The Blurry Line of Public and Private in the Life of I-Chen Lai
Life is art." Taiwanese artist I-Chen Lai (or I-Chern or I-Che(r)n, depending on your Chinese translation site) pushes the boundaries of this gray area between the personal and the public in her multi-layered works. The artist's unconventional methods ...
(Dec 20, 2017, KCET)
Auction sees record prices for two artists
It is regarded as a landmark in his career, marking the beginning of his reflections on Chinese culture. Known for his avant-garde style, Liu's works often feature sarcasm about social issues. Liu's large-scale self-portrait is rare as the artist ...
(Dec 21, 2017, China.org.cn)
Around the Town: Winter Music Festival to feature world-class quartet
Artists with developmental disabilities step into the limelight and claim their place in the world of contemporary art during a collaborative art show merging the artist and interest of Art Enables, Creative Trails, Hozhoni Foundation, Imagine That ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Arizona Daily Sun)
National Gallery of Australia unveils giant sculpture of sleeping Buddha covered in of Western figures
2016–17 mineral-based composite material, mineral pigments, metal, ed. 1/3 (550.0 x 1800.0 x 380.0 cm) Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, 2017 © Xu Zhen ...
(Dec 21, 2017, Lion's Roar)
Art And China After 1989, Theatre Of The World At The Guggenheim ...
Art And China After 1989, Theatre Of The World At The Guggenheim ...
(Dec 22, 2017, Forbes)
UK art lovers can add Messum's Wiltshire gallery to the itinerary
The art market takes some welcome time off for the Christmas holidays and doesn't fully kick back into gear until after Chinese New Year in mid-February. Gathering has already begun, however, for the next major season of Impressionist, Modern and ...
(Dec 22, 2017, Financial Times)
Art Industry News: Modigliani Expert Calls for the Destruction of Fakes + More Must-Read Stories
... has been appointed director of the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg. He replaces Sabine Breitwieser, who decided not to renew her contract. (Monopol). Artist Tseng Yuho Has Died – The writer and artist Tseng Yuho, also known as Betty Ecke, died in ...
(Dec 22, 2017, artnet News)
From Mona Lisa's Secret Obsession to Meryl Streep's 'Brush' With the Alt-Right: The Best and Worst of the Art World ...
From Mona Lisa's Secret Obsession to Meryl Streep's 'Brush' With the Alt-Right: The Best and Worst of the Art World ...
(Dec 22, 2017, artnet News)
Centre A showcases Asian art in new home at Sun Wah Centre on Keefer
Although talking about the customer is unusual in an art-gallery context, it isn't for Russell. He knows all customers as the founder of North Vancouver's Café for Contemporary Art, a coffee shop and art gallery that he ran before joining Centre A ...
(Dec 22, 2017, Vancouver Sun)
Looking back at the year in art in Hampton Roads
With so many visual arts assets in Hampton Roads, it can be hard to keep up with all shows that have opened over the past year. So here are some images from my list of nearly a dozen stand-out exhibits, including one worth the drive to Richmond ...
(Dec 23, 2017, Daily Press)
These photos capture Africa's 2017: A year of tumultuous change and new beginnings
And Kenya launched its $3.2 billion Nairobi-Mombasa rail line, with a little help from China. Supporters of various opposition parties hold placards calling for the removal of President Jacob Zuma outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South ...
(Dec 24, 2017, Quartz)
Coolest northforker stories of 2017: North Fork Art Collective opens in Greenport
... it also helps young East End artists solidify themselves as a community. “I know this is a solid group of talented artists. For me it's an honor to be a part of it,” Franké told us. “There is a lot of hidden art in town and this is a great way to ...
(Dec 24, 2017, Northforker (blog))
Five Questions with Joyce Chan
I'm excited to get to know artists and arts administrators and learn more about contemporary art in the Capital Region. There are a few grants and artist's residencies that I always keep my eye on. An opportunity with The Museum of Chinese in America ...
