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Contemporary Chinese Art News 01/2016 (Page 4)

Three can't-miss contemporary-art shows in Vancouver

In Vancouver this January, some important moments in contemporary art: A Canadian artist's Turner Prize-nominated work has its North American premiere; collector/real estate guru Bob Rennie mounts his most complex show yet at his own gallery; and Brian ... (Jan 22, 2016, The Globe and Mail)

With Acquisition, Sotheby's Shifts Strategy

Art Agency, Partners, is run by Amy Cappellazzo, the former chairwoman of contemporary art at Christie's; Allan Schwartzman, a highly regarded adviser who has informed the tastes of major collectors like Howard Rachofsky of Dallas and Bernardo Paz of ... (Jan 22, 2016, International New York Times)

Starwood to Launch Element in Yinchuan; Expand in China

The hotel would be located in close proximity to the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, the first modern art museum in northwest China. Further, other tourist attractions like the Mingcui Lake Wetland Park and the future high-speed railway station ... (Jan 22, 2016, Zacks.com)

Only 18% of Private Museums Are Founded by Women—and 4 Other Things to Know about Collector-Run Institutions

Released this month, the Private Art Museum Report (which, along with data from Larry's List, surveyed 166 out of total of 317 privately owned contemporary art museums), provides a robust global look at the past, present, and future of these ... (Jan 22, 2016, Artsy)

The Winter Antiques Show Startles With Picasso, Plate Paintings, and Kate Moss

After participating in the fair decades ago, they decided to shift their focus towards contemporary Chinese art, and found there was no longer a place for them at WAS. "But," Goedhuis says happily, "they've asked us back this year." Abstract paintings ... (Jan 23, 2016, artnet News)

It doesn't take long to see the highlights

We chanced on some dubious stars on the Walk (Donald Trump, Bill Cosby), bittersweet stars (Belushi and Robin Williams) and downright legends like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra outside the TCL Chinese Theater. Our 14-year-old son Ian bent to the ... (Jan 23, 2016, Kankakee Daily Journal)

Here's what to look out for at the 8th edition of India Art Fair

After all, this is where they can hope to see, under one roof, the widest range of modern and contemporary art from India and, increasingly, from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. ... Besides, there'll be a whole host of art collectors, local ... (Jan 24, 2016, Daily News & Analysis)

Sundance Film Review: Sky Ladder – The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a biographical documentary about contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from Quanzhou, China. He has spent much of his artistic career working with fireworks and explosions—whether it's using these explosives to mark ... (Jan 24, 2016, SLUG Magazine)

Charm of Ink and Wash Exhibition Spotlights Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting With Solo Shows by Yin Yi, Wang Fei ...

Charm of Ink and Wash Exhibition Spotlights Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting With Solo Shows by Yin Yi, Wang Fei ... (Jan 24, 2016, ArtfixDaily)

Lars Nittve: TheSwede who put Hong Kong's M+ museum on the world map three years before its scheduled opening

An exhibition called the M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art will take place from February 23 to April 5 at ArtisTree in Taikoo Place. A large installation by Ai Weiwei will be among some 80 works to be displayed. Nittve said ... (Jan 24, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Lars Nittve: The Swede who put Hong Kong's M+ museum on the world map three years before its scheduled opening

Then there came the acquisition of the contemporary Chinese art collection from Swiss collector Uli Sigg. The 1,510 artworks worth an estimated HK$1.3 billion were acquired through a part donation and part acquisition deal. M+ paid HK$177 million to ... (Jan 24, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))

87 Things To Do in Edinburgh This Week!

Professor Gladston originally trained in Fine Art, gaining an undergraduate degree in drawing and painting from ECA; he has written extensively on contemporary Chinese art, with particular reference to the concerns of cultural and critical theory. His ... (Jan 24, 2016, The Edinburgh Reporter)

Art beyond bounds

Sushma Bahl chronicled the same four years back in her book titled, 5000 years of Indian Art and the Chinese version of the same was launched recently by Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House. The english edition which came out in 2012 is now out of print ... (Jan 24, 2016, Daily Pioneer)

Qatar-China Year of Culture opens

As part of the Qatar-China 2016 Year of Culture, a range of activities and events have been planned in both countries. Two major exhibitions will be held in Qatar. The first, “What about the art? Contemporary art from China”, an exhibition from 15 ... (Jan 24, 2016, Gulf Times)

This is what Southeast Asia's art market needs

Southeast Asian art is increasingly attracting critical acclaim but it's lacking a vital element crucial for a healthy market, two of America's most prominent art collectors have warned. Marc and Livia Strauss, founders of the Marc Strauss Gallery in ... (Jan 25, 2016, CNBC)

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA)

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) is proud to present Elmgreen & Dragset's The Well Fair, a solo show that marks the artist duo's first exhibition in mainland China. Running from January 24 to April 17, 2016, the exhibition turns UCCA's ... (Jan 25, 2016, E-Flux)

