China finally gets an appetite for Kenyan art
“My employers wouldn't understand how I bought your work so cheaply,” the buyer had told Geraldine who was rather stunned by the price range that the typical Chinese billionaire expects to pay for a work of contemporary art. Highlighting the creative ...
(Jul 11, 2013, Business Daily)
Murano: The Splendor of Venetian Art
The exhibition reminds us that the masters of glass still exist and noble pieces are an integral part of the poetics of contemporary art. ... This is the same Angelo Barovier who invented the opaque white glass the lattimo in imitation of Chinese ...
(Jul 11, 2013, The Epoch Times)
Why Jay-Z and Kanye West Matter to the Art World
I took a seminar class this semester at Harvard on "Contemporary Art in a Globalized World." We poured over scholarly work trying to define, explain, and contextualize contemporary art from China to Mexico. We discussed the opinions of artists ...
(Jul 11, 2013, Huffington Post)
High-end art is one of the most manipulated markets in the world
But in its own peculiar way the primary art market functions; contemporary art generates tens of billions of dollars of revenue each year. .... But the Chinese market is extremely volatile, many think it's over-heating, and price-rigging at auctions is ...
(Jul 11, 2013, Quartz)
FP Passport: Where Do the World's Top Art Collectors Live?
But the newspaper also noted that museums and commercial galleries displaying international art are becoming more and more common on the mainland and Hong Kong -- suggesting that the Chinese art market could be poised for a transformation. It's also ...
(Jul 11, 2013, Foreign Policy (blog))
Koi story{break} Milwaukee's ubiquitous street artist reveals himself
In 2006 and 2007, I went to China … to study ancient and contemporary art. While I was there, I took interest in Chinese scrolls and the stories related to the koi. In 2008, I started stenciling koi on the Oak Leaf bike trail at North and Oakland as a ...
(Jul 12, 2013, Wisconsin Gazette)
Nick Cave's Art About Everything Now Seems Like It's Everywhere
This is Gatsby's "vast, vulgar meretricious beauty" refashioned for an age when the lush variety of life is expressed by cheap, plastic replicas of nature pumped out by dirty factories in China. He never ... William Morrow is a curator of contemporary ...
(Jul 12, 2013, The Atlantic)
UO Abroad: Art professor Jenny Lin finds Shanghai illuminating
I met outstanding scholars from around the world and learned all about foreign educational programs in China. My own research focuses on modern and contemporary art and architecture in Shanghai. This city's artistic milieu is constantly expanding; just ...
(Jul 12, 2013, AroundtheO)
Dot turns the tables on age
Mrs De Low, meanwhile, was one of the stars of Ping Pong, a documentary about eight players – all aged over 80 – competing in the 2010 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships in China. Then aged 100 and the oldest player in the competition, Mrs De Low ...
(Jul 12, 2013, The Canberra Times)
Jay-Z is Rhyming Picasso and Rothko
Stephanie Theodore, a Bushwick gallery owner, tweeted a wry suggestion that the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei divorce his wife, marry Ms. Abramovic and form a megacult. Why not invite James Franco, the ... He reminded his listeners that, like most ...
(Jul 12, 2013, New York Times)
Richard Dale: New kid on the block
I visited Hong Kong for possibly the largest exhibition of contemporary art in the city, the launch of Art Basel in this region. Art Basel, the world's premier art fair, is held in Switzerland, with a second fair in Miami. Now it has moved into Asia by ...
(Jul 12, 2013, New Zealand Herald)
Taking the Temperature of China
What makes this explanation credible is that the recent weakness in the prices of contemporary Chinese art is reportedly traced to a similar (unverified) cause. Apparently, a way of thanking officials for help or favors had been to offer them a piece ...
(Jul 13, 2013, Barron's)
Serving time with performance art (Video)
Hsieh's work has appeared at both the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Guggenheim in New York City, and was featured at the 2010 Liverpool Biennale Festival of Contemporary Art in 2010. From 1978 to 1986 Hsieh completed five one-year ... UCCA ...
(Jul 13, 2013, China Daily)
Tokyo in 12 hours
It has galleries for ancient and contemporary art, a kindergarten, and an adjacent amusement park. According to ... Founded in 1941 by the railway magnate Kaichiro Nezu, it houses a choice collection of Japanese and Chinese treasures. The museum was ...
(Jul 13, 2013, Boston Globe)
Powerful typhoon smashes into China
A powerful typhoon has surged into China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from a coastal province after passing across northern Taiwan, killing at least two people. Also in this section. Snowden's praise for Russia at odds ...
