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ASIAN ARTISTS CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS ART MARKET Three Chinese artists feature in Artprice’s top 10 of contemporary painters by revenue, alongside four Americans and three Europeans. Artprice claims there is a turn towards ‘‘figurative American and Chinese painting, at the … Continue reading →

Art Radar was at the Shanghai Biennale in November this year. We took a ton of photos and have selected ten of the best to help give those of you who weren’t able to attend a glimpse of what the event had to offer. For some images, we have quoted from the wall panels that accompanied the artwork at the event or from what was written about the artwork in the Biennale catalogue. Continue reading →

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 →

Art Radar recently attended the eighth leg of “Detour”, a travelling exhibition of artist-decorated Moleskine notebooks, and took some pictures to share with you, our readers. This version of “Detour” was on display at Bund18′s 18Gallery in Shanghai from October 21 to November 20 and featured Moleskines by internationally-renowned Chinese artists, curators and photographers as well as illustrators, writers, architects, , film directors and graphic designers. Continue reading →

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 →

Following on from our exciting on-the-ground report of Chinese artist and social critic Ai Weiwei’s Shanghai studio party, we publish excerpts from an article published by MutualArt.com in which Ai claims “the Internet will bring [the Chinese government] to an end.” Continue reading →

The Chinese contemporary art market is booming! Sotheby’s record-breaking auctions in Hong Kong last month have proved that this is a market anyone working in or collecting Asian contemporary art can stand to know more about. To help, we’ve rounded up seven books we know will have you clued up in no time on the top artists working in China today. Fill your shelves or those of others with any of these essential books these holidays. Continue reading →

So the media thought the Ai Weiwei party was cancelled … but it wasn’t. Only a handful of the press were there – Reuters, South China Morning Post, Le Monde and a few others. A few hundred people turned up to the artist’s studio, which served as venue for music, food, overnight residence and political presentation. An on-the-ground report of the event that was a direct challenge to the Chinese authorities by artist Ai Weiwei. 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 →

TAIWANESE ARTIST VIDEO ART UK EXHIBITIONS Following his successful exhibition in the United States, Chen Chieh-jen (b. Taoyuan, Taiwan, 1960), an internationally acclaimed video artist, presents the UK premiere of ”Empire’s Borders II – Western Enterprises Inc.” at the Chinese Arts Center … Continue reading →

INTERVIEW CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART ARTS WRITERS BLOGGING RedBox Review is one of the most prominent English-language blogs dedicated to Chinese contemporary art. In an interview with co-founder Katherine Don, Art Radar Asia gains some insight into the aims of this … Continue reading →

SEOUL AUCTION HOUSE RESULTS A recent article by The New York Times explains the market trends of recent Hong Kong newcomer, Seoul Auction’s two highly successful auctions held in 2009:  Korean collectors continue to acquire Western contemporary artists, Chinese artists … Continue reading →

NATIONAL MUSEUM ART RETROSPECTIVE SINGAPORE “The Story of Yeh Chi Wei” at the National Art Gallery, Singapore celebrates the life and times of pioneering artist Yeh Chi Wei, a critical current in the shaping of a unique Southeast Asian style of … Continue reading →

TATE MODERN ARTS FESTIVALS ASIAN ART INSTITUTIONS LISTS In celebration of the Tate Modern‘s tenth birthday, thirteen Asian art institutions were invited to join global arts festival No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents in early May this year. The event brought … Continue reading →

CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM EXHIBITION “Compound Eye: Works by RongRong & inri (2000-2010)” (website in Chinese) is the first retrospective exhibition of collaborative works by RongRong and inri since they started working as a husband-and-wife team in 2000. In 1999, … Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL BEIJING AWARDS As part of the launch of the first annual Caochangdi PhotoSpring festival, held in Beijing, China, from 17 April to 30 June this year, three young Chinese artists were awarded a prize for their outstanding work in … Continue reading →

CHINA TAIWAN CULTURE CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS More on China’s use of cultural power to influence social change In January this year Art Radar Asia published a summary of an article printed in Canada’s Toronto Star regarding the Chinese government’s use of … Continue reading →

TOP BLOGS, BOOKS, NEWSPAPER SOURCES FOR CHINESE ART What do you read? What information are you looking for? Where do you find it? These are the questions on our lips every day when we talk with art world movers. We … 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 →

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 →

CHINESE PERFORMANCE ART Take a walk down a public Hong Kong street these days and you might find yourself bumping into some portable – and surprisingly intimate - art. While Hong Kong artist Tim Li’s private bed has been erected all over … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART COURSES October 2008 – February 2009 Each year, Sotheby’s Institute of Art – Singapore organises a number of overseas trips to major art centres, exhibitions, museums and collections in Asia. These visits are held in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

            Source: Financial Times MARKET NEW BUYERS MORE BUYERS The huge wealth from oil and mining in the Middle East and Russia is flowing into fine art, with a rush of new buyers entering a market that … Continue reading →

ASIAN ART COURSE SOTHEBYS LONDON JULY 21-25 2008 If you have arrived at this post and want more up to date course info (click here for latest) This one-week course will explore the work of artists from East Asia, India, … Continue reading →

  CHINA EXHIBITION JULY 12 to AUGUST 16 2008 This is an exhibition of works on glass and canvas by Huang Yuxing. The majority of his works are of a sexually explicit nature. He diverges from this in his latest … Continue reading →