Meet The Contemporary Sydney Artist Making Noise Around Chinese Art
Tianli Zu describes herself as a contemporary artist "who happens to be Chinese". "I don't draw the line in my practice -- contemporary art is just contemporary art. But of course, because of my background, there are elements that come naturally to me ...
(Feb 12, 2017, Huffington Post Australia)
Berlin International Film Festival comes to Beijing
As the attention of movie lovers is being drawn to the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (BIFF) in Germany's capital, The Goethe-Institute China, French Institute of China and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) have decided to bring a ...
(Feb 13, 2017, Global Times (satire) (press release))
'If an artist isn't given freedom, he can't create art'
“The host, the Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, had spent a lot to get Kapoor's work.” Kapoor was responding to Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei's work being removed from the biennale owing to political pressure. “[Although] I was constantly in touch with ...
(Feb 13, 2017, The Hindu)
The Frontier of Documentary Filmmaking at MoMA
... February 16) to the youth protest movement spearheaded by two rappers in Senegal (The Revolution Won't Be Televised, February 17 and 18) to the lives of families in the Chinese cities that process the world's plastic waste (Plastic China, February ...
(Feb 13, 2017, Hyperallergic)
Fashion photo show focuses on portrayal of women
Fashion photos advertise what a trendy wardrobe looks like. And decades after they are taken, these photos become historical records. So, when you go through them, you understand why "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) once said, "Fashion passes, style ...
(Feb 14, 2017, China.org.cn)
Contemporary Chinese art gets donation in Australia - Xinhua ...
Contemporary Chinese art gets donation in Australia - Xinhua ...
(Feb 14, 2017, Xinhua)
Contemporary Chinese art gets donation in Australia - Ecns.cn
When it comes to contemporary Chinese art, Sydney's White Rabbit Gallery is among the world's most prestigious in the world. Its founder Judith Neilson is also ...
(Feb 14, 2017, ecns)
Curator of Anselm Kiefer Show in China Speaks Out Against Artist's Criticism of Exhibition
CAFAM enlisted the help of Bell Art—an organization based in Hamburg that encourages cultural exchange between Europe and China—when it put the show together. Eighty of the eight-seven works in the exhibition belong to Chinese collector Maria Chen ...
(Feb 14, 2017, Artforum)
National Gallery of Victoria wins Global Fine Art award for Degas exhibition
... Baroque, Old Masters and dynasties group show for its illuminated manuscripts exhibition; the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing won best contemporary exhibition (solo artist) for Rauschenberg in China; and Christo and Jeanne-Claude won ...
(Feb 14, 2017, The Australian)
Judges named for Under the Oaks Fine Arts, Crafts show
Katherine is curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. ... Pill previously held the position of assistant curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. ... in numerous shows and ...
(Feb 14, 2017, TCPalm)
Chinese Video Artists Prove the World is Not Flat at Artspace - The ...
Chinese Video Artists Prove the World is Not Flat at Artspace - The ...
(Feb 15, 2017, The Adelaide Review)
These 291 Exhibitors Are Heading to Art Basel 2017
He continued, “We are inspired to work as a bridge that cultivates new relationships between artists, collectors, institutions, and museums that challenge the way Chinese contemporary art can be understood and imagined.” Outside of the exhibition hall, ...
(Feb 15, 2017, artnet News)
Art events (week of 02.16.17)
Graves International Art: “Roy Lichtenstein & Company: Post-War and Contemporary Art” on display through October. “Masters of Contemporary Art,” an exhibit of works by Ellsworth Kelly, Salvador Dali, Georges Braque, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Keith ...
(Feb 15, 2017, The Daily Progress)
'Monument Lab' Public Art Project to Feature PennDesign Faculty and Alumna's Work
Lum is co-curator of the project with A. Will Brown of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland and Paul Farber, a visiting scholar at Haverford College, who is also a 2005 graduate of Penn's College of Arts and Sciences. Based at the ... The roster ...
(Feb 15, 2017, Penn: Office of University Communications)
How Gilles Chuyen danced his way from rural France to Bollywood
I've flash-mobbed in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago, on the beach in Tel Aviv and outside the opera house in Cairo. In Hong Kong and China, people are often a little shy. In Africa, people love the rhythms and join in easily ...
(Feb 16, 2017, South China Morning Post)
5 Things to do in Lansing this weekend, Feb. 18-19
Performances include traditional Vietnamese and Chinese fan dances, contemporary hip-hop dances, as well as a Southern Chinese lion dance. How to go: Cultural Vogue, MSU Wharton Center for Performing Arts. 6 p.m. Saturday. 750 E. Shaw ... "Dance in the ...
(Feb 16, 2017, Lansing State Journal)
Old-school charm and bespoke luxury in BT Weekend
In The Business Times' Weekend magazine tomorrow,read about how China's "Karaoke King" is turning part of Shanghai's waterfront into a mega museum of contemporary art. The opulence continues in The Weekend Interview, with Ethan Koh's world of ...
