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Contemporary Chinese Art News 12/2015 (Page 3)

Art in 2015: forget the Turner prize - this was the year the Old Masters ...

Art in 2015: forget the Turner prize - this was the year the Old Masters ... (Dec 15, 2015, Telegraph.co.uk)

Chinese collectors beginning to splurge on Western art

Canton Treasure Auction has put forward a special section of "oil painting, sculpture and prints" during its contemporary art auction. According to the head of its oil painting department, oil painting collecting is a trend we will see in the future ... (Dec 15, 2015, Shanghai Daily (subscription))

Shanghai Art Exhibit Shines Spotlight on Chinese Walt Disney

Aside from being one of the founders of China's first cartoon society, Zhang was also at the forefront of the country's commercial art. He authored the first Chinese book on modern industrial art in 1932, and published several art journals later in his ... (Dec 15, 2015, Yibada (English Edition))

Good Coffee Arrives in Dural

Work Uniform: Mikala Tai. Take a look inside the wardrobe of 4A Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art's brand new director. The KitX Flagship. Kit Willow has followed up the launch of her new label with a Paddington store. ArtDesignThe Journal ... (Dec 15, 2015, Broadsheet)

Rich Chinese shaking up art market

Canton Treasure Auction has put forward a special section of “oil painting, sculpture and prints” during its contemporary art auction. According to the head of its oil painting department, oil painting collecting is a trend we will see in the future ... (Dec 16, 2015, The Star Online)

International Star Shines at The Dowse for NZ Festival

The Dowse Art Museum is pleased to announce that an exhibition by Liu Jianhua, one of China's best known contemporary artists, will star as the museum's offering for the New Zealand Festival in 2016. ... Arts, 14th international Sculpture Biennale of ... (Dec 16, 2015, Scoop.co.nz)

Arts calendar is rich in 2016

Conceived as an homage to the artist's father, this exhibition opened at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. The Andy Warhol Museum edition is the first solo exhibition in the U.S. given to Mr. Chow, who was born in ... During a break in ... (Dec 16, 2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Annual program 2016

The hightlights of the year include Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965, a comprehensive exploration of the pivotal and defining moments of contemporary art history. Additionally, in cooperation with the Musée national d'art ... (Dec 16, 2015, E-Flux)

Sister Corita's Summer of Love

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is New Zealand's premier museum of contemporary art, located in the dynamic coastal city of New Plymouth in Taranaki on the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Since opening in 1970, at a time when Sister Corita was ... (Dec 16, 2015, E-Flux)

A Training Ground for Untrained Artists

''In the contemporary art world,'' he says, ''if a work is priced too low, certain collectors won't buy it. They assume that price is a signifier of value. ... Martin opened a Chinese magazine written entirely in Mandarin. It contained features on ... (Dec 16, 2015, New York Times)

2015: The Year in Art

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei continued to dominate discussion and was finally granted back his passport in time to attend the opening of his Royal Academy retrospective. Tania Bruguera also lost her passport after attempting to stage a ... (Dec 16, 2015, Artsy)

The Top Living Artists of 2015

On July 22nd, the dissident artist received his passport back from the Chinese authorities, who had kept it in their possession since Ai was detained upon trying to depart Beijing for Hong Kong in 2011. ... Both were among the first opportunities Ai ... (Dec 16, 2015, Artsy)

Out with the old

A MINUTE'S walk from the Louvre museum, just a hop across the Rue de Rivoli, is an antiques centre called the Louvre des Antiquaires. Until recently hundreds of dealers had galleries here, selling Louis XVI chairs, Renaissance jewels and other ... (Dec 16, 2015, The Economist)

Best images of 2015 by Press Association photographers [Photos]

File photo dates 08/10/15 of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shining over Derwentwater, near Keswick in the Lake District. Owen Humphreys/PA. File photo dated 11/08/15 of two endangered 10cm baby undulate rays which were born last month at the ... (Dec 16, 2015, Belfast Telegraph)

Week Ahead: Music, Theater, Dance, and Art picks

There's pointe work, tap, disco, bubble wrap, Chinese takeout noodles, and more. Dec. 18-20, $15-$25. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3103, www.icaboston.org. WINTER WONDERLANDTwo companies based in New York, Hybrid Movement ... (Dec 16, 2015, The Boston Globe)

