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Topic Archives: Business of art
ART HK 12: Art Radar live-tweets daily – resource alert
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012
Could not make it out to Hong Kong this weekend? Let Art Radar be your eyes and ears at the fair. Our reporting team will be tweeting and retweeting… and posting to Facebook!
ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
With a number of Asian art galleries showing for the first time at ART HK 12, Art Radar was curious to find out what their expectations for the fair were, and who they will be showing and why.
Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Chinese art company Affordable Art China Ltd (AAC) will launch an art fair in Hong Kong in 2013. The event will focus on emerging artists and sell contemporary art works at “accessible prices”.
Pearl Lam: Another gallery for Hong Kong’s Pedder Building
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Pearl Lam will be the next high-end commercial gallery to move into the historic Pedder Building. The new 340 square metre gallery space will open to the public on 16 May 2012.
Foreign-owned Beijing 798 gallery expands into creative entrepreneur incubator – WSJ Scene Asia
Posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
David Ben Kay’s Yuanfen Flow started out as a house, became a new media art gallery and is now a creative business incubator. Read on to find out more about this unique Beijing space.
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art: Education priority for India’s first private institution
Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), which opened in 2010, is India’s first philanthropic, profit-free contemporary and modern art museum.
Indian Modern and contemporary market treading water? ArtTactic reports decline
Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012
ArtTactic recently released their spring 2012 auction analysis of Indian modern and contemporary art sales. The figures show a steady decline in the region.
Art museum independence challenged – The Guardian
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
In a scathing review of Damien Hirst’s ongoing Tate Modern retrospective, Hari Kunzru of The Guardian questions museum independence.
Sotheby’s runs one-week art business course in Hong Kong – resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
In April 2012, Sotheby’s Institute of Art is bringing a one-week “Business Management in the Art World” course to Hong Kong art professionals.
Art for the masses: contemporary art on television and web – list
Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Art Radar takes a look at shows on television that deal with contemporary art, from elimination-style reality television and documentaries to sitcoms.
Art Fair Tokyo expands venue in 2012
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Art Fair Tokyo has announced that it will be expanding its venue in 2012, using all of the available space in the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall.
Photograph display and archiving, which plastic is best? Resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Archival Methods News has published a few top tips to help collectors, gallerists and artists hone in on that perfect solution within the range of options available.
Millennium Magazines at MoMA: What is from Asia? Resource alert
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
“Millenium Magazines”, an exhibition of experimental art and design magazines from the year 2000 onward, is currently running at MoMA from 20 February to 14 May 2012.
How to preserve photographs – resource alert
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012
The Archival Methods website is full of tips for avid image collectors, including, among other ideas, information on the kind of gloves, glass and board to use.
Singapore Tyler Print Institute first Southeast Asian gallery to attend The Armory Show
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In 2012, the Singapore Tyler Print Institute will participate in The Armory Show in New York City. STPI is the first Southeast Asian gallery ever to attend Armory.
Turkish art market: ignored no longer – CNN
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Private and corporate collectors are playing a key role in the development of the Turkish art market. Are they replacing the traditional roles of wealthy patrons?
2 top Australian art professionals return home to head leading Oceanic institutions
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Michael Brand, former Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Roger McIlroy, former Chairperson of Christie’s Australia, are heading back to work in their homeland of Australia.
ART HK repositions ASIA ONE section for 2012, now “heart” of fair
Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
By centralising its ASIA ONE section, ART HK is attempting to assert its “unique” position as the “only world class art fair to have a 50/50 balance of Asian and Western participation”.
VIP 2.0: Online art marketing channel in the making?
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
VIP Art Fair returns in 2012 for its second installment. Although many galleries failed to sell works, participants applauded the tweaks to the website interface and the fair’s publicity potential.
Louis Vuitton gets Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dots
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Marc Jacobs of Louis Vuitton continues to push fashion and art collaboration to the cutting edge as his partnership with the contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama proves.
What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part IV
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
In this final installment of our ‘trends in contemporary art’ series, we look at how collectors are adapting to the era of information technology and increased interconnection.
Indonesian contemporary art in Italy: Primo Marella maps emerging Asian art regions
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The last half of a two part series on Indonesian art in Italy. We talk to Primo Marella, owner and director of the Milan-based Primo Marella Gallery about mapping Asia for European audiences.
India Art Fair 2012: For international galleries, India focus among emerging economies
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012
A round-up of the India Art Fair which ended on 29 January 2012. Art Radar finds out what the overall reception of the fair was this time around.
Rich swap stocks for art: Investment, passion or a bit of both?
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
A recent Deloitte and ArtTactic study concludes that the wealthy are allocating more funds into art, driving up art prices to record levels. What is driving this trend and is it sustainable, or even true?
What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part III
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
In this third installation of our four part Asian art trends series, we look at trends that, while tangential to the contemporary art world, will have vital influence.



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ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
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Adequate professional talent for China’s expanding arts infrastructure? The New York Times