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Topic Archives: Domestic
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.
Southeast Asian photography: Langgeng Art Foundation holds rare group showing
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Langgeng Art Foundation has brought together works by Southeast Asia’s top photographers in a rare exhibition that is running until 21 January 2012.
Tsong Pu discusses six artworks: Part I – Chasing lines across space
Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
TAIWANESE CONTEMPORARY ART ARTIST INTERVIEW You may have read our recently published post on a retrospective exhibition of works by Taiwanese contemporary abstract artist Tsong Pu, which wrapped up this month at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM). To follow up … Continue reading
Taiwan’s “father of printmaking” Liao Shiou-ping wins national award – profile
Posted on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
LIAO SHIOU-PING TAIWAN AWARD PRINTMAKING Graphic master recognised for ability to blend Eastern imagery and Western technique Earlier this year, Taiwan’s Council for Cultural Affairs awarded graphic artist Liao Shiou-ping one of three National Cultural Awards. The 74-year-old artist, renowned … Continue reading
Surprising new direction taken by cadaver artists and Saatchi stars: Sun Yuan and Peng Yu – interview
Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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
Chance to learn where Singaporean art is heading plus two firsts for emerging artist competition Presidents Young Talents at Singapore Art Museum
Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
SINGAPORE MUSEUM ART COMPETITION Singapore had a predicament. The city-state needed to find the young artistic voices to represent Singapore at international level art fairs and events. The problem has been solved and future Singaporean art stars are being identified … Continue reading
Embedding the Bed in Public Space – interview Hong Kong artist and ParaSite director Tim Li
Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
HONG KONG ART Is there anything more private than your bed at home? So why has artist Tim Li been taking his folding bed out in public onto the streets of Hong Kong? Art Radar learns more: Tim Li, once an … Continue reading
Male manicurists and armpits: emerging Australian art at Para/Site Hong Kong
Posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009
AUSTRALIAN ART HONG KONG Rare display of Australian contemporary art in Hong Kong From 20 June to 2 August 2009, renowned nonprofit Para/Site Art Space in Hong Kong makes its space available to the Chalk Horse Art Center, … Continue reading
Taiwanese photographers, video artists and an architect at 53rd Venice Biennale
Posted on Monday, May 25th, 2009
TAIWANESE ARTISTS VENICE BIENNALE Though they span architecture, film and photography, the four Taiwanese artists featured in the 53rd Venice Biennale exhibition ‘Foreign Affairs’ share a common focus. Each looks at the unequal treatment of the disadvantaged in the midst of globalisation, and has taken action through distinctive, … Continue reading
MOMA acquires Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner video Moby Dick
Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009
ISRAELI NEW MEDIA This year Israeli artist’s Guy Ben-Ner’s Moby Dick (2000) has been acquired by MOMA. Ben-Ner was born in 1969 and is resident in New York and Berlin. He represented Israel in Venice Biennale 2005. His art, resonant … Continue reading



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