Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World
This exhibition presents an extensive survey of a historical period of Chinese contemporary art, and looks at the bold movements that anticipated, chronicled, and agitated for the sweeping social transformation that brought China to the center of the ...
(Oct 28, 2018, Marinatimes)
“Control” by Zhao Zhao at Carl Kostyál, London
According to the artist's bio shared by the Chinese gallery, Tang Contemporary Art, Zhao Zhao's “provocative, multidisciplinary artist practice has garnered him international attention in recent years as an 'artist to watch.' Zhao Zhao's ...
(Oct 28, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
'Fong Chung-Ray: Enlightenment: 1998-2018' at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
A solo exhibition by Chinese visual artist Fong Chung-Ray, titled "Enlightenment: 1998-2018,” will be on view at the Galerie du Monde, opening on October 26, 2018. The exhibition will feature a collection of the artist's new works that offer a glimpse ...
(Oct 28, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Inaugural Bangkok Art Biennale puts contemporary art in famous temples
That humble university professor is Dr Apinan Poshyananda, now Thailand's most famous curator, and chief executive and artistic director of the brand new Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB), the biggest contemporary art event in the history of Thailand ...
(Oct 29, 2018, The Peak Singapore)
Art Industry News: Kusama Foundation Blasts Chinese 'Infinity Room' Ripoffs as 'Contemptible' + Other Stories
The Art Newspaper talks to Sheena Wagstaff, the Met's Modern and contemporary art chief, about the department's future following its withdrawal from the Met Breuer in 2020. She says that, far from feeling dejected, her team is energized to bring what ...
(Oct 29, 2018, artnet News)
Art-induced whiplash at Tefaf New York
Browsers could whipsaw their way down the carpeted aisles and take in Roman, Chinese or Mayan antiquities, Delftware, Meissen porcelains, silver platters galore, medieval altarpieces, Italian Renaissance portraits, Japanese prints, Netherlandish still ...
(Oct 29, 2018, Art Newspaper (blog))
Johnston Marklee to Design Philadelphia Contemporary's First Permanent Home
MAXXI, the national museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome, has awarded artist Diego Marcon with the 2018 MAXXI Bulgari prize, which aims to advance the career of emerging artists. Marcon was recognized for his video Ludwig, which will be ...
(Oct 29, 2018, Artforum)
Highlights From TEFAF's Fall Edition In New York: Old Master Paintings And Silver Skull Lighters
Items for sale include Greek antiquities, fifteenth century illuminated manuscripts, sixteenth century tapestries, Chinese ceramics, Old Master paintings, Art Deco jewelry and much more. ... In a pre-show press release, organizers touted Salvator Mundi ...
(Oct 29, 2018, Forbes)
10 Booths To Visit At West Bund Art & Design
Cindy Sherman's first solo exhibition in China is taking place at the Fosun Foundation and will run until January 13, 2019, while Ryan Trecartin's show at Pond Society is on until January 20, 2019. To complement these exhibitions, Sprüth Magers is also ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Hong Kong Tatler)
Entrepreneurs now leveraging culture
The forum was jointly presented by the Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation and Asia Society as part of the Creative China Festival. It aims to identify new prospects for cultural investment that have emerged in recent years and to establish a long-term ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Chinadaily USA)
Artist Xu Bing Introduces New Forms to Contemporary Art
“We're going to be engaging in a dialogue,” contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing said (translated by Joy Chen to English). So opened Bing's discussion titled “Dragonfly Eyes: What Counts as Art Today,” hosted by the Kim and Judy Davis Dean's Lecture in ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Harvard Crimson)
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art Names 2019 Recipients of James and Audrey Foster Prize
Established in 1999, the award, formerly known as the ICA Artist Prize, was endowed with a $1 million gift by contemporary art collectors James and Audrey Foster in support of the ICA's efforts to nurture and recognize Boston-area artists. The ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Artforum)
'Kehinde Wiley: Saint Louis' on view now at Saint Louis Art Museum
“Kehinde Wiley: Saint Louis” is curated by Simon Kelly, curator of modern and contemporary art, and Hannah Klemm, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art, with Molly Moog, research assistant. The exhibition is supported by a grant from the ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Alton Telegraph)
Former Met director Thomas Campbell will lead SF museums
He oversaw a huge increase in attendance at the New York museum — up a reported 50 percent to more than 7 million visitors annually — and the critical success of an expanded, if expensive, focus on modern and contemporary art. But the new director ...
(Oct 30, 2018, San Francisco Chronicle)
Singers of Chinese songs ready to be judged
The contestants are required to sing either a Chinese art song piece from the 1920-30s or a contemporary Chinese art song piece for the quarter-final, and both for the final. Some of the most popular programs so far include Lu Zaiyi's “I Love This Land ...
(Oct 30, 2018, Shine News (press release))
London gets a link to Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley
The UK gets its first link with Shenzhen, known as the Silicon Valley of China, today. The Shenzhen Airlines flight, which will fly three times weekly from London Heathrow, will take almost 100,000 passengers a year to China's megacity just across the ...
(Oct 31, 2018, The Independent)
Art Industry News: Cindy Sherman Is About to Open Her First Major Show in China + Other Stories
As part of the prize, the artist, architect, and filmmaker will receive an exhibition at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2020. (E-flux). Hungary's Museum of Fine Arts Reopens – The historic Szepmuveszeti Muzeum in Budapest reopens to the ...
(Oct 31, 2018, artnet News)
Artprice: Imminent Nomination of a Chief Executive in China
Discover the Alchemy and the universe of Artprice (link) 124643720. The Contemporary Art Museum The ...
(Oct 31, 2018, PR Newswire (press release))
November Screenings of Chinese-Language Films in New York & Los Angeles
... women directors work defiantly outside of the rigged system. Enter Huang Ji and Yang Lina, two stubbornly self-sufficient artists doing things their own way. Part of the Creative China Festival 2018. Supported by the Beijing Contemporary Art ...
(Oct 31, 2018, China Film Insider)
Why is art so expensive?
Sotheby's Hong Kong sold a Picasso for $7.79 million in September; a pair of paintings by the late Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki sold for $65.1 million and $11.5 million, respectively, at that same sale. Leonardo da Vinci's “Salvator Mundi” sold at ...
(Oct 31, 2018, Vox)
What not to miss at Asian Art in London this year
Coinciding with AAL, in Oxford this year, St Hugh's College will host an exhibition devoted to Michael Alphonsus Shen Fuzong, the first Chinese visitor to England known by name (8 October–14 December). It will look at the six weeks Shen spent in Oxford ...
(Oct 31, 2018, Apollo Magazine)
Is Fine Art a Good Investment?
In 2005, a consortium of art dealers paid $10,000 for a damaged painting at a New Orleans auction. What the dealers initially described as one of many copies of a long lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci turned out to be the original Salvator Mundi ...
(Nov 1, 2018, MarketCurrents Wealth Management)
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