(Dec 24, 2017, Troy Record)
Ray Hughes, highly respected figure in the Australian art world
Hughes showed German Expressionist prints, American Outsider art, Anatolian rugs, and was a pioneer of contemporary Chinese art. By the early 2000s he was exhibiting works by Li Jin, Qi Zhilong, Liu Xiaodong and many others who have since become ...
(Dec 25, 2017, The Sydney Morning Herald)
[Year-end review] Ghost painters haunt art world; Korean pianists on the rise on global stage
Scandals involving forged art drew public attention to the abstruse world of contemporary art. The late artist Chun Kyung-ja (1924-2015) and Lee Ufan (1936-) reveal two sides of the current art appraisal system. When Chun passed away in 2015, a long ...
(Dec 26, 2017, Korea Times)
Cover Story: Making your art work for you | The Edge Markets
The global art market has seen mixed fortunes in recent years. While certain segments such as the high-end fine art market have experienced fewer sales, other segments such as online art, which caters for a wider customer base, have seen considerable ...
(Dec 26, 2017, The Edge Markets MY)
The Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2017
2. Qi Baishi, Twelve Landscape Screens (1925), sold for $140.8 million. Twelve small ink-brush paintings by Qi, Twelve Landscape Screens, sold in December for $140.8 million (931.5 million yuan) at Poly Beijing, setting a record for a Chinese work of ...
(Dec 26, 2017, Artsy)
Wonders of Wildlife hits No. 2 in USA TODAY poll, with five days to go
5. Museum of the Bible - Washington, D.C.. 6. Museum of the American Revolution - Philadelphia. 7. Newport Car Museum - Newport, R.I.. 8. Songbirds Guitar Museum - Chattanooga, Tenn. 9. MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation - Santa Barbara ...
(Dec 26, 2017, Springfield News-Leader)
An unprecedented project in France celebrates Chinese art
“Shanshui” will be the concept governing practices on video/sound art and installations, while “Century” will comprise research courses about contemporary art history and theories of art, media, sociology and philosophy in general. “My hopes are that ...
(Dec 26, 2017, Shine News (press release))
Infinite beauty in the breathtaking art
The painters have changed from old-time men of letters to contemporary individuals; the audiences have higher demands for esthetic value; the increasing international cultural communication and Western art coming to China also pushed for the changing ...
(Dec 27, 2017, Global Times)
Hong Kong bureaucrats throttle innovation at birth (again), foiling use of hoist for big artworks at new H Queen's ...
Hong Kong bureaucrats throttle innovation at birth (again), foiling use of hoist for big artworks at new H Queen's ...
(Dec 27, 2017, South China Morning Post)
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU makes list of most anticipated buildings of 2018
The article praised the "genius of Steven Holl's design" for its eye-catching exterior as well as its innovative use of interior space. "Not only do Holl's irregularly shaped blocks have a whimsical feel, but they are incredibly eco-friendly as well ...
(Dec 27, 2017, Richmond.com)
Window to an artist's world '
He has won many international awards, including first prizes at shows by the Arches Rives Paris in 1976, Contemporary Art Society Australia in 1977, Royal Overseas League Australia in 1978 and Omega Acquisitive Art Switzerland in 1983 and 1990. His ...
(Dec 27, 2017, The Star Online)
Chinese investors are radically changing the art world — here's ...
Chinese investors are radically changing the art world — here's ...
(Dec 28, 2017, CNBC)
Chinese investors are radically changing the art world — here's what they're buying
When a privately-held painting by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci went under the hammer for a record $450 million in November, many looked to China in search of its mystery buyer. While the purchaser of the 500-year-old artwork "Salvator Mundi ...
(Dec 28, 2017, Yahoo Finance UK)
Yogyakartan artist Ichwan Noor's Abu Dhabi F1 exposé
Reaching out to new audiences across diverse sectors of society to attract greater appreciation and acceptance of art is an ongoing process for artists and the art industry. In recent years, the Indonesian contemporary art world has held successful ...
