemporary artists have been looking into tradition in order to generate ideas, i ... (Oct 20, 2014, Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun (blog))

10 artworks that will change the way you see China

Contemporary Chinese art is a formidable force in today's art market and a thorny jungle for the uninitiated. Expert Wu Hung, the founder of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago, has chosen 10 stunning works that can ... (Oct 22, 2014, CNN)

The art of absorption

Wang Chunchen knows how to roll with change. Quick and wrenching change in the world's most populous nation is the theme of “Future Returns,” a dizzying, diverse exhibit of contemporary Chinese art, curated by Wang, set to take over the second floor of ... (Oct 22, 2014, City Pulse)

Grand Openings: FIAC Begins as Paris Museums Come to Life

“About 30 Chinese collectors are here from Hong Kong but also Shanghai and Beijing,” said Alexandre Errera, founder and chief executive of the Hong Kong-based online art marketplace Artshare. “They buy a lot of contemporary art, not only Chinese but ... (Oct 23, 2014, ARTnews)

K11 Art Foundation's Chinese-French Connection at FIAC

At FIAC on Monday, Adrian Cheng's Hong Kong nonprofit K11 Art Foundation (KAF) and the French contemporary art center Palais de Tokyo revealed their first coproduced exhibition. Titled "Inside China: L'Intérieur du Géant," it showcases Chinese ... (Oct 24, 2014, artnet News)

What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 24, 2014: See "My Generation: Young Chinese ...

What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 24, 2014: See "My Generation: Young Chinese ... (Oct 24, 2014, NewsOK.com)

Prospect.3 New Orleans opens with a festive second-line and more than 50 shows - The Times-Picayune

Meet Yang Li, a designer putting China on fashion's biggest stage

He put them on the runway at the Jeu de Paume — a contemporary art museum and one of this city's statelier locations for a fashion show. After all, he has not come to disrupt the system or bend it to his will, but rather to excel within it. His ... (Oct 26, 2014, Washington Post)

A Capital of the Arts Is Forced to Evolve

France once dominated the art market, but it is now ranked fourth in the contemporary art market with €26 million in sales last year, or around $35 million, well behind China at the top, with around $800 million in sales, followed by the United States ... (Oct 28, 2014, New York Times)

Hundreds thank Hyland for service to museum

A professor at Trinity College, she has a Ph.D. in history of Chinese art and is well-versed in American and international art. “The travel has been wonderful — meeting artists, learning more about contemporary art,” she said, recalling trips she and ... (Oct 28, 2014, Newbritainherald)

Contemporary Ink Art Makes A Bigger Splash

For some time now, much of the fuss with China's contemporary art has not been about ink paintings but about oil, and those works continue to attract massive attention and ever-higher prices. For example, Liu Xiaodong's 1996 painting of more than a ... (Oct 28, 2014, Barron's)

Contemporary Ink Art Makes A Bigger Splash