Iconic art of our times
Carefully curated works by modern and contemporary masters from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia reveal distinctive differences between art in the East and the West, while Breaking Dawn: Early Chinese Contemporary Art-The Johnson Chang ...
(May 9, 2016, Christie's)
On Akshaya Tritiya, here are some lesser-known facts about gold
The sale came as part of a themed auction called " Bound to Fail," a selection of 39 works of modern and contemporary art exploring the idea of commercial failure and risk-taking to expand the boundaries of art. Loic Gouzer, deputy chairman of post-war ...
(May 9, 2016, Economic Times)
Revealed: GCC's hottest restaurant openings of 2016 so far
Firebird by Michael Mina opened in March 2016 at Four Seasons DIFC, representing the US-based chef's debut in the Middle East. Designed by Adam Tihany, the restaurant is styled like an upscale American diner. Signature menu items include Firebird ...
(May 9, 2016, ArabianBusiness.com)
Megumi Igarashi found guilty of obscenity over 'vagina kayak' artwork
A Japanese artist who is known for creating a vagina-shaped kayak has been found guilty of obscenity by a Tokyo court. Megumi Igarashi, who also uses the name Rokudenashiko, or “good-for-nothing-girl,” has been ordered to pay a 400 yen (£3,560) fine ...
(May 9, 2016, The Independent)
Hitler statue fetches US$17.2 mil. at NY auction
The sale came as part of a themed auction called "Bound to Fail," a selection of 39 works of modern and contemporary art exploring the idea of commercial failure and risk-taking to expand the boundaries of art. Loic Gouzer, deputy chairman of post-war ...
(May 9, 2016, China Post)
Freeport-McMoRan declines after mine stake deal
Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan was the biggest decliner on the S&P 500 after the company said it was selling its stake in a vast Congo copper mine to China Molybdenum as it steps up efforts to reduce a debt burden. Under the terms of ... After posting a ...
(May 9, 2016, Financial Times)
Talking to Artist Sean Scully About Addiction, Death, and Ai Wei Wei
He's a big deal in China. In 2015, he was the first western artist to have a major retrospective in Shanghai. Gallerists, super-rich collectors, and journalists from around the world have come here for this latest opening. The day before our interview ...
(May 9, 2016, VICE)
Sotheby's (BID) CEO Tad Smith on Q1 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
This was most acutely felt in the London auctions in Impressionist Modern and Contemporary Art in February, but it was consistent with all of the signs in the marketplace of this period; second, we return to our normal pattern of quarterly seasonality ...
(May 9, 2016, Seeking Alpha)
Ronald Chak on International Antiques Fair 2016
Christian Deydier, an expert in Chinese archaic bronzes and the former president of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires and of the Biennale des Antiquaires, has convinced several new European galleries to join him at this year's fair. Instead of ...
(May 10, 2016, Blouinartinfo UK)
Sotheby's Sale Makes a Disappointing Impression
Despite a reasonably chipper, smaller sale of contemporary art at rivals Christie's and Phillips the night before, Sotheby's $145 million sale of impressionist and modern art landed like a reality check, confirming that the market is still churning ...
(May 10, 2016, Wall Street Journal)
Liu Xiaodong
The first step, which took place at the Cini Foundation for the 56th Venice Biennale, was the first major European institutional exhibition to fully explore Liu Xiaodong's unique practice, as one of China's most influential painters of the last two ...
(May 10, 2016, E-Flux)
Le Grand Café, Contemporary Art Centre, Saint-Nazaire
... one side Renaissance painting, influenced by Euclidian geometry and the structure of the frame; on the other the limitless development of space and absence of a vanishing point, which we find in ancient Chinese calligraphic landscapes or in digital ...
(May 10, 2016, E-Flux)
Softbank's quarterly profit drops 49 percent on Sprint woes
Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint, which SoftBank acquired in 2013, has promised to create a superior network, offer competitive prices and provide better services, but its revival will likely take some time. SoftBank owns a stake in Chinese e ...
