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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Picasso of China or voice of dissent: Who is Ai Wei Wei? Profile
CHINESE ARTIST PROFILE Ai Wei Wei is vying with Cai Guo Qiang to become the most famous contemporary Chinese artist in the world claims Artinfo in its must-read quote-dense 4 page profile produced on the occasion of Ai Wei Wei’s first … Continue reading
Stop…look again! Work of Iranian activist artist Parastou Forouhar is not what it seems…
CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART For a revealing insight into contemporary art and its relationship with political and gender issues in Iran today, don’t miss this intriguing interview with Parastou Forouhar in which she describes how she challenges viewers to take a … Continue reading
Short course on Chinese Contemporary Art at AW Asia New York, October 2009
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART COURSE AW Asia is offering a four-part introductory course on Chinese contemporary art “that explores the rise and development of avant-garde art practices in China over the last thirty years”. Taliesin Thomas, Director of AW Asia and … Continue reading
Surprising new direction taken by cadaver artists and Saatchi stars: Sun Yuan and Peng Yu – interview
HONG KONG CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY ART Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, born in the early 1970s and both alumni of the prominent Beijing Central Academy of Art, have a long-established reputation in Asia for their controversial collaborative installations featuring animals, human tissue … Continue reading
Two contemporary art museums planned for Moscow
RUSSIAN ART MUSEUMS Two new contemporary art museums are planned for Moscow reports Artinfo. National Centre for Contemporary Art Mikhail Mindlin and Leonid Bazhanov, directors of the National Centre for Contemporary Art in Moscow, initiated the plan to establish a … Continue reading



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