Topic Archives: Asia expands

In the second post of our ongoing ‘Lists’ series, we dig deep into our archives to bring you the best and brightest posts written by us on the topic of ‘Art districts in Asia’.

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In 2011, two art fairs have been battling it out for the title of top Asian show, namely ART HK and Art Stage Singapore. We ask galleries at ART HK 11 which has come out on top.

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We take a look at the man who is really responsible for the resounding success that is ART HK, a man with a special knack for single market event management.

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A North Korea has set up shop in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. Mansudae Art Studio Museum is critiqued in an article by China-based Leap magazine, which we summarise.

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MiFA’s “Closing the Gap” is Australia’s first commercial survey of contemporary Indonesian art but educating collectors and the public is just as important as sales.

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Will 2011 be the year the Israeli art market makes it’s comeback? It is the year Bonhams has chosen for its first auction of modern and contemporary Israeli art and Judaica.

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“WATTLE: Contemporary Australian Art”, the first show of it’s kind to hit Hong Kong, exhibits 45 artists and is a comprehensive overview of the county’s art production.

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ART FAIRS SINGAPORE CONTEMPORARY ART EVENTS Art Stage Singapore made its success debut at Marina Bay Sands last week. While attendees praised the fair’s diverse yet strongly Asian audience, initial sales have been reported as mixed. Art Radar was there, taking … Continue reading →

Last week Art Radar outlined in an article the arguments presented for the motion by three of the speakers involved in “The Most Groundbreaking Contemporary Art is from the East” debate. This week we outline the arguments against the motion as presented by art professionals Sarah Kent, Kenny Schachterand Richard Wentworth.

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Apparently oblivious to the recession, the Chinese art market posted its best-ever six-month auction earnings in the second half of 2009. Reflecting the rising importance of the Middle Kingdom in the world economy, China’s auction houses are claiming more and more spots in the world’s top 10 by revenue. Three of them appear in the Artprice Contemporary Art Market 2009/2010 Annual Report rankings. Continue reading →

MIDDLE EAST CONTEMPORARY ART LONDON CONFERENCES ArtInsight, the events partner of leading art market research firm, ArtTactic, has organised what we think looks to be a very important conference for early October in London. State of the Art – Middle East … Continue reading →

SOUTH KOREA CONTEMPORARY ART INTERVIEW CURATOR Art Radar Asia recently spoke with German-born curator Tobias Berger, who currently holds the position of Chief Curator at the Nam June Paik Art Center, about the Center’s exhibition “The Penguin that goes to … Continue reading →

MARRAKECH MOROCCO ART FAIRS ARAB ART In October this year, the tourist hotspot Marrakech, Morocco, will host the country’s first modern and contemporary art fair. The fair points towards a growing trend of interest and investment in art in the Middle … Continue reading →

KOREAN ARTISTS WESTERN EXPOSURE The Saatchi Gallery in London once again hosted the popular exhibition “Korean Eye“, which showcases emerging Korean artists to the West. This year the exhibition will travel; in October and November it will travel to Singapore … Continue reading →

THAI ART BOOK WRITER INTERVIEW Thailand has long had a small but very vibrant contemporary art scene. Compared with its recently-flourishing neighbours, however, contemporary Thai art hasn’t been getting much attention. Little has been written about it. Back in 2003, … Continue reading →

INTERVIEW ASIAN ART MUSEUM CONTEMPORARY ART PAKISTANI ARTISTS Revolutions come far and few in between in the museum world. This season promises to be different. The Musée Guimet, France’s leading ancient Asian art museum, has opened its doors to contemporary Asian … Continue reading →

ART HK 10 HONG KONG ART FAIR ART COLLECTORS ART MARKET ART HK 10 was reportedly more festive than the ’09 edition due to its increasing ability to attract more high-profile and experienced collectors and curators from round the world, … 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 →

INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET OUTLOOK CEO of on-line Indian auction house Saffronart explains that the collector base for Indian art is changing Dinesh Vazirani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Saffronart, the world’s largest online auction house for fine art … Continue reading →

INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART “The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today” opened on 28 January 2010 at Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London. It has received attention from critics interested in both the cultural implications of contemporary Indian art in British society … Continue reading →

CHINESE ART AND POLITICS China wants its own version of  Hollywood. An intriguing article in the Toronto Star examines China’s growing recognition that media and culture can be a powerful tool to spread political, social and economic ideologies beyond its borders much … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART FAIR SPONSORSHIP The May 2010 incarnation ART HK will only be the international art fair’s third event, but it has already earned the confidence-and sponsorship- of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, which has recently signed … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART MARKET For the first time ever, the total auction revenue from “contemporary art in Asia” is greater than the total of the United States artprice reports. The statistics are collected from a 12-month period spanning from July 2008 … Continue reading →

PAKISTANI CONTEMPORARY VIDEO ART Art Radar talks to Pakistani miniaturist and video-maker Shahzia Sikander on the occasion of her debut show in China. The internationally acclaimed Shahzia Sikander spent 2003-2008 performing an in-depth study of the moving image and the fruits … Continue reading →

ART EDUCATION MUSEUM INDIA The Hindu newspaper reports that art collector and co-sponsor of the India Art Summit, Rajshree Pathy is to open an art institute and museum of contemporary art in Coimbatore India by 2011. She has named the entire venture … Continue reading →