(May 10, 2016, 12NewsNow.Com)
5 places to peruse art in Phnom Penh
Neighboring slums have vanished and in their place are advertisements in Chinese for luxury condos. “It's gentrification ... “Contemporary art in Cambodia is an interesting space that allows this kind of expression to take place,” Vuth tells me. A few ...
(May 10, 2016, Taipei Times)
Authors among 120 prominent writers and artists sign PEN America letter to President Sisi demanding release
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Egypt is now second only to China in jailing journalists, with prison sentences for writers nearly doubled since 2014. Over the past year, Egyptian authorities have also closed cultural centres, raided ...
(May 10, 2016, The Guardian)
Art History Students Engage in Critical Interrogations of Cultural Production
To think critically about the experiences generated through new media, students in the seminar Historicizing the Contemporary: Recent Topics in Contemporary Chinese Art (ARTH 3200) watched a 3-D film by contemporary artist Sun Xun titled Magician Party ...
(May 10, 2016, Bowdoin News)
Speak and See Listings: May 11 to 17, 2016
570-408-4325. Life Was Her Art, Chinese paintings and Annamese pottery by Ana Maria Carmona Cusick. Maslow Gallery, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton. ... Wolves, Magic Mirrors & Spinning Wheels: The Anatomy of Fairy Tales, a multi ...
(May 10, 2016, The Weekender)
A Paris museum puts the immigration back in French history
In the permanent collection, you'll find contemporary art by and about immigrants. There's a piece called “Climbing down,” for example. It's a bunk-bed tower with cheap travel bags hanging from ... “They exclude themselves because they are being ...
(May 10, 2016, PRI)
Mapping Gentrification and Urban Resistance in Istanbul
Passion, Joy, Fury, an exhibition that just closed its doors at MAXXI Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. Occupying the first and second floor of the recently deceased Zaha ... Over the last decades, Istanbul has consolidated itself as a bastion of ...
(May 10, 2016, Hyperallergic)
Asian Buyers Boost Christie's as Basquiat Soars to $57 Million
The $318.4 million tally of Christie's postwar and contemporary art evening auction in New York represented a 52 percent decline from a similar sale a year ago, but six artist records were broken and the results fell within the estimated range of $280 ...
(May 11, 2016, Bloomberg)
Christie's Finds Relief in Stable Prices, and a Basquiat Sale
The auction house was ultimately pleased by what Brett Gorvy, Christie's worldwide chairman of postwar and contemporary art, described as “strong but deliberate buying.” The evening confirmed contemporary art's continued status as the hottest category ...
(May 11, 2016, New York Times)
New art center in Seoul promotes contemporary art
... the Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, founded by Taejin International -- which manufactures and sells leather goods under the brand Louis Quatorze -- is holding two exhibitions that show multimedia works of Korean artist Bae Young-whan and ...
(May 11, 2016, The Korea Herald)
Shenyang K11 Teams with Merlin & Time Vallee to Create the Largest Culture and Art Experience Center in China
SHANGHAI, May 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A ceremony was held to celebrate the partnership between K11 Concepts Limited, Merlin Entertainment PLC and Time Vallee (operated by CTF WATCH). This collaboration sets the tone for the Shenyang K11, ...
(May 11, 2016, PR Newswire (press release))
$57M Basquiat Breaks Auction Record at Christie's
Despite rumors that Asian buying is slowing as a result of the flailing Chinese economy, there was “very strong” bidding from Asian clients, according to Ms. Friedlander, as well as from American and European clients. Heavy outreach in Asia paid off ...
(May 11, 2016, Observer)
The New Face of African Art
Gone are the days when Africa's cultural output consisted of traditional tribal masks, woven baskets or carved figures; today's rising art stars are exploring potent issues like immigration, gay culture and China's investment in the continent. What's ...
