Monthly Archives: March 2009

5 80s born contemporary Cambodian artists featured in historic show Forever Until Now

Posted on March 17, 2009

 CAMBODIAN ART SHOW REVIEWS This post features introductory profiles of 5 Cambodian contemporary artists born in the 1980s in the 14 artist historic group show Forever Until Now curated by Cambodia-based Erin Gleeson.  The show which can be seen at Chancery Lane Gallery Hong … Continue reading →

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Shanghai art fair goes ahead despite advice to cancel

Posted on March 17, 2009

SHANGHAI ART FAIR The Financial Times reports that Lorenzo Rudolf, one of the founders of ShContemporary, the Shanghai fair, has resigned as director after the event’s Italian owners ignored his advice to cancel this year’s event. The fair is going … Continue reading →

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Two emerging Pakistani miniature artists on show in US for first time

Posted on March 17, 2009

PAKISTANI MINIATURE PAINTING Mudassar Manzoor and Attiya Shaukat: Contemporary Miniature Paintings to March 29 2009 Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco with Gandhara Gallery, Pakistan In the 1980s the National College of the Arts in Lahore, Pakistan revived the ancient traditional … Continue reading →

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5 60s and 70s born contemporary Cambodian artists in documentary show Forever Until Now

Posted on March 12, 2009

CAMBODIAN CONTEMPORARY ART This post features introductory profiles of 5 Cambodian contemporary artists born in the 1960s and 1970s in the 14 artist historic group show curated by Cambodia-based curator Erin Gleeson, Forever Until Now which aims to document the development … Continue reading →

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Mei Moses art index founder plans Chinese version, optimistic about Chinese art

Posted on March 10, 2009

CHINESE ART PRICES The current state of Chinese art prices was discussed  before members of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of China who had gathered at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) to hear a dialogue between UCCA director Jerome … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Asian art research grant 2009 – call for applications by Asia Art Archive

Posted on March 10, 2009

ASIAN ART RESEARCH GRANT The first of its kind in the field, AAA Research Grant was created by Asia Art Archive with the generous support of Martell in 2005. It was established to encourage understanding of the exciting developments taking … Continue reading →

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Historic show documents development of Cambodian art – Forever Until Now

Posted on March 9, 2009

CAMBODIAN ART SHOW In a unique documentary and historic show, Cambodian-based curator Erin Gleeson brings the works of  14 Cambodian modern and contemporary artists  to 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong. This post is the first in a three part series. … Continue reading →

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Who is buying Chinese art? The Mugrabi family is

Posted on March 8, 2009

CHINESE ART COLLECTING Not everyone is deserting the art market. Artzine, a site which focuses on Chinese art, reports that Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction in London in early February had a few surprisingly strong sales. A Zeng Fanzhi piece from … Continue reading →

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