New Tate Modern Extension Honors Old Space While Looking Forward
The Tate Modern's new £260 million (about $370 million) extension is at once unexpected and familiar. Partly that's because the entire building has been clad in a staggering 336,000 bricks "to tie it back conceptually and visually to the existing power ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Curbed)
The new Tate Modern: the museum of the future
Contemporary art combining live performance, film and multimedia installations has long struggled to find proper exhibition spaces in traditional museums. The new Switch House, equipped with high-tech sound systems, lighting rigs and black boxes for ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Deutsche Welle)
'Egg' artist back with new exhibition
FOR many artists, solo exhibitions provide the opportunity to reflect their efforts and dedication for years or decades to come. But for Shi Shaoping, his solo exhibition titled “Metamorphosis: The Absolute Freedom” reveals how he “emptied and relaxed ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
Discovering the Shanghai Art Market
Established in 2012, The Power Station of Art Museum was the effort's first state-owned contemporary art museum converted from a power station and hosts traveling exhibitions from around the world. Power Station of Art focuses on emerging Chinese ...
(Jun 16, 2016, Huffington Post)
Cao Fei Talks BMW Art Car, Her First US Solo Show at MoMA
To Guangzhou-born artist Cao Fei, art belongs in large public spaces, and not merely in a gallery. After all, much of her work is inspired by, and speaks to, millions of young Chinese citizens, as they struggle to overcome the challenges of a swiftly ...
(Jun 16, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
3rd General Assembly
... Biennial of Contemporary Art) and Sylvie Fortin (La Biennale de Montreal). The next IBA conference will be an International Congress focusing on the idea of biennial culture in the 21st century and into the future. Located in Shanghai, China this ...
(Jun 17, 2016, E-Flux)
The Art Market: Buoyant Basel
Coming after a New York auction season that turned in totals half those of last year, there were some jitters during the run-up to Art Basel, the world's premier modern and contemporary art fair. ... The first will coincide with the third edition of ...
(Jun 17, 2016, Financial Times)
Art Basel strives to look beyond the exclusive world of the fair
Art Basel (16–19 June) is like a whale surrounded by a shoal of adoring fish. The vast modern and contemporary art fair is adjoined by sister event, Design Miami/Basel, within the city's Messeplatz – an affluent bubble of Ruinart champagne and on-trend ...
(Jun 17, 2016, Apollo Magazine)
From limos to junk, quirky private museums tell Beijing's history
... offer a welcome alternative to state museums that seek to draw the visitor into a narrative about the greatness of China and the necessity of the Communist Party's leadership, said Philip Tinari, director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art ...
(Jun 17, 2016, The Seattle Times)
The new Tate Modern: a giant pyramid devoted to progressive art work
Contemporary art has changed dramatically in the last twenty-five years or so. The slogan is writ large and high on the .... A new Tate acquisition, 'Tree' by the Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei stood behind us on the bridge. It's made up of pieces of ...
(Jun 17, 2016, CNN)
Tang: Treasures from the Silk Road capital
... political weapon, as was the case in the United States with its promotion of Abstract Expressionism and jazz music during the Cold War; or as a means of resisting the weaponry of state-sanctioned ideology, as exemplified by some contemporary ...
(Jun 17, 2016, The Saturday Paper (subscription))
Adjaye Associates to Design New Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art
Each year the UCCA hosts around fifteen exhibitions and offers a wide range of programming that focuses on recent developments and historical movements in Chinese contemporary art. Guy Ullens, whose father was a diplomat in China, was involved in ...
(Jun 17, 2016, Artforum)
'Boundaries of the Spirit' at Nanhai Art in Millbrae
This coming Saturday (June 18th, 2016), Nanhai Art, a gallery specializing in contemporary Chinese art, will be opening "Boundaries of the Spirit," a group show featuring the work of three women artists: Lin Yan, Zhang Yanzi, and Zhou He. The three ...
(Jun 17, 2016, Examiner.com)
A Brazilian Artist's 'Self-Portraits' Explore The Beauty Of Interracial Identity
The Chinese reproductions were then altered by Varejão, to include the piercings, face paint, headdresses and other adornments characteristic of indigenous tribes in the American Plains and Southwest. ... one of the most famous living artists in the ...
(Jun 17, 2016, Huffington Post)
Kenny Schachter Declares Basel the New Art Hajj
Another development in this year's fair, now in its 47th year, is the increased Chinese presence, of which less than 25% of 125 would be considered serious buyers of contemporary art. With a population in excess of 1.3 billion people, I guess things ...
(Jun 17, 2016, artnet News)
MACRO Testaccio – La Pelanda
First organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei for the Venice Beinnale. This summer at MACRO it is presented in ... These drapes of long linen canvas echo with the traditional Chinese landscape painting, and evoke the likeness of cascading ...
(Jun 18, 2016, E-Flux)
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: your chance to choose the final entry
Here the blue and white walls, with their edgy charcoal, remind us of the 18th-century preoccupation with Chinese decorative schemes, but they weren't made up of Gothic forests as Coyle's are. There is a comforting-looking woodland shack on one vinyl ...