Ceremony held to mark official launch of Qatar-China 2016 Year of Culture

The first of the two, “What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China”, is an exhibition from 15 contemporary Chinese artists curated by internationally acclaimed New York-based Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and will be on view at the QM Gallery Al ... (Jan 25, 2016, JustHere Qatar)

Department Stores Across Globe Mark Chinese New Year with Pop-Ups and Shopping Perks

The cards can be personalized even further with an image by renowned contemporary Chinese artists. If these campaigns are to set the precedent for what's to come in 2016, contemporary art-focused marketing may need to be added to the list of trends in ... (Jan 25, 2016, Jing Daily)

Lane Crawford bridges modernity and tradition to fete Chinese New Year

To celebrate the holiday, the store has commissioned eight artists to create installations for its stores across Greater China and its Web site, asking them to interpret the classic themes of Chinese New Year through a modern lens. After celebrating ... (Jan 25, 2016, Luxury Daily)

Driven by a need to help others

Founder and director of White Rabbit Gallery, a registered charitable institution funded by the Neilson Foundation. The collection was founded in 2000 and is a large, privately-owned collection of contemporary Chinese art. Michael Bruce Rose, Balmain ... (Jan 25, 2016, dailytelegraph.com.au)

Mitch Hooke has been recognised for his work in the mining industry. Photo: Sean Davey

She made her mark with the contemporary Chinese art specialist, White Rabbit Gallery. So did her Tasmanian equivalent, David Walsh, who converted a substantial portion of the fortune he made in the gambling industry into the Museum of Old and New Art ... (Jan 25, 2016, Sydney Morning Herald)

Indonesia's First International Modern Art Museum to Open in 2017

BEIJING — The first museum in Indonesia dedicated to international modern and contemporary art is scheduled to open in early 2017 in the capital, Jakarta. The private institution will be called the Museum MACAN, for Museum of Modern and Contemporary ... (Jan 25, 2016, New York Times)

Indonesia to Get its First Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in 2017

Set to open in early 2017, Museum MACAN, which stands for Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, will take over a 43,000-square-foot space near the center of the Indonesian capital, and will put on shows culled from the 800-work collection ... (Jan 25, 2016, ARTnews)

FIAC Contemporary Art Fair in Paris: The Highlights

Last October, Paris found itself back in the limelight, regaining its preeminent position on the global contemporary art scene. In terms of museum programming, compared to New York and London, the French capital proposes the world's greatest selection ... (Jan 25, 2016, Forbes)

Indonesia's First Modern and Contemporary Art Museum to Open in 2017

Amy Qin reports in the New York Times that the country's first Modern and contemporary art museum with an international focus is scheduled to open in Jakarta by early 2017. Dubbed the Museum MACAN, or Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in ... (Jan 25, 2016, Artforum)

Top Sydney gallerist launches blistering attack on the art world

My father continues to live in our warehouse in central Sydney surrounded by his extensive private collection of well over 1,000 works of Australian Modernism, 1980s Australian Neo-Expressionism, Chinese contemporary art, African contemporary art and ... (Jan 25, 2016, Art Newspaper)

China-Qatar culture festival officially kicks off

The launch took place at the Drama Theatre at the Culture Village Foundation, Katara, where a number of special performances were held throughout the evening to celebrate the rich heritage and culture of both Qatar and China. From traditional Chinese ... (Jan 26, 2016, CCTV)

Contemporary Art from China To Be Shown At Qatar Museums

A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is to open at the Qatar Museums in March. The exhibition aims to illuminate a set of current practices by ... (Jan 26, 2016, ArtLyst)

SAM's famous 'tumbling Tauruses' to come down

The artwork — nine white sedans, hung from the 32-foot ceiling and bristling with LED light tubes — is “Inopportune: Stage One” by China-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang. It was a 75th-birthday present to the museum from the late financier Robert A. Arnold ... (Jan 26, 2016, The Seattle Times)

Market news: number crunching at Christie's

We all know that wealthy Chinese have developed a taste for Impressionist paintings, but what are they looking for in Western contemporary art? A Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong last week that was testing the market for western art suggests that subtle ... (Jan 26, 2016, Telegraph.co.uk)

First International Contemporary Art Museum to Open in Indonesia, 2017

Indonesian philanthropist and leading collector Haryanto Adikoesoemo announced today the construction of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN, pronounced Mah-Chahn), the country's first museum dedicated to ... Museum ... (Jan 26, 2016, Broadway World)

Top Sydney gallerist launches blistering attack on the art world

When Tate Modern's director Chris Dercon visited Australia in 2013, he challenged the country's museums to recognise the achievements of Sydney gallery owner Ray Hughes. “If no one will organise a show about Hughes here”, Dercon told the audience at ... (Jan 26, 2016, Art Newspaper)

First International Contemporary Art Museum to Open in Indonesia, 2017

The Fondation Louis Vuitton debuts new program that showcases China's contemporary art scene, the “Bentu” exhibition

