Topic Archives: Indonesian

    ART SCENE INDONESIA As a side event of the Christie’s autumn sales, a lecture called “Keep on Watching! The Yogyakartan Art Scene Today” was given on 29 November 2008 by Cemeti Art House gallerist Mella Jaarsma.  Today the Indonesian art … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART AUCTIONS A painting by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang offered by Hollywood director Oliver Stone fetched HK$26.4 million ($3.4 million) at a Hong Kong art sale where half the lots were unsold, reflecting the prevailing gloom. Zhang’s “Bloodline: … Continue reading →

HONG KONG AUCTION SALES The art world is eyeing Hong Kong for the latest litmus test of how prices are holding up amid the global financial crisis, with experts cautiously upbeat about the future of the Asian market.The frenzied scramble … Continue reading →

INDONESIAN ARTIST VIDEO INTERVIEW [youtube=http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=r32S1ZkcCJU]

ASIAN ART PRIZE The Sovereign Asian Art Prize carries a first prize of US$25,000 and is in its 5th edition. This time the acceptance criteria have been broadened from all forms of painting to all forms of 2D media. Thirty finalists have been selected by … Continue reading →

MARKET WATCH Two Singapore auctions of Asian art at the weekend missed estimates as a slump in global financial markets kept many buyers away. Borobodur Auction Pte’s two-day sale of Chinese and Southeast Asian art totaled S$11 million ($7.5 million), … Continue reading →

  AUCTION SOUTH EAST ASIAN ART 2008 Sotheby’s autumn sales in Hong Kong were grim apart from the South East Asian sale which provided some much needed relief. The success of the sale prompted an ebullient quip from Sotheby’s entertaining auctioneer Chin … Continue reading →

SOTHEBYS HONG KONG AUTUMN AUCTIONS While much of Hong Kong hunkered down just hours before the arrival of a typhoon on Oct. 4, the start of Sotheby’s three-day auction of modern and contemporary Asian art was buffeted by the financial storm … Continue reading →

      REPORT FROM THE AUCTION ROOM Big name Chinese and Indian artists and several premium lot artworks failed to sell at Sotheby’s October 2008 evening sale of contemporary and modern Asian art but the sale pointed to a new trend … Continue reading →

  Tushar Joag  ART FAIR CHINA EMERGING ARTISTS “Best of Discovery” is a unique curated section of Shanghai’s premier art fair ShContemporary 08 featuring over 30 selected emerging artists from the Asia Pacific region who are presented to a global … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART COURSES October 2008 – February 2009 Each year, Sotheby’s Institute of Art – Singapore organises a number of overseas trips to major art centres, exhibitions, museums and collections in Asia. These visits are held in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

COLLECTOR’S EXHIBITION OF INDONESIAN WORKS Aug 14 – 28 2008 Ketut Sudra gave a sigh of relief. After months of preparation, everything was finally ready for the big day. “I had no idea organizing a painting exhibition was such a … Continue reading →

AMSTERDAM MARKET WATCH Larasati makes history as Asia’s first auction house to hold an international art sale outside the region. The passion for contemporary Southeast Asian art has hit Europe as the world’s first auction outside of Asia by an … Continue reading →

  CHINA On 29 June 2008 a fund-raising auction will be held to raise capital to build and operate a new contemporary art museum in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Indonesian auctioneers Larasati will put 35 lots donated by Hong Kong … Continue reading →