(Jul 14, 2013, Irish Independent)
Independent thinking "not encouraged" in China's film schools
Li Xianting is a renowned independent art critic and curator of contemporary Chinese art, sometimes he is referred to as the Godfather of Chinese contemporary art. His Film Fund school was founded in 2009. It is a non-profit organisation offering ...
(Jul 14, 2013, Radio Netherlands)
Grain in Ear
Taking this title, the exhibition attempts to examine the contemporary Chinese art scene during a transitional period, when Western aesthetics and value systems have flooded into East Asian countries since the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Yu, born in ...
(Jul 14, 2013, Global Times)
Museums Digitize with Apps
In addition to historical museums, many art museums in China have also begun to digitalize. China Palace of Fine Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MoCA Shanghai) will promote their "online museums," in October. These two major art ...
(Jul 14, 2013, Global Times)
A Pact with the Oligarchs
Victor Pinchuk established the PinchukArtCentre – a private museum promoting contemporary art which employs western experts. ... The country could be aided in this project by Chinese banks loaning money for investment in the coal industry. It is ...
(Jul 14, 2013, New Eastern Europe)
Heavy metal on the verge of a nervous breakdown
A temporary solution was to hide his personal effects inside stackable plastic storage bins, streamlined white boxes that were imports from China or Japan. ... In Photo: This artist studio-residence juxtaposes industrial detritus and contemporary art ...
(Jul 15, 2013, Business Mirror)
Related Companies Commissions Zaha Hadid Architects To Design Boutique ...
Related Companies Commissions Zaha Hadid Architects To Design Boutique ...
(Jul 15, 2013, PR Newswire UK (press release))
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
(Jul 15, 2013, MarketWatch (press release))
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
(Jul 15, 2013, Investor's Business Daily)
The Thread > Weiwei Out There
To get Ai's work here, the IMA's contemporary-art department called Mami Kataoka at the Mori Art Museum in Japan, where a version of the exhibit originated in 2009. Kataoka says audiences should pay special attention to Ai's piece Straight, which is ...
(Jul 15, 2013, Indianapolis Monthly)
Incoming West Kowloon museum curator vows to be 'politically incorrect'
Rumour had it that Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo's chief curator, Yuko Hasegawa, formerly a former board member of the West Kowloon Cultural District, had once been tipped for the job. Hong Kong talents are simply out of the question as few have had ...
(Jul 15, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Christie's Sales Rise 9%, Boosted by Record Auction
Christie's said in April that that it had become the first international auction house to be granted a license to hold independent sales in China. The first event, featuring a range of Western material combined with Chinese contemporary art -- though ...
(Jul 16, 2013, Bloomberg)
Mayfair Is a Mecca for Art Dealers and Collectors
And in the me-too world of contemporary art, other galleries, also mostly American, are soon to follow. “There is art on the street at a level that's never been seen before,” said David Rosen, a London real estate developer, who says he is busier than ...
(Jul 16, 2013, New York Times)
In China, Club Med looks at the rich and famous
The 600-hectare park is renowned as Asia's leading contemporary art centre, with some 100 modern sculptures by local and international artists, dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Chinese art and culture. It took nine years and a billion US ...
(Jul 16, 2013, TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific)
China's rich boost Christie's half-year sales to record £2.4bn
Rivals Sotheby's have stopped selling lower value works but Christie's has seen a 52 per cent increase in people who have not bidded before buying works under £100,000 in post war contemporary art. Around 46 per cent of bidders for sales on the ...
(Jul 16, 2013, Evening Standard)
Chinese spark Christie's art sales boom
The first six months had seen some spectacular works consigned to New York which saw a staggering £420 million sales of post-war and contemporary art in May. But this month — which is not included in the results — has already seen a world record ...
(Jul 16, 2013, Evening Standard)
Asia Pacific's art market comes of age
Some dealers such as Jean-Marc Decrop, who specialises in Chinese contemporary art, expect the Middle East and Far East to draw closer artistically. "Most Indonesian collectors I know are Muslim and do the Hajj pilgrimage. I know at least five who ...
(Jul 16, 2013, The Guardian)
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
Inter Parfums USA Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Shanghai Tang ...
(Jul 16, 2013, WorldPressOnline (press release))
Inter Parfums inks fragrance licence deal with Shanghai Tang
“Shanghai Tang translates China's rich history with a vibrant sophistication that reflects the contemporary Chinese 'Art de Vivre'. We believe that Shanghai Tang is a truly unique brand with exceptional potential to become a global beauty brand in the ...
