Chinese Yue Opera artist: Wu Fenghua
Since Yue Opera enjoys great popularity in south and east part of China, Wu and his young fellows has to give some 150 performances per year in rural areas hoping to share with local Chinese people this graceful art form by singing with soft, ...
(Feb 9, 2012, People's Daily Online)
Martial arts gran wants kids to get fit - icLanarkshire
The 79-year-old asthmatic who suffers from spondylosis – a degenerative form of osteoarthritis which causes crumbling in the bones – says she has found her ideal form of physiotherapy in the dynamic Chinese exercise. The inspirational gran-of-seven ...
(Feb 9, 2012, East Kilbride News)
The Chinese university professor, fine art consultant and a Belfast beauty salon
The Ulster Unionist Danny Kinahan works up to four hours a week as a self-employed fine art and antiques consultant. It's not clear how lucrative this is, as the end of year profits are not available yet. He's also a partner with his wife in Castle ...
(Feb 9, 2012, BBC News)
New Direction of China Art Exhibition Tour Launched
So far, the Olympic Portfolio has been exhibited at the Imperial Ancestral Temple of Beijing, Qingdao Olympic Museum, Shenzhen OCT Art and Design Gallery, Taiwan Bagua Mountain Museum, Contemporary Art Center in New York, Olympic Museum in Lausanne, ...
(Feb 9, 2012, Sacramento Bee)
Contemporary art fair “Art Paris” presented in a new light
The springtime contemporary art fair “Art Paris”, renamed “Art Paris Art Fair”, will take place from 29 March to 1 April 2012 at the Grand Palais in Paris. Run by a new team, “Art Paris” returns in a new light with a list of competitively selected ...
(Feb 9, 2012, AMA)
Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Sales
The series of sales will include Chinese ceramics and other works of Chinese art, alongside contemporary art from the region, jewellery, watches and wines. In total, 2900 lots to be auctioned are expected to fetch around 1.8 billion Hong Kong Dollars ...
(Feb 9, 2012, AMA)
Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 10-16
(Rosenberg) ★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: 'Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965)' (through April 15) Serene on the surface but less so underneath, the museum's first full-dress retrospective of a 20th-century Chinese painter is as ...
(Feb 9, 2012, New York Times)
China pushes global art auction sales to $11.5B
Art auction sales lept to a record $11.5 billion US in 2011, buoyed by eager buyers in China, the world's second-largest economy. Artprice, the international agency that monitors art sales and auctions around the globe, has released its report on 2011 ...
(Feb 9, 2012, CBC.ca)
A Week of Roller-Coaster Art Sales
Next week's round of sales of postwar and contemporary art could prove even more of a roller-coaster: The segment sits at the most speculative end of the marketplace, where many of the works are only a few years old and prices often swing wildly on the ...
(Feb 10, 2012, Wall Street Journal)
London Games get cultural touch
I am sure China was terrified because Athens did a wonderful opening ceremony. Do you remember Barcelona's opening ceremony? Absolutely sublime," she says. Kelly, one of the leading figures in UK arts, is confident London will do better than the ...
(Feb 10, 2012, China Daily)
Museum and gallery events
Art is Social. $5. 2/10. 8-11 pm. Highlights Tour. Exhibition Tour. $12; $10 seniors; $6 children 7-18; free 6 & under, everyone on Sun.; $25 family of 4. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. noon-4 pm. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 200 S. Madison ...
(Feb 10, 2012, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Detained China artist unaware of New York success
The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo. Liu Xia, who is under house arrest in Beijing ...
(Feb 10, 2012, AFP)
Recycled art colors Washington Center
It is the centerpiece of an exhibit of recycled art curated by Jo Gallaugher of the Olympia art gallery Matter. This is the Chinese year of the dragon — and the dragon looks pretty friendly — but the piece, called “Polyethylene Fiend,” is also meant ...
(Feb 10, 2012, The Olympian)
Yishu 8 association presents its 2012 programme
The Yishu 8 association has released its exhibition programme for the next twelve months in conjunction with the opening of the Beijing Contemporary Art House which is scheduled to take place on 26 March 2012. 25 March to 5 May 2012, “France-Chine 1912 ...
(Feb 10, 2012, AMA)
Yishu 8 presents its House of Arts dedicated contemporary creation in Beijing
“Yishu” means “Art” in Chinese. The number 8 (pronounced “ba”) comes from the address of the association's first premises, building number 8 of the Cable 8 industrial estate, in a former industrial unit, from which the gallery was required to move due ...
(Feb 10, 2012, AMA)
South Florida hosts a melting pot of ethnic celebrations
About 100 Chinese artists specializing in dragon and lion dances have spent months perfecting their moves for the Chinese New Year Celebration in Coral Springs on Feb. 18. For the Turkish festival the same weekend in Fort Lauderdale, ...
