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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Sothebys cuts Hong Kong spring Asian art sale by two-thirds
AUCTION HOUSE NEWS SPRING 2009 Reuters reports that Sothebys sold US$223 million worth of artwork in its 2008 spring sale but this year expects to sell only one-third as much in what Kevin Ching, Chief Executive Office for Asia calls … Continue reading
Sothebys inaugural sale of contemporary Turkish art – video – 5 artists talk
TURKISH ART AUCTION Sotheby’s is holding its inaugural sale of Turkish art on 4 March 2009 in London. Check out the art and see 5 Turkish contemporary artists talking about their paintings, photographs and sculptures in the sale. Themes of … Continue reading
Collector's new Indonesian art gallery opening causes ripples – Jakarta Post
L. Ridwan Muljosudarmo, an Indonesian art collector opened a gallery in the town of Magelang in Central Java. Although the city is known to be a city of art collectors, Oei Hong Djien being the most famous of them, this … Continue reading
Russian art fair Art Moscow delayed by recession
ART FAIR RUSSIA According to a Bloomberg report by John Varoli, one of Russia’s biggest contemporary art fairs Art Moscow has been postponed from May 14th until September 2009 to tap a crowd headed for a larger exhibition, as falling oil … Continue reading
Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani artists show seminal works in 3-city exhibition: Lines of Control
MIDDLE EAST SOUTH ASIA ART Two influential art enterprises, Green Cardamom and Middle Eastern gallery The Third Line co-present Lines of Control, a fascinating series of exhibitions in Dubai, Karachi and London comprising both seminal and new works by 18 … Continue reading
Altered States video – what inspires Zhang Huan and why he is taking a break from performance art
CHINESE ARTIST VIDEO Zhang Huan, a leading performing artist from China This 2007 video covers: how museums are studios for Zhang Huan why Zhang Huan stopped his performance … Continue reading
The distinctive style of young Hong Kong Fine Line artists: what is it and who are they?
HONG KONG ART REVIEW Meticulous, pale and delicate, the work of a group of artists from Hong Kong is getting noticed well beyond its borders. Characterised by fine lines and sophisticated irony, these understated works in a variety of media show a … Continue reading



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