3 Chicagoans offer insider travel tips
James Beard Foundation Award-winning reporter Steve Dolinsky covers the food world as ABC's “The Hungry Hound” and on “The Feed” podcast with co-host Rick Bayless. His position as an academy chairman for The World's 50 Best Restaurants and gigs ...
(Jun 23, 2016, Chicago Tribune)
Museum Without Walls
The 400-piece Dslcollection, founded by Paris-based Dominique and Sylvain Levy, is a compelling story of a passion for Chinese contemporary art. What initiated a decade ago as a holiday to visit Mrs Levy's brother in Shanghai, would ignite a veritable ...
(Jun 24, 2016, Billionaire.com)
Pharrell in Poland and Degas in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide
New Romance: Art and the Posthuman Museum of Contemporary Art, through Sept. 4. The theme of this ... The Chinese artist Chen Shaoxiong is known for a mixed media practice that includes painting, photographs and installation pieces. His best-known ...
(Jun 24, 2016, New York Times)
31 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, June 25
The Canada Chinese Society of Song and Dance Seniors Group presents an evening of Chinese drama and dance. Held at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. MadSkillz Vancouver 2016 Gala Show features four days of workshops in flow, juggle ...
(Jun 24, 2016, Straight.com (blog))
Exhibition on Nixon's China trip unveiled
... Nixon, China and the Arts," is presented by South Coast Plaza and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, along with renowned arts institutions in the United States like The Getty, Bowers Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, ...
(Jun 24, 2016, Xinhua)
Exhibition on Nixon's China trip unveiled in Southern California
... World: Nixon, China and the Arts," is presented by South Coast Plaza and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, along with renowned arts institutions in the United States like The Getty, Bowers Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art San ...
(Jun 25, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
Greek foundation unveils new opera, nat'l library
The city's contemporary art museum took 16 years to open, several venues built for the 2004 Olympics were allowed to fall into disrepair, and vandalism and theft of outdoor art is rife in the city. "The state should fulfil its obligation and run it ...
(Jun 25, 2016, China Post)
Artful Manifestations
Post-Manifesta, it was a hop, step and a jump to a former psychiatric clinic in St. Urban for a Chinese contemporary art exhibition presented by ShanghART, where collector Uli Sigg gave a talk about his collection. And from one cell to another, once in ...
(Jun 26, 2016, Ocula Magazine)
Walking on Water: The Power and Politics of Installation Art
In February 2016, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who is outspoken on the subject of human rights and whose work is often political, covered the columns of the façade of Berlin's Konzerthaus with bright orange life vests taken from Lesbos, the Greek Island ...
(Jun 26, 2016, The Wire)
Chinese Artist Lan Zhenghui to Witness 'America's Confrontation of Ideas' During New Residency, Lecture Tour
His bold, kinetic strokes drive the ink to discover its own momentum in ways that have forever changed the landscape of contemporary Chinese art - liberating ink from being determined by form. The ancient spirits of Chinese landscape linger however ...
(Jun 26, 2016, ArtfixDaily)
Chinese Artist Lan Zhenghui to Witness 'America's Confrontation of Ideas' During New Residency, Lecture Tour
His bold, kinetic strokes drive the ink to discover its own momentum in ways that have forever changed the landscape of contemporary Chinese art - liberating ink from being determined by form. The ancient spirits of Chinese landscape linger however ...
(Jun 26, 2016, ArtfixDaily)
Below-the-radar Beijing: places to see, eat and drink that most tourists don't get to
But many Beijingers say life in Shanghai is hedonistic, and point out that the Chinese capital is a confluence of history and modern culture – you can marvel at the colossal architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties by daytime, indulge in fine dining ...
(Jun 27, 2016, South China Morning Post)
Shanghai to be second stop for Centre Pompidou's historical exhibition
Starting in October, Shanghai Exhibition Center will play host to the Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou exhibition during its world tour, the second and last stop of the exhibition after Tokyo. Works created in France between the years 1906 and ...
(Jun 27, 2016, Global Times)
The unveiling of The Peninsula Beijing's noble rebirth to commence in August
The relaunch of The Peninsula Beijing was conceived in 2012 by acclaimed Hong Kong designer Henry Leung of CAP Atelier, with the inspiration behind it a reflection of China's historical beauty in its architecture, art and cultural traditions. Some of ...
(Jun 27, 2016, the AU review (blog))
Show of hands
Bee Ling's works have attracted attention overseas and in the past, she has been invited to exhibit her works in Japan, Singapore, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Sweden and Bangladesh. Her works were included in the 2nd ... In 2004, her paintings ...
(Jun 27, 2016, New Straits Times Online)
La MaMa to Release New Digital Archive
After leaving the museum, he spent five years as an art advisor for collectors interested in Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art before becoming the director of the Fort Lauderdale Museum from 1989 to 1997. ... Over the course of his ...
(Jun 27, 2016, Artforum)
Licensing International Expo Unveils Matchmaking, Sports-themed Attendee Engagement in Las Vegas
“China Art & Cultural Properties Area”, featuring traditional and contemporary Chinese art, artifacts from the Forbidden City and products ranging from bronze ware to cellphone cases. Commenting on the move, Blue said: “In China, there's currently a ...
