Monthly Archives: January 2011

Philippine Ateneo Art Gallery celebrates 50 years with exhibition and art fund

Posted on January 12, 2011

Philippine university art museum Ateneo Art Gallery has turned fifty. The gallery began in as a collection of paintings donated by multimillionaire heir, philanthropist and educator Fernando Zobel de Ayala, himself a painter. Today, it is busy inaugurating extended gallery space and setting up contemporary art acquisition and endowment funds. Continue reading →

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Middle Eastern and Chinese contemporary art short courses Christie’s and Sotheby’s – winter/spring 2011

Posted on January 12, 2011

Londoners or New Yorkers can learn about the art of China at both Sotheby’s Institute and Christie’s Education this February and May, although those in London get the added bonus of having the opportunity to attend a evening lectures on Middle Eastern contemporary art throughout May and June. Read on for more. Continue reading →

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Ai Weiwei now represented by Lisson Gallery, show in Taipei announced

Posted on January 12, 2011

CHINESE ARTISTS GALLERY REPRESENTATION ART EXHIBITIONS TAIPEI Ai Weiwei’s name is appearing on contemporary art news websites weekly, with new shows, artworks and events constantly making headlines. Now, The Art Newspaper has revealed a potential 2011 show in Taiwan and artdaily.org … Continue reading →

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Words in Art: India’s Raqs Media Collective see all words as equal

Posted on January 12, 2011

Indian artist group Raqs Media Collective is the first to be featured as part of our new words-in-art series. In this interview, Raqs talks about how they use written language to express their particular views and thoughts within their new media works.

- Group conversation and discussion, and the recording of this narrative, is integral to their art practice
- Their biggest challenge to date was the curation of “The Rest of Now” for Manifesta 7 in 2008
- The group likes to use words that leave the reader asking questions and for them, words have no hierarchy
- The installation Skirmish (2010) is part of an ongoing series of ‘love stories’
- Time is often explored in artwork by Raqs and is a concept that particularly interests the group; they discuss Escapement
- A show at Experimenter Gallery in February, 2011, is announced as well as a new light sculpture, Revoltage. Continue reading →

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Contemporary artist and artwork sneak preview from new entirely online VIP Art Fair

Posted on January 8, 2011

The experimental all-online VIP Art Fair is set to start on 22 January and in anticipation of the opening, the fair’s press department has sent around a quick sneak preview of artworks and artists. Of the twelve international galleries mentioned, two are from the Asian region. Continue reading →

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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian collected by The Met

Posted on January 5, 2011

Dubai gallery The Third Line announced in a recent newsletter that work by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has been collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Farmanfarmaian is a mosaic artist, often working mirrors, who has spent much of her prestigious artistic career in New York. She returned to Tehran in 2000 and continues her work from there. Continue reading →

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Most successful young visual artists in Manila named by SPOT

Posted on January 5, 2011

SPOT is a go-to website for Manila events, news and reviews with its features on lifestyle, pop culture and art. It recently published the list “Top 10 Most Successful Young Artists in Manila”, compiled by writer and photographer Monica Barretto, that we talk about here. Continue reading →

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Taiwan eco-art exhibition Going Green tours America – curator interview

Posted on January 5, 2011

Environmental art in Asia is not a subject we’ve touched on much here at Art Radar. So when we heard about “Going Green”, an environmental art exhibition that took Taiwanese artists and their art to America, we decided to interview curator Jane Ingram Allen to find out more. Continue reading →