New York's Best Beach Party Comes to Sydney

Japanese Photography: The Birth of a Market

At the same time, the once marginalized field of photography was becoming more entwined with contemporary art, and young collectors who came to the medium through the work of later American artists like Larry Clark and Nan Goldin were primed for the ... (Dec 16, 2015, BLOUIN ARTINFO)

Christmas Day Coffee and Pastries

Work Uniform: Mikala Tai. Take a look inside the wardrobe of 4A Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art's brand new director. ArtDesignThe Journal · The Timelessness of Marble. “Love thy marble” is the philosophy behind Allegra Stone. My Pretty Little Art ... (Dec 17, 2015, Broadsheet)

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

The second exhibition of the Discordant Harmony project takes place in Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art from December 19, 2015 to March 6, 2016 as a part of a trilogy of exhibitions by the Museum in observing the 70th anniversary of the atomic ... (Dec 17, 2015, E-Flux)

11 Hamilton Students Awarded Smallen Creativity Grants

She writes, “By incorporating my Chinese heritage, my knowledge of the language, and my experience traveling abroad in Beijing I will explore the power of visuals and brand identity.” Horn will examine the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics which she cites ... (Dec 17, 2015, Hamilton College News)

Adelaide Festival Centre to Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year with Special ...

Adelaide Festival Centre to Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year with Special ... (Dec 17, 2015, Broadway World)

Vivian Xiaotian of Artron Discusses An Ambitious Arts Project

“I think a lot of people in China have become wealthier than before and they are pursuing a better lifestyle and a lot of artists can give decoration for their homes. So I think it's a very good start for people to have a better understanding of what ... (Dec 17, 2015, Superyachts.com)

Sothebyb

Sotheby's became the first international auction house when it expanded from London to New York (1955), the first to conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973), India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international fine art auction house in China (2012 ... (Dec 17, 2015, CNNMoney)

10 things to do with out-of-towners on Staten Island

Snug Harbor is home to Music Hall, Art Lab, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, the Noble Maritime Collection, the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, Snug Harbor Artist Residency Program (SHARP), Staten Island Children's Museum and the ... (Dec 17, 2015, SILive.com)

Art Basel: Africa Gets In At Last

There was a healthy clash of ideas including the polemic about why some prefix “African” to contemporary art made by Africans. Why not? Isn't it in the same vein as there's a Chinese contemporary art, or African football, European football, American ... (Dec 18, 2015, The Star, Kenya)

Zhu Lanqing awarded the Jimei X Arles Discovery Award

As the first international exhibition focusing on the field of contemporary art and photography in Xiamen, Jimei X Arles: East West Encounters International Photo Festival 2015 has successfully opened the door of contemporary art for Xiamen, and has ... (Dec 18, 2015, E-Flux)

What's Your Welcome Drink?

The Imperial Hotel Reopens

A Slice of Italian Summer in Sydney

Benjamin Genocchio, editor-in-chief of Artnet News, appointed executive ...

Benjamin Genocchio, editor-in-chief of Artnet News, appointed executive ... (Dec 18, 2015, Art Newspaper)

National Gallery of Victoria curator Max Delany appointed director of the ...

National Gallery of Victoria curator Max Delany appointed director of the ... (Dec 18, 2015, Sydney Morning Herald)

Douglas Coupland: Coffee & Cigarettes

They should have a motto: “China: the Land where the Air Does Your Smoking For You.” . . . My grade seven gym ... He also has a museum show at Rotterdam's Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. Twitter @dougcoupland. Photograph: Ken Mayer ... (Dec 18, 2015, Financial Times)

Look, no hands: drones and robots have designs on our future

In China, Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au employs robots to assemble the curved stainless-steel centre of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) in Shenzhen. In Amsterdam, Dutch designer Joris Laarman plans for a ... (Dec 18, 2015, Sydney Morning Herald)

Chinese art star Pearl Lam finds thrills in Australia's outback

Lam was in Australia, her second visit, earlier this year for the Sydney Contemporary art fair, but also as part of a mission to introduce more Asian buyers to Australian artists. While best known for representing contemporary Chinese artists and ... (Dec 18, 2015, The Australian Financial Review)

Shanghai: building a cultural epicentre in a police state

The live music scene has been complemented by the establishment of the West Bund arts precinct, which houses world-class contemporary art facilities, the Long Museum and the Yuz Museum. These will soon be joined by the $US2.5 billion DreamWorks ... (Dec 18, 2015, The Australian Financial Review)

Review: In A Truffaut Notebook, Sam Solecki explores the work of the famed ...

