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Contemporary Chinese Art News 01/2016 (Page 2)

Poly Macau opens with rare art collection

The Poly Macau Art Fair project brings together 60 young artists from the Greater China region, whose works are installed in separate rooms at the Regency Hotel. Sabrina Ho, who personally oversaw the rooms' design, sought to reinvent ordinary living ... (Jan 7, 2016, Macau Daily Times)

11 students visiting China in Confucius Institute program

That group is interested in bringing a delegation of 13 museum curators, gallery owners and artists together, whom have influence and are interested in hosting an art exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art in 2017 and beyond. This trip scheduled for ... (Jan 8, 2016, WKU News)

Artist weaves his own 'Silk Road' in Suzhou

TODAY, Suzhou is a city best known for its garden, but it is also renowned as the cradle of Chinese silk. A contemporary art exhibition featuring installations, videos and paintings created by seven young Chinese artists at “Yi Ou Lai” Suzhou Village ... (Jan 8, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))

How a Self-Taught Artist Can Sell for $250000

The same year, the Studio Museum in Harlem had a show devoted to Outsider Art in relation to contemporary art and the South. Then last year, the new Whitney Museum of American Art's inaugural exhibition included a work by Bill Traylor, another outsider ... (Jan 8, 2016, Bloomberg)

New York fashion exhibit featured at Cincinnati Art Museum

The 38-member cast, according to a BroadwayWorld announcement, will include actors, dancers, and renowned aerialists, acrobats, and circus arts performers covering the disciplines of aerial strap artists, Chinese pole, contortion, juggling, Russian ... (Jan 9, 2016, MyDaytonDailyNews)

Big year, big draws ahead in visual art locally

Engaging exhibits at the Orange County Museum of Art that highlighted a new generation of Chinese artists, or the Quran illustrated like a graphic novel, gave us a view on a wider cultural landscape. Others, like the Canyon Project at Laguna Art Museum ... (Jan 9, 2016, OCRegister)

Pingpong tournament uses Chairman Mao

Artist Zhang Hongtu's “Ping-Pong Mao” table will be used in a pingpong tournament at the Queens Museum Jan. 17. The piece, courtesy of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts New York and the Contemporary Chinese Art Fund, is part of an exhibition of Hongtu's work on ... (Jan 9, 2016, TimesLedger)

The Real Reason Why 'Star Wars' Is Dominating the Box Office

It has surpassed $1.5 billion globally, with no signs of slowing down as it opens in China on Saturday. Though George Lucas sold his rights to the franchise ... This also explains the lasting cultural influence of Greek mythology on contemporary art ... (Jan 9, 2016, Fortune)

Overdue honors

Wen still remembers the first time he saw Zhang. It was at the famous China's Contemporary Art Exhibition in February 1989, which showcased roughly 300 avant-garde artworks. Wen heard that some performance artists, who were not invited to the ... (Jan 10, 2016, Global Times)

Reelin' in the Year: Things To Look Forward To In 2016

In selecting her as one of Art Review's 2014 Future Greats, curator-critic Karen Archey described the young Chinese artist Guan Xiao's 2012 Cloud Atlas installation, as “a sci-fi mind-screwing experiment in antilinear storytelling, evincing the artist ... (Jan 10, 2016, The Quietus)

Weekly Book List, January 15, 2016

Becoming Past: History in Contemporary Art by Jane Blocker (University of Minnesota Press; 248 pages; $105 hardcover, $30 paperback). Topics include issues of temporality in relation to the question of whether there can exist contemporary art history; ... (Jan 10, 2016, Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription))

Inaugural Singapore Contemporary art show to be launched at Suntec

Exhibiting galleries are from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Russia. Held across a stunning 6,000-square-meter space at the ... (Jan 11, 2016, Singapore Business Review)

12 hot new hotels to check into in 2016

... housing The Setai in 2013 and is continuing to renovate and transform the property. This means additions including a destination bar called Measure, a new Chuan Spa based on traditional Chinese medicine and the installation of a $2 million art ... (Jan 11, 2016, CNN)

Art Exhibition in Vancouver Highlights Religious Tolerance in Taiwan

Instead of reading or hearing about Taiwan's diverse spiritual beliefs, visitors get to immerse in the nation's complex rituals and faiths peacefully flourishing together through the exhibition, "(In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through ... (Jan 11, 2016, The News Lens (press release) (registration))

Something Happened on the Day He Died: A Tribute to David Bowie

Last year, while I was a guest at a convention outside Chicago, my very good friend Stephenson and I got to slip away to visit David Bowie Is, a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It was a profound experience for both of us, I a lifelong ... (Jan 11, 2016, Gizmodo)

How Venus Williams, ice skating and pita bread inspire Los Angeles artist Kori ...

