Asian buying wave lifts Christie's sales
A renewed wave of spending by affluent Asians coupled with record prices at a contemporary art auction in May boosted sales for London-based Christie's in the first half of this year to new highs. Global sales for the first six months of the year ...
(Jul 20, 2013, Financial Times)
Open sesame
"Contemporary art is such a visual celebration of life in Myanmar," says Richard Streiter, a former art professor at New York's Pratt School of Art who became involved in Myanmar's art scene after a visit 11 years ago. He supported local artists by ...
(Jul 21, 2013, South China Morning Post)
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 22, 2013, Xinhua)
Art Basel Comes to Asia, Bringing Galleries, Artists, Collectors - and Money
For a few days earlier this summer, Hong Kong became the epicenter of the contemporary art world as collectors, gallerists, investors, curators, art-lovers and curious onlookers flocked here to examine the work of more than 3,000 artists, brimming with ...
(Jul 22, 2013, Forbes)
Polls apart
Supporters say they embrace Chinese folk culture, although art critics claim exhibiting Guo's works at the Venice Biennale is a sarcastic reflection of the lowly state of Chinese contemporary art.What do Web users make of Guo's paintings? (Source: t ...
(Jul 22, 2013, Global Times)
Art Market News: the largest contemporary art collection in the world seeking ...
Art Market News: the largest contemporary art collection in the world seeking ...
(Jul 22, 2013, Telegraph.co.uk)
Sichuan in pictures and words
GEORGE TOWN: ONE hundred and twenty paintings and calligraphy work worth a combined total of RM5 million from China are displayed in the Sichuan Contemporary Art Exhibition 2013. The five-day exhibition is at Penang Kar Hong Tong in Jalan ...
(Jul 22, 2013, New Straits Times)
6th edition of St Moritz Art Masters
Though contemporary Chinese art has already undergone a period of significant success, organisers wish to highlight the country's vast market, which remains unexplored by a significant number of contemporary Western collectors. Featuring both group and ...
(Jul 23, 2013, AMA)
Yang Fudong: Estranged Paradise, Works 1993–2013
Although widely unknown in the United States, Yang Fudong (born in 1971 in Beijing, lives and works in Shanghai) is one of the most important figures in Chinese contemporary art and independent cinema. For his first midcareer survey, BAM/PFA presents ...
(Jul 23, 2013, US-China Institute)
'Mao ideas permeate the blood of the nation, and a blood poison is as ...
'Mao ideas permeate the blood of the nation, and a blood poison is as ...
(Jul 23, 2013, National Post)
Jeffrey Deitch May Leave MOCA At The End Of The Month
CENTURY CITY, CA - JUNE 27: Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jeffrey Deitch (L) and China Chow attend the Helmut Newton opening night exhibit at Annenberg Space For Photography on June 27, 2013 in Century City, California. (Photo by ...
(Jul 23, 2013, Huffington Post)
Video: Interviews with Co-curators of 'Light Before Dawn' Exhibition
The exhibition is guest curated by Professor Kuiyi Shen of University of California San Diego, a leading expert on Chinese contemporary art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Professor Julia F. Andrews of The Ohio State University, who was ...
(Jul 23, 2013, Asia Society)
Tickets for Ai Weiwei: According to What? at the AGO go on sale Saturday, July 27
TORONTO, July 24, 2013 /CNW/ - Heralded as the "the most powerful figure in contemporary art today" by ArtReview, Ai Weiwei makes his Toronto exhibition debut at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on Aug. 17, 2013. Comprising more than 40 large scale ...
(Jul 24, 2013, Canada NewsWire (press release))
YUE Magazine Celebrates The Summer 2013 Special Nautical Issue at Chopard
A native speaker and write of Mandarin Chinese, Ms. Jansen holds advanced degrees from Yale University and Columbia Law School and serves on the Contemporary Art Advisory Committee of China Institute in America and the Board of the Couture ...
(Jul 24, 2013, PR Web (press release))
West Kowloon, Hong Kong new cultural district
Among the facilities, the Chinese Opera Centre Xiqu, the Concert/Chamber Music Hall and finally the Contemporary Art Museum M+ will turn into the three most iconic developments. Other venues include two medium-size theatres, four blackbox theatres and ...
