Monthly Archives: June 2011

Horrific events in Japan and how art helps – ART IT columnist Kyoichi Tsuzuki

Posted on June 29, 2011

In an article for ART IT, columist Kyoichi Tsuzuki takes some time to show us how art has been utilised by Japanese people during and after horrific and extreme events.

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Posted in East Asian, Historical art, Japanese, Overviews, Trauma, Violence, War | Tagged 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, 9-10 March 1945 Tokyo air raids, art about war, art columnist, Art iT, art writer, Carmen Bat Ka Man, documentary paintings, documentary photography, historical art, horrific events in Japan, Japan earthquake 2011, Japan earthquake and tsunami, Japanese art, Japanese art writer, Japanese artists, Japanese contemporary art, Japanese disasters, Japanese trauma art, Koyo Ishikawa, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, oil painting, op-art, overviews, Ryushu Tokunaga, Shigeru Mizuki, Takashi Murakami, The New York Times, trauma art, traumatic events, War art, war photography, WWII air raids, WWII air raids Tokyo | Leave a comment

What art fairs will contemporary galleries be heading to in 2011?

Posted on June 29, 2011

What art fairs will ART HK 11 galleries be heading to in 2011? Art Basel Miami Beach tops most lists but some Asian fairs also get a mention.

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Posted in Fairs, Galleries, Globalisation, Hong Kong, Promoting art | Tagged Andy Hei, ARCO, Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Dubai, Art Fair Kyoto, Art Fair Tokyo, Art HK, ART HK 11, Art Stage Singapore, Art Taipei, Artissima, Beijing Commune, CIGE, F2 Gallery, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, FIAC, Fine Art Asia, Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Frieze art fair, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Gallery Grand Siecle, Green Cardamom, Grotto Fine Art, Hamra Abbas, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong International Art Fair 2011, Kate Nicholson, KIAF, Kukje Gallery, Nanzuka Underground, PAD, PAD New York, Pavilion of Art & Design, Pilar Corrias, Plum Blossoms, ROKEBY, Sh Contemporary, TEFAFmaastricht, The Affordable Art Fair Singapore, The Armory, the cat street gallery, The Paragon Press, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Tokyo Online, Van de Weghe, Vilma Gold | Leave a comment

Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping’s once-banned ‘Bat Project’ gets first European showing

Posted on June 29, 2011

Work by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping is being shown for the first time in Europe at a solo exhibition organised by UK-based Nottingham Contemporary.

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Posted in Chinese, East Asian, Gallery shows, Huang Yong Ping, Nottingham | Tagged Alex Farquharson, allegorical art, Allegory, Amerigo Vespucci, animals, anti-culture, anti-painting, anti-paintings, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Atelier d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, Barbican Art Gallery, Bat Project IV, borders, Buddhism, CCA Kitakyushu, Centre Pompidou, Chinese art, Chinese artists, Chinese contemporary art, Chinese contemporary artists, Chinese installation art, Chinese religion, Chinese sculpture, Construction Site, contemporary Chinese art, contemporary Chinese artists, contemporary French artists, cultural history, Dada, Dada movement, De Appel, Duchamp, East, eternity, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, French artists, French contemporary artists, Fujian province, gallery shows, gates of Hell, geopolitical conflict, globalism, Herrad of Landsberg, Hortus Delicarium, Hou Hanru, House of Oracles, Huang Yong Ping, human relationships with animals, installation art, Islam, Job, Judeo-Christian, La Pêche, Leviathan, Magiciens de la Terre, Marché de Punya, market stall, markets, MASS MoCA, national borders, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Nottingham art exhibitions, Nottingham art shows, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham galleries, Old Testament, Rachel Marsden, religion, sculpture, solo exhibitions, southern China, Tiananmen Square, UK art events, UK art exhibitions, UK art shows, UK galleries, Ullens Center, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, United States of America, universality, US, US Marine, USA, Vancouver Art Gallery, Walker Art Center, West, West vs East, world religions | Leave a comment

Curator Patrick Flores: early Southeast Asian manifestos and art movements – ART on AIR podcast

Posted on June 29, 2011

We have tuned in to another Art on Air podcast, this one recording a talk with Philippine curator and scholar Patrick Flores at New York’s Tyler Rollins Fine Art.

