Topic Archives: Research

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.

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Christie’s Hong Kong November 26 Private Collection Sale provides a dramatic example of single-owner sales’ susceptibility to the faltering Asian art market.

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The response to Christie’s Hong Kong day sale of Asian Contemporary Art, held on 27 November 2011, was restrained. 28 percent of works in the 273-lot sale failed to sell.

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Are you new to collecting art? Do you have a limited budget? Perhaps you should take a look at the photobook market.

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As reported in The Telegraph in May 2011, some works of art have now been scientifically proven to provoke intense feelings of pleasure in human test subjects.

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Cranfield University and Bonhams have established a collaborative forensic science research project that represents significant advances in the authentication of art objects.

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CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART CHINOISERIE CONFERENCE Originating in the 17th century to describe the Western fascination with Chinese art and design, the phenomenon of Chinoiserie will be the focus of a new three year project SINOPTICON: Contemporary Chinoiserie in Contemporary Art … Continue reading →

INTERVIEW CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART ARTS WRITERS BLOGGING RedBox Review is one of the most prominent English-language blogs dedicated to Chinese contemporary art. In an interview with co-founder Katherine Don, Art Radar Asia gains some insight into the aims of this … Continue reading →

MEDIA VIDEO AUSTRALIA ARTISTS CURATORS AGENCY ACQUISITION ART FAIR EXHIBITION Ela-Video “Encoded” was a special exhibition organised as part of the broader Ela-Video exhibition held as part of this year’s Art Taipei. Guest curated by Antoanetta Ivanova, also a producer and … Continue reading →

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART PUBLICATION Asia Art Archive (AAA) and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) celebrate the completion of two documentary projects that are essential to a deeper understanding of the history of contemporary Chinese art: AAA’s Materials of the … Continue reading →

INDIAN ART MARKET CONFIDENCE A recent article published on livemint.com by the Wall Street Journal reported a rising trend of speculators’ confidence in the Indian art market, possibly as a result of a rebound in valuations of Indian artworks. The … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART FAIR Art Radar Asia attended ART HK 10 on Sunday with the aim of getting a perspective on the who is selling what to whom. Below we lay out the comments from and opinions of 19 of … Continue reading →

HONG KONG CURATOR INTERVIEW For a place that has been repeatedly touted as a cultural desert, Hong Kong has managed to attract arts practitioners from many walks of life who are dedicated to working with the challenging realities present within … Continue reading →

HONG KONG PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION VIDEO TOUR For international art lovers who aren’t able to see the sprawling conceptual circus for themselves, Simon Birch guides viewers through his masterful art event “Hope & Glory”. Watch the videos to see the … Continue reading →

STREET ART CULTURE As street art goes mainstream in Asia, Art Radar takes a look at its roots. Modern graffiti art originated as an underworld activity and coincided with the hip hop movement in the late 1960′s and early 70′s … Continue reading →

TOP BLOGS, BOOKS, NEWSPAPER SOURCES FOR CHINESE ART What do you read? What information are you looking for? Where do you find it? These are the questions on our lips every day when we talk with art world movers. We … Continue reading →

KOREAN CONTEMPORARY ART The powerful works by Kim Joon depicting intriguingly ‘tattooed’ bodies beg for context. However, to more deeply understand Joon’s meditation on the meaning of tattoo as a social phenomenon and uniquely human act, a viewer must first … Continue reading →

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS CHINESE ART The AW Asia gallery in New York has just released a valuable new resource for collectors and researchers intererested in Chinese contemporary art. Searchable by artist or museum its database, which is available online at no cost, lists Chinese … Continue reading →

VIETNAMESE PERFORMANCE ART   Performance art is regarded as one of the more esoteric branches of contemporary art and Vietnamese art is decidedly off the beaten track. But perhaps that is why Nora A. Taylor, a familiar name in Vietnamese art … Continue reading →

EMERGING ARTISTS CHINA BOOK REVIEW A new book called Young Chinese Artists: The Next Generation was recently sent to us for review by the editors. We were a little concerned that this might be another ostensibly objective production, the real … Continue reading →

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART Which artists from the Indian subcontinent are most likely to have a market in 10 years time?  Think about it for a moment and then compare your results with those below:       Top 5 Ranking: … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART RESEARCH GRANT The first of its kind in the field, AAA Research Grant was created by Asia Art Archive with the generous support of Martell in 2005. It was established to encourage understanding of the exciting developments taking … Continue reading →

ART RESEARCH ART MARKET This month, ArtTactic launched its first version of the Art Market Survival Rating methodology, as part of its US & European Art Market Confidence Survey. The new measurement captures the likelihood of whether an artist will … Continue reading →