How Venus Williams, ice skating and pita bread inspire Los Angeles artist Kori ... (Jan 11, 2016, Los Angeles Times)

Business Watch

Mr. Porter will focus on expanding private sales globally while the other two work as advisers and oversee several specialist departments including impressionist, modern and contemporary art. Eventually, Sotheby's said, additional collecting categories ... (Jan 11, 2016, Wall Street Journal)

Morton Feldman: Exuberant Dissent

I was reminded of Feldman recently while reading How to Write About Contemporary Art. The author advises: “raise good questions” and “make pointed observations”. I know of ... “My whole debt to Oriental culture is Chinese food” he once said. But he ... (Jan 12, 2016, Classical-Music.com (blog))

New sculpture exhibit opens at at Hunterdon Art Museum on Jan. 17

Smith is an assistant professor of ceramics at St. Joseph's University and studied visual arts at the University of Arizona, the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen China and elsewhere. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally ... (Jan 12, 2016, NJ.com)

Contemporary art on the rise for collectors

"It is the big mover overseas and there is now increasing interest in Australian contemporary art," Sumner says. "It hasn't really reached the ... One is Ah Xian, the Chinese-born artist who sought political asylum in Australia in 1990. His work ... (Jan 12, 2016, Sydney Morning Herald)

Alex Israel: Stars in his Eyes

The 33-year-old Los Angeles native, who worked on the sales side of the contemporary-art market before becoming an artist himself, is making his name as a canny interpreter of L.A.'s glossy pop dreamscape. When we meet at a diner off Mulholland Drive ... (Jan 12, 2016, W Magazine)

Rock Radio Remembers David Bowie: He 'Made Different Hip'

In tribute to the musician's illustrious career, programmers and on-air talent at adult alternative stations across the United States relayed fond memories to Billboard about the man behind "Let's Dance," "China Girl," "Fame" and many other classics ... (Jan 12, 2016, Billboard)

Antenna: 7 hot trends for 2016

I think an important trend this year will be the gradual subsidence of the art fair and its satellite events. Miami? Quiet. Frieze? Samey, although Frieze Masterpiece was much better in 2015. Largely an excuse for sponsors to splash out on parties for ... (Jan 12, 2016, Christie's)

Cranbrook celebrates city, art and feminism with new series

“The Cranbrook Salon,” according to Curator of Contemporary Art and Design Laura Mott, is a peek into the history of exhibition design, highlighting the salon-hanging technique that dates back to 17th-century Paris and features paintings hung floor-to ... (Jan 12, 2016, C&G Newspapers)

798 Makes Room for Art and Kitsch

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is one of the largest galleries in the art district. Operated as a non-profit by Guy and Myriam Ullens, the center aims to host exhibits that highlight the cultural situation in China. The center currently displays ... (Jan 13, 2016, Beijing Today)

Lego changes bulk-buying policy after Ai Weiwei 'censorship' backlash

Lego has said it will reverse its bulk-buying policies after a backlash inspired by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Ai had accused Lego of "censorship and discrimination" after the company refused to sell bricks to him for a 2015 exhibition. Lego ... (Jan 13, 2016, Wired.co.uk)

Milan Will Get Its First Public Park Dedicated to Contemporary Art

For the first time, Milan will dedicate a new public park to contemporary art, reports Valentina Barnabei for La Repubblica. Beginning in April of .... Elemental has completed projects in Chile, the United States, Mexico, China, and Switzerland ... (Jan 13, 2016, Artforum)

She's only 33 and already runs nine successful restaurants

A-list names like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver have outlets in the city, and the first Chinese chef to earn three Michelin stars came from Hong Kong's Lung King Heen restaurant. “A lot of overseas celebrity chefs are coming into Hong Kong to open ... (Jan 13, 2016, Gant Daily)

Asia Society Museum Receives $2 Million Grant from the Mary Livingston Griggs ...

Asia Society Museum Receives $2 Million Grant from the Mary Livingston Griggs ... (Jan 13, 2016, Asia Society)

Local talents showcase their works at Singapore Art Week

Anchored by the sixth edition of the premier contemporary art fair Art Stage Singapore, Singapore Art Week, which gathers key players from the arts, has emerged as an important platform for home- grown talents to showcase their work alongside renowned ... (Jan 13, 2016, The Straits Times)

LEGO Reverses Its Policy on Bulk Orders After Ai Weiwei Controversy

She stipulated that $1.26 million of the gift is to be allocated for the contemporary art department's acquisition of painting and sculpture, and the rest for the museum's endowment. For a museum that only pulled ahead of the uncertainties concerning ... (Jan 13, 2016, Artforum)

