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Contemporary Chinese Art News 08/2014 (Page 3)

Contemporary İstanbul art fair to host 650 artists in ninth edition

The conference program of the fair, Cİ Dialogues, will bring together leading experts on the field of contemporary art. The theme of the program will be “The Other Art. Alternatives. Choices. Options,” while the future of collecting art and the power ... (Aug 22, 2014, Cihan News Agency)

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Contemporary İstanbul to host 650 artists in ninth edition

AGO's Alex Colville exhibit aims to enlighten but manages to exhaust

The Toronto gallery hosted the first major retro of the artist 31 years ago, a two-month-long showcase that went on to tour other Canadian centres, as well as venues in Germany, China and Japan. Of course, there are gaps – I don't recall seeing In the ... (Aug 22, 2014, The Globe and Mail)

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SICHUAN OPERA FROM CHINA: Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., Sette La Verghetta Center for the Performing Arts, Marywood University. UMPHREY'S MCGEE: Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m., F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre, $29.50. Visit www.kirbycenter.org ... (Aug 23, 2014, Scranton Times-Tribune)

China's Pollution Crisis Inspires An Unsettling Art Exhibit

When 16,000 dead pigs floated down a river in Shanghai last year, it inspired a lot of questions about China's environmental conditions and a lot of disgust. Now, those pigs have helped inspire an arresting exhibit at Shanghai's contemporary art museum ... (Aug 23, 2014, NPR (blog))

China's Pollution Crisis Inspires An Unsettling Art Exhibit

A Supports/Surfaces Moment: Contradictions, Paradoxes and Other Ironies

Tel Quel at that time was a paradoxical political mixture in its fascination with both the U.S. and Mao's China, an ideological gap hard to bridge. Writer Philippe Sollers and poet/art critic Marcelin ... Today, Art Press is still part visual-arts ... (Aug 23, 2014, Hyperallergic)

Overblown Triennale in need of a unifying theme

It is a rather ominous way to open Japan's most important exhibition of contemporary art. For many in Japan and East Asia, the Yokohama Triennale, which runs to November 3, is a bellwether of the latest ideas in the international art world. Featuring ... (Aug 23, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Contemporary İstanbul art fair to host 650 artists in ninth edition

Fall brings affordable art, intimate encounters

Oct. 10: “Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu” opens at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and continues through Jan. 11. Free. Organized by the Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, this retrospective of the Chinese-born artist, who lived ... (Aug 24, 2014, Kansas City Star)

Hong Kong-style milk tea takes centre stage at cultural exhibition in Taiwan

Previous Hong Kong Week exhibitions have featured contemporary art, music, design and dance. This year's event would feature a mix of serious and lighthearted attractions, Mao said. Chau Hing-wah, curator of the Heritage Museum, told the South China ... (Aug 24, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

A Tour of Miami's Best Art Destinations

Contemporary art curator Cheryl Brutvan is currently working on a selection of pieces from local collector Beth Rudin DeWoody opening in February. DeWoody stands apart from other art patrons not only because of the size of her collection but her ... (Aug 25, 2014, Ocean Drive Magazine)

Artist wows with soy sauce

Zhang, who said he is influenced by Chinese landscape painting, said visitors to MOCA would understand more about Chinese contemporary art after combing some of the museum's exhibits. "I try to mix different feelings and meanings in my paintings and I ... (Aug 25, 2014, ecns)

Cai Guo-Qiang Smashes Records in Shanghai

The work, at the city's Power Station of Art, has smashed attendance records for the institution, which is China's first state-run contemporary art center, attracting some 20,000 visitors since it opened in July. The piece consists of a barnacle ... (Aug 25, 2014, artnet News)

Art Basel Returns To Hong Kong For Its Sophomore Outing

Described as the largest and most highly-regarded gathering of modern and contemporary art in the world, Art Basel is often dubbed the Olympics of the art world. With successful annual shows in Basel and Miami, it exported its brand to Asia last year ... (Aug 25, 2014, Forbes)

Reshaping the electronic music scene

Blending dance party vibes with live electronic music performances, contemporary art installations, film screening and modern dance, the festival will bring together more than 60 DJs and artists from Berlin, Paris and Beijing. They include Francois X ... (Aug 25, 2014, Chinadaily USA)

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition Commune in Chippendale puts ...

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition Commune in Chippendale puts ... (Aug 26, 2014, The Daily Telegraph)

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition, titled Commune, puts contemporary ...

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition, titled Commune, puts contemporary ... (Aug 26, 2014, The Daily Telegraph)

ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS AROUND THE REGION THIS WEEK

Journey: An Artistic Dialoge - International Contemporary Art Space, 74 State St., New London; works by several Chinese painters are featured in this grand opening exhibit; through Sat.; 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; (860) 501-9024. 58th Regional Show ... (Aug 26, 2014, TheDay.com)

Art inspired by the Third World

A collaborative art project with Tang Contemporary Art and featuring various genres of art by dozens of Chinese artists, "The World III in the Third World" exhibition will be displayed at Chulalongkorn University's Art Centre from today until Oct 4 ... (Aug 27, 2014, Bangkok Post)

SCOUT LIST | Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And ...

SCOUT LIST | Ten Things That You Should Absolutely Do Between Now And ... (Aug 27, 2014, Scout Magazine (blog))

Should children run wild in art galleries and museums?

Clare Finn is a conservator of artworks and museum artefacts and says she would be worried about children running around without realising how delicate even contemporary art can be. “I think more and more people are thinking of paintings as images and ... (Aug 27, 2014, BBC News)

Ryan Trecartin at Upfor, Ellen Lesperance at Adams & Ollman and more must ... - The Oregonian

Ryan Trecartin at Upfor, Ellen Lesperance at Adams & Ollman and more must ... (Aug 27, 2014, OregonLive.com)

Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2014.

