Are there 'Condoms, Eggs and Gunshots' at Hong Kong's M+ Sigg Collection Exhibition?
As such, his collection becomes a survey that spans 40 years of Chinese contemporary art history, beginning from the late Cultural Revolution in the 70s, through the 85 New Wave Movement, the 89 Exhibition, underground art in the 90s and works up to ...
(Mar 25, 2016, Hong Kong Free Press)
What's Sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong
While dealers, collectors, and institutional buyers descended on Hong Kong this week for the city's fourth edition of Art Basel, the larger business and investment community was focused on China's mainland. Growth of GDP in the country is at a 25-year ...
(Mar 25, 2016, Artsy)
Mixing Modern Art With Antiquities
Strong interest is coming from savvy collectors of modern and contemporary art who have noticed that ancient art often displays remarkably well alongside great 20th century works, and that museum-quality pieces thousands of years old can be acquired ...
(Mar 26, 2016, Barron's)
Painting by numbers: what value in China's art market?
The serenity of Cui Ruzhuo's ink landscapes is a far cry from the turmoil of China's contemporary art market. But he can bank on his own status as the country's best-selling living artist. Cui's works reflect traditional Chinese forms and subjects ...
(Mar 27, 2016, Daily Mail)
Painting by numbers: what value in China's art market?
Beijing (AFP) - The serenity of Cui Ruzhuo's ink landscapes is a far cry from the turmoil of China's contemporary art market. But he can bank on his own status as the country's best-selling living artist. Cui's works reflect traditional Chinese forms ...
(Mar 27, 2016, Yahoo7 News)
AP PHOTOS: Art and art lovers blend together in Hong Kong
In this March 25, 2016 photo, a man looks at the artworks by Chinese artist Cai Lei at Art Basel in Hong Kong. Asia's biggest exhibition of modern and contemporary art brought together 239 galleries from 35 countries and territories in Hong Kong, which ...
(Mar 27, 2016, Albany Times Union)
Hong Kong Diary: Adrian Cheng, Josh Roth, Uli Sigg, and Galleries Galleries Galleries
M+'s Pi Li giving a tour of the Sigg Collection show, which he curated. Image: artnet News. During Art Basel Hong Kong, there were events around the city from the opening of the "M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art" to gallery ...
(Mar 27, 2016, artnet News)
Painting by numbers: a price put on China's art market, but what value?
The serenity of Cui Ruzhuo's ink landscapes is a far cry from the turmoil of China's contemporary art market. But he can bank on his own status as the country's best-selling living artist. Cui's works reflect traditional Chinese forms and subjects ...
(Mar 28, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))
The Guggenheim exhibition: curator Weng Xiaoyu hopes the Greater China show will go beyond narrow Chineseness
“They also share a common contemporary art language to express their ideas. So we are not working with artists expressing through traditional Chinese art such as calligraphy or ink painting, but artists using video, scripture and installation that are ...
(Mar 28, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))
Cai Guo-Qiang Asks “What About the Art?” At Qatar Museums Gallery
... which the artist has dedicated three years to researching and developing, aims to ask two questions, which the gallery released in a statement: “What about the art itself,” and “How do these Chinese artists contribute to the creativity of ...
(Mar 28, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Binging on Selfies and Regurgitating Money: The Best of Hong Kong's Art Fair Week
Best Art Show: VHILS (Alexandre Farto), Debris, on top of Lamma Island Central Ferry Pier 4, and the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, which sponsored it. .... ABC's board members include Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak; Lars Nittve ...
(Mar 29, 2016, Hyperallergic)
New name, new ambition for MOCA
China: Body to Body, January-April 2018: Curated by Catherine David from the Pompidou Centre in Paris, Body to Body signals an ambition on the part of the museum to connect with the major players of the contemporary art world. It's also a canny play ...
(Mar 29, 2016, Toronto Star)
Emphasising art from China
For Qatar, it's the art tour de force of the year. A prime highlight of the Qatar-China Year of Culture, 'What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China', presented by Qatar Museums, has been winning hundreds of jaw-dropped fans by the day at the Al ...
