Monthly Archives: April 2009

Rarely exhibited art and more firsts at Asian Contemporary Art Week New York 2009

Posted on April 30, 2009

ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK 2009 For the first time since its inception in 2004 Cambodian and Tibetan artists will be on show in the 200 artist, 8 day event to be held in New York May 10-18th.  But this is … Continue reading →

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Sotheby’s charges for coffee – impact of recession on auction houses

Posted on April 27, 2009

AUCTION HOUSES RECESSION A tongue in cheek look at the impact of the recession on Sotheby’s at its Spring 2009 Southeast Asian sale in Hong Kong. With Asia seen as the great hope for an art market now in deep … Continue reading →

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Is ink the next thing? Evidence mounts of growing interest in Chinese ink painting – Redbox

Posted on April 27, 2009

    CHINESE INK       The international debut of contemporary ink painting from China already follows the wake of enthusiasm for Chinese contemporary art says the must-read Beijing-based Chinese art news site Redbox. Speculations of an energetic revival … Continue reading →

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Middle East art scene today is like London in nineties – Judith Greer – international art collector

Posted on April 27, 2009

ART COLLECTING MIDDLE EAST ART Now based in London, well-known US collector Judith Greer spent thirteen years in Japan where she discovered the work Yayoi Kusama well before the artist became well known. Greer, originally from Seattle, Washington told The Observer in 2006 … Continue reading →

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Emerging Chinese installation artist Tozer Pak Sheung Chuen at Venice Biennale 2009

Posted on April 27, 2009

VENICE BIENNALE HONG KONG The award-winning young conceptual artist Tozer Pak Sheung Chuen will represent Hong Kong at the 53rd Venice Biennale (June to November 2009) with an exhibition of newly-created works and past works which will focus on the … Continue reading →

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Making the art market transparent – the Artprice story video

Posted on April 25, 2009

ART MARKET DATABASE If you are interested in how the internet is transforming the art market, you will be fascinated by this video which tells the nuts and bolts story of developing and running an auction price database. By making price and … Continue reading →

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Top 14 books on Southeast Asian art by Adeline Ooi

Posted on April 20, 2009

ART BOOKS INDONESIA MALAYSIA SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES THAILAND This primer reading list has been selected by Adeline Ooi of Kuala Lumpur-based Rogue Art, an art consultancy group specialising in the management of art projects, exhibitions, collections and publications. Adeline will be … Continue reading →

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Three recession strategies for selling art in Shanghai – Shanghai Daily

Posted on April 20, 2009

CHINESE ART MARKET Art galleries are hooking up with hotels, art projects are on hold, and artists are printing fine art onto silk scarves. Just about everyone in the art world is compromising in the economic downturn, reports Wang Jie … Continue reading →

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