Art steals investors' attention from stock-market
Post-war art and contemporary works can bring their owner a 6,4% yearly profit, while Old Masters lag behind with 4,8%. But the most lucrative in terms of investment is old Chinese art, capable of raking in a hefty 20,6% profit. ...
(Jan 16, 2012, RT)
Datebook: Chinese floral design, rose pruning and more events this week
16: Dealers at the 21st annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition exhibit vintage and contemporary photographs, including the one above, "Woman by the Pool" by Anthony Friedkin, taken at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1975. ...
(Jan 16, 2012, Los Angeles Times)
Hamish Fulton wanders the neural pathways
Fulton came of age in the late Sixties, when he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London. It was a golden age of innovation for contemporary art, expanding ideas about what artworks could be. All of a sudden, art didn't have to be tangible, ...
(Jan 17, 2012, Telegraph.co.uk)
Philadelphia-area tattoo artist competing on 'Ink Masters'
Before turning to tattoo artistry, O'Neill attended the University of the Arts and worked as an illustrator. If you're looking to put an indelible Chinese character on your shoulder blade, or the simulacrum of a strand of barbed wire around your bicep, ...
(Jan 17, 2012, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Picasso “dethroned” by Chinese painters
This developing economy, the developing market, is naturally oriented towards their own famous national painters,” Dmitry Butkevich said. At the same time, experts believe that most likely, the growth on the Chinese art market is likely to grind to a ...
(Jan 17, 2012, The Voice of Russia)
Delaware Art Museum to host Chinese New Year Celebration
Presented in conjunction with Hanlin Chinese Culture Association, this festive, free celebration includes traditional Chinese art activities, artist demonstrations, a dragon art scavenger hunt, a dragon dance and Chinese yo-yo performance by the ...
(Jan 17, 2012, Brandywine East Community News)
Artprice releases its guide to the contemporary Asian art market
Artprice took the opportunity to release the second edition of its guide to contemporary Asian art, as part of the Art Stage Singapore art fair. The guide, which is 38 pages long and has been printed in both English and Chinese, was distributed during ...
(Jan 17, 2012, AMA)
Arts & Humanities Reviews, January 2012
VERDICT Essential for readers of contemporary poetry.—Karla Huston, Wisconsin Acad. of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Madison For all the latest reviews in this subject area and more, see LJ's new Reviews Center (Beta)!The Reviews Center (Beta) is ...
(Jan 17, 2012, Library Journal)
Are Lazy, Rich Artists Really Confined to China?
The two definitely shouldn't be synonymous (emphasis ARTINFO): Schneider, previously with Sotheby's, said the Chinese contemporary art market has been overheated for the past five or six years and collectors might want to look at works by artists from ...
(Jan 17, 2012, In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog))
China Arts Awards recognizes country's culture
The awards will also be open to foreign artists in the future. "The China Arts Awards represent the aesthetics and values of contemporary Chinese culture and art," Vice-Minister of Culture and president of the Chinese National Academy of Art Wang ...
(Jan 18, 2012, China Daily)
Hong Kong stocks set for trip down Dragon's back: CLSA
In a world of economic turmoil that's scorched investors, it's tough to make predictions, but that's the forecast for Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index if one follows the principles of feng shui - the ancient Chinese art, or science, based on 'Qi', ...
(Jan 18, 2012, Reuters)
Is Asia's Red-Hot Art Market Heading for a Slowdown?
18, 2012 Two visitors stand in front of a sculpture by Chinese artist Chen Wenling at Art Stage Singapore, an international contemporary art fair at the Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre on Jan. 11, 2012. The abandoned buffet table ...
(Jan 18, 2012, TIME)
Two shows at Huayi Fest point to ways of inspiring local Chinese theatre scene
He added that even in contemporary times, there's much to be learnt from past works, whether it be from the Western or Chinese canon. "I was nervous about the fact that a lot of the experiences of veteran actors are not passed on to younger generations ...
(Jan 18, 2012, TODAYonline)
Elizabeth Streb named CHIME Across Borders artist
... she is one of a few women in the world to have gained expertise in the art of Chinese pole acrobatics. Slender is the founder and artistic director of Fact/SF, a contemporary dance company that has performed commissioned works at CounterPULSE, ...
(Jan 19, 2012, San Francisco Chronicle)
Chinese culture Old Cantonese opera players strive to keep tradition alive
“My parents loved this Chinese art. I have known Cantonese opera since I was child,” he said. The opera is a culture brought by Kong Hu people and is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hongkong and Macau. It involves many Chinese art traditions including ...
(Jan 19, 2012, Jakarta Post)
The dragon swoops Stateside
"It is a unique opportunity to experience rich Chinese culture and the performances of three fine Chinese artists." The Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development and the Beijing Performance & Arts Group Co are also sponsoring the event. ...
