Topic Archives: Participatory

Yoko Ono is to hold her first Indian solo in January 2012 at Vadehra Gallery in New Delhi, The Times of India reported on 3 December 2011.

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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.

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Multidisciplinary artist Mella Jaarsma was one of four artists invited to take part in a rare performance art residency hosted by Filipino gallery Manila Contemporary.

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Thai installation artist Rirkrit Tiravanija appears in another great video interview by Studio Banana TV in which the internationally known artist talks on social intentions.

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DIGITAL ART SINGAPORE PUBLIC ART Racing fever hits Singapore as the city prepares to host the Singapore Grand Prix from 17 to 26 September. And with the expectant influx of tourists, preparations are in full swing for the Digital Nights … Continue reading →

CONVERSATION SUBODH GUPTA INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta is not backward in coming forward with his views. Smiling firmly, he chose not to respond to introductory remarks made by moderator William Pym, Managing Editor of Art … Continue reading →

CHINESE ANIMAL INSTALLATION ART REVIEW Zhang Huan is known for his performance acts of physical and psychological endurance. This time, however, he left that act up to a couple of pigs. Zhang Huan’s first show at White Cube Zhang’s first exhibition … Continue reading →

CHINESE ARTIST PROFILE Ai Wei Wei is vying with Cai Guo Qiang to become the most famous contemporary Chinese artist in the world claims Artinfo in its must-read quote-dense 4 page profile produced on the occasion of  Ai Wei Wei’s first … Continue reading →

HONG KONG CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY ART Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, born in the early 1970s and both alumni of the prominent Beijing Central Academy of Art, have a long-established  reputation in Asia for their controversial collaborative installations featuring animals, human tissue … Continue reading →

CHINESE PERFORMANCE ART Take a walk down a public Hong Kong street these days and you might find yourself bumping into some portable – and surprisingly intimate - art. While Hong Kong artist Tim Li’s private bed has been erected all over … Continue reading →

THAI CONTEMPORARY ART IN HONG KONG Is national identity still relevant within our globalized world, which is more interdependent than ever before? Where do we get our identity, and what does baby powder have to do with it? Art Radar … Continue reading →

IRAQ ART REVIEW Around 80 per cent of Iraq’s artists now live elsewhere but many are still driven to explore events in their former homeland, as is shown in Creativity vs Destruction, a group exhibition of Iraqi art in Edinburgh, … Continue reading →

THAI ARTIST SHOW REVIEW Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya, as new curator for the well-regarded Hong Kong non-profit Para/Site art space, explained his mission for the space in January 2009 to Claire Morin for Time Out: “I want to refocus Para/Site … … Continue reading →

ABRAAJ CAPITAL ART Unlike other art prizes, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize is awarded for art project proposals rather than work already produced. By recognising the latent potential of ideas and providing funding for the winners, the Abraaj Art Prize … Continue reading →

JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART MANGA ANIME KRAZY! The delirious world of Anime, Manga and Video Games March – June 14 2009 New York The influence of these three forms of Japanese contemporary art and popular culture has been sweeping across Asia and … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS ARCO Madrid, one of the largest and most important international art fairs holds its 28th edition from 11 February to 16 February 2009  in a new location:  Halls 6, 8 & 10 at Feria de Madrid, Spain. … Continue reading →

                              Bombay-based Ashok Sukumaran is one of the few artists in the world making work that directly addresses the issues of infrastructure in cities, electricity, water … Continue reading →

INTERVIEW CHINESE ARTIST CAO FEI Editor of Asia Art Archive’s Diaaalogue, Sue Acret spoke to Chinese artist Cao Fei about her Second Life project RMB City which was officially launched in January 2009. In this project which uses as a … Continue reading →

TAIWANESE ART SHANGHAI BIENNIAL In Huang Hsin-Chien’s work, Shanghai, Shall We Dance? located in the public space of the Shanghai Museum of Art, viewers are invited on to a typical Shanghainese dance floor for a spontaneous dance. As the dancers move the images … Continue reading →