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Phnom Penh artists respond to vanishing lake, rapidly changing lifestyle – curator Erin Gleeson
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
In April 2011, Voice of America reported local curator Erin Gleeson as stating that nearly 80 percent of Cambodian artists are currently making work in response to urbanisation.
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.
Tokyo-based Yuko Hasegawa first dedicated curator of ART HK Projects for 2012
Posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
This year ART HK 12 fair see the return of ART HK Projects with its own dedicated curator, Yuko Hasegawa.
North African-born curator Abdellah Karroum to direct International Contemporary Art Prize
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
The Prince Pierre Foundation has brought on Moroccan-born curator Abdellah Karroum as an Artistic Director for their triennial International Contemporary Art Prize.
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.
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.
Japanese-born curator Sayoko Nakahara awarded 2012 H+F Curatorial Grant
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
A young curator who was born in Japan but now lives and works in London, has been awarded the H+F Curatorial Grant.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
Echo: Support for contemporary Iraqi art
Posted on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Art Radar interviews Rijin Sahakian on the functions of Echo, a non-profit organisation formed in 2011 to support the growth of contemporary visual art in Iraq and its diaspora.
Role of the curator in maturing Indian art scene – interview Vidya Shivadas
Posted on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Guest writer Rajesh Punj interviews Vidya Shivadas, Researcher at the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art and an important figure in the Indian art scene.
Japanese curator Yuko Hasegawa plans multi-disciplined Sharjah Biennial 11
Posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced that Yuko Hasegawa will head the curatorial team for the eleventh edition of the Sharjah Biennial, to be held in March 2013.
Hyperallergic blogger explores contemporary Philippine art with new series
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
While on a month’s residency at the Green Papaya Arts project, An Xiao is writing a new series on Hyperallergic based on the ‘contemporary art and technology scene’ in the Philippines.
12th Istanbul Biennial: women artists and emerging regions stand out
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The 12th Istanbul Biennial was an unconventional show, but the work by women artists and artists from emerging regions such as the Middle East stand out as strong points.
Swiss collector opens Art Supermarket in Hong Kong… but is it?
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
A rainy night in November 2011 saw the Hong Kong opening of Art Supermarket. We popped in to investigate this new concept store and nabbed an interview with the director.
Anselm Franke to curate “global systemic crisis” themed Taipei Biennial 2012
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
German curator and art writer Anselm Franke will curate a biennial that draws its thematic inspiration from “the current situation of a global systemic crisis.”
Venice Biennale model outdated? Cultural citizenship an alternative – curator Ranjit Hoskote
Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Curator Ranjit Hoskote shares his views on the Venice Biennale model and his image of the event as a shift from spectacle to search engine, nationality to cultural citizenship.
Contemporary collecting: Rise of the art adviser – Financial Times
Posted on Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
The Financial Times investigates the profession of art advisory, a field which is experiencing rapid growth in today’s competitive art market.
Judging Venice Biennale: How is the Golden Lion selected? Panellist interview
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Part 2 of Art Radar’s interview with Liu Ding and Carol Yinghau Lu in which we ask Lu about her experience as judge of the Golden Lion Awards for the Venice Biennale in 2011.
Hong Kong Wan Chai Visual Archive: community art experimentation
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Art Radar looks at the history and development of the Wan Chai Visual Archive, a non-profit, community-focussed, short-term art space in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Final day sales figures
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Art practice and the camera lens – 3 artists discuss at Asia Art Archive
ART HK 12: Sales figures days 1 and 2
ART HK 12: Redefining the space we live in – Asia Art Archive Open Platform speakers
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ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
Adequate professional talent for China’s expanding arts infrastructure? The New York Times