(Jun 27, 2016, TSNN Trade Show News (blog))
Frieze Announces Details of Fourteenth Edition of London Fair
This year's Frieze London fair will bring together more than 160 contemporary art galleries from thirty countries and include solo presentations by artists such as James Turrell and Philippe Parreno as well as a new gallery gallery section titled “The ...
(Jun 27, 2016, Artforum)
Millennial tastes causing shift in antiques market
Traditional things, like more decorative furniture, china and glassware, aren't as valuable as they once were, not in dollars anyway. Millennials' interests are more current. Hence the proliferation of shops carrying midcentury modern furniture. "You ...
(Jun 27, 2016, Houston Chronicle)
Art that's at home in the material world
In it, a big oblong of white marble is quarried in China, loaded on to a cargo ship and, during its voyage to Europe, with its hold open to the sky, transformed into a classical column by a group of Chinese craftsmen. Paci, who initially became known ...
(Jun 28, 2016, Irish Times)
Art Sales: how will Brexit affect buyers?
While the buyer of the Modigliani is thought to be from China, industry insiders believe the Picasso was bought by the US billionaire collector Leon Black. A more telling auction was held the next evening at Christie's after a day in which the pound's ...
(Jun 28, 2016, Telegraph.co.uk)
Actor Johnny Depp's Basquiat art to go under the hammer
He just thought it was the right moment to take advantage of the world record we broke ... last month," Edmond Francey, head of Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie's in London, told Reuters. One of the paintings in Depp's .... BEIJING (Reuters ...
(Jun 28, 2016, Metro.us)
stewart hollenstein proposes masterplan for shanghai's north bund district
australian practice stewart hollenstein has proposed a transformation scheme for shanghai's north bund region in china. presented at the china australian urban forum, the design includes the creation of a new 'people's avenue' through the heart of the ...
(Jun 28, 2016, Designboom (blog))
Jennifer Wen Ma's 'Paradise Interrupted' to Open Lincoln Center Festival July 13
While working on Rotterdam's Witte de With Contemporary Art Center and the paper garden design developed at PERFORMA 13, she said she had “a crazy idea” to suspend 60-foot living plants painted black with Chinese ink in mid-air including some that ...
(Jun 28, 2016, WWD)
Meet Michael Xufu Huang, the College Student With His Own Museum
Elsewhere, Huang has spoken of their ultimate desire to make M Woods the “MoMA of China,” but when we met he described their programming—which tends to revolve around curator-driven group shows that unite contemporary Chinese art stars with their ...
(Jun 28, 2016, W Magazine)
Sotheby's Quells Fear of Brexit Slump With $69.6 M. Contemporary Sale in London, Sets Record With $9.1 M. Jenny ...
Sotheby's Quells Fear of Brexit Slump With $69.6 M. Contemporary Sale in London, Sets Record With $9.1 M. Jenny ...
(Jun 28, 2016, ARTnews)
With Pound Discounted, British Artist Sets Record at Sotheby's
“It was a hard sale to put together and the referendum didn't make things easier,” Alex Branczik, Sotheby's head of contemporary art in Europe, said afterward. The results proved ... Hua also chased works by Ghenie and Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi but ...
(Jun 29, 2016, Bloomberg)
The week ahead: music, theater, art, and more
SOLANGE BRAND: CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966 When Mao Zedong launched the ultimately disastrous Cultural Revolution, Brand, then a 19-year-old secretary at Beijing's French embassy, captured the moment, photographing rallies, the Red ...
(Jun 29, 2016, The Boston Globe)
Heavy Artillery: White Rabbit
Sensationalism and ballsy scale are often assigned to contemporary Chinese art, but White Rabbit's latest exhibition finds quiet contemplation in the bravado. Heavy Artillery: White Rabbit. This endless sea of cyan books represents a new horizon for ...
(Jun 29, 2016, ArtsHub (subscription))
Kowloon Will "Pulsate" With Helen Pun's Latest Distinctive Sculptures
Art and science come together in a new exhibition by Chinese artist Helen Pun next week in Hong Kong. For a short period of four days, from July 4-7, the artist will present her latest show “Pulsating” at Cattle Depot Artist Village in Kowloon. This ...
(Jun 29, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
HH the Emir visits art exhibition in Museum of Islamic Arts
Doha: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani visited Tuesday the "What About The Art? Contemporary Art from China," which is taking place at the Museum of Islamic Arts (MIA). HH the Emir viewed the artworks on display at the exhibition's several ...
(Jun 29, 2016, Peninsula On-line)
Christie's Hong Kong spring auction sales fall 13pc; Chinese works of art fare poorly
Hong Kong gallerist and collector Johnson Chang Tsong-zung put 30 pieces of Chinese contemporary art up for sale with Christie's and most found buyers, including Zeng Fanzhi's Meat No. 3 (Nativity), which sold for HK$30.4 million, including fees. Among ...
