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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Bani Abidi on Indian video art, a medium on the rise – interview Tehelka Magazine

Posted on August 18, 2009

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN VIDEO ART Who are the emerging Indian video artists and the collectors of this up-and-coming genre? How can collectors display the work and should they be concerned with authenticity? Where can video art be seen and bought? Read … Continue reading →

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MoCA China founder Jeffrey du Vallier dAragon Aranita flees debts in Hong Kong

Posted on August 12, 2009

MUSEUM HONG KONG The Art Newspaper’s just-published online-only story should put an end to much of the speculation which has swirled through Hong Kong about artist and founder of MoCa China, Jeffrey du Vallier d’ Aragon. Here is an extract … Continue reading →

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Korean Eye exhibition in Saatchi Gallery London extended due to popularity

Posted on August 12, 2009

KOREAN CONTEMPORARY ART There is perhaps no greater indicator of changing tastes in London’s contemporary art scene and the West’s hunger for fresh cultural and artistic influences than the masses of people who came to witness the ‘Korean Eye: Moon … Continue reading →

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