Estonia celebrates 100 years with major art exhibition
This cultured city also has its incredible Tallinn Music Week coming up in April (with an art programme by the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Centre). There is a bespoke 100 logo placed on lampposts all around the Estonian capital to remind ...
(Mar 28, 2018, euronews)
US feminist art activists at Art Basel Hong Kong bring their fight against sexism and racism to Asia
There is little chance of hearing contrarian views about the way the art market works amid the shouts of recognition, air kisses and champagne glasses clinking at Art Basel Hong Kong. And outside the social niceties there is even less. The real ...
(Mar 28, 2018, South China Morning Post)
Auction Preview: Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art at China Guardian, Hong Kong, Apr 2
Signed in Chinese on bottom right. Estimate: HKD: 3,800,000 - 4,800,000 (USD 487,200 - 615,400). - Yan Wenliang (1893-1988) – Running Horses (Painted in 1979). Oil on canvas, 60×91.5 cm / 23 5/8×36 in. Estimate: HKD 3,200,000 - 4,500,000 (USD 410,300 ...
(Mar 28, 2018, Blouinartinfo UK)
Art Industry News: You Can Soon Buy a Nan Goldin Skateboard + More Must-Read Stories
He joins the Art Institute from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, where he has been senior curator of Chinese art since 2009. (ARTnews). Menil Taps Two New Curators – Irene Mei Zhi Shum and Natalie Dupêcher will begin their new roles at ...
(Mar 28, 2018, artnet News)
Hong Kong's 'Frog King' showcases experimental art at Cattle Depot artists' village
(CNN) — At Cattle Depot, a former slaughterhouse turned artists' village in northeast Hong Kong, a man in a larger-than-life costume strides into view. The "Live Body Installation" consists of layers of black and white clothing -- including a pair of ...
(Mar 28, 2018, CNN)
Hong Kong's 'Frog King' showcases experimental art at Cattle Depot ...
Hong Kong's 'Frog King' showcases experimental art at Cattle Depot ...
(Mar 28, 2018, WTVA)
Cao Jun: the dance and the chance of it
The Chinese painter Cao Jun is an artist out of time. He doesn't fit into the concept-driven world of contemporary art. He works and lives on a different philosophical trajectory, firmly rooted in traditional Chinese aesthetics. In “Cao Jun: Hymns to ...
(Mar 28, 2018, The Boston Globe)
The World's Best-Attended Museums and Exhibitions in 2017
TAN's report, which receives data directly from the institutions concerned, also breaks down 2017's top exhibitions around the world by category, including Asian art, works by Old Masters, contemporary art, and antiquities. It also offers an additional ...
(Mar 28, 2018, Hyperallergic)
Taiwan rises as China reins in foreign spending
But Renfrew stresses that the fair is keen “to build a collector base at every level and across Taiwan”. He also expects collectors to attend from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Shanghai. Chi-Wen Huang, the founder of the established Taipei-based Chi-Wen ...
(Mar 29, 2018, Art Newspaper)
8 high-profile galleries to check out at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018
Where to find the ShanghArt booth. Image: Kwokwang Chow & Pierre Pang. Founded in 1996, ShanghArt has worked with artists such as Liu Weijian, Shen Fan and Zhang Enli, and was one of the first contemporary art galleries to be established in China. A ...
(Mar 29, 2018, South China Morning Post)
Growing appetite for modern art at Hong Kong's Art Basel
One of the world's most prestigious art fairs is opening in Hong Kong this weekend. This year's Art Basel is showcasing work from more emerging international artists than ever. The curators are hoping to use the three-day event to tap into China's ...
(Mar 29, 2018, Aljazeera.com)
Vibrant Asian art scene to add more colour and diversity to Cnap's collection
From its masterful city planning to its grandiose architecture, France is a country steeped in beauty and artistry. It is no wonder that it has become the nexus for some of the world's greatest artists: Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and more. Building on ...
(Mar 29, 2018, South China Morning Post)
Art Exposed: Lin Fei Fei
So you're working to start international art exchange? I'm not only being an artist, I'm trying to bring artists and culture together. This is my passion. I think Sacramento going to be a really good base … That's what I'm trying to do, bring culture ...
(Mar 29, 2018, Comstock's Magazine)
Collector Budi Tek's Yuz Museum Will Partner With LACMA on ...
Collector Budi Tek's Yuz Museum Will Partner With LACMA on ...