(Feb 10, 2012, Sun-Sentinel)
Skinner to Host Asian Auction in Marlborough
The Asian Art sale in the Marlborough gallery will feature 800 lots of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese artwork and antiques. A response to the heightened interest in Asian art over the last several years, the Asian Marlborough sale presents a breadth of ...
(Feb 10, 2012, MarketWatch (press release))
Cultural jewel: The Bonita Springs National Art Festival
Boston owns the 4th of July with the Boston Pops concert on the Esplanade and firework show rivaled only by Hong Kong's celebration on Chinese New Year. Jazz lovers flock to Newport Rhode Island for the Jazz Festival that continues to draw music ...
(Feb 10, 2012, Naples Daily News)
Fabulous San Francisco Arts of the Pacific Asia Show
A rare viewing opportunity was the special exhibition of Tibetan rugs, “Sacred and Secular, the Piccus Collection”, the first-time Exhibit of Chinese contemporary artists' work in America and the Asian American women in the Arts Association in San ...
(Feb 10, 2012, AsianWeek)
Chinese leader's visit a teaching moment
A year-long lecture series called "China Project: The Awakening Dragon" at St. Ambrose University in Davenport highlights China's global impact on the economy, arts, religion and culture. - 7 pm Feb. 29: "Writing fiction as a Chinese-American," ...
(Feb 11, 2012, Quad City Times)
Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYC
(AP) NEW YORK — Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like dolls as metaphors for the pain and suffering of the Chinese people. Liu knows what it is to work in ...
(Feb 11, 2012, CBS News)
Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYC
7 2012 photo shows a photograph by Chinese artist Liu Xia during a preview of "The Silent Strength of Liu Xia" exhibit at The Italian Academy in Columbia University in New York. The photos were spirited out of China just before Liu was placed under ...
(Feb 11, 2012, CBS News)
Timely Images: Chinese Art Related to Seasonal Festivals
Seasonal festivals in China were important occasions for the creation, display, and presentation of gifts of art featuring specific, timely images. For example, paintings depicting a bouquet of pomegranate flowers, calamus leaves, and a branch of moxa ...
(Feb 11, 2012, US-China Institute)
'Wild Swans' tries to fit China on stage
To help tell the sprawling story, Wares relies heavily on the set design of Miriam Buether, who has worked with Wares for 12 years, and the innovative videography of Wang Gongxin, a contemporary Chinese artist. “Visually, the play goes on a big journey ...
(Feb 11, 2012, Daily News Transcript)
Mind-blowing art
By Chen Nan (China Daily) Ever since he started to work on My Personal Universe (pictured) two years ago, he has been looking for a back-to-nature experience by exploding a large rock with dynamite. "The initial state could refer to the initial state ...
(Feb 12, 2012, China Daily)
Cityscape By John King - In Civic Center, a dragon roars
On a permanent basis it would not fit - pop art and beaux arts are strange bedfellows - but on display until Monday and as celebration of Chinese New Year? Ideal. There's a lesson here for other historic districts as well. Contemporary short-term ...
(Feb 12, 2012, San Francisco Chronicle)
FAMILY DAY: Fun the Chinese way
To prepare for the event, assistant museum educator Bekah Coleman studied contemporary Chinese artist Beili Liu, who now lives in Austin, and other aspects of Chinese art. "We do a lot of research," Coleman said. She combines her research of artists ...
(Feb 12, 2012, San Angelo Standard Times)
Re-Writing the Art of China, Xu Bing Month-long Series on China (exhibition ...
Re-Writing the Art of China, Xu Bing Month-long Series on China (exhibition ...
(Feb 12, 2012, US-China Institute)
Families With Children From China Celebrate Year of the Dragon
About 220 people turned out for the annual Chinese New Year celebration, held this year at St. Joseph the Worker social hall in Orefield. Artist Hou Tien Cheng, of Freehold, NJ, a master paper cutter, demonstrated this traditional Chinese art by ...
(Feb 12, 2012, Patch.com)
Detained China artist unaware of New York success
The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo. Liu Xia, who is under house arrest in Beijing ...
(Feb 12, 2012, Ahram Online)
GO! Arts & Entertainment for Feb. 12-18
"Good Things" at Chinese Historical Museum ---- "Speak of Good Things: Nianhua and Chinese Folk Tradition," a traveling exhibit of Asian folk art, opens; reception, 2 to 4 pm; regular hours, noon to 4 pm; San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, ...
(Feb 12, 2012, North County Times)
Chinese Arts & Crafts
Join our team for some China: Journey to the East-inspired art and craft activities for all the family. £3 per child. No need to book, just drop in. At Museums Sheffield: Weston Park you can explore the world and its past, from millions of years ago to ...
(Feb 13, 2012, BBC News)
Lecture turns back time on Chinese art
The importance of temporal context in the creation and observation of traditional Chinese art was emphasized in a lecture given by Jan Stuart, keeper of the department of Asia at the British Museum, Thursday night. The lecture, entitled "Timely Images: ...
