Monthly Archives: August 2009

Crowd-funding – the internet stimulates new ways to raise funds for art projects

Posted on August 27, 2009

ART FUNDING We follow all kinds of sources on the net looking for the latest trends to report to you and one of our favourite sites is www.springwise.com which has a team of 8,000 spotters looking for innovative new business ideas … Continue reading →

Posted in Business of art | Tagged art funding | 1 Comment

India Art Summit sponsor Rajshree Pathy has big plans for new art institute in India

Posted on August 26, 2009

ART EDUCATION MUSEUM INDIA The Hindu newspaper reports that art collector and co-sponsor of the India Art Summit, Rajshree Pathy is to open an art institute and museum of contemporary art in Coimbatore India by 2011. She has named the entire venture … Continue reading →

Posted in Art spaces, Asia expands, Business of art, Collectors, India, Indian, Museums | Tagged Indian art, Indian art collector, Indian art education, Indian art museum, Rajshree Pathy | 4 Comments

East of Nowhere, important exhibition of rare post Soviet Central Asian art in Italy, 2009

Posted on August 26, 2009

CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL ASIAN ART Artworks from Central Asian artists hailing from nations that were formerly Soviet republics, including Kazahkstan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, are on display in an inaugural event launching the new space of Fondazione 107, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghani, Italy, Kazakhstani, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Tajikistani, Uncategorised, Uzbekistani | Tagged Afghanistan art, Aleksei Shindin, Alimjan Jorobaev, Almagul Menlibayeva, Arthur Boljurov, Central Asia, contemporary Central Asian art, Diana Yun, East of Nowhere, Ekaterina Nikonorova, Enrico Mascelloni, Erbossyn Meldibekov, Erin Wooters, ex-Soviet, Federico Piccari, Fondazione 107, Gennady Ratushenko, Georgy Tryakin-Bukharov, Gulnur Mukazhanova, Hudsovet Group, Irina Maslikova, Italy, Kazakh art, Khadim Ali, Kyrgyz art, Malik Zenger, Moldakul Narymbetov, Mongolian art, Natalya Dyu, Oksana Shatalova, Rahraw Omarzad, Regina Shepetya, Rosa Maria Falvo, Rustam Khalfin, Said Atabekov, Saule Suleimenova, Shailoo Dzheksembaev, Sheenkai Alam Stanikazai, Tajikistan art, Talant Ogobaev, Talgat Karim Asyrankulov, Turin, Ulan Djaparov, Uzbekistan art, Valeria Ibraeva, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Z.A.D. Group | 3 Comments

Thai Chinese artist Nipan Oranniwesna shows installation art made of baby powder in Hong Kong – review

Posted on August 25, 2009

THAI CONTEMPORARY ART IN HONG KONG Is national identity still relevant within our globalized world, which is more interdependent than ever before? Where do we get our identity, and what does baby powder have to do with it? Art Radar … Continue reading →

Posted in Biennials, Chinese, Hong Kong, Installation, Large art, Nationalism, New media, Nipan Oranniwesna, Participatory, Political, Reviews, Shows, Space, Thai, Uncategorised, Venice | Tagged Being At Home, braille art, Cheo Chai-Hiang, Erin Wooters, Flag art, Fragile art, holes in art, hong kong, Identity art, installation art, Narrative Floor, Nationalism, nationalist art, Nipan Oranniwesna, Osage Gallery, Peng Yu, powder art, rain in art, scent in art, space in art, Sun Yuan, Thai artists, Thai contemporary art, Venice Biennale, weather in art, writing | 1 Comment

Embedding the Bed in Public Space – interview Hong Kong artist and ParaSite director Tim Li

Posted on August 19, 2009

HONG KONG ART Is there anything more private than your bed at home? So why has artist Tim Li been taking his folding bed out in public onto the streets of Hong Kong? Art Radar learns more: Tim Li, once an … Continue reading →