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Posted in Overviews, Patrick Flores, Podcasts, Southeast Asian | Tagged Air radio, Art International Radio, Asia Contemporary Art Week, Charmaine Lim, contemporary Indonesian art, contemporary Malaysian art, contemporary thai art, Cubism, Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, Installations a Case for Hangings, Jim Supangkat, Leeza Ahmady, Malaysian contemporary art, Manila, modern art, Mystical Reality, Patrick Flores, Philippine art, Philippine contemporary art, post war art, post-war era, Raymundo Albano, realism, Redza Piyadasa, rise of Southeast Asian art, Singapore Art Museum collection, Southeast Asian art world, Southeast Asian avant-garde, Southeast Asian avant-garde artists, Southeast Asian contemporary art, Southeast Asian realism, Sulaiman Esa, transparent cubism, Tyler Rollins Fine Art, Vincente Manasala | Leave a comment

Art districts in Asia: 5 top posts from 2008 to 2011

Posted on June 29, 2011

In the second post of our ongoing ‘Lists’ series, we dig deep into our archives to bring you the best and brightest posts written by us on the topic of ‘Art districts in Asia’.

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Posted in Art districts, Asia expands, Lists | Tagged Art districts, art in Sharjah, art in the UAE, art in the United Arab Emirates, Asia Art Forum, Asian art districts, Atsuko Koyanagi, Caochangdi, Chinese art districts, CNNGo, Cry of the Gland, Dr. Oei Hong Djien, Hong Kong art districts, Japanese contemporary art, Jitish Kallat, Leonor Veiga, Manal Ataya, Mumbai art districts, Mumbai art spaces, New Delhi art spaces, Sharjah art events, Sharjah art museum, Sharjah art spaces, Sharjah Museums, Valerie Doran | Leave a comment

PiST///: a space for interdisciplinary art in Istanbul – art:21

Posted on June 29, 2011

ISTANBUL ART SPACES PROFILE Exploring the art scene of a new city can be a challenge. As we roam the Internet we occasionally discover profiles of off-the-beat art centres: here is one, published on art:21, that should inspire you to … Continue reading →

Posted in Artist-run, Nonprofit, Profiles | Tagged alternative spaces, Arrow Project, art, art centre profiles, art tourism, art travel, art travel holidays, Art21, artist residencies, artist talks, artist-run space, collaboration, contemporary art, dialogue and discourse, Didem Ozbek, emerging art, experimental art, independent art spaces, international artist residencies, Istanbul, Monday Talks, non-profit, Osman Bozkur, Pangaltı, PiST, PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space, travelling for art, Turkey, Zoe Dulay | Leave a comment

Fighting fakes in Asia: Pioneering technology from Cranfield University and Bonhams may help

Posted on June 22, 2011

Cranfield University and Bonhams have established a collaborative forensic science research project that represents significant advances in the authentication of art objects.

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Posted in Authentication, Overviews, Research | Tagged Andrew Shortland, antiques, art market, auction houses, auctioneers, auctions, authentication, Bonhams, Centre for Archaeological and Forensic Analysis, China, Chinese ceramic wares, Chinese ceramics, Christies, Colin Sheaf, consumer rights, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Cranfield University, Dick Wang, Dong Guoqiang, forensic science, forensics, Fu Wen, Hanhai Auction Company, Jaime M. Salazar, law, legal issues, Pola Antebi, porcelain, Ron Gluckman, Sothebys, Su Minluo, trace element analysis, Wu Guanzhong | Leave a comment

Korean artists: 4 top posts from 2010 to 2011

Posted on June 22, 2011

In the first post of an ongoing series, we dig deep into our archives to bring you the best and brightest post written by us on the topic of contemporary ‘Korean artists’.

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