(Jun 29, 2016, South China Morning Post)
How revenge was spark for one of Japan's greatest private art collections
What Mori Art Museum can teach China about showing contemporary art. Since the 1990s, Takahashi has been earning enough to buy art and he has done so obsessively, using practically all his clinics' income. He now owns more than 2,500 pieces by more ...
(Jun 29, 2016, South China Morning Post)
adidas and Kanye West Make History with Transformative New Partnership: adidas + KANYE WEST
LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, adidas announced the cementing of its long-term relationship with creative pioneer Kanye West in the launch of adidas + KANYE WEST, a YEEZY branded entity creating footwear, apparel and ...
(Jun 29, 2016, PR Newswire (press release))
Sotheby's London's $69 Million Contemporary Sale Passes Brexit Test With Flying Colors
“It was not easy to put the sale together,” said Alex Branczik, head of contemporary art Europe. But the total of $69.4 million (£52.2 million) not only hit the high estimate, it exceeded the June 2010 total as well. In other words, it looks like we ...
(Jun 29, 2016, artnet News)
The phenomena of wonder: Visit MASSMoCa exhibit now through April 2, 2017
Even frequent visitors to North Adams' Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art may have missed seeing sculptor Don Gummer's 12-foot granite boulder adjacent to a nearby gatehouse. Suspended 10 feet above the ground and titled “Primary Separation,” the ...
(Jun 29, 2016, The Recorder)
Big Brands Are Setting Up Shop in Beijing's Art District
The German automaker set up its China design center in Beijing's 798 art district, a sprawl of old military electronics facilities taken over in the early 2000s by the capital's booming contemporary art scene and now being invaded by design companies ...
(Jun 29, 2016, Bloomberg)
A Reassuringly Solid Result for Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Sale
The global art market breathed another collective sigh of relief this evening after the Christie's Post-War & Contemporary art auction delivered a rock-solid £39,566,000 ($53 million) result, with very few casualties. The tally, including fees, topped ...
(Jun 30, 2016, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Australian artists and industry professionals oppose funding cuts
Those visiting national- and state-funded galleries, contemporary art spaces, university galleries, commercial galleries and art schools are being urged to sign petitions opposing the Liberal-National Coalition government's arts cuts in its May 3 ...
(Jun 30, 2016, World Socialist Web Site)
As America Grapples With the Collision of New Ideas and Old Traditions, Lan Zhenghui Brings New Meaning to "East ...
As America Grapples With the Collision of New Ideas and Old Traditions, Lan Zhenghui Brings New Meaning to "East ...
(Jun 30, 2016, PR Newswire (press release))
Spanish Court Rules Dalí Foundation Has No Legal Authority to Protect Artist's Image
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 30, 2016, Artforum)
Maps To Time, Water & War
First Bordeaux, one of the cleanest, calmest and most charming of French cities where the always intrepid Center for Contemporary Art shares space with a futurist architecture museum called Arc en Reve--or dreaming about the architecture of the future ...
(Jun 30, 2016, Huffington Post)
Independent Curators International Names Marian Goodman 2016 Leo Award Winner
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 30, 2016, Artforum)
Guy has been collecting Chinese art since he met Ai Weiwei.
Belgian billionaire Guy Ullens, known for a multimillion-dollar collection of Chinese art, is preparing to sell off his holdings. He's also seeking a buyer for the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing. He'll offer artworks both at ...
(Jun 30, 2016, artnet News)
Small is the new vogue in art scene revival
Luminaries from China's own contemporary art scene were also represented there. According to the organizing committee, 104,327 people visited the exhibition, not to mention more than a million visitors who travelled to Wuzhen. Lewis Biggs, the director ...
(Jun 30, 2016, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
Today's Artists Are Sick Of History Framing Women As Perfect
An exhibition of contemporary art titled “The Woman Destroyed,” on view now at New York's P.P.O.W. Gallery, attempts to rip the ideal woman from art history's grip, presenting instead a slew of female subjects who are struggling, hungry, furious ...
(Jun 30, 2016, Huffington Post)
Auctioneer at Sotheby's Confident in London as Art Hub
Adrian Cheng, the Hong Kong business leader who founded the K11 Art Foundation, which supports Chinese contemporary art, has established a three-month residency at the New Museum that will culminate in an exhibition for the artist Cheng Ran; he will ...
(Jun 30, 2016, New York Times)
Welcome to the Brave New World of Media Art
Mesmerizing and disturbing, Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê's South China Sea Pishkun, 2009, a single-channel high-definition 3-D animation video, is part of Rewind, an exhibition at the museum through August 7 highlighting selections from the Asia ...
(Jun 30, 2016, Barron's)
From Sars to Snowden: Hong Kong has seen dramatic events since the 1997 handover to China
Art Basel in Hong Kong The Hong Kong edition of Art Basel, one of the world's most famous modern and contemporary art fairs, made its debut in May 2013. With more than 200 art galleries from 35 countries taking part in the first show, Art Basel Hong ...
(Jul 1, 2016, South China Morning Post)
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