As Gronk's set designs go on view at CAFAM, the artist talks opera, painting and B-movie crab monsters
Gronk is an artist who has never been stuck on a single style of art-making. The Los Angeles native — born Glugio Nicandro — has always had a voracious interest in many types of art. He has taken photographs, exchanged mail art, and staged wild ...
(Jun 9, 2016, Los Angeles Times)
Ripe for reassessment
Rauschenberg first visited China in 1982 to work with the world's oldest paper mill. “He wanted to make paper of an incredible thickness,” explains Philip Tinari, a 37-year-old Mandarin-speaking American who is an expert on 1990s Chinese contemporary ...
(Jun 9, 2016, The Economist)
Bottega Veneta's Meticulous Creative Director Transforms Beijing's Ullens Center
If the crowds at Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art seemed particularly well-dressed on June 8, it was for good reason: The museum was celebrating "The Art of Collaboration," a new photography exhibition spearheaded by Tomas Maier, the ...
(Jun 9, 2016, artnet News)
Fed, BOE, BOJ Decisions; Apple Developers: Week Ahead June 11-18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits China, while U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron defends the European Union before the June 23 referendum on British membership. MSCI Inc. releases its annual market classification review, with China, Pakistan ...
(Jun 9, 2016, Bloomberg)
Bridging the Gap Between Cosmopolitanism and National Heritage
One of the exhibitions that caught my attention is the International exhibition of contemporary art taking place in the town of Wuzhen, China. The exhibition features artists from all over the world, among them are Bill Viola, Marina Abramovich, Ai ...
(Jun 9, 2016, Huffington Post)
What happens when your tortured-artist story turns out to be fake?
Now Chen tackles the pretenses and flim-flammery — or "confusion of categories," as one character calls it — in the world of contemporary art and theater. In four scenes, Chen's "Caught," directed by Seth Bockley for Sideshow Theatre Company, takes ...
(Jun 9, 2016, Chicago Tribune)
New York art dealer David Zwirner explains why he's set his sights on Hong Kong
Scheduled for completion in the middle of 2017, the building is designed by Hong Kong architect William Lim, who is also a major collector of local contemporary art. It boasts a generous ceiling height of 4.65 metres, a gross floor area of 4,000 to 5 ...
(Jun 9, 2016, South China Morning Post)
Rauschenberg in China
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) is proud to present Rauschenberg in China. On view in UCCA's Great Hall from June 12 to August 21, 2016, the exhibition centers on Robert Rauschenberg's (1925–2008) magnum opus The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong ...
(Jun 10, 2016, E-Flux)
Bottega Veneta Exhibition Opens in Beijing
Bottega Veneta creative director Tomas Maier has brought the latest incarnation of his “Art of Collaboration” initiative to Beijing in a new exhibition running through June 28 at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. Through the “Art of Collaboration ...
(Jun 10, 2016, WWD)
In art-filled home, every piece tells a story
WHEN Uruguay's ambassador to China, Fernando Lugris, moved into his apartment in downtown Beijing he envisaged turning it into a welcoming, arty home that could also represent his country's unique strengths and charms. Lugris arrived in Beijing in ...
(Jun 10, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
Why commercial galleries are mounting museum-style exhibitions
Pilar Ordovas, former international director and deputy chairman of postwar and contemporary art in Europe at Christie's, opened her eponymous gallery on London's Savile Row in 2011 on this principle. “I don't exhibit at fairs at all,” ... Visiting ...
(Jun 10, 2016, Financial Times)
This Year's Manifesta Radically Reimagines Modern Labor
The 11th edition of Manifesta, the itinerant European biennial of contemporary art, takes as its curatorial theme the question of “What People Do for Money.” It opens in Zurich less than a week after the Swiss population went to the polls for a ...
(Jun 10, 2016, Artsy)
John Rubeli: Of Artists and Repertoires
Meeting artists at art schools or at concerts eventually prompted him to support more than three dozen museum shows, beginning with Matthew Monahan's 2007 MOCA Focus exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and continuing with shows ...
(Jun 10, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Perfect storm
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices that, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep ...
(Jun 11, 2016, The Mercury)
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: What is architecture actually for?
Read: Abandoned marvels in China's largest ghost town. However, from an architectural perspective it is not enough to ... Read: MoMA's Glenn Lowry on how contemporary art can change the world. Our parents' homes have gone up quite a lot in value since ...
(Jun 11, 2016, CNN International)
Art at your fingertips
Christie's Sonal Singh, who heads the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art department, says that clients enjoy multiple visual images of the lots, quick transaction processing, high-quality shipping and access to specialists. "Over the ... Virtual ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Daily News & Analysis)
From Kochi to Yinchuan
Contemporary artist Bose Krishnamachari recently returned to Mumbai from Yinchuan, China, where he's been curating the inaugural art biennale at the newly opened Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA). Though tired, he is excited to talk about what the ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Daily News & Analysis)
South China's folk art appeals to students
Cantonese opera is one of the most important forms of Chinese opera. It originated in Guangdong Province and is popular across southern China and among Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. But like several other traditional art forms, Cantonese ...
