Monthly Archives: June 2011

Painter Nihad Al Turk creates myths daily at Beirut’s Ayyam Gallery – picture post

Posted on June 22, 2011

Bleakness abounds in work by Syrian painter Nihad Al-Turk, who was on show at Ayyam Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon. We bring you a feast of images of his work.

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ART HK versus Art Stage Singapore: ART HK 11 dealers debate Asia’s top fair

Posted on June 22, 2011

In 2011, two art fairs have been battling it out for the title of top Asian show, namely ART HK and Art Stage Singapore. We ask galleries at ART HK 11 which has come out on top.

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Posted in Asia expands, Fairs, Galleries, Globalisation, Globalisation of art, Hong Kong | Tagged Art Basel, art fairs, Art HK, ART HK 11, Art Stage Singapore, Asian art fairs, Asian contemporary art fairs, contemporary art fairs, Hong Kong art galleries, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong International Art Fair 2011, Kate Nicholson, Leo Castelli Gallery, London art galleries, New York art galleries, Pilar Corrias Gallery, Plum Blossoms Gallery, ROKEBY, the cat street gallery | Leave a comment

Archimuse immersive art history lessons for kids: Dress up included

Posted on June 22, 2011

It can be tough to engage today’s tech-dependent children in “real world” art history education but it seems that French company Archimuse has found a solution.

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Ai Weiwei’s anthropomorphic army: 12 Zodiac Heads storm Somerset House London

Posted on June 22, 2011

An introduction to the Somerset House showing of detained Chinese activist artist Ai Weiwei’s 2010 “Zodiac Heads” by Art Radar‘s London-based guest writer Rajesh Punj.

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Political art at Sharjah Biennial in revolutionary times – ARTINFO.com

Posted on June 15, 2011

In a recent ARTINFO article, writer Daniel Kunitz explores the political dimensions of the Sharjah Biennial, an event that came to pass at such a conspicuous time.

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Posted in Biennials, Political, Sharjah, West Asian | Tagged Andrei Ujica, ARTINFO, Blessings Upon the Land of my Love, Carmela Sagritalo, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency, Execution Squares, Eyal Weizman, Face Scripting: What Did the Building See?, Gulf Cooperation Council, Haig Aivazan, Harun Farock, Hrair Sarkissian, Imran Qureshi, Jack Persekian, Jane and Louise Wilson, Maqamat Dance Theater, Middle East, Mushroom and Fig Leaves, Nicolae Ceausescu, Omar Rajeh, Plot for a Biennal, political art, Rasha Salti, Sharjah, Sharjah Biennal, Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, Shumon Basar, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Suzanne Cotter, United Arab Emirates, Videograms of a Revolution | Leave a comment

Celebrated Indian artist MF Husain dies in London

Posted on June 15, 2011

From humble beginnings as a movie billboard artist, MF Husain rose to become one of India’s most celebrated artists. He died in London on Thursday 9 June 2011.

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Asian pavilions at the 54th Venice Biennale – first critic response

Posted on June 15, 2011

ART HK 11 is over and as art world attention moves back to Europe, we take a look at what pavilions from the Asian region are offering viewers at the 54th Venice Biennale.

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Art Basel takeover of ART HK: What did dealers at ART HK 11 say?

Posted on June 15, 2011

In this post we collect gallerist responses to the Art Basel buyout of ART HK. Will raise professionalism with the Asian art world or homogenise it? What do dealers think?

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