Monthly Archives: July 2010

Israeli kinetic artist Yaacov Agam helps make "Taipei Beautiful"

Posted on July 29, 2010

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION ISRAELI ARTISTS KINETIC ART A public art installation by pioneering Israeli kinetic artist Yaacov Agam was inaugurated in May this year in Taipei City, Taiwan. The NTD60 million design was commissioned to cover Shuiyuan Market in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Artist nationality, Installation, Israeli, Kinetic, Public art, Spiritual, Taiwan, Utopian art, Venues, Yaacov Agam | Tagged Catherine Shu, Gongguan business district, government art initiatives, government funding, Israeli artist, Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kate Nicholson, kinetic art, kinetic sculpture, Park West Gallery Art Blog, Peaceful Communication for the World, public art, public art Taipei, public art Taiwan, Shuiyuan Market, Taipei Beautiful, Taipei City, Taipei City Government Department of Culture Affairs, Taipei Times, taiwan, The Heart of the Fountainhead, Yaacov Agam | Leave a comment

Sotheby's to hold first ever international auction house sale of calligraphy in Doha

Posted on July 28, 2010

ART MARKET ART AUCTIONS CALLIGRAPHY DOHA Sotheby’s London recently announced it will hold the first ever international auction house sale dedicated solely to calligraphy in Doha, Qatar, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, on 15 December. The groundbreaking calligraphy auction Hurouf: The Art of … Continue reading →

Posted in Artist nationality, Auctions, Business of art, Calligraphy, Market watch, Qatar, Styles, Words | Tagged Ali Hassan, Ali Omar Ermes, Arabic, arabic art, Arabic script, art market, auction, Ayman Baalbaki, Bloomberg, Calligraphy, calligraphy auction, calligraphy sales, Carmen Bat Ka Man, Chafic Abboud, contemporary calligraphy, Dalya Islam, Doha, Farhad Moshiri, Farsi, farsi art, Gulf Region, Hurouf: The Art of the World, Islamic art, Islamic calligraphies, islamic calligraphy, Kufic Qur'ans, market watch, Middle Eastern art market, Middle Eastern artists, Nabil Nahas, Ottoman Turkish, Qatar, Roberta Louckx, sales, Sothebys, Sothebys auction, Sotheby’s London, The Fourth Ode, The Ritz-Carlton Doha hotel, Turkish art, words in art, Yousef Ahmad | 1 Comment

27 contemporary Southeast Asian artists featured in ASEAN-Korea photo exhibition

Posted on July 28, 2010

KOREAN ASEAN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION Created to showcase the range of dynamic contemporary photography coming from Korean and Southeast Asian artists, “Emerging Wave“, currently on view at the GoEun Museum of Photography in Busan (South Korea), features works from 27 artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Connecting Asia to itself, Emerging artists, Indonesian, Korea, Korean, Laoation, Malaysian, Museum shows, Museums, Myanmar/Burmese, Photography, Southeast Asian, Thai, Vietnamese | Tagged Akmal Benangsutera, Angki Purbandono, Arya Pandjalu, ASEAN, Bea Camacho, Brunei, Brunei artists, Brunei contemporary art, cambodia, Cambodian art, Cambodian artists, Choi Jung Won, contemporary art, contemporary artists, contemporary Cambodian art, digital photography, Dow Wasiksiri, Erica Holloway, Hangaram Museum of Art, Hirfian Husain, Indonesia, Koo Seong Youn, Korea, Korean artists, Laos, Laotian art, Laotian contemporary art, Le Kinh Tai, Lee Won-chul, Lee Yeleen, Liew Kung Yu, Malaysia, Malaysian art, Manichanh Pansivongsay, Mintio, Myanmar art, Myanmar artists, Nanda, Philippine art, Philippines, Phonephet Sitthivong, photography, Po Po, Richard Streitmatter-Tran, singapore, Singapore artists, Sok Sophal, Tan Nan See, Tanapol Kaewpring, Thai artists, Thai contemporary art, Thailand, Thit Lwin Soe, Tralong Borin, Vietnam, Vietnamese art, Wawi Navarrozza, Yoo Hyun Mi, Zhao Renhui, Zu Do Yang | Leave a comment

