Who We Be: A Conversation With Jeff Chang
When Jeff Chang moved from Hawaii to California to go to UC Berkeley in 1985, he found what he calls “microaggressions”—people on the street called him “chink” or told him to go back to China. This fueled his anti-racism and anti-apartheid activism in ...
(Feb 18, 2015, Truthdig)
Why Is the Havana Biennial Afraid of Tania Bruguera and is she the Cuban Ai ...
Why Is the Havana Biennial Afraid of Tania Bruguera and is she the Cuban Ai ...
(Feb 18, 2015, artnet News)
What to Do in Beijing
It seems like only yesterday that Beijing had its much-ballyhooed “coming out” party — the 2008 Summer Olympics — but things don't slow down much in China's frenetic capital. Already, the city is eyeing another Olympics bid (it's one of two .... The ...
(Feb 18, 2015, New York Times)
Cai Guo-Qiang's Love Affair With Fireworks
Red and green pyrotechnics explode as part of 'Remembrance,' part two of 'Elegy: Explosion Event for the Opening of Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave,' on the riverfront of the Power Station of Art gallery, Shanghai, August 8, 2014. New York City-based ...
(Feb 18, 2015, ChinaFile)
Five Fun Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Launch gallery. DAY OF THE DRAGON Watch the Chinese New Year Parade this weekend. Photo: Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune ... and imperialism in Latin America. 2/21–5/24. $12. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. mcachicago.org ...
(Feb 18, 2015, Chicagomag.com)
Body Talk: African Sexuality & Womanism
Brussels--Six African women artists talk about bodies, sexuality and gender: it's not your everyday show--gathered together in the heart of the bureaucratic capital of Europe--under the rubric Body Talk at the Wiels Center of Contemporary Art. Not only ...
(Feb 18, 2015, Huffington Post)
Two MOCAD shows a study in contrast
Two shows up through March 29 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit remind us why it's so cool to have a contemporary-art museum in town, and what we were missing in the years before MOCAD landed on Detroit shores. ... In many of the works here ...
(Feb 19, 2015, The Detroit News)
Galleries & Museums: Feb. 19-25
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art Gallery: 1288 N. Palm Ave. "Friends and Family," featuring ... "Seeing the Unseen," a contemporary photography and video art exhibit by eight renowned Chinese artists, on display through Feb. 28. "Expressive Bodies: Works ...
(Feb 19, 2015, Bradenton Herald)
Xu Zhen to Open Solo Show at PMQ
His involvement in these multiple ventures gives his work a critical, self-aware edge that speaks to the turbulent conditions that govern the contemporary art system in Mainland China. For Adrian Cheng, Xu's work “maps the complex relationship between ...
(Feb 19, 2015, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Kochi Biennale: Art al fresco
It seemed fitting then that there is so much at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale that is connected to China — indeed, because the biennale's ambition is enormous, to history, to trade and to science as well. The first thing I viewed at the biennale was a ...
(Feb 19, 2015, Business Standard)
The 'Post-Mankind' Vision of Photographer Lori Nix
Her first major show was in Chicago, where she stumbled into a Richard Misrach exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Misrach is best known for his monumental photographs of humans' effects on the American landscape. “All these different images of ...
(Feb 19, 2015, Newsweek)
Chinese New Year 2015: How Manchester's spectacular light show will look
... include a taster of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's explosive exhibition at the newly reopened Whitworth Art Gallery, an animated film by Beijing-based artist Sun Xun - part of a major solo exhibition at Manchester's Centre for Chinese Contemporary ...
(Feb 19, 2015, Manchester Evening News)
Chairman of Phillips Sees Major Changes in Auctions
It was Phillips's strongest contemporary sale in more than two years, with talked-about lots, including works by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and the Los Angeles-born Mark Bradford. On the heels of that success, in London ... in July, is not concerned ...
(Feb 19, 2015, New York Times)
Exhibition review: Yangjiang Group, Zhang Huan, Lanterns of the Terracotta ...
Exhibition review: Yangjiang Group, Zhang Huan, Lanterns of the Terracotta ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Brisbane Times)
Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 20-26
Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. A searchable guide to these and many other art shows is at nytimes.com/events. Museums. American Folk Art Museum: 'A Shared Legacy: ...
(Feb 20, 2015, New York Times)
Chinese New Year 2015: Spectacular light show sparks Manchester celebrations
The work is part of a major solo exhibition at Manchester's Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and is accompanied by work from illustrator Stanley Chow. Visitors also got a glimpse of the Hong Kong Pulse 3D Light Show, a production on Hong Kong's ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Manchester Evening News)
Retirees don't need golf clubs to enjoy Palm Springs
One of the desert's hidden gems is the phenomenal collection of contemporary art at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Patrons who enter expecting to see desert landscapes and cowboy paintings are usually shocked to witness a cutting-edge collection so ...