(Jul 16, 2013, MoodieReport)
National Art Museum of China Entry / Gehry Partners
Gehry's design, which is intended to promote cross cultural understanding and appreciation for Chinese contemporary art, aims at setting a new standard for 21st century Chinese architecture. Perhaps the most defining element of the design is the ...
(Jul 16, 2013, ArchDaily)
Asia demand lifts art market
"In the meantime, there is plenty to do serving clients in China with contemporary art, Western art, jewelry, watches and wine. Our goal is to build a long-term relationship with many Chinese clients around China," he added. The company will host an ...
(Jul 17, 2013, ecns)
Asia demand lifts art market
"In the meantime, there is plenty to do serving clients in China with contemporary art, Western art, jewelry, watches and wine. Our goal is to build a long-term relationship with many Chinese clients around China," he added. The company will host an ...
(Jul 17, 2013, China Daily)
Faces and Facets at PU Art Museum Showcases Recent Acquisitions
Since it was founded in 1882 with a gift of porcelain and pottery, the Museum has grown to include over 80,000 works of ancient to contemporary art of the Mediterranean regions, Western Europe, China, the United States, and Latin America. Exhibition ...
(Jul 17, 2013, Town Topics)
Hong Kong's Sweeping Cultural Prestige Offensive
Altogether, Hong Kong is spending over two billion euros on this cultural prestige offensive in the West Kowloon district, where there will be theaters for Chinese opera, music and performance along with a new city park. And of course, there will be ...
(Jul 17, 2013, Worldcrunch)
Asia demand lifts art market
"In the meantime, there is plenty to do serving clients in China with contemporary art, Western art, jewelry, watches and wine. Our goal is to build a long-term relationship with many Chinese clients around China," he added. The company will host an ...
(Jul 18, 2013, China Daily)
Taking the Temperature of China
What makes this explanation credible is that the recent weakness in the prices of contemporary Chinese art is reportedly traced to a similar (unverified) cause. Apparently, a way of thanking officials for help or favors had been to offer them a piece ...
(Jul 18, 2013, Barron's)
Hotel Éclat Beijing Draws Trendy Chinese Travelers
... Régional de Tourisme d'Aquitaine Cité · Contemporary Chinese Art Looms Large in Sotheby's London Lineup · 408L13022_678CL · McKinsey: China's Upper Middle Class To Drive Global Luxury Consumption · A luxury mall in Shanghai. (after_alex/Flickr) ...
(Jul 18, 2013, Jing Daily)
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
(Jul 18, 2013, PR Newswire (press release))
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
(Jul 18, 2013, The Herald | HeraldOnline.com)
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
Sotheby's Institute of Art Now Accepting Registrations for Autumn Course in ...
(Jul 18, 2013, EIN News (press release))
Art as the sophisticated man's Bitcoin
That certainly helps explain why Chinese artists are so dominant in the contemporary-art auction-volume league tables. In short, because art has a tendency to be sold mainly through the art dealer network, there isn't really a legitimate price ...
(Jul 18, 2013, FT Alphaville)
With a gift, Colby College Museum becomes a true destination
There are deep and impressive holdings in late-19th-century art, and strengths in early-20th-century and contemporary art. (Mid-century abstract expressionism was presumably either too expensive or not interesting to the Lunders.) ... And just for good ...
(Jul 18, 2013, Boston Globe)
Markets: Kerr Neilson's franchise forage
How to build a service business in China. King and Wood Malleson's China Partner David Olsson explains how Australian companies can tap into the huge demand... Knowledge Centre · Investment Tips · Business Accelerators · Webinars · eBooks ...
(Jul 19, 2013, Business Spectator)
The exhibition of Sex and Love
Sex is a key element in contemporary Chinese art and for proof of this assertion you need look no farther than a 798 Space exhibition that gathers diverse genres to examine the subject.The contemporary art works are in the forms of photography, video, ...
(Jul 19, 2013, China.org.cn)
Five free things to see in Shanghai
Art districts: The Hongfang Creative Industrial Zone, created in 2005 out of a cluster of renovated factories, houses galleries including the Shanghai Sculpture Space, open Tuesday through Sunday, which shows work by Chinese and foreign contemporary ...
(Jul 19, 2013, Kansas City Star)
What's on this weekend?
Wangechi MutuA beautiful and intriguing art exhibition on now at the Museum of Contemporary Art - See some of the new works of Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu, now living in Brooklyn. These are rich and fascinating works and worth ... Having been a ...
(Jul 20, 2013, ABC Online)
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