(Jun 18, 2016, Irish Times)
Art Basel takes a historical turn
At the fair, Rastorfer senses a shift in demand towards the historical: 'In the past, contemporary galleries complained that modern galleries were showing contemporary art at Basel. Now contemporary ... Liu Yiqian, the big-spending Chinese collector ...
(Jun 18, 2016, Apollo Magazine)
Chinese 798 Art Zone avant-garde artists exhibit for first time in Rome
"The exhibition is quite a novelty for Rome's artistic scene, and especially since it concerns contemporary art from China," medical student Angela Iurlaro told Xinhua. "I knew it through a friend's twitter, and I came because I am most interested in ...
(Jun 18, 2016, Xinhua)
Feature: Chinese 798 Art Zone avant-garde artists exhibit for first time in Rome
"The exhibition is quite a novelty for Rome's artistic scene, and especially since it concerns contemporary art from China," medical student Angela Iurlaro told Xinhua. "I knew it through a friend's twitter, and I came because I am most interested in ...
(Jun 18, 2016, Xinhua)
J'CAN ARTIST STUNS BEIJING ART ENTHUSIASTS
Jamaican artist extraordinaire Peter Wayne Lewis was on hand at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) to give Caribbean dignitaries an exclusive tour of his latest works on display in the heart of Beijing's art district. Fay Pickersgill lauded ...
(Jun 19, 2016, Jamaica Gleaner)
Qatar: The Shape of Tomorrow
Consider “What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China,” a show in 16 rooms at Gallery Al Riwaq, on view through July 16. (Both Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami have held solo shows there.) Al Riwaq falls under the umbrella of Qatar Museums, ...
(Jun 19, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
The 10 coolest museum exhibits you didn't know you could see in Newark
Taking a fresh look at heroic themes in modern and contemporary art, this unique exhibition features 34 paintings and sculptural works with an emphasis on storytelling and expressive imagery. Mythical and ... Chinese Buddhist and Taoist landscapes of ...
(Jun 19, 2016, NJ.com)
Kempinski Bets on Ningxia's Hopes to be Capital of China's New Silk Road
In other parts of the city, additional major projects springing up include elaborate mosques, a new contemporary art museum, and a US$3.5 billion “World Muslim City” business district set to be completed in 2020. While it will take years to see whether ...
(Jun 19, 2016, Jing Daily)
Artketing: Miquel Barceló Teams up with Pont des Arts
Spanish artist Miquel Barceló is collaborating with Pont des Arts for their latest Art & Wine collection, letting the Hong Kong based company reproduce eight of his paintings as labels for their collection of Bordeaux and Burgundy wines. Founded in ...
(Jun 20, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
People News
Her article provides the earliest direct evidence of in situ beer production in China. Dayna Snell, who earned a certificate for clinical supervision from the Smith College School for Social Work in 2006, received a community service award last month ...
(Jun 20, 2016, Smith College Grécourt Gate)
From pregnancy to playdates in the UAE
An annual exhibition for affordable artworks, mixing contemporary art, as well as other traditional art forms, at Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Al Bateen. ... Donation drive by Nakheel and Dar Al Ber Society, at Ibn Battuta's China and Tunisia courts ...
(Jun 20, 2016, gulfnews.com)
Why London's Victoria & Albert Museum Is Launching an Outpost in China
Under the current plan, the V&A is acting as a consultant on the development, and will take over one third of the hub, creating a 750-square-meter gallery where it will showcase its collection to a Chinese audience. While contemporary art galleries ...
(Jun 20, 2016, Artsy)
LUC TUYMANS with Jarrett Earnest
... year: Control (2007), the biopic about Ian Curtis, which was really good, No Country For Old Men (2007) by the Coen brothers, and then you have There Will Be Blood (2007) by Paul Thomas Anderson—those three films did something which contemporary ...
(Jun 20, 2016, Brooklyn Rail)
Brexit Looms Over Art Market With London Auctions Set to Decline
Sotheby's evening sale of contemporary art on June 28 is expected to bring 35.5 million pounds to 50.2 million pounds; a year ago, the analogous auction tallied 130.4 million pounds. The highest estimate is just 3.5 million pounds to 4.5 .... China and ...
(Jun 20, 2016, Bloomberg)
Thursday–Monday 12–8pm
MALBA presents Yoko Ono. Dream Come True, the first retrospective of Yoko Ono (Tokyo, 1933) ever held in Argentina. Ono is an essential and pioneering figure in conceptual and participatory contemporary art. The show curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran and ...
(Jun 21, 2016, E-Flux)
The Peninsula Beijing Unveils New Phase of Hospitality and Luxury with $123 Million Renovation
Artwork by renowned Chinese contemporary artists Qin Feng and Zhang Du decorate the lobby and the rooms thanks to a partnership with Beijing's Museum of Contemporary Art. The hotel has offered an artist-in-residence program since 2013, but now ...
(Jun 21, 2016, Jing Daily)
Movie at Alliance Française
Salonga has enthralled music aficionados in concert halls in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Australia and the Philippines. The two-time winner of the National Music ... TALOI Havini, an artist ...