(Jun 12, 2016, CCTV)
Fed-BOE-BOJ Rates, Apple Meeting, Brexit: Week Ahead June 13-18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits China, while U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron defends the European Union before the June 23 referendum on British membership. MSCI Inc. releases its annual market classification review, with China, Pakistan ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Bloomberg)
The art market turns ugly
And last month, in the most hectic trading week of the art market year, Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips in New York sold $1.1bn worth of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art. That might sound a lot, but the equivalent total last year was $2 ...
(Jun 12, 2016, MoneyWeek)
Chinese artist Fu Wenjun at the Triennial of Contemporary Art in Verona, Italy
Vittorio Sgarbi, Italian famous art historian, art critic cut the ribbon of Triennial of Contemporary Art in Verona at 16:00 on Thursday, June 9. The Chinese artist Fu Wenjun was invited to exhibit his conceptual photography works at this big art event ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Great Reporter)
UTA Signs Ai Weiwei As Artist Mobilizes Global Refugee Crisis Docu 'The Human Flow'
His solo exhibitions have been featured in London, D.C., Munich and other places and his accolades include the lifetime achievement award from the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards, and the Vaclav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Deadline)
Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei: A Match Made in Heaven
While in New York, Ai made the scene, using his home as a crash pad for Chinese artists, musicians, and friends who passed through New York while developing friendships with luminaries including poet, Allen Ginsberg. He also spent time taking ...
(Jun 12, 2016, Crave Online)
Lorenz Helbling on Ding Yi and Birdhead at Art Basel Unlimited 2016
We spoke with ShanghART owner and founder Lorenz Helbling to find out more about the Unlimited showcases by these two artists, and the larger significance of their work in the context of the contemporary Chinese art scene. How would you describe the ...
(Jun 13, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Hard lives of China's internal migrants inspire its artists
China's urban migration since 1979 is the largest peacetime movement of people in human history—around 277 million Chinese have moved from rural areas to the cities, where they are officially classified as migrant labourers. Their lives, and issues of ...
(Jun 13, 2016, Art Newspaper)
In art-filled home, every piece tells a story
WHEN Uruguay's ambassador to China, Fernando Lugris, moved into his apartment in downtown Beijing he envisaged turning it into a welcoming, arty home that could also represent his country's unique strengths and charms. Lugris arrived in Beijing in ...
(Jun 13, 2016, shanghaidaily)
'Rauschenberg in China' on Display at the UCCA Until Aug 21
“We are thrilled to revisit Rauschenberg's unique position in China's contemporary art history through a substantive presentation of a major work which was created at exactly the moment of this encounter,” notes UCCA Director Philip Tinari. “It is ...
(Jun 13, 2016, The Beijinger (blog))
DCA studio renovates wuzhen north silk factory for international exhibit
after more than 10 years of abandonment, the 'wuzhen north silk factory' was renovated by DCA studio to serve as the 2016 venue for the wuzhen international contemporary art exhibition. the design includes extensive refurbishment and reinforcement of ...
(Jun 13, 2016, Designboom (blog))
9 Artists Under 39 To Know at Art Basel 2016
The duo's importance in the young contemporary art scene is both marked by their experimentation with mediums in the post-image era as well as their role in bringing the Middle East into the often Western-centric contemporary art discourse. .... Apart ...
(Jun 13, 2016, artnet News)
Builders get revenge on Pankaj Oswal, Radhika Oswal
And continuing the eastern suburbs' CliffsNotes, Neville's other close business partner Albert Wong is the Vaucluse neighbour of and local adviser to Jeremy Song, the son of Song Suowen, the Chinese billionaire who last week shelled out $260m for a 20 ...
(Jun 13, 2016, The Australian)
Ai Weiwei Joins United Talent Agency, David Nahmad Denies His Modigliani Is Nazi Loot
The Chinese artist and activist is the latest art star to join Josh Roth's new arts-focused venture, and his first project will be a documentary film about the European refugee crisis titled The Human Flow. Artists such as Maurizio Cattelan and the ...
(Jun 13, 2016, Observer)
Wrap report: Christie's 30th Anniversary in Asia
2A Dayabao Hutong – The Legend of 20th Century Chinese Art, a non-selling exhibition and Christie's Art Forum event, proved to be hugely popular, conveying the story of artists such as Li Keran, Li Kuchan, Zhang Ding, Dong Xiwen, Hou Yiming, Huang ...
(Jun 13, 2016, Christie's)
Art festival welcomes owners of Chinese antiques to appraisal session
The four-part forum features local artist Chung Chen Sun speaking on traditional Chinese culture while young artist C.N. Liew will talk about contemporary art. Also speaking at the forum is Hai-o Enterprise managing director Tan Keng Kang on the art of ...