(Feb 13, 2012, The Brown Daily Herald)
Soap Opera? Play? Simulation? A Chinese Perspective of American Arts and ...
Soap Opera? Play? Simulation? A Chinese Perspective of American Arts and ...
(Feb 13, 2012, Voice of America (blog))
The Sims Moving Into China's Tencent Social Network
By Angela Moscaritolo The wildly popular franchise The Sims is moving into China's leading social network, Tencent Open Platform, the game's creator Electronic Arts (EA) announced Monday. The Sims Social will be available to Chinese players in the next ...
(Feb 13, 2012, PC Magazine)
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Announces The Philadelphia Orchestra August 1 ...
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Announces The Philadelphia Orchestra August 1 ...
(Feb 13, 2012, Saratoga.com)
A Look Back at the Top Auction Lots of 2011
But as the best examples of paintings from the Renaissance through the 19th century have become more rare, collectors have shifted their focus to the Impressionist and modern and contemporary art sales. That's just one observation supported by our ...
(Feb 13, 2012, ARTINFO)
Where Is the Art Market Heading? The 20th Century
Of course dedicated collectors are still shelling out for Old Masters and rare but increasingly modern Chinese ceramics. But what is new in of all this is that the huge prices for early modern and contemporary works, which bookend the century, ...
(Feb 13, 2012, ARTINFO)
China tightens limits on imported shows on TV
To compete for ideological influence, party leaders have said China must create more cultural products such as books, films and art to attract Chinese and foreign audiences. As part of efforts to wrest back Communist Party control over cultural ...
(Feb 14, 2012, The Doane Line)
Art Dubai opens in March
... London, Beijing), Galerie Perrotin (Paris) and Platform China (Beijing). Art Dubai is part of Art Week, the umbrella initiative that includes Sikka Art Fair (15-25 March) and a range of contemporary art and design events, major museum shows, ...
(Feb 14, 2012, MaltaToday)
Curator of the 13th Istanbul Biennial
She was invited to curate the 'Istanbul' section of the 25th Biennale of São Paulo 'Metropolitan Iconographies: Cities' in 2002 and joined the curatorial team of the 2nd Moscow Contemporary Art Biennial 'Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia' ...
(Feb 14, 2012, Focus on Travel News)
Naples Art, Antique & Jewelry Show: Impressive Turnout, Sales At Debut
The dealers also sold a Chinese lacquer turtle box, circa 1900, a Nineteenth Century Irish carved bench seat with Scalamandre fabric and an Alaskan Inuit carved walrus tusk, circa 1910, among other sales. JS Fearnley sold an Art Deco Tiffany sapphire ...
(Feb 14, 2012, Antiques and Arts Weekly)
The Show Down: Handicapping the Great Whitney Biennial Vs. New Museum ...
The Show Down: Handicapping the Great Whitney Biennial Vs. New Museum ...
(Feb 14, 2012, ARTINFO)
Chinese artist Song Dong turns clutter into an artwork
Even by the standards of contemporary art installations the scores of neatly arrayed washing up bowls, discarded toys and carefully arranged plastic bottle tops make an odd sight. The lines of empty toothpaste tubes remain a particular puzzle, ...
(Feb 15, 2012, BBC News)
Spotting the 'spaceship'
There are very, very few people who really connect with contemporary art.” Saper's skepticism seems focused less on the building than on the enterprise as a whole. Saper said that when he was president of the now-defunct Friends of Kresge Art Museum, ...
(Feb 15, 2012, City Pulse)
'What What' turns five, lights up LA
They projected onto the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Scientology Center, Actual Size Gallery, Chung King Road galleries, Mann's Chinese Theater and other cultural stops along the way. These public interventions were ...
(Feb 15, 2012, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog))
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Cathy Wilkes draw on strikingly similar themes in ...
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Cathy Wilkes draw on strikingly similar themes in ...
(Feb 15, 2012, Chicago Tribune)
'Broad' Palm Beach Jewelry Art & Antique Show to open Friday with benefit
From Michael Goedhuis' Chinese and contemporary art gallery comes Xie Aige's 'Tai chi series, No. 7,' a bronze from 2009, at a size of 23.6 by 15.7 by 8.7 inches. From Michael Goedhuis' Chinese and contemporary art gallery comes Xie Aige's 'Tai chi ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Palm Beach Daily News)
Sotheby's London February 2012 Contemporary art evening auction totals $79.7 ...
Sotheby's London February 2012 Contemporary art evening auction totals $79.7 ...
(Feb 16, 2012, Art Daily)
Another Small Triumph for Modern Art
If doubts could be entertained at that point about the comeback of the figural aspects of contemporary art, these were dispelled by the competition that broke out over two landscapes by the 91-year-old Zao Wou-Ki. The Chinese painter of the Paris ...
(Feb 16, 2012, New York Times)
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