Monthly Archives: June 2009

Collector Ciclitira, founder of Korean Eye, makes big plans for Korean art

Posted on June 30, 2009

KOREAN ART If you have an interest in Korean contemporary art, be sure to make time for the latest 20 minute podcast from Arttactic, a London-based research house. In it, British collector and sports promoter David Ciclitira, together with Rodman … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia expands, Corporate collectors, David Ciclitira, Democratisation of art, Galleries, Gallerists/Dealers, Gallery shows, Korean, London, Overviews, Saatchi, Yi Hwan-Kwon | Tagged art brands, Ayoung Kim, Bahk SeonGhi, banks and art, Boomoon, branded shows, Cho Hoon, Choi TaeHoon, Choo JongWan, commercial art support, contemporary art in Korea, David Ciclitira, Debbie Han, Han KiChang, Hong KyongTack, Jang SeungHyo, Jeon Junho, Kang Hyung Koo, Kim Inbai, Kim Joon, Koh MyungKeun, Korean art, Korean contemporary art, Korean Eye, Korean Eye: Moon Generation, Kwon KiSoo, Lee Dongwook, Lee HyungKoo, Lee LeeNam, Lee Rim, Lee Ufan. Lee Yong Baek, Lee YongDeok. Park JungHyuk, Park SeungMo, Park SungTae, Saatchi Gallery, SeungMin Lee, Sim SeungWook, Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered art, Whang Inkie, Yi HwanKwon, Yoon Jong Seok | Leave a comment

56 artist show Iran Inside Out – Will election unrest fan the debate about Iranian contemporary art?

Posted on June 30, 2009

IRANIAN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION US New York’s Chelsea Art Museum is holding its “groundbreaking” exhibition Iran Inside Out (26 June to 5 September 2009) which features 35 artists living and working in Iran alongside 21 others living in the diaspora. We are promised a ”multifarious portrait of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activist, Identity art, Iranian, Islamic art, Museum shows, Nationalism, New York, Overviews, Performance, Political | Tagged Abbas Kowsari, Ahmad Morshedloo, Ala Ebtekar, Alireza Dayani, Alireza Ghandchi, Amir Mobed, Arash Hanaei, Arash Sedaghatkish, Arman Stepanian, art in Muslim societies, art New York, Barbad Golshiri, Behdad Lahooti, Behrang Samadzadegan, Bita Fayyazi, caraballo–farman, Chelsea Art Museum, contemporary Iranian art, Darius Yektai, Daryoush Gharahzad, Farhad Moshiri, Farideh Lashai, Golnaz Fathi, Houman Mortazavi, Iran Inside Out, Iranian Art, Iranian artists, Iranian contemporary art, Islamic art, Jinoos Taghizadeh, Kamran Diba, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, Leila Pazooki, Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakher, Majid Ma’soomi Rad, Mehdi Farhadian, Middle Eastern art, Mitra Tabrizian, Nazanin Pouyandeh, Nazgol Ansarinia, Negar Ahkami, Newsha Tavakolian, Nicky Nodjoumi, Parastou Forouhar, politics and art, Pooneh Maghazehe, Pouran Jinchi, Ramin Haerizadeh, Reza Derakshani, Reza Paydari, Rokni Haerizadeh, Roya Akhavan, Saatchi Gallery, Sadegh Tirafkan, Saghar Daeeri, Samira Abbassy, Sara Rahbar, Shahab Fotouhi, Shahram Entekhabi, Shahram Karimi, Shirin Aliabadi, Shirin Fakhim, Shirin Neshat, Shiva Ahmadi, Shoja Azari, Siamak Filizadeh, Siavash Nagshbandi, Tala Madani, Vahid Sharifian, world powers | 1 Comment