(Feb 16, 2017, The New Paper)
Is the West Kowloon Cultural District finally taking shape?
In 1958, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai had a grand vision: a new opera house on the west side of Beijing's Tiananmen Square – which wouldn't be built until nearly half a century later, when the National Centre for the Performing Arts finally opened. And ...
(Feb 16, 2017, South China Morning Post)
A chance to see a new world
The event, titled Eyes on Berlin, held by the French Institute, the Goethe-Institut China and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, is showcasing 18 films that were presented at the German festival over the years. Other domestic films being screened ...
(Feb 17, 2017, ecns)
Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads come to YSP for 40th Birthday Celebration
Viewed by millions of people in person, on the internet and through digital media, the work is one of the most viewed sculpture projects in the history of contemporary art. Ai reinterpreted the 12 bronze heads representing the traditional Chinese ...
(Feb 17, 2017, FAD magazine)
Chinese New Year 2017 in Sydney: Where to go and what to see
The festival will showcase everything from ancient traditions to contemporary art so whether you're wanting to see, taste, or shop Asia, Sydney has it. The Lunar New Year celebration will start on January 27 and end on February 12. Here is everything ...
(Feb 18, 2017, Cootamundra Herald)
Art Fair Philippines 2017: A review
... (AFP) often feels less about the art and more about the spectacle, with visitors jumping from booth to booth, dodging smartphone cameras and eager gallerists as they try to take in what is billed as a presentation of the “best of Philippine ...
(Feb 18, 2017, Rappler)
China Heute project to celebrate 45 years of Sino-German relations
As part of the celebrations, the National Ballet of China and the Hamburg Ballet will stage Soul of Crane in Hamburg in July as part of the city's Hamburg Ballet Days. Additionally, a collection of Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasty ...
(Feb 19, 2017, Global Times)
Art Watch: New moon rising over Chester County
The Biggs Museum of American Art is located at 406 Federal Street in Dover, and exhibits a broad range of American art including fine art by Childe Hassam, classic illustration by Frank Schoonover, master cabinetry, sculpture and contemporary art in ...
(Feb 21, 2017, The Unionville Times)
Art Watch: The place you love most
The Biggs Museum of American Art is located at 406 Federal Street in Dover, and exhibits a broad range of American art including fine art by Childe Hassam, classic illustration by Frank Schoonover, master cabinetry, sculpture and contemporary art in ...
(Feb 21, 2017, Chadds Ford Live)
Venezuelan art promoter, journalist Sofia Imber dies at 92 - The ...
Venezuelan art promoter, journalist Sofia Imber dies at 92 - The ...
(Feb 21, 2017, China Post)
'Tomb Treasures' document life, afterlife of Han dynasty's elite
Considering all the ancient artifacts — from bronze urns to terra-cotta warriors — unearthed in China and sent on tour to museums around the world, can there be anything left to dig up? Yes there can, some items excavated as recently as six years ago ...
(Feb 22, 2017, The Mercury News)
Chronicle of Higher Education: Bowdoin a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars and Students
Assistant Professor of Art History and Asian Studies Peggy Wang will be leaving for Beijing in April, when she will begin researching contemporary Chinese art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The eleven student awardees are teaching English or ...
(Feb 22, 2017, Bowdoin News)
A Guide to San Antonio's Essential Museums
In addition to a robust collection that covers pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, contemporary art and Latin American folk art, SAMA welcomes traveling exhibitions (“28 Chinese” and “Rodin: The Human Experience” stand out among ...
(Feb 22, 2017, San Antonio Current)
Art events (week of 02.23.17)
Graves International Art: “Roy Lichtenstein & Company: Post-War and Contemporary Art” on display through October. “Masters of Contemporary Art,” an exhibit of works by Ellsworth Kelly, Salvador Dali, Georges Braque, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Keith ...
(Feb 22, 2017, The Daily Progress)
Meet The Woman Behind Two Of Asia's Ultra-Luxury E-Commerce Platforms
In January, the companies secured an impressive $2.5 million SGD ($1.7 million USD) in Series A funding, which helped facilitate the acquisition of China-focused art e-commerce platform, Artshare, boosting the joint entities' reach beyond Southeast ...
(Feb 23, 2017, Forbes)
Agenda Weekender: 33 things to do including CIAA Tournament Week, Toyota Fan Fest and Pure Pizza's Beer Dinner
Studio Party at McColl Center for Art + Innovation: A contemporary art sale followed by late-night sweets, drinks and live music at Charlotte's best art party. 7-11 p.m. $25-$75. Details. Blumenthal Celebrates Dance at Belk Theater: Join for an evening ...
(Feb 23, 2017, Charlotte Agenda)
A $100 Million Mystery: A Russian, His Art, and His Big Losses
Rybolovlev was among new buyers from Russia, China and other emerging economies who drove an unprecedented expansion of the art market in the past decade. Booming wealth created a network of collectors hungry for ... and he wants to get rid of it. “It ...