(Feb 20, 2015, The Globe and Mail)
Aaron Seeto's secret Sydney
The gallery's current exhibition, Actions for Tomorrow, is the first solo exhibition of the Chinese collective, Yangjiang Group. "They give us a different perspective on contemporary Chinese art," says Seeto. "They're stretching what calligraphy looks ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Sydney Morning Herald)
Chinese New Year 2015: What's on for children this weekend?
There are a variety of family workshops hosted by the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and Manchester Confucius Institute. The workshops will be a mix of contemporary themes and traditional Chinese arts. The streets of Manchester will also serve as ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Manchester Evening News)
What's On This Week Around the World
In addition to productions by some of the world's leading arts institutions, a number of smaller events will also take place — including local dance works, Chinese opera productions and two concerts by Pink Martini, a quirky, world-touring jazz ...
(Feb 20, 2015, New York Times (blog))
Gérard Faggionato Moves to David Zwirner as London Galleries Feel the Pinch
LONDON — Gérard Faggionato, a prominent Mayfair dealer who for 22 years has run his own gallery specializing in postwar and contemporary art, is joining the sales team of the New York mega-gallerist David Zwirner. Beginning in April, Mr. Faggionato ...
(Feb 20, 2015, New York Times)
The Art Market: The imitation game
The panel was pessimistic about Indian, Chinese and Middle-Eastern contemporary art. But, confirming the London results, the panellists were optimistic about the $1m-plus segment, saying that they expected the ultra-wealthy “to continue their trophy ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Financial Times)
Opening Soon: An Art Gallery From a Taittinger
... Mr. Taittinger, 34, said. The gallery has been redesigned by the architect Markus Dochantschi of the firm Studio MDA and is scheduled to open March 3 with a show featuring, among others, the Chinese artist Ding Yi and Alexander Ponomarev of Ukraine ...
(Feb 20, 2015, New York Times (blog))
Depending on the rugs and when they were made, they can fetch thousands of ...
Depending on the rugs and when they were made, they can fetch thousands of ...
(Feb 20, 2015, Orillia Packet & Times)
Xu Bing's WRITING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH Opens Today at Frost Art ...
Xu Bing's WRITING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH Opens Today at Frost Art ...
(Feb 21, 2015, Broadway World)
XU BING: WRITING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH Opens Today at Patricia ...
XU BING: WRITING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH Opens Today at Patricia ...
(Feb 21, 2015, Broadway World)
Artist Wu Tsang gives LGBT community medium for communication
... his first solo exhibition at the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art in Zurich. What he did discover on that journey was the story of Qiu Jin, a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, writer and poet who was considered a national heroine. Born in 1875 and ...
(Feb 21, 2015, South China Morning Post (subscription))
Retrospective: 15 Years of China Briefing
Each issue of China Briefing Magazine showcases a work of contemporary art – a highly recognizable style that has become synonymous with our brand. Some of the artists featured over the years have subsequently become very famous with the works now ...
(Feb 21, 2015, China Briefing)
Why India's richie rich are increasingly investing in art rather than buying ...
Why India's richie rich are increasingly investing in art rather than buying ...
(Feb 22, 2015, Economic Times)
'Fantastic Art China' Brings Top Contemporary Chinese Art to New York for ...
'Fantastic Art China' Brings Top Contemporary Chinese Art to New York for ...
(Feb 22, 2015, Broadway World)
At Bates, museum director balances his work as curator and artist
In 2014, Mills showed his work in a dozen exhibitions from Maine to California, including at Art Miami during the largest U.S. gathering of the contemporary art community. It's not unusual for a museum director or curator to also make art ... Last ...
(Feb 22, 2015, Press Herald)
Essential Arts: A controversial maestro, Oscars architecture and another side ...
Essential Arts: A controversial maestro, Oscars architecture and another side ...
(Feb 22, 2015, Los Angeles Times)
Buddhist Artist Hu Junjun Opens Up About Art and the Ego
The word for "contradiction" in Chinese literally translates as "spear shield," and derives from the story of a village weapon smith caught bragging both that his spears can pierce anything and that his shields are impenetrable. Contemporary artist Hu ...
(Feb 22, 2015, artnet News)
M+ architects wanted to design a building worthy of the art inside
Thanks to several significant donations - most notably the largest and most important collection in the world of Chinese contemporary art, donated to M+ in 2012 by Swiss collector Uli Sigg, and a HK$1.7 billion budget to build its collection - 2,400 ...
(Feb 22, 2015, South China Morning Post (subscription))
Husted: Michelle Sie Whitten makes life better for people with Down syndrome ...
