Yearly Archives: 2009

Art industry elite meet at inaugural Abu Dhabi Art fair

Posted on December 21, 2009

ART FAIRS The inaugural Abu Dhabi Art fair opened to much fanfare on November 19th. The government-run Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) organized the fair, along with the area’s new cultural district on Saadiyat Island. In attendance at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abu Dhabi, Art districts, Fairs, Francois Pinault, Uncategorised | Tagged Abu Dhabi Art fair, Acquavella Galleries, art fairs, B21, contemporary art, Francois Pinault, Hauser and Wirth, Islamic art, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Middle Eastern art, Saadiyat Island, Subodh Gupta, Third Line, White Cube | Leave a comment

Curator Rosa Maria Falvo on emerging Central Asian art scene- interview

Posted on December 16, 2009

CENTRAL ASIAN ART CURATOR Every industry has its gatekeepers, and the art world is no exception. In the complex world of identifying and valuing cultural and artistic significance, it is the curator who filters through the ‘noise’ to uncover the … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghani, Central Asian, Curators, Gallery shows, Globalisation, Identity art, Interviews, Islamic art, Italy, Journey art, Kazakhstani, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Nationalism, Political, Professionals, Profiles, Religious art, Rosa Maria Falvo, Scholars, Tajikistani, Uzbekistani | Tagged Adeel uz Zafar, Afghani, Akhunov, Alimjan Jorobaev, Atabekov, Boronilov, contemporary Central Asian art, curators of Asian art, Djumaliev, East of Nowhere, Enrico Mascelloni, Erin Wooters, Fondazione 107, Identity art, Italy, Kasmalieva, Kazakhstan, Khalfin, Kyrgyzstan art, Maskalev, Maslov, Meldibekov, Menlibaeva, Monash University, Mongolia, Nikolaev, Nursultan Nazarbayev, post-Soviet, Rahraw Omarzad, Religious art, Rosa Maria Falvo, Said Atabekov, SKIRA International Publishing, Tajikistan art, The Tamerlane Syndrome: Art and Conflicts in Central Asia, Tichina, Tikhonova, Turin, Turkmenistan, Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu, Uzbekistan art, Valeria Ibraeva, Via Sansovino, Viktor Misiano, Vorobyeva | 1 Comment

Why do banks buy art and will they continue to? BBC podcast

Posted on December 15, 2009

ART PATRONS BANK COLLECTORS How has the 500-year-old tradition of art patronage by banks changed, particularly after the events of 2008? Why do banks collect art? Will they continue to collect after the Financial Crisis and if they do will their … Continue reading →

Posted in Advisors, Banks, Branding in art develops, Collectors, Corporate collectors, Professionals | Tagged Alistair Hicks, Anish Kapoor, art advisors, art collectors, art patronage, art patrons, bank art collections, bank art collectors, Barclays art collection, Damien Hirst, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank art collection, reasons for collecting art, Royal Bank of Scotland art collection, The World Turned Uspide Down, why collect art | Leave a comment

Will Vietnamese non-profit art space Sàn Art shift the art scene from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city? – interview Dinh Q Le

Posted on December 15, 2009

SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART Here is a useful Art Info interview with artist Dinh Q. Le, one of the four founders of the renowned Vietnamese non-profit Sàn Art. Multimedia artist Dinh Q. Le will be having a solo show at MOMA in 2010. Read on … Continue reading →

Posted in Art spaces, Artist nationality, Artist-run, Artists as curators, Connecting Asia to itself, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Interviews, Nonprofit, Profiles, Vietnam, Vietnamese | Tagged art, art education, artist interview, Asian art, contemporary art, Dinh Q Lê, Emerging artists, Ho Chi Minh art, non-profit art, San Art, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Soshana and Wayne Blank, Vietnam, Vietnam Foundation for the Arts, Vietnamese art, Vietnamese artists, VNFA | Leave a comment

Our top ten affordable gift ideas for art lovers this holiday season

Posted on December 8, 2009

ART GIFT IDEAS Here are our top ten stocking stuffer gift ideas for your art-loving family friends and associates. Or even better why not persuade your nearest and dearest to put one of these treats under the Xmas tree for you. All … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged art gifts, gifts for art collectors, gifts for art lovers | 1 Comment

Deutsche Bank signs 5 year lead sponsorship deal with ART HK

Posted on December 8, 2009

HONG KONG ART FAIR SPONSORSHIP The May 2010 incarnation ART HK will only be the international art fair’s third event, but it has already earned the confidence-and sponsorship- of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, which has recently signed … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia expands, Business of art, Corporate collectors, Fairs, Funding, Globalisation, Market watch | Tagged art fairs, Art HK, ART HK 10, art Hong Kong, ARTHK, Asian art fairs, corporate art collections, corporate sponsorship, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Guggenheim, Erin Wooters, Hong Kong art fair, Magnus Renfrew, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation | Leave a comment

A common man uncommonly direct – Indian contemporary sculptor Subodh Gupta in conversation in Hong Kong

Posted on December 6, 2009

CONVERSATION SUBODH GUPTA INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta is not backward in coming forward with his views. Smiling firmly, he chose not to respond to introductory remarks made by moderator William Pym, Managing Editor of Art … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Collaborative, Conceptual, Hong Kong, Indian, Interviews, Journey art, Large art, Migration, Participatory, Subodh Gupta | Tagged A Penny for Belief 2, Aam Aadmi, Art Asia Pacific, Christies, Common Man, Hauser and Wirth, I Believe You, Indian art, Indian sculpture, installation art, Jeff the Koons, luggage trolley art, migration art, sculpture, Subodh Gupta, thali in art, travel art, workers in art | 1 Comment

Korean artist Kim Joon discusses tattoos, taboos and his inspiration – interview

Posted on December 2, 2009

KOREAN CONTEMPORARY ART The powerful works by Kim Joon depicting intriguingly ‘tattooed’ bodies beg for context. However, to more deeply understand Joon’s meditation on the meaning of tattoo as a social phenomenon and uniquely human act, a viewer must first … Continue reading →