(Jan 19, 2012, China Daily)
Chinese New Year to be celebrated with lanterns
Unlike the traditions of resolutions and the dropping of the ball in Times Square, the Chinese celebrate their New Year's in a different way. To bring the Chinese Year of the Dragon to campus, the University Board cultural arts will provide supplies ...
(Jan 19, 2012, Daily Eastern News)
Warriors with a difference
Inspired by the 1974 discovery of 8000 terracotta life-size warriors buried at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di (259-210 BC), the first emperor of China, artist Wanxin Zhang created his own series of contemporary, everyman life-size warriors. ...
(Jan 19, 2012, Helena Independent Record)
Great wall of children sees kids celebrating Chinese art and culture one ink ...
Great wall of children sees kids celebrating Chinese art and culture one ink ...
(Jan 19, 2012, ABC Online)
Hot this Weekend
CHINESE New Year culture and practices make an appearance at the Print Gallery of the BenCab Museum in Baguio City when 15 prominent and award-winning Taiwanese artists present contemporary works inspired by the 12 Chinese zodiac signs in the exhibit ...
(Jan 19, 2012, BusinessWorld Online Edition)
Hong Kong Museum of Art shows precious collection of fantastic creatures from ...
Hong Kong Museum of Art shows precious collection of fantastic creatures from ...
(Jan 19, 2012, 7thSpace Interactive (press release))
Entrancing fare from China
However, during Cultural Revolution “Peking Opera” was under attack as feudalistic and bourgeois art. Though that phase is over, in the words of Zhang Yijuan there is “need to adapt them so that they are relevant in terms of contemporary development ...
(Jan 19, 2012, The Hindu)
How South Asia's Cultural "Monsoon" Is Changing the Art World
In the years from the founding of the People's Republic to the end of the Cultural Revolution, a state-sponsored realism flourished (the “Political Pop” imagery closely associated with contemporary Chinese art emerged as a parody of that realism ...
(Jan 19, 2012, ARTINFO)
'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles
The exhibition, which will present the work of five contemporary Chinese American artists -- George Chann, John Kwok, Jake Lee, Milton Quon, and Tyrus Wong -- is part of the Getty's Pacific Standard Time initiative. The exhibition features more than ...
(Jan 19, 2012, Huffington Post)
Pencil This In: Affordable and Contemporary Art Fairs, Chinese American ...
Pencil This In: Affordable and Contemporary Art Fairs, Chinese American ...
(Jan 19, 2012, LAist)
Two Fairs, Not Homogenized
The most interesting contemporary booth, however, is filled with works that are not for sale except, perhaps, to a museum. Ceramic Art of Post 1945 Germany has a display of vessels and sculptures by Beate Kuhn, Fritz Vehring, Karl Scheid, ...
(Jan 19, 2012, New York Times)
Chinese New Year: Ring in the Year of the Dragon with dances, art, food and ...
Chinese New Year: Ring in the Year of the Dragon with dances, art, food and ...
(Jan 19, 2012, Denver Post)
Art beat ... finger on the pulse
The Capital Museum is hosting an exhibition of ancient art themed on the dragon to greet the Chinese New Year. On show are more than 100 artworks, including bronze ware, porcelain vessels, paintings, arts and crafts. 9 am to 5 pm, daily except Mondays, ...
(Jan 20, 2012, China Daily)
Perennial artist
He brought 80 pieces on display at the Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum (HCAM) and the Suzhou Academy of Art. This year the pieces will travel to Hangzhou, Xiamen and Beijing. Similar to traditional Chinese gongbi, or fine stroke paintings, ...
(Jan 20, 2012, China Daily)
Zhong Gallery for contemporary Chinese art opens in Berlin
In the 1980s the turn away from traditional values, together with the political upheavals, led to an identity crisis amongst Chinese artists. However contemporary Chinese art is no longer just focused on the relationship between the individual and ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Art Daily)
Arts & More: Chinese New Year celebration. Plus, duo blends jazz and Middle ...
Arts & More: Chinese New Year celebration. Plus, duo blends jazz and Middle ...
(Jan 20, 2012, WMUK 102.1 FM)
Patch's Guide to Chinese New Year Celebrations
4: Spring Festival Silicon Valley: The Chinese Performing Arts of America will present a musical, "Legend of the Dragon," as well as dances, magic and martial arts at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, starting at 7:30 pm Tickets are $25, ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Patch.com)
Chinese Driving Schools Teach The Art Of War
By Zhou Xin and Ken Wills BEIJING (Reuters) - China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines. But judging by the daily smash-ups and ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Huffington Post)
Chinese New Year celebrated with art
DENVER - The Denver Art Museum is celebrating the Chinese New Year with the Xu Beihong: Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting and Threads of Heaven: Silken Legacy of China's Last Dynasty exhibit. The year of the Dragon begins Monday, Jan. 23. ...
