Monthly Archives: September 2011

Shezad Dawood artist or feature film producer? Asian Art Newspaper interview

Posted on September 28, 2011

Shezad Dawood discusses the nature of his work and the artistic process involved in his upcoming feature film with the Asian Art Newspaper.

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Middle Eastern art scene develops: 4 top posts

Posted on September 28, 2011

Another addition to Art Radar‘s ‘Lists’ series, this time we bring you four top posts dealing with the developing Middle Eastern art market and its enigmatic artists.

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Posted in Lists, Middle East, West Asian | Tagged Ahamd Al Mater, Ahmad Mater, Ahmed Mater, Aisha Khalid, Algerian, auctions, Hayv Kahrman, idenities, international art market, Jameel prize, Khaled Hafez, Lulawah Al Hamoud, Lulwah Al Homoud, Middle East, Naqiyah Sultan, non- figural, Pakistani, Saatchi Online, Shirin Neshat, V&A, West Asia | Leave a comment

3D digital art catalogues soon a reality – TED video demonstration

Posted on September 28, 2011

Mike Matas demonstrates the power of Apple’s Ipad applications using Al Gore’s The Choice app, while galleries begin to use the new digital format for art catalogues.

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Posted in Art and the Internet, Gadgets, Interactive art, Promoting art, Resources, Technology | Tagged Al Gore, applications, art and technology, art catalogue, art ebook, Art Gallery NSW, Art Gallery NSW Contemporary app, art iPad apps, art marketing, art promotion, contemporary art iPad apps, Deirdre Carmichael, documentary video, ebooks, facebook, ipad app, iPad applications, ipad technology, iPhone, iphone app, Mike Matas, mobile phone applications, MOMA, MoMA Ab Ex NY, MOMA Abstract Expressionist New York, multimedia, Phillips de Pury & Company, Push Pop Press, Saatchi Gallery app, smartphone applications, TED, TED videos, The Choice app, Video | 1 Comment

Saffronart Autumn Auction 2011: top 5 lots

Posted on September 27, 2011

Saffronart has reported that over half of all lots in their 2011 Autumn Art Auction were sold. A work by Tyeb Mehta took the top lot spot, selling for USD1,565,000.

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Posted in Auctions, Indian, Painting | Tagged Art & Aesthetics Series, art auctions, Autumn Art Auction, Autumn Art Auction 2011, contemporary art auctions, Dinesh Vazirani, Indian art auctions, Jehangir Sabavala, Kate Nicholson, Maqbool Fida Husain, market watch, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz India, Mercedes-Benz S-Class ‘Art Edition’, MF Husain, S.H. Raza, Saffronart, Saffronart Autumn Art Auction, Saffronart Autumn Art Auction 2011, The Economic Times, Tyeb Mehta | Leave a comment

2 Indian photographers shortlisted for Canada’s 2011 Grange Prize

Posted on September 21, 2011

Indian photographers Gauri Gill and Nandini Valli make up one half of the 2011 finalist selection for the Canadian-based, internationally focused The Grange Prize.

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Posted in Gauri Gill, Indian, Nandini Valli, Photography, Prizes | Tagged art photography, art photography prizes, art prizes, Canadian art prizes, contemporary indian art, contemporary indian artists, contemporary photography, Gauri Gill, Grange Prize, Grange Prize 2011, Green Cardamom Gallery, Indian art photographers, Indian art prizes, Indian artists, Indian photographers, Kate Nicholson, Nandini Valli, photography, photography prizes, Sakshi Gallery, Sakshi Gallery Mumbai, The Grange Prize, The Grange Prize 2011 | Leave a comment

4 emerging Hong Kong artists naturals at portraying nature

Posted on September 21, 2011

Hong Kong artists Nimchi Yuen, Silvia Chan, Flora Fok and Jessica Cheung are featured in a September 2011 group show at Karin Weber Gallery that explores the natural world.

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Posted in Ceramics, Emerging artists, Flora Fok, Gallery shows, Hong Kong, Hong Kong artists, Jessica Cheung, Nature, Nimchi Yuen, Oil, Painting, Profiles, Silvia Chan | Tagged Adhesion, art inspired by nature, art spaces, artist profiles, ceramic sculpture, Ceramics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Cold Spring, contemporary Asian artists, Deepa Pant, Emerging artists, Five Magpies, Flora Fok, Fly With You, galleries, gallery shows, Hong Kong art, Hong Kong artists, Hong Kong contemporary art, Hong Kong contemporary artists, Hong Kong gallery shows, I Have Two, Jessica Cheung, Jewellery Garden 1, Jewellery Garden 2, Karin Weber Gallery, Las Menimas, nature and art, nature art, Nimchi Yuen, oil painting, Painting, Pigeons In The Sky, sculpture, Silvia Chan, The Missing Part, The Stolen Spoondrift, There are no accidents without intention, There are no accidents without intention (in life as in art), Velasquez | 3 Comments

A different way to show art: art at home, art for guests – AHAlife

Posted on September 21, 2011

Collector Charles Riva and others open their homes to art lovers. In Asia, art collectors open local museums or display their collections online.

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Posted in Art spaces, Collectors | Tagged AHAlife, art collectors, art news, artspaces, Asian art collectors, Asian art spaces, Berlin, Boros Collection, Captain Dick Hat, Charles Riva, Charles Riva Collection, Chinese contemporary art, Christian Boros, Collectors, contemporary art, Dominique Levy, DSL Collection, Emerging artists, European art spaces, exhibiting art at home, French art collectors, Heidi: Mid-life Crisis Center and Negative Media-Engram Abstraction Release Zone, Jennifer Yee, Jim Lambie, Mike Kelley, Moeko Bling, nonprofit art collections, Paul McCarthy, private art collections, private art museums, private museums in Asia, sculpture, Sutton Lane, Sutton Lane gallery, Sylvain Levy, Tauba Auerbach, The New York Times | 1 Comment

Asian Art Biennial 2011: 40 artists from New Zealand to Kazakhstan – event alert

Posted on September 21, 2011

Forty Asian artists are participating in the 2011 Asian Art Biennial. Curator Iris Shu-Ping Huang has asked each to reflect upon today’s “M-shaped” Asian society.

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