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Tag Archives: art funding
Who are Australia’s top arts philanthropists? ArtsHub names 6
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
ArtsHub recently named Australia’s top six arts philanthropists, individuals who made a difference by supporting the Australian arts scene.
Contemporary art funding in Asia: 5 top posts
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Art Radar’s ‘Lists’ series continues with a look at five of the top posts on contemporary art funding in Asia.
Bank of America Art Conservation Project calls for submissions across Asia Pacific – press release
Posted on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Submissions are being called for from non-profit cultural organisations across Asia Pacific for the Bank of America Art Conservation Project 2011.
Young Japanese curators bankrolled by Takashi Murakami – Japan Times
Posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Report by The Japan Times on cutting-edge exhibitions organised by Japanese curator group 0000 that drew attention (and funds) from Takashi Murakami.
Cemeti moves on from Landing Soon with new residency programme
Posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
After eleven successful Landing Soon residency projects, a three year exchange programme run by Indonesian art space Cemeti Art House in collaboration with Heden in The Hague, Netherlands, Cemeti Art House has refreshed its residency programmes which are now open to artists, curators and researchers.
Manchester’s Chinese Art Centre auction a UK first – event alert
Posted on Saturday, November 27th, 2010
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
Art Radar speaks with Para/Site curator, director Fominaya on November auction event
Posted on Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER HONG KONG CURATOR INTERVIEW Para/Site Art Space, a non-profit organisation located in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, will hold its annual Para/Site Fundraising Auction in early November this year. It will take place in the Kee Club, who … Continue reading
Tsong Pu discusses six artworks: Part II – Installations and art funding
Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
TAIWAN CONTEMPORARY ART ARTIST INTERVIEW INSTALLATION In this second of three interviews, Tsong Pu reveals the concepts behind two important installations, Transposition of Light and Water (1992) and Backyard in June (1997). In it, he shows that works aren’t always … Continue reading
Clarissa Chikiamco on Philippine independent art spaces funding challenge: Phillippine Star
Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT ART SPACES FUNDING In a recent Philippine Star article, Clarissa Chikiamco, a Manila-based art writer and independent curator, discussed the current difficult funding situation affecting Filipino independent art spaces, which parallels similar issues that arose in the Philippines fifty years ago. … Continue reading
Crowd-funding – the internet stimulates new ways to raise funds for art projects
Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2009
ART FUNDING We follow all kinds of sources on the net looking for the latest trends to report to you and one of our favourite sites is www.springwise.com which has a team of 8,000 spotters looking for innovative new business ideas … Continue reading
Property companies splurge on art in Hong Kong, recent trend
Posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2009
ART SPONSORSHIP HONG KONG At the end of last year Time Out noticed a new trend in Hong Kong, one with its own strange momentum. Property companies appeared to be competing with one another to sponsor the arts. When the … Continue reading



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