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ART HK 12: Rolling media round up [UPDATED 18 May 2012]
Posted on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Bookmark this page! Art Radar is your go-to source for updates and information on 2012′s Hong Kong International Art Fair. Each day we will cull the best of ART HK 12 coverage and link to it here.
Undiscovered Chinese photographers profiled in 88books’ hand-bound zines – resource alert
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Based in Vancouver, independent publisher 88books specialises in hand-bound zones profiling the work of up-and-coming young Chinese photographers.
What went for how much at Art Beijing 2012? Red dot round up
Posted on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Art Beijing 2012 ran for three days from 30 April to 2 May. Art Radar stopped by the fair on the final afternoon and went hunting for red dots. Here are some of the works that sold.
Who is futureproofing Singaporean art? 26 young artists in SAM survey
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
A survey of Singaporean contemporary art, titled “The Singapore Show: Future Proof”, closed at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) on 15 April 2012.
Australian art school graduate pockets 35,000 dollars with ‘science fiction prop’ sculpture
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Lachlan Petras was awarded the AUD35,000 Dr Harold Schenberg Art Prize at the 2012 “Hatched” National Graduate Show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
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.
Stripping ‘Ophelia’ and more: 3 young Taiwanese new media artists in Hong Kong
Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Hong Kong-based gallery Input/Output (I/O) featured Taiwanese new media artists Yao Chung-Han, Lin Guan-Ming, and Chang Li-Ren in their show “Made in Taiwan”, which closed April 2012.
Ken Freidman’s Fluxus anthology available for free download – resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
In honour of the fiftieth anniversary of Australian writer Ken Friedman’s Fluxus Reader, Swinburne University of Technology has made the book available for free digital download.
M+ Museum public forum: hear Lars Nittve’s plans; share your thoughts – event alert
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
Lars Nittve, Executive Director of the M+ Museum of Visual Culture in the up-and-coming West Kowloon Cultural District, will take part in a free public forum on 11 April 2012.
Surreal Zhang Xiao photographs document changing Chinese coastline – picture feast
Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
“Coastline”, the award-winning photography series by Chinese emerging artist Zhang Xiao, examines the rapid changes occurring in the coastal cities of China.
Lado Sarai’s Art Nite: one night, 9 New Delhi art galleries – event alert
Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Lado Sarai, one of India’s newest gallery districts, is holding nine exhibition openings in one night on 5 April 2012, an event certain to attract art professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Art Dubai: strong sales shine through fog of political tension
Posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
The sixth edition of Art Dubai recently wrapped up, running from 21 to 24 March 2012. The fair reportedly logged high sales, despite political tension in the region fuelled by the Arab Spring.
India Art Fair Founder Neha Kirpal sees galleries “upping the game” – ArtTactic podcast
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Neha Kirpal sat down with ArtTactic to talk about this year’s India Art Fair, the growing international presence in Indian arts and the importance of quality in the contemporary art market.
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.
Japanese Paramodel artists combine Vietnamese, Japanese toys in new work
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Japanese “art unit” Paramodel recently wrapped up their exhibition at the Japanese Foundation Centre in Hanoi, entitled “the plastic model of paramodel is paramodel”.
Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong recreate urban spaces – ARCO interview with Marisa Gonzalez
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Spanish artist Marisa González’s 2010 project, “Female (Open) Space Invaders” documents the lives of Filipino migrants in Hong Kong.
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”.
Valerie Doran curates STIGMATICS: cross-disciplinary project exploring body modification – event alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Valerie Doran’s interdisciplinary project STIGMATICS, aims to show the varied facets of body modification as it exists in our society and incorporates two exhibitions and a discussion forum.
Dafen Art Village, part II: Original art struggles in Shenzhen copy town – artist interview
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012
In the second part of our series on Dafen Art Village, we speak to Wang Zeng Chun to find out what it’s like for an original artist in an art district dedicated to copy-art.
Art Radar’s 16 most-searched contemporary Asian artists, July to December 2011
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Art Radar‘s most-searched artists from June to December 2011. Ai Weiwei takes the number one spot and South Korean artists see a spike in popularity.
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.
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.
Lado Sarai: New Delhi’s “new high street of art” – AFP
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Art Radar takes a closer look at the proliferating galleries and art spaces of Lado Sarai, an art district that has sprung up in the south west of New Delhi, India.



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