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Shanghai’s Birdhead combines poetry and photography for first London exhibition
Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART URBAN LIFE Paradise Row gallery in London is currently running a show of new work by Shanghai-based photography duo Birdhead. The exhibition, entitled, “Welcome to Birdhead World Again, London” will feature a site specific installation. It runs … Continue reading
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.
Russian contemporary photography features at FotoFest 2012, Houston
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Now in its fourteenth edition, the FotoFest 2012 biennial “Contemporary Russian Photography” will run from 16 March to 29 April, 2012 in Houston, Texas.
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.
Sharjah 2012 March Meeting attracts top art professionals, from MoMA to UNESCO – event alert
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012
Sharjah Art Foundation is inviting art professionals across the world to attend their 2012 March Meeting, being held from 17 to 19 March 2012.
Significant national survey of contemporary Australian women artists – artist list announced
Posted on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
The list of artists for the 2012 edition of the Contemporary Australia triennial exhibition has been announced. The theme of the expansive showcase is “Women”.
Asia Art Archive-ART HK 12 ‘Open Platform’: speaking opportunity for international art practitioners
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012
Hong Kong’s Asia Art Archive has put a call out, asking for submissions from for their annual ‘Open Platform’ event, held in collaboration with Asia’s premier art fair, ART HK 12.
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.
Kazakhstani art festival ArtBatFest calls for public arts submissions
Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The third edition of ArtBatFest is set to run in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 25 to 27 May 2012. The theme of this year’s festival is “2012: The Beginning of the World”.
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”.
Meet us at ARCOmadrid 2012! Art Radar participant in Asian Maps IX
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Kate Cary Evans, Executive Editor for and Founder of Art Radar, will be participating in a Casa Asia-organised panel event at ARCOmadrid Forum for 2012. Meet the Art Radar team in Spain!
Qatar Cézanne purchase points to building of art “museum empire”?
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The royal family of Qatar recently purchased Cézanne’s The Card Players for more than USD250 million, the most expensive art acquisition in history.
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.
Political spectre looms over Ai Weiwei Taiwan exhibition – round up
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
“Ai Weiwei absent” wrapped up at TFAM on 29 January 2012 after a three-month-long run. Art Radar takes a look at its reception and the political questions surrounding the show.
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.
300 Andy Warhol works to tour Asia for 3 years – Associated Press
Posted on Friday, February 3rd, 2012
As reported by the Associated Press on 1 February 2012, an Andy Warhol retrospective will tour five cities in Asia over the next three years, starting in Singapore in March 2012.
Leung Chi Wo’s identity art: words, buildings, bullet holes
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo’s first solo exhibition in London presents the artist’s reflections on how history is represented and interpreted.
Hong Kong Contemporary: Hotel art fair to piggyback ART HK 12
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Art Radar looks into Hong Kong Contemporary, a hotel art fair that will run concurrently with ART HK 12 in an effort to draw international collectors and visitors.
First China solo exhibition for cut paper artist Bovey Lee – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
“Bloom: Cut Paper by Bovey Lee” was on display at the International Finance Centre in Shanghai and contained a dozen of the artist’s recent works, showcasing her stunning mastery of the traditional form.
Art Dubai’s Global Art Forum 2012 adds days and cities to schedule – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Returning for a sixth year as part of the Art Dubai contemporary art fair, the Global Arts Forum 2012 will expand to six days and spread to two cities.
Why are regional art shows so tricky to curate? The Japan Times
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The decision to bring contemporary Arab art to Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum also brought with it a number of curatorial challenges, among them, how to define the “Arab world”.
Art Stage Singapore 2012 round up: Sales slow, coverage listless
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
From 12-15 January, the Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibtion Center hosted the second annual Art Stage Singapore, organised by Art Basel and Art Basel Miami founder Lorenzo Rudolf.
Indonesian contemporary art in Italy: A “faraway world” brought closer to Rome
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
An exhibition at the MACRO in Rome signals a significant European breakthrough for artists from the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia.
What is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part I
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Art Radar is kicking off 2012 with a series of four posts that outline new trends in the Asian art world. How will dealers adapt as the world experiments with online market places?



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