... /EPR Retail News/ — The Fondation Louis Vuitton is showcasing China's contemporary art scene with a new program that debuts on Wednesday, January 27 with the “Bentu” exhibition. This first exhibition devoted to contemporary Chinese art in France ... (Jan 26, 2016, EPR Retail News (press release))

Art in the Arctic

Ljøgodt also realizes Svalbard's potential to provide the art world with an edgier sort of glamour. “Look at all the people who go to Venice or other festivals each year,” he said. “Why shouldn't they go to the very top of the world to see exciting ... (Jan 26, 2016, Travel+Leisure)

Travel news: Biltmore show, Lunar New Year, Japanese garden

The Javits Center in Manhattan will host a free Fantastic Art China exhibit Feb. 6-10 showcasing Chinese contemporary art, work by students and teachers in both Beijing and New York, a design product hall and a show about urban development and art in ... (Jan 26, 2016, Washington Post)

Art Institute receives more than $35 million, its largest gift ever

Edinburg, who died last year at 94, was a Boston native and a collector of prints and drawings of the 15th through 20th centuries and Chinese ceramics from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Between 1991 and 2014, she donated more than 1,500 works to the ... (Jan 26, 2016, Crain's Chicago Business (blog))

Beloved Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup emerges from obscurity

He is not just a naturalistic landscape painter. He was fully aware of what was happening in contemporary art, the work of the neo-Impressionists, the expressionists and the cubists, but he decides to turn his back on it and devote his life to painting ... (Jan 27, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))

Research Exhibition of Abstract Art in China

Their impact has already been felt in the wider arena of Chinese contemporary art. "For this exhibition, we've had five experts on the curatorial panel. All of them are very professional and fully experienced, whether from a curatorial aspect or ... (Jan 27, 2016, CCTV)

China's Ai Weiwei pulls Danish exhibitions in protest at migrant law

Ai's work "Yu Yi", a 12-meter-long man made of bamboo, is part of the exhibition of Chinese contemporary art which ARoS has run since November. It was due to end in May. "We are now awaiting further developments," the museum said. Ai said he was also ... (Jan 27, 2016, Reuters)

Chinese New Year in Manchester - things to do with the kids and family activities

The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) will also bring shoppers right up-to-date with Emoji workshops responding to ideas from artist Xu Bing's Book from the Ground. Working with paper and card, families can create their own speech bubbles ... (Jan 27, 2016, Manchester Evening News)

Nationally and Internationally Known Artists in Four Local Galleries

After visiting each gallery your perception will be heightened; you will have a clear understanding about a predilection in late modern and contemporary art — artists are responding to their personal experiences in culture. Ellington-White ... (Jan 27, 2016, Up & Coming Weekly)

Art Institute Receives $35 Million Gift, Largest in Museum's History

Edinburg, a Boston native who died last January at the age of 94, was a longtime collector of Chinese art, including prints and drawings of the 15th through 20th centuries, and Chinese ceramics of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Though she supported a ... (Jan 27, 2016, Chicago Tonight | WTTW)

Contemporary Chinese Art on Exhibit at Zilkha Gallery

An exhibition titled “We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art” opened Jan. 26 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. Born after the end of the Cultural Revolution, young artists are challenging traditional notions of Chinese identity and ... (Jan 27, 2016, Wesleyan Connection (blog))

Put all the meccas on your travel must-dos

Fresh exhibition spaces and museums (CAMERA Italian Centre for Photography and Museo Ettore Fico) complement Contemporary Art Week, comprising Artissima, Paratissima and Luci d'Artista. The concurrent Club to Club is one of many music festivals ... (Jan 27, 2016, The Australian Financial Review)

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive finally reunited in gorgeous new digs

Designed by architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro -- which also designed Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, the High Line in New York City and The Broad in Los Angeles -- the $112-million project was funded through a philanthropic capital ... (Jan 28, 2016, Contra Costa Times)

Art off the Press

Art fairs are typically events where the primary objective is to see art and be seen appreciating and collecting it, but visitors to this week's Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) can also pick up some first-rate reading material. Happening Thursday ... (Jan 28, 2016, Argonaut Online)

Top art dealer David Zwirner looking to open gallery in Hong Kong

The arrival of Zwirner, named the third most influential person in the contemporary art world by ArtReview magazine, would be a big vote of confidence in the long-term prospects of the Hong Kong art market amid economic uncertainty and growing ... The ... (Jan 28, 2016, South China Morning Post (subscription))

China's Ai Weiwei pulls Danish exhibitions in protest at migrant law

Spring Arts Preview

The Tucson Museum of Art has this art season's biggest get: Ai Weiwei, the brightest contemporary art star today. No, TMA is not bringing the mega-famous Chinese activist/artist himself to town. But it's reeled in his sculptural installation "Circle of ... (Jan 28, 2016, Tucson Weekly)

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