RoCo debuts Rochester native's new sculpture
The sculpture will be on display as part of an outdoor exhibition put on by the Rochester Contemporary Art Center through January 1. The “tree” will be lit .... Charlie's mother, Jean Tan, bought two one-way tickets to Shanghai, China for herself and ...
(Nov 13, 2018, 13WHAM-TV)
New London festival will celebrate British-Chinese contemporary art
British-Chinese performance and culture will take center stage at a festival dedicated to contemporary arts created by artists of Chinese extraction. The festival will be held in the British capital early next year. The CAN Festival 2019 is the first ...
(Nov 13, 2018, China.org.cn)
The multi-million-dollar paintings that could be about to make art market history
The American economy is strong, and the world's super rich are getting richer, but there is a question mark hanging over China. This will concern the ... The contemporary art sales are also peppered with record-busting estimates. At Sotheby's, it is ...
(Nov 13, 2018, Telegraph.co.uk)
Auction Preview: Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale) at Christie's, Hong Kong, Nov 24
"22.07.64" - Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji, France/China, 1920-2013); oil on canvas, signed in Chinese and signed 'Zao' (lower right); signed 'Zao Wou-Ki', dated '22.7.64' and inscribed (on the reverse). Painted in 1964. Measured at 161.5x199.5cm. (63 ½ x78 ½ ...
(Nov 13, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
Macau Theme Park and Resort latest firm to bet big on family tourism with Line Friends themed hotel launch
“Many tourists, from mainland China in particular, view Macau as a paradise only for adults who gamble,” said Oliver Tong, associate director for capital markets at JLL Macau. “We believe ... It features a contemporary art galley stretching across an ...
(Nov 13, 2018, South China Morning Post)
From Beyonce's Vogue Photographer To Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Designer: 30 Under 30 In Art & Style
The New Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Studio Museum in Harlem have all displayed his work. Jordan Casteel's figurative ... Two illustrators with a slew of awards between them, Korean immigrant JooHee Yoon, 29 ...
(Nov 13, 2018, Forbes)
M+ Museum to Launch $63900 Sigg Prize in 2019
According to M+, the Sigg Prize will take the place of the Chinese Contemporary Art Award, a prize that has been given biennially to Chinese artists since it was initiated by Uli Sigg in 1997. Sigg, who appeared on the ARTnews “Top 200 Collectors” list ...
(Nov 13, 2018, ARTnews)
Arboretum to sponsor 2019 Juried Art Show
... from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation. Wills is a frequent collaborator with artists, writers and others, and is the founder and curator of China Hutch Projects, a domestic project space for contemporary art in ...
(Nov 13, 2018, The Star Democrat)
Markham turns to China for expert help in 2019 ice and snow sculpture festival
Visitors to Markham's Civic Centre in February could be forgiven if they think they've come to the land of the ice and snow. The city, in co-ordination with the city of Harbin in northeast China, is putting on its inaugural Markham Ice and Snow ...
(Nov 13, 2018, yorkregion.com)
Ai Weiwei speaks honestly on China's past, present, and future
When we see that this year alone damaging rulings such as China's ban of hip hop and queer themes from television didn't appear once in contemporary Chinese art, but only from those living on the margins, Ai's theory stands in full validation. With the ...
(Nov 14, 2018, Dazed)
Edward Hopper's 'Chop Suey' painting sells for a record $91.9 million
Reportedly long-promised to the Seattle Art Museum, according to the New York Times, the decades-transcending painting of two young women seated in a sunlit Chinese restaurant had been estimated to go for $70 million to $100 million. Ebsworth lived and ...
(Nov 14, 2018, MarketWatch)
Art Industry News: The Secret Buyer of Yoko Ono's Basquiat Is Revealed + Other Stories
M+ Museum Establishes the Sigg Prize – Hong Kong's preeminent center for contemporary art has created a new prize recognizing outstanding artistic practices in the Greater China region. The award inaugurates in March 2019; the winner will receive a ...
(Nov 14, 2018, artnet News)
NOWNESS CHINA Stages Immersive Group Exhibition in Shanghai
Held in collaboration with West Bund TANK SHANGHAI, driven by the West Bund Art Fair, ART 021 and the Shanghai Biennale, and taking place during Shanghai Contemporary Art Week, BEYOND PERCEPTION is an exhibition connected to the launch of a ...
(Nov 14, 2018, AnOther Magazine)
Art Dealers Association of America Foundation Names Recipients of ...
Art Dealers Association of America Foundation Names Recipients of ...
