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Contemporary Chinese Art News 12/2014 (Page 2)

What's New In Paris? The Louis Vuitton Arts Center

Work started on this private cultural center and contemporary art museum in 2008, and, in the end, it cost $135 million. The 2-story structure could not be higher than the former bowling alley that stood in this location, and the upper part of ... Gray ... (Dec 10, 2014, CTNow)

Now Showing: Art Options for the Week of December 11

This piece was meant to recast the history of women and, at the same time, bend the course of contemporary art in a new direction — and it did. "The Dinner Party" ... There are also a few of the test plates in porcelain, decorated with china paint ... (Dec 11, 2014, Westword)

Art Museum Plans Renovation

Shows such as the Charles Garabedian retrospective, the Picasso and Braque exhibition, the Delacroix show, and the Artful Recluse exhibition of Chinese art have catapulted the SBMA into the top ranks of regional art museums. What this renovation ... (Dec 11, 2014, Santa Barbara Independent)

Prospect.3 artist Joe Ray's work echoes recent Ferguson and New York incidents

The artists were selected by Franklin Sirmans, the curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). ... (Uganda), Douglas Bourgeois (Louisiana), Mohamed Bourouissa (Algeria), Thomas Joshua Cooper (USA), Charles Gaines (USA ... (Dec 11, 2014, NOLA.com)

UBS Introduces BETA Version of Planet Art, an iPad App That Delivers ...

UBS Introduces BETA Version of Planet Art, an iPad App That Delivers ... (Dec 11, 2014, Digital Journal)

MASS MoCA's Season Lineup Features Performance Range And Return Of ...

MASS MoCA's Season Lineup Features Performance Range And Return Of ... (Dec 11, 2014, WAMC)

Our woman in Washington: Australia's Melissa Chiu settles into role leading ...

Our woman in Washington: Australia's Melissa Chiu settles into role leading ... (Dec 12, 2014, WA today)

Holiday tips for worry-free getting and giving

Walking through Deborah Sullivan's “Irregularities of Attention” at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art through Jan. 11, you notice ... P.S.: Old pals came for Chinese dinner the other night, and I called to order it from a favorite place that ... (Dec 12, 2014, SFGate)

Third Drawer Down helps galleries sell art as well as display it

For a champion of contemporary art this may seem incongruous. But a sense of humour never hurt anyone. ... Her ongoing collaboration with Bourgeois' estate sees the release of bone china with designs from the artist's notebooks. Since that first Tate ... (Dec 12, 2014, Sydney Morning Herald)

Art galleries' blockbuster means summer is show time

What is interesting is that these are all galleries that have made much of their commitment to contemporary art, even though this has been largely because the contemporary itself is fashionable and appeals to corporate money. The reality has ... In ... (Dec 12, 2014, The Australian)

Read UNO prof Rebecca Lee Reynolds' recollections of opening weekend, as ...

Read UNO prof Rebecca Lee Reynolds' recollections of opening weekend, as ... (Dec 12, 2014, NOLA.com)

President addresses students in Shanghai

He was greeted by Alibaba owner Jack Ma, the richest man in China. Earlier the President opened an exhibition of Irish art in Beijing. 'The Weathering' features Irish design and craft and is on show in the 798 contemporary art district. The President ... (Dec 12, 2014, RTE.ie)

'Passion' Investors Follow the Money

LONDON — For all the millions spent on art, wine, coins, stamps, watches, jewelry, Chinese ceramics and antique furniture, the better investment might be classic cars. At least, that is what the numbers say. ... That number would have been very ... (Dec 12, 2014, New York Times)

Ai Weiwei designs gift of free speech at Vancouver Art Gallery Store

Here's a gift that will appeal to both the contemporary-art and human-rights advocate on your list. And as usual, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is cleverly stirring things up with the Free Speech Pendant he's created for the Vancouver Art ... (Dec 12, 2014, Straight.com (blog))

Most Read on Bloomberg: S&P 500, Bond Bears, Paulson, Oil Slides

(Bloomberg) -- Over 250 of world's leading galleries were in Miami last week for Art Basel, America's largest contemporary art fair. Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle spoke with ... Jim O'Neill Says 'Ridiculous' to Be Bearish on China. (Bloomberg) -- Jim O ... (Dec 13, 2014, Bloomberg)

Weekend events

Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art is on now at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Come ride the Polar Express at the West Coast Railway Heritage Museum in Squamish to visit Santa at the North Pole. Ride the Mini-Rail! See the new G ... (Dec 13, 2014, News1130)