(Jul 24, 2013, TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific)
Taiwan Today: Celebration Of The Arts, Past And Present
The museum is the quintessential celebration of traditional Oriental art with almost 700,000 artifacts that encompass more than 8,000 years of Chinese history, from the Neolithic age to the late Qing Dynasty. The museum holds the largest permanent ...
(Jul 24, 2013, Neon Tommy)
Jeffrey Deitch To Step Down As MOCA Museum Director
CENTURY CITY, CA - JUNE 27: Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jeffrey Deitch (L) and China Chow attend the Helmut Newton opening night exhibit at Annenberg Space For Photography on June 27, 2013 in Century City, California. (Photo by ...
(Jul 25, 2013, Huffington Post)
Chinese Art Marches Forward
"Especially given the current education system in China, all the teaching models and content are ready-made and the publishing of contemporary art for children is non-existent in China," Li said. The artists launched a series of four books called ...
(Jul 25, 2013, Global Times)
Chinese Cultural Center of SF Presents 4th Annual Chinatown Music Festival
The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco in association with Asian Improv aRts, API Cultural Center, Chinatown Community Development Center and Chinese Progressive Association present the 4th Annual Chinatown Music Festival on Saturday, August 17 ...
(Jul 25, 2013, AsianWeek)
Arabian Wings initiates art residency program
In addition, Jeddah is emerging on the contemporary art scene with an increasing number of art movements and galleries. Moreover, the number of artists and studios in ... “We are the only art residency program in the Middle East certified by “res artsi ...
(Jul 26, 2013, Arab News)
Duration: Aug 18, 2013 - Nov 10, 2013
Since the end of the 1970s, Chinese Contemporary Art has experienced 30 years of development of trials and hardships. From“85 New Wave”in the 1980s, international recognition in the 1990s, commercial success in the 2000s to today's overall prosperity, ...
(Jul 26, 2013, EastDay.com)
From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s
The 1980s was a seminal period in the history of contemporary art in China. However, the contribution and experimentalism of the art scene in South China, in particular Guangzhou and Shenzhen, have generally been overlooked. Due in part to the ...
(Jul 26, 2013, Asia Society)
Diving: Chinese teenager Si wins world 10m platform gold
... site by enabling javascript to view ads. Fourteen-year-old Si Yajie of China won the women's world 10m platform gold on Thursday with compatriot Chen Ruolin, the previous world and Olympic champion, in silver and Ukraine's Iulia Prokopchuk third ...
(Jul 26, 2013, GlobalPost)
Scars in Vadodra
The work was part of a show titled Indian Highway, held at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Bejing, China. The work, called I Love My India, was pulled out from the exhibition—the Union ministry of external affairs officials objected to it ...
(Jul 26, 2013, Livemint)
Hong Kong's art museum aims to rival Tate and MoMA
However, censorship rules that prevent artists from depicting their political leaders or sexually explicit content prevented some pieces from being publically displayed in the mainland, according to Dr. Pi Li, the senior curator of Chinese contemporary ...
(Jul 26, 2013, CNN International)
Hong Kong's art museum aims to rival Tate and MoMA
However, censorship rules that prevent artists from depicting their political leaders or sexually explicit content prevented some pieces from being publically displayed in the mainland, according to Dr. Pi Li, the senior curator of Chinese contemporary ...
(Jul 27, 2013, CNN Travel)
Pace Beijing opens exhibition by leading Chinese Contemporary artist Yin ...
Pace Beijing opens exhibition by leading Chinese Contemporary artist Yin ...
(Jul 29, 2013, Art Daily)
Art Experience Gallery teaches young artists some well-needed skills
Hong Kong Art School graduate Dan Ann Hin-ka made a traditional Chinese suit out of measuring tape in an attempt to illustrate the distance between people, and grasp the nature of relationships. The 32-year-old artist says "First Smash" changed her ...
(Jul 30, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Capture your artistic moments in the Red Guards – Moving Forward! Social ... - eTravelBlackboard
Capture your artistic moments in the Red Guards – Moving Forward! Social ...
(Jul 31, 2013, Asia Edition)
Venice exhibit aims to keep island afloat
Pan is curating an exhibit focused on Tuvalu this summer at the Venice Biennale, a major contemporary art exhibition in Italy, and he also feels strongly about raising awareness of climate change. The Tuvalu Pavilion at the biennale features Taiwanese ...
(Jul 31, 2013, Cornell Chronicle)
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