(May 11, 2016, Wall Street Journal)
Museum and galleries: May 12-18
Contemporary Art Gallery: 2016 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, through June 1; Houston Baptist University, 7502 Fondren; hbu.edu. Galveston Arts Center: Margaret Smithers-Crump's site-specific installation "Vital Signs" and Mari Omori's ...
(May 11, 2016, Chron.com)
Meet the Most Brilliant Couple in Town
He'd become very interested in contemporary art, and Sarah's sculptures fascinated him. “I was really dying to meet her,” ... Sarah's great-grandfather, who had a waist-length queue, was the first Chinese student to go to Cornell University. He became ...
(May 11, 2016, Vogue.com)
10 Biggest Museum Openings of the Year
In honor of the re-opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, we sought out the ten biggest museum openings between April 2015 and June 2016. From dinosaurs to wine—and from buzzy London to rural Canada—there's something here for every ...
(May 11, 2016, Condé Nast Traveler)
Fondation Cartier Celebrates Animal Kingdom with Multisensory Art and Sound Exhibition
The Great Animal Orchestra may sound like Wes Anderson's latest film, but it is in fact an exhibition being staged by the Fondation Cartier, which champions contemporary art. Opening July 2, the exhibition is inspired by the work of American musician ...
(May 11, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Your checklist of Sydney's best neighbourhoods for indie cool and delicious eats
Epitomising the neighbourhood, White Rabbit Gallery brings food and art together in style, boasting one of the world's largest collections of contemporary Chinese art while serving up dumplings and tea in its teahouse. If you're worried about missing ...
(May 11, 2016, TODAYonline)
CBS News veteran Morley Safer retiring
A Francis Bacon double-panel self-portrait and a Cy Twombly "Blackboard" painting executed in blue - both in private collections for decades - are the top highlights at Sotheby's auction of contemporary art on... A Francis Bacon double-panel self ...
(May 11, 2016, 12NewsNow.Com)
Sydney's best neighbourhoods for indie cool and delicious treats
TODAY picEpitomising the neighbourhood, White Rabbit Gallery brings food and art together in style, boasting one of the world's largest collections of contemporary Chinese art while serving up dumplings and tea in its teahouse. If you're worried about ...
(May 12, 2016, Malay Mail Online)
Paddle8 and Auctionata Unite to Form the Global Online Leader in Art, Collectibles and Vintage Luxury
The joint company will immediately become one of the top 10 auction houses worldwide outside of China and the fastest growing company in the sector. Paddle8 and Auctionata share a vision of being the destination of choice for the 21st ... The joint ...
(May 12, 2016, Marketwired (press release))
People in glass houses: The best uses of glass in architecture
Atelier FCJZ's Vertical Glass House can be found in Shanghai and was built for the West Bund Biennial Architecture and Contemporary Art exhibition, and it now serves as unusual guesthouse for visiting artists and architects. The home is mostly glass ...
(May 12, 2016, Gizmag)
SUMMER ART PREVIEW: All the art you need to see this summer
IT'S A SIGN – The Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston this summer is featuring “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” by acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, as well as works by Matthew Hoffman, Lawrence Weiner, Don Kennell, Carolina Aragon and Gianna Stewart ...
(May 12, 2016, Wicked Local)
Chinese Ink Artist Presents Solo Exhibition in Venice, May 19
He has exhibited in major galleries and museums like the Goedhuis Contemporary in New York, The Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art in China, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Yale University Museum, The Ford Foundation, The ...
(May 12, 2016, Broadway World)
The Art of Politics in China
A recent exhibition in Hong Kong traces the development of Chinese contemporary art over four decades—a transformation as rapid and impressive as the country's economic growth. The M+ Sigg Collection presented more than 80 pieces, ranging from oil ...