(Dec 28, 2017, Jakarta Post)
When every picture of a building tells you more about our history
With dramatic flair Gollings accentuates the core identity of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art by Wood Marsh. Richard Serra's massive Corten-steel sculptures inspired the Melbourne architects. But Gollings again rekindles Ed Ruscha; this time ...
(Dec 28, 2017, Brisbane Times)
Pompidou to open gallery in Shanghai
The Pompidou Centre has been in talks with Chinese officials for over a decade. In 2016, it staged its first show in China called “Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou 1906-77.” The gallery has signed a protocol with the publicly owned West Bund Group ...
(Dec 28, 2017, Shine News (press release))
Free Admission to the Harvard Museums
Situated in one facility, the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler Museums invite visitors to experience their collections, including impressionist and cubist paintings, contemporary art from the Americas, German expressionism, early Italian ...
(Dec 28, 2017, Archaeological Institute of America Latest News)
The Materials Man of the Emirates
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Ethnic profiling is business as usual in the contemporary art market. Artists from outside the Euro-American sphere, if they want to be noticed, are required to a) present evidence of their origins, like a badge, in ...
(Dec 28, 2017, New York Times)
The seventh edition of the Bi-City Biennale sets up in Shenzhen to investigate the urban village
Another innovative trait of this year's biennale is its massive engagement with contemporary art. Hou Hanru – who curated UABB 2017 together with the co-founders of the Shenzhen-based architecture firm Urbanus Liu Xiaodu and Meng Yan – was in charge of ...
(Dec 29, 2017, Wallpaper*)
Reading the Tea Leaves
In July, A flurry of news stories on China's markets seemed to signal trouble. Early in the month, the market research firm ArtTactic of London published findings that the value of Chinese contemporary art sold at the country's four big houses (China ...
(Dec 29, 2017, Blouinartinfo UK)
The best 2017 Hong Kong contemporary art exhibitions, from the old school to the surreal
The resulting works were by and large subtle, personal, and open to interpretation, a welcome respite from the polarising political narrative that dominates public and private discourse. Tsang Tak-ping's Six Scenarios of Mindful Practice: Ego-centric ...
(Dec 29, 2017, South China Morning Post)
The Top Art News Stories of 2017—Part 2
16 Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art was purchased by a Chinese investment group, securing the 798 Art District landmark's future. Art collector Guy Ullens, who co-founded and financially supported the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art ...
(Dec 29, 2017, Artsy)
How to navigate 5000 years of art in one day at the Met
If you would preferred a chaperoned visit, Jackson-Dumont recommended taking advantage of one the Met's multiple daily guided tours. These tours are free with museum entry and available in 15 languages. The guided tours will touch upon highlights ...
(Dec 29, 2017, CNN)
'Over the Rainbow' art exhibition by Eric Quah
Quah has won many international awards, including first prize at shows by the Arches Rives Paris in 1976, Contemporary Art Society Australia in 1977, Royal Overseas League Australia in 1978 and Omega Acquisitive Art Switzerland in 1983 and 1990. His ...
(Dec 30, 2017, The Star Online)
2017 Year In Review: 3 Art Galleries That Led the Way in 2017
This year certainly wasn't lacking in shows; from both the old, well-established art spaces around town, to the newcomers that helped map out contemporary art production in China via thought-provoking shows. However, there are three spaces that stood ...
(Dec 31, 2017, The Beijinger (blog))
Thanks to one man's collection, Jakarta now has a world-class museum
The metro system will be operational in 2019, but the contemporary art museum has come even sooner. In November, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, known as Museum MACAN, opened, with items from the 800 contemporary and modern ...
(Dec 31, 2017, TODAYonline)
Big Manchester city centre events to look forward to in 2018
A Chinese food market will pop up in St Ann's Square, while the giant golden dragon will return to its perch for the weekend. Over 60 stalls offering a variety of arts and crafts, goods, and a mouthwatering variety of delicious food in Albert Sq and ...
(Dec 31, 2017, Manchester Evening News)
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