Monthly Archives: February 2009

Sothebys cuts Hong Kong spring Asian art sale by two-thirds

Posted on February 28, 2009

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 →

Posted in Auctions, Market watch, Recession | Tagged Asian art auction, auction news, Hong Kong auction, Sothebys auction | Leave a comment

Review round up – Saatchi Middle East art show Unveiled – which artists are critic favourites?

Posted on February 26, 2009

SAATCHI MIDDLE EAST ART SHOW Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London to 6 May 2009 Advertising mogul and art patron Saatchi is a master at generating extensive high profile media coverage for his shows giving us an uncommon opportunity to synthesise … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors, Feminist art, Identity art, Iranian, Iraqi, Islamic art, Lebanese, London, Painting, Palestinian, Photography, Political, Prison, Religious art, Reviews, Saatchi, Sculpture, Shadi Ghadirian, Social, Syrian, UK, Women power | Tagged Ahmed Alsoudani, Beach at the Caspian, Diana Al-Hadid, Elastic Pink, Halim Al-Karim, Hayv Kahraman, Hidden War, Holy Light, Inveiled, Kader Attia, Like Everyday Series, Marwan Rechmaoui, Men of Allah, Qalandia 2067, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Saatchi art, Saatchi Middle East, Sarah Rahbar, Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Fakhim, Tala Madani, Tehran Prositutes, Tower of Infinite Problems, Typical Iranian wedding, Unveiled New art from Middle East, Wafa Hourani | Leave a comment

Sothebys inaugural sale of contemporary Turkish art – video – 5 artists talk

Posted on February 24, 2009

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 →

Posted in Auctions, Classic/Contemporary, London, Market watch, Painting, Photography, Political, Prison, Sculpture, Turkish, UK, Videos, War, Women power | Tagged Ansen Atilla, Balloon Loan II, Canaan Senol, Feminist art, Fighting, Hale Tenger, Invainers of the Lost Arc II, Lamentations, Leyla Gediz, Nasif Topcuoglu, Prison art, Sothebys, Taner Ceylan, The Devil May Load, The Story of Isaac, The Transparent Police Station, Turkish art, Turkish art auction, Turkish contemporary art, War art | 1 Comment

Collector's new Indonesian art gallery opening causes ripples – Jakarta Post

Posted on February 23, 2009

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 →

Posted in Collectors, Individual, Indonesian | Tagged Entang Wiharso, L Ridwan Muljosudarmo, Ooi Hong Djien, Putu Sutawijaya, S Teddy, Syang Art Space, Ugo Untoro | Leave a comment

Russian art fair Art Moscow delayed by recession

Posted on February 23, 2009

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 →

Posted in Fairs, Market watch, Moscow, Recession, Russia | Tagged art fair, Art Moscow, Moscow art, Moscow art fair, Russian art fair | Leave a comment

Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani artists show seminal works in 3-city exhibition: Lines of Control

Posted on February 23, 2009

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 →

Posted in Activist, Anita Dube, Collaborative, Collage, Curators, Gallery shows, Handicraft art, Identity art, Indian, Interviews, Migration, Nationalism, New media, Overviews, Pakistani, Photography, Political, Professionals, Rashid Rana, Religious art, Shilpa Gupta, Social, Thread, War | Tagged Abdullah Syed, Ahmed Ali Manganhar, Ahsan Jamal, All Eyes Skyward at the Annual Parade, Amar Kanwar, Anita Dube, Bani Abidi, Bloodlines, borders art, embroidery art, Farida Batool, Green Cardamom, Hajra Waheed, Hammad Nasser, historical art, Home Project, Identity art, Iftikhar Dadi, Israeli art, Lines of Control, memory art, Middle Eastern art, Muhammad Zeeshan, Naeem Mohaiemen, Nalini Malani, national art, Pakistani art, pakistani artists, partition art, political art, Rana Begum, Raqs Media Collective, Rashi Rana, River Disease art, Roohi Ahmed, Seher Shah, Shilpa Gupta, Sophie Ernst, South Asian art, Tariq Khalil, The Third Line Gallery, VM Gallery | 1 Comment

Altered States video – what inspires Zhang Huan and why he is taking a break from performance art

Posted on February 20, 2009

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 →

Posted in Art spaces, Ash, Buddhist art, Chinese, Conceptual, Cultural Revolution, Human body, Large art, Museums, Performance, Photography, Public art, Religious art, Sculpture, Videos, Zhang Huan | Tagged Chinese art, Chinese performance art, Zhang Huan | 1 Comment

The distinctive style of young Hong Kong Fine Line artists: what is it and who are they?

Posted on February 20, 2009

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 →