Former Detroit Institute of the Arts Volunteer Bequests Gift of Nearly $2 Million

The Art of UCSB's Library

The piece, which was originally commissioned as part of a group show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara called Requiem for the Bibliophile, has provoked passionate responses from the beginning, and it's best hope for success in this new ... (Jan 14, 2016, Santa Barbara Independent)

A look at the Ashmolean Museum's big year ahead

More than 100 artworks made by Andy Warhol in the last years and months of the celebrity artist's life, many unseen by the public, are going on show in the first of three major, and very different, exhibitions at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum this year ... (Jan 14, 2016, Oxford Mail)

Sarah Jessica Parker and Pat McGrath on Transformation

Back then Chinese culture got zero respect. I wanted to encourage communication, ... Nowadays we hear a lot about contemporary art being a sort of playground for millionaires, but that's a very narrow interpretation. For me and many artists, and even ... (Jan 14, 2016, Wall Street Journal)

Lego changes policy after Ai Weiwei backlash

The Danish toymaker declined to supply the plastic bricks for politically-minded works planned by the Chinese artist-activist for his exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne. According to its new guidelines, effective from 1 ... (Jan 14, 2016, Art Newspaper)

New Eden exhibition takes a closer look at soil

Eden has been working with the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) to stage the exhibition, which includes work done Anton Burdakov during his residency at the project last year and inspired by the former china clay quarry in ... (Jan 14, 2016, Cornish Guardian)

Eden exhibition looks more closely at soil

Walnut Creek: Bedford Gallery's look at superhero influence

17, at the opening of Bedford Gallery's "My Hero: Contemporary Art and Superhero Action," and demonstrate the permanent influence of international, national and local artists' work on superhero art and pop culture. Real-life avatars and superheroes ... (Jan 14, 2016, Contra Costa Times)

One Last Drive For Iconic Installation At Seattle Art Museum

“Inopportune: Stage One” has been on display since the museum opened this building addition. But now officials say it's time for the artwork to come down. SAM's curator of modern and contemporary art, Catharina Manchanda, says the installation was ... (Jan 14, 2016, KUOW News and Information)

Strong showing by Singapore artists

Gallery 4A dining on 'tofu art'

In Sydney at 4A Centre of Contemporary Asian Art (4A), another of China's foremost artists, Chen Qiulin presents a different version of that new voice in contemporary Chinese art, one whose political tone is both highly personal and universal, speaking ... (Jan 15, 2016, ArtsHub (subscription))

Work of Nepali artist exhibited in Suzhou

“Grela, as the director of Nepal Academy of Art, is also devoted to promoting the cultural exchange between Nepal and China,” Wang said. “We hope that visitors could have a better understanding toward Nepal and its contemporary art through this ... (Jan 15, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))

ai weiwei hangs bamboo + paper kite creatures in paris' le bon marché ...

ai weiwei hangs bamboo + paper kite creatures in paris' le bon marché ... (Jan 15, 2016, Designboom (blog))

The SAM Cars Are Coming Down

South-east Asia in the spotlight at Prudential Eye Awards 2016 exhibition

For Honor Harger, executive director of ArtScience Museum, the show “speaks eloquently of the dynamism of contemporary art across Asia”. She noted how ... Straddled between form and social content are two portraits by China's Zhang Wei. One might think ... (Jan 15, 2016, TODAYonline)

With 60000 More Free Articles, Daily Paywall Rises Again

Recently returned from the Hacking Monopolism Trilogy exhibition in China, where he presented installations on Facebook, Google, and Amazon, Cirio says that access to information is fast becoming a feudal relationship between publishers and users or ... (Jan 15, 2016, The Creators Project (blog))

Lost in Translation: Finding New Ways to Read With Slavs and Tatars

Their cyclical and research-intensive practice, focused on what they describe as the area between the former Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China, has evolved through negotiating a habit of collective reading, the group having started as a book club ... (Jan 15, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)

Artist Profile: Rachel Rossin, Virtual Reality Fellow at the New Museum

This is the second in my series on Virtual Reality as an emerging art form. Sitting in a swivel office chair at The New Museum's incubator lab on the Lower East Side, I glide effortlessly across a horizonless, watery blue sky. My gaze has become a ... (Jan 15, 2016, Huffington Post)

High times in Manchester at hotel with a view to twist your melon, man

The Whitworth Art Gallery is UK Museum of the Year, and contemporary art and theatre have attracted record visitor numbers at new site HOME. Then there's ... There's even Wing's for a Chinese, if you can find a table amid the hungry United and City ... (Jan 16, 2016, Mirror.co.uk)

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