(Feb 23, 2017, Bloomberg)
Changes in store for Contemporary Art Month
Participation in the competition to wear the Contemporary Art Month crown had waned the past couple of years, “so we decided to retire it,” said Chris Sauter, co-chair of the CAM board. That's just one and — with apologies to anyone who aspired to the ...
(Feb 23, 2017, mySanAntonio.com)
MET director at CAM to address the role of museums
Thomas P. Campbell, director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is the featured guest tonight at the Contemporary Art Museum's annual distinguished speaker event. In recent weeks, he has spoken against attacks on federal funding for ...
(Feb 23, 2017, St. Louis Public Radio)
The Monocle Minute
It's interesting to see China increase its programme just as other nations around the world are closing their borders but there's still a long way to go: a more liberal immigration policy would benefit China's economy in the long run. ... Los Angeles ...
(Feb 24, 2017, Monocle)
Hidden art which only Hong Kongers know
A mural titled Bruce Lee by Xeva (South Korea) at the junction of Square Street and Tank Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China, January 25, 2017. Venture off the beaten track during this year's Hong Kong Arts Month which runs from 1 to 31 March, away from ...
(Feb 24, 2017, Morung Express)
Fun and informative guide to China
... program in China, there are chapters discussing how to deal with culture shock, what it's like to work in an office, Internet and cell phone culture, dating and marriage practices, top popular movies and movie stars, the contemporary art scene, and ...
(Feb 24, 2017, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
HKFP Lens: Hidden art that only Hongkongers know | Hong Kong ...
HKFP Lens: Hidden art that only Hongkongers know | Hong Kong ...
(Feb 24, 2017, Hong Kong Free Press)
This Week
Pearson Lakes Art Center: Floating Ink: Contemporary Chinese Art, through Saturday, 2201 Highway 71 N., Okoboji, Iowa. 712-332-7013. Sioux City Art Center: Ben Pratt, through March 12; Contour Paintings by Jodi Whitlock through March 12; Grant Wood's ...
(Feb 24, 2017, Sioux City Journal)
Blackout? Three shows create meta-exhibition of contemporary art in Dallas and Fort Worth
The world evoked by Sultan is of industrial decay, chemical spills, forest fires, a Gothic cathedral dissolving in polluted air, a shootout, a railroad in China in a landscape of black smoke. The black, in most cases, is tar -- think asphalt roads ...
(Feb 25, 2017, Dallas News)
Info Loss Transmitting Art Between Cultures
To be more precise, how could an ordinary American, born and live in a free and developed country, really understand the ideas of a contemporary Chinese artist who breathe post-totalitarian air and witnessed a fast social progress never seen in human ...
(Feb 26, 2017, NY Arts Magazine)
Chinese solar storage system aims to beat Australia's blackouts ...
Chinese solar storage system aims to beat Australia's blackouts ...
(Feb 27, 2017, eco-business.com)
Global art sales plummet, China biggest market
Works by China's Zhang Daqian fetched the highest amounts, followed by 20th-century master Pablo Picasso, then Chinese watercolorist Qi Baishi and “father” of Chinese contemporary art Wu Guanzhong, and, finally, the German contemporary artist Gerhard ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Arab News)
Global art sales plummet, China biggest market: report
Works by China's Zhang Daqian fetched the highest amounts, followed by 20th-century master Pablo Picasso, then Chinese watercolorist Qi Baishi and "father" of Chinese contemporary art Wu Guanzhong, and, finally, the German contemporary artist Gerhard ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Yahoo News)
China regains top spot in art market as the global sales total plummets
Works by China's Zhang Daqian fetched the highest prices, followed by 20th-century master Pablo Picasso, then Chinese watercolourist Qi Baishi and "father" of Chinese contemporary art Wu Guanzhong, and, finally, German contemporary artist Gerhard ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Business Day (registration))
Sotheby's Finishes 2016 With Bottom-Line Strength
The auction house is more optimistic about its London sales of impressionist, modern, and contemporary art later this week, and it believes that pieces by Klimt, Picasso, Basquiat, and Richter could produce monumental results that will drive interest ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Motley Fool)
Judging Panel for Xifu International Gold Wedding Jewellery Design Competition 2017 Announced
He is an expert on traditional Chinese metalcraft as well as modern art and design, bridging the gap between Chinese traditional and contemporary art. Stephen Webster is a celebrated English jewellery designer known for his largely pioneering designs ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Yahoo Finance)
Nazi governor's son returns looted art to Poland
Ren Hang (1987–2017) | Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang has died aged 29. While internationally celebrated for his provocative portraits of naked ... Schimmel, formerly chief curator at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art, joined Hauser & Wirth in ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Apollo Magazine)
Asian buyers helped bolster Sotheby's revenue in 2016, auction house reveals
Despite an overall contraction in art sales last year, Sotheby's CEO Tad Smith expressed confidence in the art market, the Sotheby's team, and the company's expanding digital presence during an earnings call this morning covering the fourth quarter of ...
(Feb 27, 2017, Art Newspaper)
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