(Nov 14, 2018, Artforum)
Art Insider: Leng Lin
I wanted people to look back on Chinese contemporary art and see a variety of different styles. What's the most challenging exhibition you've ever hosted? Beijing Voice: Together Or Isolated was the exhibition I hosted after I joined Pace. At that time ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Hong Kong Tatler)
Xi versus Deng, the family feud over China's reforms
That may explain Mr Xi's cautious reaction when he toured yet another exhibition on reform last month, this one at the new Museum of Contemporary Art in Shenzhen. Staffers said Mr Xi's main concern was that it featured his father too much. The formal ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Financial Times)
Leading art expert is made a Visiting Professor of Newcastle University
His role within the Newcastle University Institute for Creative Arts Practice (NICAP), will see him use his experience in the Chinese art world to look at how the University can build upon its existing relationships in the country and raise the profile ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Bdaily)
Kapwani Kiwanga Wins 2018 Sobey Art Award
Billed as Canada's most prestigious contemporary art prize, the award aims to promote new developments in Canadian art and provide much needed financial support to artists. Kiwanga—an anthropologist, social scientist, and filmmaker .... The M+ Museum ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Artforum)
Annie Fletcher Named Director of Irish Museum of Modern Art
Over the course of her career, Fletcher worked regularly with art institutions such as SALT Istanbul and the New Museum in New York, curated the 2012 edition of Ireland's Contemporary Art biennale EVA International, and cofounded the rolling curatorial ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Artforum)
The Shanghai Biennale Boldly Tackles Censorship, Consumerism, and Progress
But for the Power Station of Art (PSA), China's only state-run contemporary art museum, to turn to Latin America while China continues to experience enviable GDP growth north of six percent speaks to the country's unique predicament. China's economy is ...
(Nov 15, 2018, Artsy)
Asia Contemporary Art Week: Diary #7: 29 October–11 November 2018
Especially when that continent has also spawned worldwide diasporas comprising multivalent, transnational artists continually crisscrossing spatial and temporal borders. The effectiveness of Asia Contemporary Art Week is that it continues to assert ...
(Nov 16, 2018, Ocula Magazine)
Art Basel pulls out of Singapore fair, raising the question – have Asian art events finally reached saturation point?
In an abrupt volte-face, just four months after announcing Art SG, major partner MCH Group – the Swiss-based owner of Art Basel – has pulled out of the Singapore fair scheduled to begin next November. The news came via a recent statement about MCH's ...
(Nov 16, 2018, South China Morning Post)
Auction Preview: 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale at Phillips, Hong Kong, Nov 26
What: 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale. Where: Phillips, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong. When: Nov 26, 10:30 AM HKT. Public Viewing: 22-25 November, Thursday-Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday ...
(Nov 16, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
take a first look inside OPEN's completed dune art museum in china
in september 2018, the UCCA — china's leading independent institution of contemporary art — announced that it will work in partnership with OPEN to program and operate the museum, which will be known as the UCCA dune. the exhibitions have been ...
(Nov 16, 2018, Designboom)
Interplay of control and freedom
The gallery had sent out its press release announcing the arrival of the leading Chinese artist to create a highlight of the ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. And a scissor lift was on site to launch Qiu 16m into the air to transform ...
(Nov 16, 2018, The Australian)
Shanghai's West Bund and Art021 fairs overlap in 2018
ShanghART presented a solo exhibition of work by Chinese contemporary art star Ding Yi, with large textured abstract canvases filled with his multi-coloured trademark grids and crosses. Hong Kong artist Samson Young, who represented the city at the 57 ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Ocula Magazine)
Cao Fei in Conversation
Organised in collaboration with Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), the exhibition comprises an expansive multi-media installation that centres around Cao's especially commissioned new film, Prison Architect (2018). Recorded on-site at Tai Kwun ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Ocula Magazine)
Censorship in Hong Kong since the 2014 Umbrella Movement: an overview and tally
I haven't been rigorously tracking incidents of censorship in Hong Kong, but after a recent series of incidents — the cancellation of Chinese artist Badiucao's exhibition on 1 November after having received threats, the refusal of entry to Hong Kong ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Hong Kong Free Press)
Shanghai art week shows city has sights set on being a global art hub
Hong Kong's Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery bought ethereal works by Chinese painter Li Huayi that made for a gorgeous, contemplative corner. “We purposely put his work into contemporary art fairs because it really gets a great response,” says gallery ...
(Nov 17, 2018, South China Morning Post)
Chinese, US art schools jointly explore role of art in modern age
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The China Academy of Art and San Francisco Art Institute, both prestigious art schools in their respective countries, on Friday opened an exhibition and a symposium here to explore the role of art in the modern ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Xinhua)
The Challenges of Fashion in a Museum
Think of how medieval European art; art from Africa, Asia, the Islamic world, and Oceania; photography; and, most especially contemporary art has been added over time. The institution has thrived because the introduction of novel forms of art is ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Hyperallergic)
60 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, November 18
Polit-Sheer-Form Office at Vancouver Art Gallery's Offsite is the first Canadian exhibition by the Chinese contemporary art collective. Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest at the Bill Reid Gallery sees guest curator Dion ...
(Nov 17, 2018, Straight.com)
Chinese, US art schools jointly explore role of art in modern age ...
Chinese, US art schools jointly explore role of art in modern age ...
(Nov 18, 2018, CGTN (press release))
Deck the halls with works of art from Phillips
[Sponsored Article]. In addition to boughs of holly, 'tis the season to deck your halls in style with some choice 20th century and contemporary art and design pieces from the upcoming Phillips Hong Kong Autumn Auctions. Stylistic collectables ...
