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Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Chinese art company Affordable Art China Ltd (AAC) will launch an art fair in Hong Kong in 2013. The event will focus on emerging artists and sell contemporary art works at “accessible prices”.
Sydney Contemporary 2013: ART HK founder Tim Etchells’ newest fair venture
Posted on Friday, May 11th, 2012
ART HK founder Tim Etchells has launched Australia’s newest art fair, an international biennial event called Sydney Contemporary that is to be held in 2013.
Palais de Tokyo expands: More room for international contemporary art
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Eleven Asian artists have been included in the inaugural edition of La Triennale, which was launched at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on 20 April 2012.
Sotheby’s runs one-week art business course in Hong Kong – resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
In April 2012, Sotheby’s Institute of Art is bringing a one-week “Business Management in the Art World” course to Hong Kong art professionals.
Japanese-born curator Sayoko Nakahara awarded 2012 H+F Curatorial Grant
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
A young curator who was born in Japan but now lives and works in London, has been awarded the H+F Curatorial Grant.
Art Fair Tokyo expands venue in 2012
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Art Fair Tokyo has announced that it will be expanding its venue in 2012, using all of the available space in the Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall.
Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong recreate urban spaces – ARCO interview with Marisa Gonzalez
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Spanish artist Marisa González’s 2010 project, “Female (Open) Space Invaders” documents the lives of Filipino migrants in Hong Kong.
How to preserve photographs – resource alert
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012
The Archival Methods website is full of tips for avid image collectors, including, among other ideas, information on the kind of gloves, glass and board to use.
Sharjah 2012 March Meeting attracts top art professionals, from MoMA to UNESCO – event alert
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012
Sharjah Art Foundation is inviting art professionals across the world to attend their 2012 March Meeting, being held from 17 to 19 March 2012.
Asia Art Archive-ART HK 12 ‘Open Platform’: speaking opportunity for international art practitioners
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012
Hong Kong’s Asia Art Archive has put a call out, asking for submissions from for their annual ‘Open Platform’ event, held in collaboration with Asia’s premier art fair, ART HK 12.
Melbourne City Meet Up 2012: In Australia? Join Art Radar for art natter in Melbourne
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
We wish to warmly invite our Melbourne readers and friends to join editor Kate Nicholson at an Art Radar get together. Connect with us in an informal setting.
Flash Reward: Love South Korean contemporary art? Museum and gallery guide giveaway
Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Win your very own copy of Museums & Galleries: Displaying Korea’s Past and Future, published by Seoul Selection in collaboration with the Korea Foundation.
Meet us at ARCOmadrid 2012! Art Radar participant in Asian Maps IX
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Kate Cary Evans, Executive Editor for and Founder of Art Radar, will be participating in a Casa Asia-organised panel event at ARCOmadrid Forum for 2012. Meet the Art Radar team in Spain!
Indian art collective WALA wins FICA Public Art Grant 2011 with performance art
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Early in February 2012, FICA announced that New Delhi-based art collective WALA had been awarded their 2011 Public Art Grant for their performance-based project Kachra Seth’s Observatory.
London City Meet Up: Visit Yayoi Kusama retrospective with Art Radar
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
ART COMMUNITY LONDON Art Radar invites readers, students, contributors and friends to a get together in London on 16 February 2012 to view the spectacular, 14-room big Yayoi Kusama retrospective at Tate Modern. The tour will be followed by coffee, art … Continue reading
Art Radar takes a break for Lunar New Year in 2012
Posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The Art Radar team will be taking a much-coveted break over the Lunar New Year, which means we will not be publishing any stories between Monday 23 to Sunday 29 January 2012.
Taipei Arts Awards 2011 win for mechanical installation artist Han-chih Liu
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A focus on machines and narrative drive has bagged Taiwanese artist Han-chih Liu (劉瀚之) the Grand Prize in the coveted Taipei Arts Awards for 2011.
Ayyam Auctions targets young West Asian contemporary art lovers – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Preview lots for the Ayyam Auctions The Young Collectors Auction until 16 January 2012, then head to Ayyam Art Center in Dubai the next day for the auction proper.
Tibetan art installation brings homeland to exiles
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Tenzing Rigdol, a Tibetan contemporary artist, transported 20,000 kilograms of Tibetan soil to Dharamsala, India, for Our Land, Our People, a site-specific installation piece.
HelpersUnite connects artists and entrepreneurs with charities for joint fundraising
Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
HelpersUnite is the first platform to combine fundraising for creative and business ventures with charitable giving and online event ticketing. Art Radar takes a closer look.
Chinese art market confidence remains at “all-time high” – ArtTactic November 2011 report
Posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
ArtTactic’s November 2011 report indicates that the outlook on the Chinese art market remains positive, despite weak sales in Sotheby’s and Christie’s 2011 autumn auctions.
Steal a Banksy and keep it, guilt and prison free
Posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
There is a AUD15,000 Banksy lurking in a corridor of one of three of Melbourne’s Art Series Hotels and the company is offering its guests the opportunity to swipe it.
Japanese curator Yuko Hasegawa plans multi-disciplined Sharjah Biennial 11
Posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced that Yuko Hasegawa will head the curatorial team for the eleventh edition of the Sharjah Biennial, to be held in March 2013.
Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam’s first UK retrospective – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
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.
Habits of 7 top collectors – Wall Street Journal
Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
A recent article published in The Wall Street Journal gives us a rare peek into the minds and habits of seven top collectors and the strategies that they are employing.



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