Topic Archives: New York

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 →

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 →

INDIAN ART GALLERY Bodhi art gallery, the sole Indian art gallery that had branches in three international cities, has shut shop in New York and will soon close down in Berlin too. Remaining quite tight-lipped, Sharmistha Ray from Bodhi art … Continue reading →

    PAKISTANI CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW REVIEW Indian contemporary art is hotter than ever, but globalization is also giving a lift to artists from neighboring Pakistan says the New York Times in its review of a show featuring three female artists … Continue reading →

BEST ART SHOW 2008 Terence Koh’s first New York show Flowers for Baudelaire was selected as one of the top 5 art shows of 2008 by Cool Hunting, a website which  ’attracts and inspires’ more than 250,000  readers from around the world … Continue reading →

CENTRAL ASIAN ART The strong presence of Central Asian artists at recent art fairs and exhibits in New York is helping to underscore the fact that the region has joined the mainstream of the international art market reports Eurasianet. A … Continue reading →

The New York Times reports: Reflecting the recent nose dive in confidence in the art and antiquities markets, the International Asian Art Fair held each spring in Manhattan has been canceled. The event’s organizers said the current economic slump was … Continue reading →

PAKISTANI ARTIST MUSEUM SHOW Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection On view March 20-August 31, 2009 Internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander will serve as the ninth guest curator of the “Selects” exhibition series devoted to showing the museum’s … Continue reading →

  AUCTION NEWS What is an “irrevocable bid”? asks Georgina Adam in the Financial Times ‘A new symbol is perplexing dealers and collectors alike. It popped up for the first time in Sotheby’s catalogue for its Impressionist and Modern sale … Continue reading →

EMERGING ARTIST SHOW NEW YORK 8 November to 5 January 2009 Eli Klein Fine Art will be presenting “Fascinating Beauty,” Zhang Peng’s first solo exhibition in New York. The show will feature new photography, paintings and watercolors. At 27, Zhang … Continue reading →

      MUSEUM SURVEY BAMBOO SCULPTURE to January 11 2009 “Over the past few years, Japanese bamboo artists have reached beyond the established boundaries of their craft” says the Japan Society in New York. “New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters … Continue reading →

  Source: Asia Society EMERGING PAKISTANI ARTISTS NEW YORK SHOW Art from Pakistan Today  Summer 2009 Radar update 5 December 2008:  The Asia Society has written to inform us that the exhibition has been delayed to a date yet to be … Continue reading →