Women in art spotlight in mafia heartland

Featuring the work of more than 80 female artists from all over the world, the "I am Woman" collection is the latest brainchild of master of provocation Antonio Manfredi, the director of the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) in Casoria. The down-at-heel ... (Dec 13, 2014, The Local.it)

God's Own Art

Sponsored by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and supported by Saffron Art Foundation, Baswani will showcase an archive of India's contemporary art world through 430 photographs of artists, curators, historians and scholars — clicked over the last 12years ... (Dec 13, 2014, The Hindu)

Teething troubles for Louis Vuitton's Paris art museum

That was precisely how some critics responded on October 27 when Louis Vuitton chairman and chief executive Bernard Arnault unveiled the Fondation Louis Vuitton, a private contemporary art museum and performing arts centre in the Bois de Boulogne in ... (Dec 13, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Prada gallery brings artistic spirit to Milan's industrial centre

It was once home to a distillery in the industrial heart of Milan. But a sprawling warehouse that for decades sat crumbling into disrepair, the paint peeling and the windows boarded up, is to be transformed into the city's newest and largest ... (Dec 13, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

ART: Making statements

... Masnoor participated in the the Great Malaysia Contemporary Art show, presenting a piece titled Moulding The History — The Eyes That Blink Our Minds. In it, US President Barack Obama stares out towards a stormy sea, while Chinese President Xi ... (Dec 14, 2014, New Straits Times Online)

Building the new Cuban economy

Mood lighting, contemporary art, terrace or poolside dining, nouveau cuisine and Cuban fusion dishes are among the features of the most upscale ones. Sellar recently visited Havana to add more casas particulares to his online booking site. The 20 new ... (Dec 14, 2014, MiamiHerald.com)

Yang Fudong: China's grit and glamour

Showing at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Centre For Contemporary Art (CCA) Singapore at Gillman Barracks is Incidental Scripts, which comprises four video installations by one of China's major artists to have emerged in the 1990s. (Some of his ... (Dec 14, 2014, TODAYonline)

Prospect.3 artist Lucien Smith attempts to capture the sublime at the CAC

Art world abuzz over leadership shake-ups at Christie's, Sotheby's

Perhaps more important, experts say, the leadership shake-ups coincide with changes in the contemporary art auction world, where record sales do not necessarily translate into big profits, and where new markets — primarily China and the Web — are ... (Dec 15, 2014, Los Angeles Times)

Dim Sum and skyscrapers: Business executive's guide to Hong Kong

A place to get a taste of it is K11 Mall, dubbed an "Art Mall" for its support of Chinese contemporary art and reputable gallery in the basement. The mall houses local designer brands, and offers its own curated selection of designer products at the ... (Dec 15, 2014, CNN)

A sense of purpose puts emerging world in the picture

A couples of decades ago, examples of the best Chinese contemporary art could be purchased for between $20,000 and $30,000 a piece. Those prices increased spectacularly in the intervening period, reaching respectable, if not quite Picasso-esque, levels ... (Dec 16, 2014, Financial Times)

Website calls Prospect.3 'A better Prospect for African-American artists'

New at SECCA – The Journey of the Blue Cape & Social Sculptures Opens ...

New at SECCA – The Journey of the Blue Cape & Social Sculptures Opens ... (Dec 16, 2014, Camel City Dispatch)

Women in artistic spotlight in mafia heartland

Featuring the work of more than 80 female artists from all over the world, the “I am Woman” collection is the latest brainchild of master of provocation Antonio Manfredi, the director of the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) in Casoria. The down-at-heel ... (Dec 16, 2014, The Citizen)

Virtual galleries open new markets for art

China's contemporary art market didn't exist much before 2000. It has now overtaken the US, according to Berlin-based Artnet, another online platform that specialises in art auctions. In fact, growth in China appears to be driving the global art ... (Dec 16, 2014, BBC News)

Virtual galleries open new markets for art

Shanghai and the Social Factory

After years of breathtaking development, which are symbolised best by the city of Shanghai itself, I think many in China feel that it is necessary to slow down and reflect on the place of the individual in society.' You stated that the Shanghai ... (Dec 16, 2014, Christie's)

Iconic Chinese artist Ai Weiwei Gives Vancouver Grass that Will Grow ...