(Mar 29, 2018, ARTnews)
Budi Tek Announces Landmark Partnership with LACMA
Budi Tek, the Indo-Chinese art collector and founder of the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, has made an historic agreement with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in order to preserve his collection of around 1,500 works of Chinese contemporary art ...
(Mar 29, 2018, Artforum)
Can Private Museums Outlast Their Founders? A Landmark ...
Can Private Museums Outlast Their Founders? A Landmark ...
(Mar 29, 2018, artnet News)
Was Record Breaking Da Vinci Sale the Result of Arab Princes's Accidental Bidding War?
Art collector and Yuz Museum founder Budi Tek has confirmed that he is partnering with Los Angeles County Museum of Art to create a foundation, to which he is donating his collection of contemporary Chinese art – it's the first of its kind for a US ...
(Mar 29, 2018, frieze.com)
Art Basel Hong Kong opens its doors
Two-hundred-and-forty-eight leading galleries from 32 countries are showcasing their work at Asia's largest contemporary art fair. Art Basel Hong Kong is in its sixth edition and features some of the biggest names on the international contemporary arts ...
(Mar 29, 2018, euronews)
5 Chinese Artists to Collect Now — for Under $50000
Fong Chung-Ray is credited with developing an abstract style that profoundly impacted the development of contemporary Chinese art. Born in rural Nanyang in 1934, he began his artistic career painting landscapes, moving to abstraction only after a ...
(Mar 29, 2018, MutualArt.com)
AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia
In this file image taken from video footage run Wednesday, March 28, 2018, by China's CCTV via AP Video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his wife Ri Sol Ju wave from a car as they bid farewell to Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and his wife ...
(Mar 30, 2018, Joplin Globe)
'The Lace Review' at MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai)
“The Lace Review” is a touring exhibition that brings together the 14 last manufactures of Leavers lace still operating in Calais and Caudry. It exposes to the Chinese public the technical specificities that make the richness and uniqueness of this ...
(Mar 30, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
HNA Group Unveils Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese and British Sculpture In Home Province of Hainan, China
Furthermore, the featuring of Sarah Lucas' sculptures reflects the influence of the 'Young British Artist' movement, while Jim Lambie of the Glasgow School of Art's spectacular sculpture 'Shaved Ice', composed of ladders filled with mirrors installed ...
(Mar 30, 2018, PR Newswire UK (press release))
Gérard and Dora Cognié Announce Promised Gift Of Global Contemporary Art Collection To LACMA
The most important promised gift of contemporary Chinese art to LACMA—and, indeed, of global ink-related art—to date, the Gérard and Dora Cognié Collection will dramatically transform the museum's contemporary art and Chinese art holdings. This ...
(Mar 30, 2018, The Beverly Hills Courier)
Obituary: Bai Ji Kong
Born in Shanghai in 1932, he has long been regarded as an important figure in China's contemporary art movement. His works are included in the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, The National Art Museum of China in Beijing, The ...
(Mar 30, 2018, Greenwich Sentinel)
Art Basel In Hong Kong Ends With $35 Million Sale, Party In A ...
Art Basel In Hong Kong Ends With $35 Million Sale, Party In A ...
(Mar 31, 2018, Forbes)
'The Szechwan Tale: China, Theatre and History' at FM Center for Contemporary Art, Milan
FM Center for Contemporary Art is hosting a group exhibition titled “The Szechwan Tale: China, Theater and History” in Milan. The show is of various art forms like painting, photography, installations and videos exploring the Chinese idea of Non ...
(Mar 31, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
What Sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Hong Kong-bred and Paris-educated, Kate Tai, 34, describes herself as “passionate” about art. Two years ago, she took her summer holiday in Belgium, visiting the contemporary art galleries and museums of Brussels and Belgium; she ticks off with delight ...
(Mar 31, 2018, Artsy)
Group Show: “The Szechwan Tale” at FM Center for Contemporary Art, Milan
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum — Beijing, Italo-Chinese Cultural Institute and NABA New Academy of Fine Arts — Milan. The curator of this exhibition is Marco Scotini, the artistic director of FM. The ...
(Apr 1, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
April 1, 2018 - Design Society - From micro to macro: Italian designers in South China
There are also exhibition sections at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning. The Italian Pavillion of Shenzhen Design Week, organized by the Consultate General of Italy, Politecnico di Torino, NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti ...
(Apr 1, 2018, E-Flux)
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