Salla Simukka and Emmi Itaranta Two Finnish writers discuss their books: Simukka's young adult novel “As Red as Blood,” about a teenager who stumbles upon a drug cartel's cash, and Itaranta's novel “Memory of Water,” about a Chinese-controlled Europe ... (Aug 27, 2014, Washington Post)

Chinese Authorities Shut Down Beijing Independent Film Festival

On the same day, festival founder Li Xianting, a well-known critic and supporter of Chinese contemporary art, as well as artistic director Wang Hongwei and co-organizer Fan Rong were detained for hours by the police, who also dragged away in bags ... (Aug 27, 2014, Hyperallergic)

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition, Commune, puts contemporary Chinese ...

White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition, Commune, puts contemporary Chinese ... (Aug 28, 2014, The Daily Telegraph)

Norton Museum unveils 2014-15 exhibition season

... contemporary art curator Cheryl Brutvan will present the art. “It's always interesting to see how other people put together their vision of how it should be seen,” she said. High Tea: Glorious Manifestations of East and West: Feb. 19-May 24 ... (Aug 28, 2014, Palm Beach Daily News)

See some of the area's biggest art shows before they move on

It's the first U.S. survey of a rising wave of Chinese artists born after the repressive Cultural Revolution, which ended in the late 1970s. They are not especially politically motivated, as earlier generations were, and ... The Contemporary Art Museum ... (Aug 28, 2014, Tampabay.com)

WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art explores contemporary Chinese art in the exhibition “Seeing the Unseen” through Feb. 28. The exhibition features photographic and video works by eight renowned Chinese artists, including Cao Fei, Li Wei, Wang ... (Aug 28, 2014, Florida Weekly)

Ai Weiwei prepares for Blenheim Palace show but must keep his distance

Since Ai first drew attention to them, many of the originals have been returned to China by wealthy collectors, including two which resurfaced at the auction of the collection of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent. Ai Weiwei's snake from his circle ... (Aug 28, 2014, The Guardian)

Beijing Book Fair 2014: The Sweet Spots

The 7-volume tome elBulli 2005–2011, retailing at 425 British pounds, sells the most, both in its original English edition and Chinese translation, while The Story of Art has always been a perennial bestseller, adds Brand. “Contemporary art is big in ... (Aug 28, 2014, Publishers Weekly)

Museum & Gallery Listings for Aug. 29-Sept. 4

They represent a marvelous variety of styles and influences, including Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, classic Chinese traditions, and European folk art. What they share is a love for processes and materials and a candid way with the human touch ... (Aug 28, 2014, New York Times)

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Weekend Entertainment Guide 8/29/2014

Galleries Cater to the Vacationing Art Collector

But once inside the 12th-century burgher's house here, you find yourself surrounded by millions of dollars worth of Chinese contemporary art. “This was an opportunity for our artists to exhibit in the region,” said Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, the ... (Aug 29, 2014, New York Times)

More in Singapore venture into art-collecting

Number two would be Chinese lutes, and Chinese painting and contemporary art. The owners of 20-year-old Opera Gallery in Singapore say they have seen a 10 per cent increase in the average price per piece of art in the last one to two years, but that ... (Aug 29, 2014, Channel News Asia)

Insider's Guide to Singapore

Two years ago, Gillman Barracks, part of an old military installation, was turned into space for 16 galleries as well as the Centre for Contemporary Art. Next year the National Gallery and the Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris will open. On the ... (Aug 30, 2014, Wall Street Journal)

Battambang, Cambodia's art and soul

A graphic designer and painter who works from a cool, airy attic above his father's Chinese shophouse on the riverbank, Theanly is one of a wave of home-grown artists enjoying recent success – his exhibition, entitled Surviving, sold out on its opening ... (Aug 30, 2014, The Guardian)

Largest-ever UK exhibition of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to launch in London

Contemporary Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's work is to go on show as the launch exhibition of the Blenheim Art Foundation in London. Opening at Blenheim Palace this fall, the exhibition will showcase more than 50 artworks by Ai Weiwei produced ... (Aug 30, 2014, Yahoo Philippines News)

Weekend Entertainment Guide 8/20/2014

ARTS > 80 art galleries from 24 countries meet in Istanbul

Art enthusiasts will enjoy artwork from 80 different galleries from 24 countries around the globe, including Finland, the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia. ... ArtInternational 2014 will bring together some of the most iconic names in ... (Aug 30, 2014, Hurriyet Daily News)

The 30 under 30 shaping Ireland's future

He is the first of an impressive list of young start-up creators to come out of the accelerator programme set up by Liam Casey, the China-based manufacturing magnate who is currently being touted as a pivotal figure between Silicon Valley's tech giants ... (Aug 31, 2014, Irish Independent)

Pakistani artist among 15 finalists nominated for international prize

Selecting this year's finalists is a judging panel comprising Chris Saines, Director of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art; Feng Boyi, eminent independent art curator and critic of Chinese contemporary art; Luckana Kunavichayanont, director ... (Aug 31, 2014, The News International)

A Luxury Brand Thriving in China

Inside I.T Beijing Market, which is part department store and part museum, Chinese shoppers can find contemporary art pieces, vending machines dispensing T-shirts for 950 yuan ($155), and 13,599 yuan ($2,210) punk-inspired party dresses from designer ... (Aug 31, 2014, Wall Street Journal)

airports step out in style

I'd cherry-pick Chinese terminals' polite English messages too for my ultimate airport, such as "No tossing, no climbing" and "Please do not put your body out of the escalator". ... Created by architect David Rockwell for a budget airline, the trim ... (Sep 1, 2014, Stuff.co.nz)

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