Thangka art masters gather at 798
Seven Thangka masters came all the way from Huangnanzhou, Qinghai Province, to 798 art district in Beijing, bringing the most representative visual arts of Tibetan Buddhism to this landmark of Chinese contemporary art. Besides the paintings, the ...
(Aug 15, 2013, ecns)
Ai Weiwei merges art and politics in AGO show
Ai Weiwei's past four years have gone like this: His studio in Shanghai was demolished by government decree; he was beaten to the point of brain hemorrhaging by Chinese security officials; he spent three months in detention on no official charge, and ...
(Aug 15, 2013, Toronto Star)
Contemporary artist not giving up 'independence'
The pioneer of contemporary Chinese artist came under the spotlight on Wednesday to declaim his new capacity as director of a contemporary art research center under the China National Academy of Chinese Painting. The news, which first spread online on ...
(Aug 15, 2013, China Daily)
Contemporary artist not giving up 'independence'
The pioneer of contemporary Chinese artist came under the spotlight on Wednesday to declaim his new capacity as director of a contemporary art research center under the China National Academy of Chinese Painting. The news, which first spread online on ...
(Aug 15, 2013, China Daily)
Chinese painting masters' works on display
“The seven artists presenting at the exhibition today are all well-known masters representing the highest level of contemporary Chinese art of calligraphy and painting,” said Hu Zhengyue, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macau ...
(Aug 15, 2013, Macau Daily Times)
Contemporary artist not giving up 'independence'
The commission comes as nothing new for Fang, who is also a member of the contemporary Chinese art department, which was founded by the Chinese National Academy of Arts in 2009. His fellow colleagues include three of the four powers of China's ...
(Aug 16, 2013, China Daily)
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Toronto show mixes art, politics
According to What? is one of the most significant exhibitions of contemporary art the AGO has hosted in years and the lengths to which the gallery went to install it are a testament to the artist's stature. Ai is “very important,” said Scott, who ...
(Aug 16, 2013, CBC.ca)
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Toronto show mixes art, politics
According to What? is one of the most significant exhibitions of contemporary art the AGO has hosted in years and the lengths to which the gallery went to install it are a testament to the artist's stature. Ai is “very important,” said Scott, who ...
(Aug 16, 2013, CBC.ca)
The danger in recognition
Chinese contemporary art seems to be entering its springtime. Overseas buyers - both individuals and institutions - have taken a keen interest in recent years, with work being snapped up and shipped abroad. And major Chinese cities too appear to have ...
(Aug 18, 2013, The Nation)
Controversial art of Chinese artist Zhang Huan ends Meijer Gardens visit this week
“Zhang Huan is among the most important voices in contemporary art today,” said Joseph Becherer, vice president and chief curator at Meijer Gardens. “From his vantage point working in China and the United States, he offers insight and inspiration for ...
(Aug 19, 2013, MLive.com)
Art and Urban Change in Contemporary China
In this series of informal talks, specialists explore topics in contemporary art in culture. As this discussion is a complementary event to the current exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What, the focus is suitably on contemporary art in China. The ...
(Aug 20, 2013, Canadian Architect)
The artist's presence: With According To What?, the AGO shows how Ai Weiwei's ...
The artist's presence: With According To What?, the AGO shows how Ai Weiwei's ...
(Aug 20, 2013, National Post)
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 ...
(Aug 21, 2013, US-China Institute)
Talk of art hub is all hype
Para Site, Hong Kong's leading contemporary art space and one of the most active non-profit art centres in Asia, is the latest to fall victim to government funding cuts, despite officials' rhetoric of promoting Hong Kong as Asia's world city and future ...
(Aug 21, 2013, South China Morning Post)
The vibrancy of the current contemporary art scene in China brought to London ...
The vibrancy of the current contemporary art scene in China brought to London ...
(Aug 22, 2013, Art Daily)
Mirror of Change Through China's Young Artists
The works on display at the CAFA show run the gamut of contemporary art and design, including sculpture, painting, installations, multimedia, jewelry, furniture, print-making, photography, animation, and more — one small room is even set aside for the ...
(Aug 23, 2013, New York Times)
Beijing Cinephiles Cross Their Fingers For Independent Film Festival
Screenings have been scheduled not only in Songzhuang, but in more central Beijing venues ranging from a hip Gulou cafe to 798's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. With a wider geographic scope, artistic director Dong Bingfeng hopes the festival can ...
(Aug 23, 2013, Jing Daily)
Private sector needs nudge to fund cultural projects
Some critics say that is a big sum but consider that Lars Nittve, executive director of M+, pulled off a coup by securing a major donation of 1,500 pieces of Chinese contemporary art from Swiss collector Uli Sigg. That alone is estimated to be worth ...
(Aug 25, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Art in China: Get It While You CanCulture
If you happen to be at NAMOC, that precious first week of September, be sure to catch a peek at the exhibition “Interactive Perspectives – Contemporary Art Across the Taiwan Straits” which features 36 artists (18 from Taiwan, 18 from the mainland ...