Male manicurists and armpits: emerging Australian art at Para/Site Hong Kong

Posted on June 25, 2009

AUSTRALIAN ART HONG KONG Rare display of Australian contemporary art in Hong Kong From 20 June to 2 August 2009, renowned nonprofit Para/Site Art Space in Hong Kong makes its space available to the Chalk Horse Art Center, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art spaces, Artist-run, Artists as curators, Australian, China, Connecting Asia to itself, Domestic, Emerging artists, Family, Hong Kong, Human body, Identity art, Installation, Migration, Nonprofit, Social, Time, Triennales, Triennials, Video | Tagged Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya, Australian art, Australian contemporary art, Bababa International, Chalk House Art Center, Christian Bumbarra Thompson, cultural identity art, Culture Warriors, Desert Slippers, Dougal Phillips, Excess and Reversibility, family art, grooming in art, Identity art, Kate Mitchell, migrant art, National Indigenous Arts Triennale, pamper art, Para/Site, rituals in art, service art, The Horn of Plenty, The Sixth Mile | Leave a comment

Newslink round up Art Basel 2009 – Indian, Japanese artists dominate coverage of Asians

Posted on June 24, 2009

ART FAIR Much of the traditional coverage of Art Basel takes the same format: descriptions of some highlighted artworks are interwoven with information about sales generally and, dealers willing, specifically. From this gathering of anecdotal, far-from-objective evidence some kind of assessment of the buoyancy of the market … Continue reading →

Posted in Anish Kapoor, Bharti Kher, Collectors, Fairs, Farhad Moshiri, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Indian, Japanese, Jewel art, Market watch, Sudarshan Shetty, Takashi Murakami, Time | Tagged Anish Kapoor, Art Basel, art fairs, Bharti Kher, Chen Zhen, Ei Arakawa, Farhad Moshiri, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Il Tempo del Postino, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, On Kawara, Pharrell Williams, Raqib Shaw, Subodh Gupta, Sudarshan Shetty, Takashi Murakami, Teppei Kaneuji, Yoshimoto Nara | 1 Comment

Top 5 sites for Japanese contemporary art news by Matthew Larking

Posted on June 24, 2009

JAPAN ART READING What are the top sources of information about Japanese contemporary art? The Japanese art scene can seem impenetrable to non-Japanese speakers and yet, despite this, there is a growing swell of global interest in contemporary art from Japan. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Japanese, Manga, Overviews, Resources, Services, Takashi Murakami | Tagged art events in Japan, art in Tokyo, ArtiT, Artscape International, comix, Japan TImes, Japanese art publications, Japanese art websites, Japanese artists, Japanese comics, Japanese contemporary art, manga, Ping Mag, Takashi Murakami, Tokyo Art Beat | 1 Comment

Unusual art investment model launched by China Merchants Bank

Posted on June 18, 2009

ART INVESTMENT Earlier this week China Merchants Bank launched a new ‘art banking’ service for China’s rich says the People’s Daily Online. The unusual model allows private banking clients to pay a deposit for an artwork and take it away to enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors, Services | Tagged art and private banking, art banking, art investment, China Contemporary Art Foundation, China Merchant Bank, Chinese art market, Chinese contemporary art | 1 Comment

Where is the Sharjah Art Museum heading? – Manal Ataya, Sharjah Museums director

Posted on June 18, 2009

MIDDLE EAST MUSEUMS The Art Newspaper has published a fascinating video interview with the Director of the Sharjah Museum, Manal Ataya. Because the video is in a frame rather than its own separate page, it is not possible to link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art districts, Curators, Interviews, Islamic art, Museum collections, Museum shows, Nonprofit, Professionals | Tagged art in Middle East, figurative art in Islam, graphic art, Islamic art, Manal Ataya, Middle East curators, Middle Eastern art, Middle Eastern art museums, Sharjah art, Sharjah art museum, Sharjah Museums, Sharjah Museums Director | 1 Comment

Thai installation artist Surasi Kulsowong promises Good News at Para/Site Hong Kong – review

Posted on June 11, 2009

THAI ARTIST SHOW REVIEW Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya, as new curator for the well-regarded Hong Kong non-profit Para/Site art space, explained his mission for the space in January 2009 to Claire Morin for Time Out: “I want to refocus Para/Site … … Continue reading →