(Jan 20, 2012, 9NEWS.com)
Chinese art bidders named in payment dispute
Sotheby's will be glad to see people deterred from this sort of behaviour because they don't want their names appearing in the press,” said CK Cheung, head of fine Chinese paintings at Sotheby's. The rise of Chinese art buyers has helped to turn Hong ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Financial Times)
Star Magazine | A new dynasty at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
If you haven't made the acquaintance of the Chinese art collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, for decades one of the museum's hallmark departments, now is the time. On Jan. 27, the museum will open four renovated galleries of Chinese art, ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Kansas City Star)
Travel: The museums of China, by David Marskell
The Zero Art Museum is there, located in a cool third-level space featuring works by contemporary Chinese artists. Across the way from the Zero Art Museum is a side street where artists are creating sculptures and painting cartoon characters on ...
(Jan 20, 2012, Waterloo Record)
Pelham Arts Center to Celebrate Chinese New Year
by Patrick Stapleton (email) 1 hour 13 min ago This will be Laura Nicholas' first Chinese New Year event at the Pelham Arts Center. The Pelham Arts Center is located at 155 Fifth Avenue. The Pelham Arts Center holds an event to celebrate the Chinese ...
(Jan 20, 2012, The Daily Pelham)
Chinese New Year
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with traditional Chinese festivities including the dragon and lion dance, Cantonese Opera, ribbon dancing and martial arts displays. Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at the museum with a wide range of traditional ...
(Jan 21, 2012, BBC News)
Renowned Chinese Painter Fu Baoshi Takes on US
Hearn said Fu's ability to compromise was a skill contemporary Chinese artists — particularly since the revolutions of the Arab Spring — must also master if they want to work. “They must not transgress some unseen and ever-changing line of what is ...
(Jan 21, 2012, Jakarta Globe)
MU celebrates Chinese art and culture
A Chinese middle school student performs during a martial arts demonstration Friday night for the Chinese Culture and Art Night at Jesse Auditorium on the University of Missouri campus. By Andrew Denney With the beginning of the Chinese New Year just ...
(Jan 21, 2012, Columbia Daily Tribune)
Artists help to usher in Year of the Dragon
She moved to Amsterdam in 1985 where she founded an international centre for performing arts. In 1996 she moved to England and changed career, studying history and archaeology at Durham University. She attributes her life-long love of Chinese art to ...
(Jan 21, 2012, Journal Live)
Renowned Chinese painter Fu Baoshi takes on US
Hearn said Fu's ability to compromise was a skill contemporary Chinese artists -- particularly since the revolutions of the Arab Spring -- must also master if they want to work. "They must not transgress some unseen and ever-changing line of what is ...
(Jan 22, 2012, Yahoo!7 News)
Bob Keyes: Winter wonderscape of new shows
It's the latest in a series of timely exhibitions of contemporary Chinese art that Bates has hosted during the past two decades, and among a trio of contemporary art exhibitions opening in visual art spaces across southern Maine in the days and weeks ...
(Jan 22, 2012, Press Herald)
Syracuse Warehouse exhibit shows the breadth of Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan
While Deng Guo Yuan is quite established in Europe and China, where he is vice president of the University for Contemporary Visual Arts and the dean of the School of Contemporary Art at Tianjin, China, this is his first solo exhibition in the United ...
(Jan 22, 2012, Syracuse.com (blog))
Lunar New Year's Events in Bay Area
4: Spring Festival Silicon Valley: The Chinese Performing Arts of America will present a musical, "Legend of the Dragon," as well as dances, magic and martial arts at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, starting at 7:30 pm Tickets are $25, ...
(Jan 22, 2012, Patch.com)
What's hot in the art and antique market for 2012
China's economic boom has also helped develop an important domestic art scene due to the increasing number of upwardly mobile Chinese middle class. As a result, Chinese contemporary art prices are skyrocketing. One of the most expensive paintings sold ...
(Jan 22, 2012, The Unionville Times)
Signals of change: Chinese Contemporary Art
Ai Weiwei posing with some of the 1001 Chinese citizens he brought for his work “Fairytale” (2007). Photo from sinopop.org On the world stage of contemporary art, China has received much attention particularly over the past decade or so. ...
(Jan 22, 2012, Philippine Star)
"They Are Wonderful" - Shen Yun in San Diego
Shen Yun presents 5000 years of traditional Chinese culture, through classical Chinese dance. “When you're swept up in the theater of it, you lose sight of the fact that this is an art form that is persecuted in China, and to see these artists in front ...
(Jan 22, 2012, NTDTV)
Another side of Ai Weiwei shown in Sundance film
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - A new documentary film offers a glimpse into the life of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, conveying a creative, brave, yet humble man who has become more cautious following his 81-day government detention in 2011. ...
(Jan 23, 2012, Chicago Tribune)
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