(Aug 26, 2013, 2paragraphs.com)
Broad strokes
That is probably the significance of Luo's Father appearing at the retrospective exhibition titled Portrait of the Times: 30 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art at the Power Station of Art. The ongoing exhibition features about 117 Chinese artists and ...
(Aug 26, 2013, Global Times)
"Interactive Perspectives -- Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan ...
"Interactive Perspectives -- Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan ...
(Aug 26, 2013, Xinhua)
Nordic Hotels chain replaces pay-TV porn with art videos
A Scandinavian hotel chain is removing pornography from the list of pay-TV channels at each of its 171 establishments and replacing it with contemporary art. Nordic Hotels owner Petter Stordalen was inspired to take action after becoming involved with ...
(Aug 26, 2013, South China Morning Post)
Asian Contemporary Art Week returns to the Bay Area September 19-26, 2013
AhmadyArts / Arts Research Center / Asian Art Museum of San Francisco / California College of the Arts / CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts / Center for Asian American Media / Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco / Don Soker Contemporary Art ...
(Aug 26, 2013, Art Daily)
Poly Auction Hong Kong 2013 to be held from October 5
The Autumn Auctions will include 6 categories, namely Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art, Chinese Contemporary Ink Paintings, Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Fine Modern Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Chinese Ceramics and ...
(Aug 27, 2013, Economic Times)
"Interactive Perspectives -- Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan ...
"Interactive Perspectives -- Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan ...
(Aug 27, 2013, CRIENGLISH.com)
Gentle fighter
He is called the godfather of Chinese contemporary art. He is a curator and art critic who has actively engaged in the discussion of Chinese art, coming up with new interpretations and interesting comparisons of concepts such as cynical realism and ...
(Aug 27, 2013, Global Times)
Inside Serbia's dormant museums
Belgrade's Museum of Contemporary Art has not reopened since it shut its doors for renovation works in 2007. Meanwhile, Serbia's National Museum has been shrouded in scaffolding and tarpaulins for more than a decade. Museum of Contemporary Art ...
(Aug 28, 2013, BBC News)
Brazilian sees Inhotim museum as 'the Disney of the future'
That's how Paz got rich, as China's demand for steel pushed up the price of iron ore. As luck would have it, he controls iron ore mines after taking over some businesses from the father of the first of his wives. ... Paz — whose involvement with ...
(Aug 28, 2013, Los Angeles Times)
'Masters in Painting' exhibition brings together mainland Chinese and local ...
'Masters in Painting' exhibition brings together mainland Chinese and local ...
(Aug 28, 2013, Macau Daily Times)
2by4 Theatre to Present World Premiere of Christopher Chen's CAUGHT, Begin ...
2by4 Theatre to Present World Premiere of Christopher Chen's CAUGHT, Begin ...
(Aug 29, 2013, Broadway World)
Exhibition and sale of contemporary chinese art
In partnership with Art Yourun International Investment & Management Ltd., Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, holds from 2 to 7 September 2013 an exhibition of contemporary art work by emerging Chinese artists. The works are visible at the Mall Galleries ...
(Aug 29, 2013, AMA)
UO's Schnitzer museum celebrates 80 with Chinese art effort
The work would enhance the JSMA's historic Chinese collection, build cross-cultural connections with international contemporary art and support the teaching and training of UO students, the museum said. In 2011, “Order” was featured in the traveling ...
(Aug 29, 2013, AroundtheO)
A Yang Fudong Restrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum
For the man inside those clothes, you could go full cliché: Give him the rounded body and face of a poet from an ancient Chinese scroll, with the requisite ponytail and straggly wisps of mustache and beard. One recent morning, in a sunny office at the ...
(Aug 29, 2013, New York Times)
Yang has not forgotten her roots
After graduating in 1997 as joint best pianist of the year, she married Chinese national Yang Lingyang and moved to Hungary, where her twin daughters were born. The family settled down in Beijing since 2000. She divides her time between Beijing and ...
(Aug 30, 2013, The Star Online)
Maxxi Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture eyes world stage with new ...
Maxxi Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture eyes world stage with new ...
(Aug 30, 2013, Art Daily)
Art institute dabbles in education
Art institute dabbles in education. Sotheby's Institute of Art will make its first foray into education in China in the coming months with courses spotlighting contemporary art and jewelry for an audience of Western and Chinese students. The move is a ...
(Aug 30, 2013, Chinadaily USA)
'Labour and Wait' displays the melding of art and craft
"In the last 10 years, I've noticed that a lot of craft has been popping up in contemporary art, using ceramics, weaving, woodcrafting and other things normally associated with craft," said exhibition curator Julie Joyce, the museum's head of ...
(Aug 31, 2013, Los Angeles Times)
Richmond Public Library: an art gallery?
Decades later, local art viewers have a similar opportunity to see non-traditional approaches to contemporary art on display. “Herald 1,” a contemporary group exhibit featuring 12 award-winning artists whose work has been seen as far away as China ...
(Sep 1, 2013, Richmond Times Dispatch)
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