Will Youtube become a new platform for video art? Guggenheim experiments

Posted on July 28, 2010

YOUTUBE GUGGENHEIM VIDEO ART ONLINE BIENNIALS The world’s most popular online platform for video sharing, YouTube, will soon be put to the test as a potential new platform for art expression in joint initiative with the Guggenheim Museum. Launched this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and the Internet, Biennials, Business of art, Crossover art, Emerging artists, Events, Medium, Museums, New media, Overviews, Promoting art, Technology, Themes and subjects, Trends, Video | Tagged art and technology, art and the Internet, art awards, art competitions, biennial, Carmen Bat Ka Man, collaboration, Deutsche Guggenheim, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, internet, Internet channels, Nancy Spector, New Media Art, Online art, online video, Otago Daily Times, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim, The Take, Video art, video art competition, video sharing, Washington Post, YouTube, YouTube Play, YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Videos | Leave a comment

Indian art market hits peak 2008 figures – modern art favoured

Posted on July 27, 2010

ART MARKET INDIAN ART MODERN ART AUCTIONS For some time now, the Indian art market has been reviving after the post-2008 buying slump. New Delhi-based journalist John Elliott, who runs the current affairs blog Riding the Elephant, reports in a recent post … Continue reading →

Posted in Auctions, Business of art, Classic/Contemporary, Collectors, Indian, London, Market watch, Painting, Progressive Artists' Group | Tagged Anders Peterson, Arttactic, Auction result, Christies, contemporary indian art, contemporary indian artists, Dinesh Vazirani, Financial Times, indian modern art, Jitish Kallat, John Elliott, market analysis, market watch, Modernist painters, Portrait of a woman Rabindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Saffronart, SH Raza, SH Raza Rajasthan, Sothebys, Subodh Gupta | 6 Comments

Rise of the celebrity artist: Vietnamese artist Trong Nguyen featured on Bravo TV reality series

Posted on July 27, 2010

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS CELEBRITIES REALITY TV From dance competitions to rehab, it seems that no subject is left untouched by reality television producers. Even the act of finding a spouse has been successfully commercialised for audience entertainment. Now, with Bravo TV’s new series, Work … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists as celebrities, Asian, Celebrity art, Crossover art, Emerging artists, Installation, New York, USA, Vietnamese | Tagged art as popular culture, art in the media, art on TV, artist interview, artists on TV, Celebrity art, celebrity artists, competitions, contemporary art, contemporary artists, Emerging artists, Erica Holloway, installation, installation art, installation artists, interview, pop culture, popular culture, reality television, reality TV, Sarah Jessica Parker, Trong Nguyen, Vietnamese artists | Leave a comment

Top 20 Asian artists June 2010: Art Radar Asia's most-searched artists

Posted on July 26, 2010

TOP ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS In January this year, we published the article, “Top 17 Asian artists 2009: Art Radar’s most-searched artists“, listing Art Radar Asia‘s most searched for artists to the end of 2009. This was so popular with our … Continue reading →

Posted in From Art Radar, Lists | Tagged AES+F, anime, Anish Kapoor, Art Radar Asia, art research, Asian contemporary artists, Bharti Kher, Cao Fei, Chinese artists, Chinese contemporary art, Chinese contemporary photography, contemporary artists, contemporary indian art, contemporary Indonesian art, contemporary Iranian art, facebook, Farhad Ahrarnia, Farhard Moshiri, female contemporary artists, Filipino art, Filipino artists, Gao Xingjian, Google, Hiroshi Sugimoto, I Nyoman Masriadi, Indian art, Indian artists, Indonesian art, Indonesian artist, Iranian Art, Iranian artists, Israeli artist, israeli photography, Japanese artist, Japanese contemporary art, Japanese contemporary photography, Jitish Kallat, Kate Nicholson, male contemporary artists, Marina Abramovic, most searched artists, Ori Gersht, Pakistani miniature painting, pakistani miniatures, Ronald Ventura, Russian contemporary art, Russian contemporary artists, Serbian art, Serbian artist, Shahzia Sikander, Shirin Neshat, social media, Southeast Asian art, Southeast Asian artists, Subodh Gupta, Takashi Murakami, Terence Koh, Top 17 Asian artists 2009: Art Radar's most-searched artists, Twitter, Yoshitaka Amano, Zhang Huan | Leave a comment

Saffronart once again pioneers new technology within art industry

Posted on July 22, 2010

ART AUCTIONS NEW TECHNOLOGY MOBILE PHONES Art Radar Asia has found a new tool available to collectors when bidding for artworks at auction – lots can now be won via mobile phone bids. As reported on the Saffronart website, the … Continue reading →