Review: In A Truffaut Notebook, Sam Solecki explores the work of the famed ... (Dec 18, 2015, The Globe and Mail)

[Best of 2015] The Year in Sculpture

+ The trend of creating contemporary archeological art to be dug up for future generations made it's rounds from Taryn Simon's Black Box in Russia, ChimPom's Don't Follow the Wind in Japan, and French artist Prune Nourry's Terra Cotta Daughters in ... (Dec 18, 2015, The Creators Project (blog))

Numerous Records Broken at Mumbai Art Auctions

While there's been much talk of the appetite for art from China and Russia, there's another massive economy with a fondness for fine art: India. A Christie's sale December 15 in Mumbai netted more than $14 million—a record for an Indian auction ... (Dec 19, 2015, Observer)

Taipei's historic Datong District gets new lease of life

Most tourist maps of Taipei lead to places such as the Taipei 101 skyscraper and other relatively new landmarks. But one of the Taiwanese capital's oldest districts, a dried food hub, is vying for visitor attention as merchants revitalise the streets ... (Dec 19, 2015, South China Morning Post (subscription))

MMoCA depicts 'Curious Worlds' of Ellen Lanyon

Consider Méret Oppenheim, famous for her 1936 work “Breakfast in Fur” in which she covered a cup, saucer and spoon with fur from Chinese gazelle. Or Frida Kahlo, the 20th-century Mexican painter who always denied any ... Starting this month, art fans ... (Dec 19, 2015, Wisconsin Gazette)

'Nut/Cracked': a holiday gift of camp and caring

exuberant athleticism, and sly postmodern winks as they careen from exchanging a long-stemmed rose through clenched teeth (the “Snow” Pas de Deux) to slurping up a noodle from a takeout carton (“Chinese Tea”). Accenting the action is toe-tapping of a ... (Dec 19, 2015, The Boston Globe)

The ticket: Dance

There's pointe work, tap, disco, bubble wrap, Chinese takeout noodles, and more. Dec. 20, $15-$25. Institute of Contemporary Art. 617-478-3103, www.icaboston.org. URBAN NUTCRACKER For its 15th anniversary, Tony Williams's reimagining of the classic ... (Dec 19, 2015, The Boston Globe)

'Don't spend too much time in your hotel'

I'm a musician, I love hitting things and I'm obsessed by sound and silence. I like to fuse electronic aspects of music-making with the acoustic properties of instruments and this has become a big part of my projects and performances. My favourite past ... (Dec 20, 2015, Times of Malta)

Sleeping Beauty These linen brands are perfect for summer.

This summer, stretch out by the pool in outfits, swimwear and accessories made ...

This summer, stretch out by the pool in outfits, swimwear and accessories made ... (Dec 21, 2015, Broadsheet)

Are these the world's most bizarre buildings?

There's no missing this most oddly-shaped hotel in China's eastern Hebei province, which depicts the Chinese gods of good fortune, prosperity and longevity, Fu, Lu and Shou. This ten storey hotel was built in 2001 and became an instant Guinness World ... (Dec 21, 2015, Stuff.co.nz)

Fondation Louis Vuitton hosts contemporary Chinese art in January

'From Happiness to Whatever' 2015, by Liu Shiyuan. — Handout via AFPPARIS, Dec 21 — In January 2016, the Fondation Louis Vuitton launches an exhibition bringing together 12 contemporary artists from China. It is the first time in 10 years in France ... (Dec 21, 2015, Malay Mail Online)

8th Asia Pacific Triennial Q&A: Ming Wong

As a Singaporean of Chinese descent, I asked myself what I could contribute to an Asian Pacific survey of contemporary art, set in Brisbane, Australia. Indonesia lay between us. Jogjakarta was calling, as the artistic centre in-between. On my research ... (Dec 21, 2015, BLOUIN ARTINFO)

Just in Time: Local Watch Designers

Work Uniform: Mikala Tai. Take a look inside the wardrobe of 4A Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art's brand new director. ArtDesignThe Journal · New Laws For Cyclists Include Heavy Fines and Compulsory ID. The NSW government is putting more ... (Dec 21, 2015, Broadsheet)

The Power 100 of 2015: Part I

Chairman of DTAC, Thailand's second-largest mobile operator, Bencharongkul has collected art for more than three decades and in 2012 opened the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok to showcase selections from his holdings of nearly 900 artworks ... (Dec 21, 2015, BLOUIN ARTINFO)

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