Topic Archives: UK

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 →

Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo’s first solo exhibition in London presents the artist’s reflections on how history is represented and interpreted.

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The first UK retrospective of works by internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam is on at London’s Wilmotte Gallery until December 2011.

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Young Chinese artist Liu Xinyi’s commentary on international politics, an installation made up of exercise grippers, is on display at the Chinese Art Centre in Manchester.

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The Art Newspaper has reported that The Delfina Foundation, a key supporter of artistic exchanges between the UK and West Asia and North Africa, is expanding.

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Work by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping is being shown for the first time in Europe at a solo exhibition organised by UK-based Nottingham Contemporary.

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An introduction to the Somerset House showing of detained Chinese activist artist Ai Weiwei’s 2010 “Zodiac Heads” by Art Radar‘s London-based guest writer Rajesh Punj.

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Summaria Lun Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of geometric paintings by Korean artist Yun-Kyung Jeong from May to June 2011 to inaugurate their new London space.

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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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Yu-Chen Wang looks at Britain’s industrial past during residency at Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre. Click through for more about this work and the Centre.

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Nam June Paik, a Tate Liverpool retrospective celebrating the late artist’s career, wound up in March 2011. We’ve picked out a few of the best critic quotes.

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Sheela Gowda, in conversation with Grant Watson, curator of her first UK solo “Therein & Besides”, discusses her ash and incense installation Collateral.

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Korean Meekyoung Shin’s soap sculptures span the no-man’s-land between conceptual art and craft. We profile her first major solo at UK gallery Haunch of Venison.

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Art Radar Asia tours Indian artist Sheela Gowda’s first UK solo with guest curator Ruth Noack. The tour focusses on the ground-floor installation of all people (2011).

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More contemporary art education opportunities in London. ArtInsight and London Business School Art Connection have put together a series of evening seminars and receptions focussed on understanding and analysing key developments in the global art market. We talk about the content and dates of the three seminars. Continue reading →

Londoners or New Yorkers can learn about the art of China at both Sotheby’s Institute and Christie’s Education this February and May, although those in London get the added bonus of having the opportunity to attend a evening lectures on Middle Eastern contemporary art throughout May and June. Read on for more. Continue reading →

Art enthusiasts and those at the top of the art profession gathered on 11 November at The Saatchi Gallery to witness “The Most Ground Breaking Contemporary Art is from the East”. This debate, organised by Intelligence Squared, a global forum for live debate that is dedicated to producing knowledge through contest, explored the growth of Eastern economies and its effect on the globalised art market. And sitting among the audience was Art Radar, armed with a tape recorder and notepad, busy getting the information we pass onto you now.

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The Chinese Art Centre in Manchester, UK will hold the first ever auction of contemporary Chinese art in the country on 2 December. This silent auction will be accompanied by online bidding options. The fundraiser will include works donated by 29 artists including Gordon Cheung, Suki Chan, Dinu Li, Ed Pien, Ming Wong, Tsang Kin Wah and Pei Yuan Jiang. We include the press release in this event alert. Continue reading →

ALTERNATIVE ART SPACES CHINA ART FAIRS As well as representing the likes of Zheng Guogu, Koki Tanaka and the Yangjiang Group, China’s Vitamin Creative Space and its ethos is perhaps best observed in their recent collaboration with Cao Fei, Room … Continue reading →

Among the ten Asian artists selected to produce new commissions for “Touched”, the name and theme for the Liverpool Biennial International Exhibition 2010, two are contemporary Indian artists. The ten artists are NS Harsha, Ranjani Shettar (India), Do Ho Suh, Minouk Lim (South Korea), Meiro Koizumi, Sachiko Abe (Japan), Song Dong (China), Tehching Hsieh (Taiwan), Will Kwan (Hong Kong), and Tala Madani (Iranian-American). We profile the two Indian artists and include images of their work. Continue reading →

AI WEIWEI CHINESE ART TATE MODERN UNILEVER SERIES INSTALLATION SCULPTURE Ai Weiwei – artist, architectural designer, curator and social commentator – unveils his work for the prestigious Unilever Series for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall – Britain’s largest contemporary art commission. … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

BRITISH-CHINESE ARITST PHOTOGRAPHY NEW MEDIA MULTIMEDIA RESIDENCY INTERVIEW QUAD Gallery at Derby, UK presents UK and China-based artist Dinu Li’s past, recent and newly commissioned works in a solo show “Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery“. This show is partly … 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 →