Explosive artist Cai Guo-Qiang on politics and pyrotechnics
It was 1986, a time when China's opening to the world after decades of cultural isolation led to a wave of exploration. “At the time, everyone wanted to go abroad and study, and I did too. In the field I was in, contemporary art, the space for doing ...
(Aug 25, 2017, Financial Times)
The snake-in precious forms and antiquities-beckons in Singapore
Like a serpent that molts and sheds its skin to renew itself, Bulgari's Serpenti Form art, design and jewelry exhibition in Singapore is not exactly like its first instalment in Rome in 2016. "Such as the snake changes its skin, this exhibit will also ...
(Aug 25, 2017, AsiaOne)
An intimate meeting of East and West
A duo exhibition featuring a foreign artist and a Chinese one is actually not new, or even a cliché if there is no subtle relationship between the works of the two. But the two ongoing solo exhibitions at the Fosun Foundation Shanghai have managed to ...
(Aug 25, 2017, Shanghai Daily (subscription))
Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation Announces First Edition of Creative China Festival
The Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation (BCAF)—the only publicly funded foundation and cultural think tank in China focusing on the development of contemporary art and humanities—has announced that this fall it will launch the inaugural edition of ...
(Aug 25, 2017, Artforum)
Biennale de Montréal Cancels 2018 Edition
The Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation (BCAF)—the only publicly funded foundation and cultural think tank in China focusing on the development of contemporary art and humanities—has announced that this fall it will launch the inaugural edition of ...
(Aug 25, 2017, Artforum)
Beijing hutong clean-up threatens independent art space, forcing it to hide behind a brick wall in the hope of ...
Beijing hutong clean-up threatens independent art space, forcing it to hide behind a brick wall in the hope of ...
(Aug 26, 2017, South China Morning Post)
In|Visible Ullens X Cinemq: Skin
How much visibility does queer art currently afford in China? During the month of August, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) will be holding a series of events, including artist conversations, panel discussions, and screenings, aimed at ...
(Aug 26, 2017, The Beijinger)
Lygia Pape: A Multitude of Forms at the Met Breuer
(Most recently this happened with Mainland Chinese art in New York, which was enthusiastically embraced for roughly 15 years—from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s—before the artists from Beijing and Shanghai returned to China, disappearing from the ...
(Aug 27, 2017, Arte Fuse)
HOW Art Museum
It is the first comprehensive institutional solo show of Julian Rosefeldt in China since 2012 and presents important aspects of Rosefeldt's production over the past 12 years. Comprising five film installations and 21 photo works, ... and has held ...
(Aug 27, 2017, E-Flux)
Lin Tianmiao at Galerie Lelong, New York
Lin is among the first generation of Chinese contemporary artists to receive international recognition, and this body of works was exhibited at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2014); Long Museum, Shanghai (2016); and Minsheng Art ...
(Aug 27, 2017, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Art Stage Jakarta 2017 reveals an art scene that is about to explode
One thinks of China's economic boom which also saw Chinese contemporary art launched onto a world stage. Indonesian art is already widely appreciated internationally. The next major event will be the Europalia Art Festival in Belgium and the ...
(Aug 27, 2017, Brisbane Times)
Provocative forever: Ai Weiwei turns 60
He was confined to his homeland for over four years by the Chinese authorities. When Ai Weiwei was finally allowed to leave China at the end of July 2015, he moved to Berlin to join his family. Beyond accepting the guest professorship at the Berlin ...
(Aug 28, 2017, Deutsche Welle)
China Development Bank and Public Power Corporation to Sign MoU in Thessaloniki
The conference, entitled “Investment opportunities in Southeastern Europe – Trends and challenges in the energy sector” is organised by the Public Power Corporation in the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Environment and Development Minister ...
(Aug 28, 2017, Greek Reporter)
Art Industry News: Solange Creates Art About Black Identity for Tate Modern + More Must-Read Stories
Beijing Council Announces for First Annual NY Festival – The publicly funded Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation is launching the Creative China Festival in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles this September, with a program that ranges from Chinese noir ...
(Aug 28, 2017, artnet News)
Germany launches massive art show in China
"Deutschland 8" is Germany's response to "China 8," which brought contemporary Chinese art to eight locations in the Ruhr region in 2015. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, his predecessor Joachim Gauck and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel ...
(Aug 28, 2017, Deutsche Welle)
When art is a party
They are now on show at Zhao Bandi: China Party at Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. Zhao says that like at a party there are a lot of elements and bustle in Chinese society, beneath which he sees worries and uncertainties. The exhibition ...
(Aug 28, 2017, Chinadaily USA)
See Beijing in 3 days? Great Wall a must-see but you can skip Forbidden City
The nice thing about Beijing Hikers is that you jump in a minivan, get dropped near the wall with a guide and often have an authentic Chinese meal in the countryside after a day of hiking. The drive out takes a couple of hours, and the hiking part ...
