Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ex-Tate Modern director Lars Nittve appointed to lead West Kowloon's M+

Posted on July 14, 2010

HONG KONG ART MUSEUMS The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) seems to be taking its plans to develop a world-class cultural district in Hong Kong seriously. After appointing ex-Barbican (London) Artistic Director, Graham Sheffield as the CEO of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art districts, Art spaces, Business of art, Hong Kong, Museums, Professionals | Tagged Artistic Director, Barbican, Cultural Institution, Director, Graham Sheffield, Hong Kong centric, Hong Kong Government, Lars Nittve, London, M+, Moderna Musset, Museum Advisory Group, Museum development, Museum Director, Museum establishment, Museum Plus, Stockholm, Tate Modern, West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority | 1 Comment

Your interpretation or mine? Hong Kong artist Chow Chun Fai reflects in video interview

Posted on July 14, 2010

HONG KONG FOTANIAN ARTIST VIDEO INTERVIEW In the four-minute video, Chow Chun Fai [art]attack 6, Hong Kong-born artist Chow Chun Fai shares his views on the ever-evolving interpretation of art and his own role as an artist. A graduate of the … Continue reading →

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Clarissa Chikiamco on Philippine independent art spaces funding challenge: Phillippine Star

Posted on July 14, 2010

PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT ART SPACES FUNDING In a recent Philippine Star article, Clarissa Chikiamco, a Manila-based art writer and independent curator, discussed the current difficult funding situation affecting Filipino independent art spaces, which parallels similar issues that arose in the Philippines fifty years ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art spaces, Artist-run, Business of art, Filipino, Funding, Manila, Nonprofit, Overviews, Philippines | Tagged alternative space, art, art funding, art philanthropy, artist-run gallery, artist-run space, Asian art, Big Sky Mind, contemporary art, government funding, Green Papaya Art Projects, independent art space, No Soul For Sale, Nonprofit, Philippine art, Philippine Art Gallery, Philippines, sponsorship, Surrounded by Water, Sylvia Xue Bai, Tate Modern | Leave a comment

Leading non-profit institutions gathered by Tate Modern for art event: Art Radar Asia lists Asian participants

Posted on July 8, 2010

TATE MODERN ARTS FESTIVALS ASIAN ART INSTITUTIONS LISTS In celebration of the Tate Modern‘s tenth birthday, thirteen Asian art institutions were invited to join global arts festival No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents in early May this year. The event brought … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong a desert for new media art? New gallery I/O an oasis – interview

Posted on July 8, 2010

HONG KONG ART GALLERY CREATIVE DIRECTOR INTERVIEW Situated on Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road, Input/Output (I/O) is not a usual kind of gallery with ink paintings, sculptures and canvases on display. Instead, being the only gallery in Hong Kong that is primarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Business of art, Definitions, Hong Kong, Interviews, Medium, New media, Promoting art, Venues | Tagged 3D art, A Torturous Vision, animation art, app art, art conversations, art development, art genre, art graduate, art platform, art promotion, audio visual art, canvas, Carmen Bat Ka Man, Chinese new media, computer art, contemporary art, Evan Roth, exhibition, Experiments on the Notation of Shapes, funding, gallery shows, graffiti art, hong kong, hong kong gallery, I/O, I/O Off-Site, ink paintings, Input/Output, Interactive art, Joao Basco Paiva, Joao Vasco Paiva, Lu Yang, new art trend, New media, New Media Art, New Thinking, Rachel Connelly, science, sculpture, Sound art, Technology | 1 Comment

Sa Sa Gallery and Art Project, new artist-run initiatives in Cambodia

Posted on July 8, 2010

CAMBODIAN EMERGING ARTISTS ARTIST-RUN SPACES PHOTOGRPAHY In 2009, a group of artists and photographers called Stiev Selapak founded Sa Sa Art Gallery, Cambodia’s first artist-run gallery. The programming focuses on emerging Cambodian contemporary artists. With the idea of wanting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art spaces, Artist-run, Artists as curators, Business of art, Cambodia, Cambodian, Emerging artists, From Art Radar, Groups and movements, Photography, Promoting art, Venues | Tagged Art Rebels, art space, artist-run gallery, cambodia, Cambodian artist residency, Cambodian contemporary art, Chhin Taingchhea, contemporary photography, Educational Program, emerging artists in Asia, Julie Anne Sjaastad, Kong Vollak, Phnom Penh, Sa Sa Art Gallery, Sa Sa Art Project, Stiev Selapak, Vandy Rattana, Vuth Lyno | 2 Comments

Kwan Sheung Chi reveals how to survive as an artist in Hong Kong in telling video

Posted on July 7, 2010

HONG KONG FOTANIAN ARTIST VIDEO INTERVIEW “Kwan Sheung Chi [art]attack 29” (length of video, 5:12 mins), features the Hong Kong artist Kwan Sheung Chi (b. 1980). In the video, Kwan describes the issues he explored in two of his exhibitions, … Continue reading →

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Ai Weiwei and Vito Acconci wrap up major collaboration at Hong Kong's Para/Site art space

Posted on July 6, 2010

AI WEIWEI CHINESE ART HONG KONG ART SPACES ARTIST COLLABORATIONS With a new project, Chinese art all-rounder Ai Weiwei, in cooperation with American artist Vito Acconci, has brought fresh dialogues between the East and West to Hong Kong, a monumental event in Ai … Continue reading →