(Jun 21, 2016, BusinessWorld Online Edition)
First Big Tail Elephants Retrospective at Guangdong Times Museum
Big Tail Elephants is comprised of four Chinese artists from the Pearl River Region: Chen Shaoxiong, Liang Juhui, Lin Yilin and Xu Tan. The group was particularly active between 1990 and 2000 in the Chinese contemporary art scene, and explored ...
(Jun 21, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
If your work desk is dirty and boring, your brain health may suffer
She has exhibited her works in Japan, Singapore, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Sweden and Bangladesh. Her work was also included in the 2nd Fukuoka Triennale in 2002, and exhibited at the Hokkaido Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the “Soul of ...
(Jun 21, 2016, Star2.com)
53rd Annual Juried Competition
Recent jurors include: Sandra Firmin, Colorado University Art Museum; Kelly Shindler, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; George Shackelford, Kimbell Art Museum; Liza Simone, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles; Alison Greene, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ...
(Jun 21, 2016, MyArkLaMiss (press release) (blog))
Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center features different kind of gun show
"As presenters of contemporary art, we occasionally find ourselves in a position to facilitate constructive dialogue around vexing social issues. Dialogue cannot take place, however, ... Seven other artists have crafted such works as a gun-shaped ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Brattleboro Reformer)
Getting to Know SAMA's New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Suzanne Weaver
... Foundation Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art after just a year on the job. Stothart, who split to take a position as director of Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York, had overseen several seminal exhibitions (including the superb “28 Chinese ...
(Jun 22, 2016, San Antonio Current)
Targeting controversy at BMAC
Initially conceived in response to China's weapons policies requiring government approval of the purchase of knives larger than six inches, 'Gun Rack' raises distinctly American questions about the proliferation of guns and the rights of the individual ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Commons)
From Kitchen to Gallery, Ferran Adrià Unpacks the Tools of Creativity
The first floor displays tools such as specifically designed cutlery and china, illustrating the production process. The dining experience, including restaurant architecture and the organization of staff, forms the end station. For the first time, a ...
(Jun 22, 2016, ArtSlant)
Christopher K. Ho on Confucianism, White Privilege, and Art Dads
CKH: I struggled with my Chinese-ness, which my adult education at Cornell and Columbia entirely neglected, while putting together this exhibition. My maternal grandmother was Buddhist, my parents and paternal grandparents are and were ... Confucianism ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Hyperallergic)
We are Asians
Providing them with a short background about a particular traditional and contemporary art, I asked them to experience weaving the puso (hanging rice), dancing folk or traditional dances, wearing traditional costumes, playing some indigenous musical ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Philippine Star)
Beyond Propaganda: AU Museum Holds The First Exhibit of Socialist Realism Paintings from North Korea
Georgetown University artist-professor BG Muhn, who was raised in South Korea, journeyed across the DMZ to visit his formidable neighbors, and after nine trips over five years has realized his dream: to exhibit the contemporary art of North Korea in ...
(Jun 22, 2016, DCist.com)
Culture Scene: Art, June 23-29
Asia Society Texas Center: "We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art," group show, through July 3; and "Yuriko Yamaguchi," through Aug. 21; $5; 1370 Southmore; 713-496-9901, asiasociety.org · Blaffer Art Museum: Installations by Matthew Ronay ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Chron.com)
The Donum Estate Announces the Debut of Wine Labels - Designed by Ai Weiwei
It has become one of the most famous works of contemporary Chinese art. “Wine can instill a moment of inspiration or madness; likewise can art,” noted Ai Weiwei. Founded in 2001, The Donum Estate sources fruit exclusively from its estate vineyards in ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Examiner.com)
How the Brexit vote is inconveniencing rich art buyers
... tend to see collectors seek out well known blue chip names over younger, more emerging artists, as these are seen to be stronger investments and less risky,” says Jacqueline Towers-Perkins, a specialist in post-war and contemporary art at artnet ...
(Jun 22, 2016, Yahoo Finance)
herbst Academy 2016: workshop call
The herbst Academy 2016 investigates Europe's current state from a postcolonial and decolonial perspective and invites students and practitioners from the fields of arts and theory to meet on a green field site. The international Mamaza collective ...
(Jun 23, 2016, E-Flux)
Great collectors and their treasured works
The First Open sales this season in New York include standout works from a number of famous collections. Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keeffe and Pablo Picasso are just a few of the legendary names whose works lined the walls of these collectors' homes, ...
(Jun 23, 2016, Christie's)
Holocaust Denial Cartoons Threaten Iranian Cultural Exchange With Germany
In July 2015, Iran signed an agreement with the U.S., U.K., France, China, Russia and Germany to lift economic sanctions so long as it restricts its nuclear program. Now, Germany is taking the new partnership with Iran one step further, and has planned ...
(Jun 23, 2016, Observer)
PBS Fall Schedule Includes Arts Festival October 21 Kickoff With Docu On 'Hamilton' Creation
ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY – Join ART21 and host Claire Danes for unparalleled access to creative minds at work in four exemplary contemporary art locales: Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Vancouver. Each program, set ... POV “Hooligan Sparrow” – The ...
(Jun 23, 2016, Deadline)
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