(May 12, 2016, Wall Street Journal)
Online auctioneer Paddle8 agrees to combine with its 'only rival'
Today, the two companies announced a merger that would make the combined entity "one of the top 10 auction houses worldwide outside of China and the fastest growing company in the sector." According to Khan, the discussions began, informally, three ...
(May 12, 2016, New York Business Journal)
'Lit' exhibit shines brightly at Cornell Museum
This exhibition, centered on the use of light and its many effects, is a glimpse into a trend in the contemporary art world." Frank Hyder, a Miami ... Of his koi pieces, "A Chinese philosopher will tell you if you study koi, you will live a better life ...
(May 12, 2016, Sun Sentinel)
Vincent Price Art Museum Names New Director
“It's important for us to have someone who not only has a deep knowledge of the artists who have developed in East Los Angeles, but also someone who has a connection to the contemporary art world—someone who serves as a bridge,” board chairman Pete ...
(May 12, 2016, Artforum)
Exhibition showcases diversity of young Chinese artists
Club1985 – an international and invitation-only network for collectors and patrons, who are willing to foster a greater interest and understanding of contemporary Chinese art, was launched during the ChinaNow exhibition. The ChinaNow Exhibition– Define ...
(May 13, 2016, ecns)
Japanese Collector Stars at New York Art Auctions
While Japan has the highest number of ultra wealthy individuals in Asia, collectors from China, where the ultra-rich population is rapidly growing, have been the ones making waves in Western contemporary art. This may have reached its apex last year ...
(May 13, 2016, Barron's)
Art Fair Tokyo 2016 Calls For More “Asian Friendship”
... prominent purchases made by Chinese collectors — who are quite unique in the sense that they buy what they like, without being too concerned about artistic genres, or the opinion of others,” said managing director Kiichi Kitajima. “For the ...
(May 13, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Platform-L Contemporary Art Center
Platform-L Contemporary Art Center opened its doors May 12, 2016 with two inaugural solo exhibitions: Yang Fudong, The Coloured Sky: New Women II and Bae Young-Whan, Pagus Avium. Representing China and Korea respectively, these renowned ...
(May 13, 2016, E-Flux)
Collectors eye Africa's rich seam of contemporary art
Gone are the days when Africa's cultural output consisted of traditional tribal masks, woven baskets or carved figures; today's rising art stars are exploring potent issues such as immigration, gay culture and China's investment in the continent. What ...
(May 13, 2016, BDlive)
Carnegie Mellon University Appoints Charlie White Head of the School of Art
An internationally exhibiting photographer and filmmaker, White has had solo shows at LACMA, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut, Domus Artium in Spain, and Oslo Kunstforening in Norway. He has participated in numerous group shows ...
(May 13, 2016, Artforum)
Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition Featuring 130 Works from World Renowned Artists
WUZHEN, China, May 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition (Art Wuzhen), is taking place from March 28 to June 26, 2016 in the ancient Chinese water town of Wuzhen. The first contemporary art exhibition in the ...
(May 13, 2016, PR Newswire (press release))
New York spring art auctions wrap with over $1 billion in sales
New York's spring art auction season saw the market slow somewhat but not collapse, held up by buying from savvier collectors. Since the fireworks of the $2.6 billion spring 2015 season, the market has played it by ear, destabilized by China's economic ...
(May 13, 2016, Daily Mail)
Above all, contemporary Chinese art is global
Jin Shan's "No Man City," a light and sculpture installation at Asia Society Texas Center, is part of the exhibition "We Chat: A Dialogue in Chinese Contemporary Art." Jin Shan's "No Man City," a light and sculpture installation at Asia Society Texas ...
(May 13, 2016, Houston Chronicle)
Animas High seniors demonstrate learning in big ways
Animas High School seniors Dylan Kroes, left and Domi Frideger discuss their progress Wednesday in building a solar car in the workshop at StoneAge Tools the company has allowed them to use. They plan to have a roadworthy car in early June, just in ...
(May 14, 2016, The Durango Herald)
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