(Aug 29, 2017, The Straits Times)
2017 CCF forum discusses image of Korea through eyes of the world
Miriam Sun, who has been visiting Korea every year to promote exchange between Chinese and Korean artists, commented on how much traditional and contemporary art in Korea, such as works of video art by late Paik Nam-june, has been gaining ground ...
(Aug 29, 2017, The Korea Herald)
Ritual Spirit
Despite the time, the culture or new technologies. The pursuit of spirituality remains intact. This endless quest is something deeply rooted in human existence. There are topics that are impossible to explain or describe. The Chinese tradition of ...
(Aug 29, 2017, Sydney City News)
A Watershed LGBTQ Art Show Opens in Taipei, With a Mission
Less than six months after the landmark ruling by Taiwan's top court that a law defining marriage as between as a man and a woman was unconstitutional, opening the door to the legalization of gay marriage, the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei will ...
(Aug 29, 2017, artnet News)
Group protests Ai Weiwei art installation in New York City
FILE - In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei speaks during a press conference at the exhibition 'translocation - transformation' at the Museum of contemporary art in Vienna, Austria. Ai is getting some local opposition ...
(Aug 30, 2017, ABC News)
Group Protests Ai Weiwei Art Installation in New York City
FILE - In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei speaks during a press conference at the exhibition 'translocation - transformation' at the Museum of contemporary art in Vienna, Austria. Ai is getting some local opposition ...
(Aug 30, 2017, U.S. News & World Report)
August 30, 2017 - Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris - Pauline Julier: Naturalis Historia / Barbezat-Villetard: Like ...
August 30, 2017 - Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris - Pauline Julier: Naturalis Historia / Barbezat-Villetard: Like ...
(Aug 30, 2017, E-Flux)
'Aura' at Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong
Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong presents “Aura,” a dual exhibition by Xia Xiaowan and Chen Hui. The title of the exhibition, “Aura,” ... 1959, Beijing, China) artistic aura has always come from his observations of human nature. He made a name for ...
(Aug 30, 2017, Blouinartinfo)
Group protests Ai Weiwei art installation in New York City
FILE - In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei speaks during a press conference at the exhibition 'translocation - transformation' at the Museum of contemporary art in Vienna, Austria. Ai is getting some local opposition ...
(Aug 30, 2017, CT Post)
USC Pacific Asia Museum Announces Grand Reopening Scheduled for December 8, 2017
“Many believe the Western influence since the 'opening of China' in the late 1980s is the motivating force of Chinese contemporary art. Very few acknowledge other influences occurring prior to the Cultural Revolution, especially during the mid ...
(Aug 30, 2017, Pasadena Now)
Artists from Home and Abroad to Meet in C China's Fenghuang
At the same time, promote the spirit of contemporary Chinese art. Ancient buildings in Fenghuang have been temporarily transformed into galleries with a modern style for the event. As the hometown of many veteran Chinese artists, such as Chen Shizeng ...
(Aug 31, 2017, Women of China)
'Human Flow': Venice Review
This is also a surprisingly 'regular' film from an artist known for his defiant run-ins with Chinese authorities and his audacious contemporary art installations (including a spate of recent refugee-themed works). Cadenced by interviews with experts ...
(Aug 31, 2017, Screen International)
Tang Maohong at ShanghART, Beijing
... at BhauDaji Lad Museum, Mumbai in 2014, at Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2013, at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai in 2013, at Taopu Contemporary Art Centre, Shanghai in 2012, at Arko Art Center, Seoul in 2012, during the 7th Shanghai Biennale ...
(Aug 31, 2017, Blouinartinfo UK)
Sir David Tang (1954–2017)
The China Club offered a high-profile exhibition space at a time when there were very few galleries in Hong Kong or on the mainland – and certainly no auction-houses – interested in showing new-wave Chinese contemporary art. Moreover, Sir David's ...
(Aug 31, 2017, Apollo Magazine)
Germany to Bring International Contemporary Art to Beijing's Forbidden City for the First Time
It will mark the first time a foreign nation has brought its contemporary art to the Forbidden City—and that's just one small part of “Deutschland 8: German Art in China,” a vast initiative set to open in late September at no less than eight museums ...
(Aug 31, 2017, artnet News)
Home for Dinner: Victoria Camblin, editor and artistic director of Art Papers
“I have so much to do I can't possibly go out to a restaurant, but somehow taking time for a dinner at home is excusable if done under the specter of productivity,” says 33-year-old Camblin, who is the editor and artistic director of Art Papers, a ...
(Aug 31, 2017, Atlanta Magazine)
Red Brick Art Museum
The architectural design of Red Brick Art Museum was inspired by traditional Chinese gardens. Red Brick Art Museum promotes the development of Chinese contemporary art and creates an international platform for dialogue and exchange with international ...
(Sep 1, 2017, E-Flux)
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