Contemporary Chinese Art News

Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animal / Zodiac Heads - Internationally Acclaimed Public ... (Feb 22, 2012, MarketWatch (press release))

Milwaukee filmmakers Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo—the two minds behind Special Entertainment—projected the image from a cargo van onto LA buildings, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Grauman's Chinese Theater, ... (Feb 21, 2012, A.V. Club)

Milwaukee's Special Entertainment heads to LA, celebrates 5 years of “What ... (Feb 21, 2012, A.V. Club)

Berry warned that it's not just Hollywood that's watering down its goods to fit inside officially sanctioned China. Contemporary art, dance, theater, literature and media are also at risk, he said. “The average consumer is not going to be aware of the ... (Feb 21, 2012, GlobalPost)

Currently on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art, the hour-long movie weaves together three stories set in ancient and present-day China, blending Chinese legend with actual events to tell a tale of a foreign, complex race of people whose ... (Feb 20, 2012, BU Quad)

Next stop was White Rabbit, which holds the Chinese Contemporary collection of Kerr and Judith Neilson. Refuting the exclusivity presumed an essential part of the Contemporary art scene in London and New York, Judith Neilson was in the café talking to ... (Feb 20, 2012, Spear's WMS)

... London, Beijing), Galerie Perrotin (Paris) and Platform China (Beijing). Art Dubai is part of Art Week, the umbrella initiative that includes Sikka Art Fair (March 15-25) and a range of contemporary art and design events, major museum shows, ... (Feb 20, 2012, DI-VE)

Other galleries that reported sales for undisclosed amounts were New York-based Barry Friedman Ltd; London-based Olyvia Fine Art; Miami-based Now Contemporary Art; New York-based Hollis Taggart Gallery; New York-based Nancy Hoffman Gallery, ... (Feb 19, 2012, Examiner.com)

The 2012 edition of Fajr International Visual Arts Festival has kicked off during a ceremony held at Palestine's Contemporary Art Museum in Tehran. Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini attended the opening ceremony ... (Feb 19, 2012, Press TV)

... held at Palestine's Contemporary Art Museum held in Tehran. The event holds features in 9 categories including painting, poster, pottery, illustration, miniature, and caricature. Over 200 artists from thirty-eight countries including Brazil, China, ... (Feb 18, 2012, Press TV)

Hamish Fulton's exhibition, along with his show at Margate's Turner Contemporary, records his almost ritualised walking expeditions, politically orientated treks taking in the top of Everest and London's Chinese embassy. Ikon Gallery, to 22 Apr Robert ... (Feb 17, 2012, The Guardian)

By Georgina Adam The sales of contemporary art at Christie's and Sotheby's in London this week continued their gravity-defying upwards trajectory, both topping their high estimates and handing in high sell-through rates. Christie's on Tuesday had the ... (Feb 17, 2012, Financial Times)