(Nov 19, 2018, South China Morning Post)
"Art Olympia 2019," Third International Open Art Competition, Set for 2019 in Japan
SAITAMA, Japan, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The third International Open Art Competition, "Art Olympia 2019," will be held in Japan next year, with announcement of winners and their exhibition scheduled for June. Art Olympia, held once every two ...
(Nov 19, 2018, TASS)
Sino-Portuguese Contemporary Art Exhibition Opens in Lisbon
32.3K. Related stories. 12th China Photography Art Festival Kicks off in Sanmenxia, China's Henan2018-11-19English-language Musical 'Gone with the Wind' Starts World Tour in Beijing2018-11-18Chinese Educator Bridges Cultural Divides with Youth Art ...
(Nov 19, 2018, Women of China)
Liu Zhuoquan and Li Ning
Murphy admits that it is impossible to speculate how representative Liu Zhuoquan and Li Ning are of any broader themes in contemporary Chinese art. What is certain though, is that these two artists are at the forefront of exploring how old clashes with ...
(Nov 19, 2018, Art Guide Australia)
Review: Supernatural, White Rabbit Gallery
When we consider that the majority of narratives in Chinese contemporary art, start from the end of the Cultural Revolution, around 1979 we understand how very young the contemporary Chinese art scene is. This show is just one page ripped from that ...
(Nov 19, 2018, ArtsHub)
“Sculptures sculptées” at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Galerie Nathalie Obadia presents for the first time in Paris the works of Chinese artist Wang Keping in “Sculptures sculptees,” which is on view through December 29. The artist has lived and worked outside Paris for the past thirty years. The ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Blouinartinfo)
“Sculptures sculptées” at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Born in 1949, near Beijing, Wang Keping is one of the founders of contemporary Chinese art, mainly due to the key role he played during the cultural revolution in China, in the 1970s, which led to him leaving for France in 1984. Wang Keping emerged on ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Blouinartinfo)
“Sculptures sculptées” at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Born in 1949, near Beijing, Wang Keping is one of the founders of contemporary Chinese art, mainly due to the key role he played during the cultural revolution in China, in the 1970s, which led to him leaving for France in 1984. Wang Keping emerged on ...
(Nov 20, 2018, BLOUIN ARTINFO)
New York art sales keep it local as American modernists and African-American painters break records
Now that the dust has settled following the phenomenal $90 million (£70 million) paid for a David Hockney painting in New York, some patterns from last week's marathon Modern and Contemporary Art sales are beginning to emerge. The first is that, even ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Telegraph.co.uk)
Winter Preview: The Most Promising Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea will stage the biggest Marcel Duchamp show to date in Asia, with many of the objects on view having been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's world-class collection of the artist's work, ...
(Nov 20, 2018, ARTnews)
Gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin Opens His New Shanghai Outpost with—What Else—a Murakami Show
Having expanded his contemporary art platform to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Seoul, Parisian mega-gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin has inaugurated a new space in the heart of Shanghai's Bund quarter, bringing his gallery total to nine. Located in the “Amber ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Robb Report)
The Met looks back at Max Hollein's first 100 days as director—and forward to its 150th birthday
No wonder: since he began as director in early August, the museum has announced major moves like its early vacating of the Met Breuer and a shift to presentation of Modern and contemporary art in its main Fifth Avenue Building; revisiting the plan for ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Art Newspaper)
Chambers Fine Art
Recognising the need for a gallery that would serve as an authoritative source of information on the latest developments in the rapidly growing contemporary art world in China, Mao named his gallery after Sir William Chambers, the celebrated British ...
(Nov 20, 2018, Ocula Magazine)
Has the Art Market Reached a Stage of End-Game Nihilism? Kenny Schachter on New York's $2 Billion Auctions
Increasingly, it's contemporary art that clobbers every other category of art for sale—a trend that won't change. Until whatever comes next, that is. Having lived nearly 15 years in London, I could ... Further afield, or on another planet altogether ...
(Nov 21, 2018, artnet News)
Hauser & Wirth Appoints Koji Inoue International Senior Director Postwar and Contemporary Art
Inoue joins Hauser & Wirth from Christie's where he most recently served as international director and specialist of postwar and contemporary art. During his tenure at the auction house, Inoue worked in a variety of roles including as head of client ...
(Nov 21, 2018, Artforum)
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)
Beijing-based Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie meanwhile was on site in Brisbane through late August and September creating Map of Utopia 2018, an enormous ink painting. QAGOMA director Chris Saines says Qiu is “one of the most important Chinese artists of ...
(Nov 22, 2018, Art Guide Australia)
'Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time' Holds True to Its Name
“The Great Bare Mat” by the Raqs Media Collective is a carpet inspired by a pun, which comes from two Chinese Han Dynasty bronze mat-weights shaped like bears. ... Even for non-contemporary art enthusiasts, this exhibit is a must-see. Though the ...
(Nov 22, 2018, Harvard Crimson)
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