(Mar 29, 2016, Gulf Times)
Art Paris Art Fair 2016: A discussion with Guillaume Piens, general curator
Mainly, the globalization of contemporary art and the multiplication of art fairs in ever-more remote parts of the world, which generates a lot of attention and interest, with new audiences and new buyers. At the market level, one of the main changes ...
(Mar 30, 2016, The Eye of Photography)
Luxury Fashion and Jewelry Brands Dive Into China's Hospitality and Real Estate Sectors
Facing a slowdown in China's luxury market, many luxury brands are diversifying their portfolios in a variety of ways. They've not only been opening cafes and restaurants to complement their shops in malls across China, but they're also investing big ...
(Mar 30, 2016, Jing Daily)
Historic Chinese water village rivals Beijing and Shanghai as new art destination
Many top figures of the art world travelled to Wuzhen, one of China's historic water villages, straight after Art Basel in Hong Kong, which closed on the weekend. Among those at the launch of the inaugural Art Wuzhen earlier this week were the Swiss ...
(Mar 30, 2016, Art Newspaper)
Historic Chinese water village rivals Beijing and Shanghai as new art destination
Many top figures of the art world travelled to Wuzhen, one of China's historic water villages, straight after Art Basel in Hong Kong, which closed on the weekend. Among those at the launch of the inaugural Art Wuzhen earlier this week were the Swiss ...
(Mar 30, 2016, Art Newspaper)
Culture art: March 31
Asia Society Texas Center: "We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art," group show, through July 3; $5; 1370 Southmore; 713-496-9901, asiasociety.org. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: "The Interview: Red, Red Future," through June 5; 5216 ...
(Mar 30, 2016, Houston Chronicle)
Summer camps throughout Miami-Dade offer wide range of adventures
Camp themes include creative arts, Lego robotics, volleyball, jazz, dance, tennis, Chinese, American Sign Language and animation. Camps are offered at Homestead Campus, 500 College Ter.; Kendall Campus, 11011 SW 104th St.; West Campus, 3800 NW ...
(Mar 30, 2016, Miami Herald)
MACAN, Jakarta's new contemporary art museum
Jakarta's rapidly expanding art scene is set for another addition in 2017 with the expected opening of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (MACAN). Given that Indonesian art has made quite a splash at major art auctions in Hong Kong ...
(Mar 30, 2016, FinanceAsia)
CNN STYLE LAUNCHES ON TV WITH SHEIKHA AL MAYASSA, TRACEY EMIN, RITA ORA AND LEWIS HAMILTON
The best of British art is on show in Hong Kong, with TRACEY EMIN (the Young British Artist who changed the face of contemporary art in the 90's with her Turner Prize entry “My Bed”) opening her first exhibition in Greater China. CONRAD SHAWCROSS ...
(Mar 31, 2016, CNN (blog))
Cao Fei Tackles the Numbing State of Modernity in Her Solo Show at MoMA PS1
She's Chinese. She's from an industrial city. And she's living under communism, or at least whatever of it remains in the People's Republic. All these things are true, but this is not the point. The 37-year-old Beijing-based, Guangzhou-born artist ...
(Mar 31, 2016, artnet News)
Sotheby's Top Dealmaker, Cheyenne Westphal, Exits Amid Shakeup
Cheyenne Westphal, Sotheby's head of contemporary art worldwide, is leaving the company, the latest high-profile departure at the auction house. “Cheyenne has been a valued colleague for 25 years who contributed greatly to Sotheby's during her tenure, ...
(Mar 31, 2016, Bloomberg)
Art & Design
In this installation, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Mr. Da Corte takes disparate items and combines them in his signature style. By RANDY KENNEDY. Alex Da Corte's 'Free Roses' Puts His Eccentricities on View. March 27, 2016 ...
(Mar 31, 2016, New York Times)
Where to See Zaha Hadid's Best Buildings
“I don't design nice buildings,” said the architect Zaha Hadid, who died suddenly today at the age of 65. “I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.” On that, and on her role as one of the world's top architects ...
(Apr 1, 2016, Forbes)
Play Pamphlet Sparks Censorship Debate in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the exhibit's title was changed to “M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art.” While some in the arts community say this signifies censorship in the city, gallery owner Vincent Chan, co-owner of Hong Kong's Leo Gallery ...
(Apr 1, 2016, Voice of America)
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