Iconic Chinese artist Ai Weiwei Gives Vancouver Grass that Will Grow ... (Dec 17, 2014, The Province (blog))

Demonstrations and die-ins point to a bigger problem of inequity

Or at least I thought it was a U.S. phenomenon until my younger daughter Leslie, took me, my partner Bette and other family members on a tour of the “Zero Tolerance” exhibit at the MoMaPS1 contemporary art institution in New York. Artists in videos ... (Dec 17, 2014, Kansas City Star (blog))

Misha Nonoo Vists Beijing

"I have always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City as well as more contemporary art," she said. "My personality is this tension between the traditional and the contemporary, and I think Beijing has both in spades." Nonoo said ... (Dec 17, 2014, Women's Wear Daily)

MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts

BȂTON–SERPENT for the first time ever brings to Italy the work of the French artist of Chinese origin. The title of the exhibition recalls a verse from the Exodus 7:10 in the ... Organized by MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea ... (Dec 17, 2014, E-Flux)

The art is red

Some of these advertise the newest smartphone or fancy car, but many tout less marketable commodities: the importance of thrift, diligence, filial devotion, Chinese civilisation and the virtues of the ruling party. “The Communist Party is good, the ... (Dec 17, 2014, The Economist)

For the Harvard Art Museums, a Top-to-Bottom Renovation and Rethinking

By 1919 Greek vases and ancient coins, medieval paintings Japanese prints, Chinese bronzes and jades, and terracotta figurines had taken up residence among the plaster casts, and the museum had initiated, according to art historian Donald Preziosi, the ... (Dec 17, 2014, Hyperallergic)

Art Options for the Week of December 18

Leading US Collector of Cuban Art Predicts Gold Rush in Nation's Contemporary ...

Leading US Collector of Cuban Art Predicts Gold Rush in Nation's Contemporary ... (Dec 17, 2014, New York Observer)

A salute to the batting maestro

His façade of a grey building that could be anywhere in middle-class Mumbai, with a multimedia component, is part of the contemporary art show “Deconstructed Innings — A Tribute to India's Greatest Sporting Icon”, inspired by Sachin. The exhibition's ... (Dec 18, 2014, The Hindu)

Invader's Hong Kong street art returns with a HK$1m price tag at Sotheby's

Named Alias HK_58, by French street artist Invader, the piece will make its auction debut next month at a Sotheby's Hong Kong contemporary art sale. It first appeared in the streets of Happy Valley at the beginning of this year as one of the 75 street ... (Dec 18, 2014, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Prospect.3 artist Agus Suwage's self-portrait at the CAC poses political questions

Suwage, himself a Christian convert to Islam and of mixed Chinese and Javanese heritage, is split in half through the ears, nose, and eyes by piercing audio speakers, suggesting an overbearing assault on the senses and the challenge of dualism and ... (Dec 18, 2014, NOLA.com)

Art World Abstracts: London's National Gallery Names First Female Chair, and ...

Art World Abstracts: London's National Gallery Names First Female Chair, and ... (Dec 18, 2014, New York Observer)

Watch What Happens When You Let A Punk Rock Marching Band Take Over An ...

Watch What Happens When You Let A Punk Rock Marching Band Take Over An ... (Dec 18, 2014, Huffington Post)

Ai Weiwei's defiance on display in Vancouver

A new sculpture by acclaimed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled Wednesday for the Vancouver Biennale may initially look underwhelming. But the work has more going for it than at first appearance. The horizontal sculpture is another defiant ... (Dec 18, 2014, Vancouver Sun)

French Open unveils 2015 poster

18 (Xinhua) -- Grand Slam tennis French Open unveiled the Roland-Garros 2015 poster here on Thursday, while its designer Du Zhenjun has become the first Chinese artist in 35 years to create a work of art for the tournament. The 2015 French Open poster ... (Dec 19, 2014, Xinhua)

Cold War imagery and cyberwarfare in North Korea's Sony hack

Pyongyang hosts an annual film festival, which this year screened movies from Russia, China, India, Egypt and the United Kingdom. Yet North Korea has reason to worry about the influx of unauthorized movies across its ... For Sohl Lee, a scholar of East ... (Dec 19, 2014, Al Jazeera America)

French Open unveils 2015 poster designed by Chinese artist

Grand Slam tennis French Open unveiled the Roland-Garros 2015 poster here on Thursday, while its designer Du Zhenjun has become the first Chinese artist in 35 years to create a work of art for the tournament. The 2015 French Open poster depicts a ... (Dec 19, 2014, ecns)

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