(Jun 13, 2016, The Star Online)
Art and Luxury in China: Brands Reach Potential New Customers on a Higher Level
Earlier this year, conglomerate LVMH hosted an exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris that marked the first time in a decade that an exhibition devoted to contemporary Chinese art had appeared in the city. Called “Bentu: Chinese artists at ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Jing Daily)
Art and Luxury in China: Brands Reach Potential New Customers on a Higher Level
In addition to these branded collaborative exhibitions, luxury companies are also heavily involved in philanthropy in China's art world, sponsoring a growing number of Chinese contemporary art exhibitions both in China and globally. Earlier this year ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Jing Daily)
Inside the New Tate Modern
Among the artwork shown will be a giant tree sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and classics by Pablo Picasso and Matisse. ... I am delighted to now have the space to show this broader story of modern and contemporary art to the public for free ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Newsweek)
Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu to deliver Royal Academy lecture
Their best-known projects include the Ningbo History Museum – constructed using recycled bricks – and the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. The Ningbo History ... Wang and Lu also designed the Ningbo Contemporary Art Museum. Photograph by Lv ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Dezeen)
For Boston Seaport, GE Was Just a Start
... two Chinese insurance giants to build a 13-story office tower and a nine-story condominium building, both with ground-floor retail. Located next to the Institute of Contemporary Art, the development will also include a one-acre public park at the ...
(Jun 14, 2016, New York Times)
Switched On: Tate Modern Unveils Its Towering Extension, Aiming to Expand Its Mission and Rewrite Art History
Tate Modern on Tuesday unveiled to the press its hotly anticipated £260 million ($375 million) expansion, the most significant new cultural building in Britain since the landmark opening in 2000 of its home in a power station–turned–art powerhouse on ...
(Jun 14, 2016, ARTnews)
World famous pork belly stone arrives in SF
A: I have known this piece for a long time, because I have been in the field of Chinese art for 30 years. ... Even nowadays when we see contemporary art — let's say photo-realism, when people started painting as if it's a picture — people still ooh ...
(Jun 14, 2016, San Francisco Chronicle)
Contemporary art and sunset views now at Manila's newest luxury hotel
Jakobi oversees the hotel's in-room dining operations and the three specialty restaurants—Brasserie on 3, C Lounge and China Blue by Jereme Leung. Unlike traditional Chinese restaurants, China Blue has a more contemporary look and menu. Also located ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Inquirer.net)
At Art Basel, the Most Relevant Art Today Is from Decades Ago
“I remember about five years ago, we had the problem that everyone in the modern section of the fair tried to show contemporary art and got scolded for that,” said Mathias Rastorfer of Galerie Gmurzynska on Tuesday afternoon. “Now we have the reversal ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Artsy)
Cosmopolitan Creativity at the Ringling's Center for Asian Art
Located inside the new pavilion, it showcases some 35 modern and contemporary works, beginning with the 20th-century Japanese revival of the woodblock print and ending with contemporary art from China and India. It is clear throughout that these ...
(Jun 14, 2016, Wall Street Journal)
YAM director shares insight into 10 years at the helm
A swap about four years ago with a museum in Lafayette, La., brought contemporary Chinese art to YAM. “China figures largely on the world's stage today,” Peterson said during an hour-long question-and-answer session emceed by Connie Dillon, a Zonta ...
(Jun 15, 2016, Billings Gazette)
Museum and gallery listings: June 16-22
All shows are free unless otherwise noted. Museums. Art League Houston: "Array," interactive sound and video installation by {exurb}, Alex Trimino's "Totemic Love" and Johan Barrios' "Intervalo," through Saturday; 1953 Montrose; 713-523-9530, ...
(Jun 15, 2016, Chron.com)
Chinese artists' association expel inventor of 'vagina calligraphy', Sun Ping
'By mixing in a little bit of culture, it can be used to explain the overflowing methods, wisdom, values, meanings, etc. of this world (including contemporary art) - especially clearing away all rubbish talk of baseness and nobility, obscenity and ...
(Jun 15, 2016, Daily Mail)
No Retreat at Art Basel as Steven Cohen's Richter Beckons
Liu Yiqian, Chinese taxi driver turned billionaire known for paying for art purchases with his American Express card, was the buyer of Richter's 36-foot-wide digital print “930-7 Strip” (2015), priced at 3 million euros at Marian Goodman Gallery ...
(Jun 15, 2016, Bloomberg)
Community events in the District
Gallery Talk with B.G. Muhn The Georgetown University professor, artist and curator discusses two exhibitions of North and South Korean contemporary art and the impact of culture on the artistic style of each republic. 5 p.m. American University Museum ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Washington Post)
Overtures not oil
In recent years, the emirate has built several contemporary art galleries including Artspace and the Mottahedan Projects. Now, construction crews are putting the final touches on a striking building ... China, another nation not traditionally known for ...
(Jun 16, 2016, The Economist (blog))
Art Basel kicks off with strong reflections on global political uncertainty
Stars of the contemporary art scene, such as Damien Hirst, Albert Oehlen, Miquel Barceló or Juan Muñoz are all prominently represented. The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is also showing in the Unlimited section, which focuses on large-scale installations ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Deutsche Welle)
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