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Mongolian Mugi’s first Hong Kong solo: Rediscovering past lost to communism
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Mongolian artist Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav, also known as Mugi, recently concluded her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Her works commonly depict women and deal with the re-emergence of Mongolian heritage.
India’s largest steel sculpture: Kiran Nadar unveils new Subodh Gupta acquisition
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art recently unveiled blue-chip Indian artist Subodh Gupta’s Line of Control. The colossal sculpture displays a mushroom cloud made of pieces of steel kitchenware.
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.
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.
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.
Video artist eats like Andy Warhol, wins 2nd Bandung Contemporary Art Awards
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
ArtSociates announces the winners of its second annual Bandung Contemporary Art Awards. The grand prize was presented to video installation artist Yusuf Ismail.
Emerging Korean artist Rim Lee exhibits new surrealist works in Chicago
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Young Korean artist Rim Lee’s first solo exhibition, “Retrospective”, recently opened at Kasia Kay Art Projects gallery in Chicago.
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
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.
Indian artist Sunil Gawde to create artwork for Taiwan subway line
Posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Taiwan’s Bureau of High Speed Rail has commissioned Indian artist Sunil Gawde to create a public art installation for the airport subway line.
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.
Airports “shrines of public art”? Terminals to art museums in India
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Could airports be the new shrines of public art in India? Art-interested travellers are in for a visual treat when stopping by the country’s New Delhi and Mumbai air transport hubs.
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”.
Migrant Ecologies: Innovative Southeast Asian science-art collaboration
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Art Radar talks to Lucy Davis about Migrant Ecologies, a project that explores the relationships that exist between both science and art, and nature and humanity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Taipei Arts Awards 2011 win for mechanical installation artist Han-chih Liu
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A focus on machines and narrative drive has bagged Taiwanese artist Han-chih Liu (劉瀚之) the Grand Prize in the coveted Taipei Arts Awards for 2011.
Decade-long worldwide graffiti tour makes Jakarta first Asian stop
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The first Kosmopolite Art Tour event to be held in Asia took place in Jakarta, a thriving Southeast Asian hub for graffiti art, in December 2011. Art Radar talks to co-founder Kongo.
Malaysian abstract expressionist Eric Quah’s Penang retrospective
Posted on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Eric Quah talks to Malaysian English daily New Straits Times about his 44th solo exhibition, a retrospective spanning his international art career of almost five decades. We profile the artist.
Tibetan art installation brings homeland to exiles
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Tenzing Rigdol, a Tibetan contemporary artist, transported 20,000 kilograms of Tibetan soil to Dharamsala, India, for Our Land, Our People, a site-specific installation piece.



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