Husted: Michelle Sie Whitten makes life better for people with Down syndrome ...
(Feb 23, 2015, Denver Business Journal (blog))
Melbourne Express: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
7:04am: Celebrate the Chinese New Year with the Queen Victoria Market, which in the midst of 10 days festivities including Chinese dancing, lanterns and food. Details are here. Chinese New Year dragon in Melbourne. 6:56am: Another cool summer day for ...
(Feb 23, 2015, The Age)
Scientific art unfolds in China
Artist BiJian Fan is to exhibit scientific art at the Museum of Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, in April 2015. He will also speak to the students about science-art integration, collaborate with them to create a large scale scientific art collectively ...
(Feb 23, 2015, Ventura County Star)
Celebrating Maya Angelou's legacy
In the spirit of bringing people together, Kocze invited Wake Forest students, faculty and members of the Winston-Salem community to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) for an evening event, “Celebrating Maya Angelou.” Attendees ...
(Feb 23, 2015, Wake Forest University News Center)
Kids learn unique calligraphy style from Chinese artist at Frost Art Museum
Students from W.J. Bryan Elementary School, a museum magnet program in North Miami, visited the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum on Monday morning to learn the art of Square Word Calligraphy in a workshop with Chinese artist Xu Bing, whose exhibit, ...
(Feb 23, 2015, MiamiHerald.com)
Interview of Tina Barney by Jerry Atnip
TB I went to Europe, then to China. I then did a project called Small Towns where I photographed for seven years in small towns near where I live in Rhode Island. Those people didn't know me, so that was like starting over. I think the only thing that ...
(Feb 24, 2015, The Eye of Photography)
Art Basel in Hong Kong Takes Global Approach to Salon Programming
Using the popular online game Second Life as a platform, Cao's RMB City, a virtual 21st-century Chinese city, provides a space that blurs virtual and physical reality, allowing artists and other creatives to develop innovative projects. ... The final ...
(Feb 24, 2015, artnet News)
Chinese artist Xu Bing gains international recognition
The piece took four years to produce and featured more than 4,000 illegible Chinese characters he invented. He moved to New York two years later. In “The Book from the Sky”, the words are just an image, but in “Book from the Ground,” the images become ...
(Feb 25, 2015, CCTV-America)
Qatar splurges on modern art despite conservatism
Last year London's Art Review magazine called her the most influential personality in the field of contemporary art, saying she spends about a billion dollars on artwork every year. The QMA declined to confirm the figure, ... Pei, the celebrated ...
(Feb 25, 2015, Aquila Style)
Afghanistan's modern artists puzzle and provoke
Picasso, Damien Hirst and Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei are among their influences, but they also admit that Afghanistan's long war has had an inescapable effect on their work. Arif Bahaduri, 22, uses medical plasters to make three-dimensional ...
(Feb 25, 2015, Aquila Style)
10 Asian Arts Influencers For 2015
"With greater exposure to different types of contemporary Chinese art, including new media art and Chinese abstract, there is room for growth in the domestic market." But while the Asian art world has never been more vibrant and buoyant – with art ...
(Feb 25, 2015, Huffington Post UK)
Asia Contemporary Art Show, DJ Phil Hartnoll - book tickets now
After reading this article, people also read. How to cook using tobacco, for sweet and savoury dishes. Feb 25, 2015. Afro-Chinese marriages boom in Guangzhou: but will it be 'til death do us part'? Feb 24, 2015 ...
(Feb 25, 2015, South China Morning Post (subscription))
SVA Art Practice: A Low-Residency, Interdisciplinary Approach to an MFA
To that end, the program's students participate from locations all over the world, including China, South Korea, Japan, Iceland, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, as well as across the United States. ... Mexico City; Tate Modern, London; Witte de With ...
(Feb 25, 2015, Hyperallergic)
CHINA 8 – Biggest-ever Chinese Contemporary Art Event in Germany with ...
CHINA 8 – Biggest-ever Chinese Contemporary Art Event in Germany with ...
(Feb 25, 2015, PR Web (press release))
The Complex Tale of Vietnamese Modernism
Vietnamese contemporary art has received a fair amount of press recently and that's a good thing. However, most Vietnamese artists who are reviewed either ... abroad, or grew up outside of Vietnam before returning home. Vietnam itself has a very clear ...
(Feb 26, 2015, Hyperallergic)
Art Notes: Self-Portraiture in the Age of the Selfie
There's W anted Poster , done in 2014 by Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident, that reads “Wanted: $2,000 reward — For information leading to the release of Ai Weiwei whose passport has been withheld by the CHINESE AUTHORITIES.” Weiwei has used two ...
(Feb 26, 2015, Valley News)
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