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Tag Archives: Qiu Zhijie
One World Exposition: ambitious Chinese media art symposium in Hong Kong – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
“One World Exposition”, a project curated by Videotage, aims to “re-engage contemporary Chinese art from regional, national and global perspectives.”
Rare India China art collaboration: West Heavens project a success?
Posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Rising Asian superpowers China and India address the lack of intra-Asian contemporary art exchange with West Heavens exhibition series and summit.
Can’t get to the Shanghai Biennale? First day in 10 pictures
Posted on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
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
Contemporary Chinese photographic aesthetic captured at 3 top American museums
Posted on Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
USA MUSEUM SHOWS CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY AW Asia, a private organisation that promotes the field of Chinese contemporary art through institutional loan and museum acquisitions, curatorial projects, publishing, and educational programs, has released a press release announcing that three major US institutions … Continue reading
Chinese art to move to conventional venue says Chairman Venice Biennale
Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
CHINESE ART AT THE VENICE BIENNALE This post gives an overview Chinese art on exhibit at the 53rd Venice Biennale until November 2009 with a blogs-eye round-up of images and reviews. We also take a look at how Chinese art … Continue reading
Excitement at Asian Contemporary Art Week despite recession – interview Leez Ahmady director ACAW
Posted on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK NEW YORK 2009 Director Leeza Ahmady talks to Art Radar about some of the highlights of the Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York 2009 and tells us how excited she is that it has come together so well despite the … Continue reading
Rarely exhibited art and more firsts at Asian Contemporary Art Week New York 2009
Posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK 2009 For the first time since its inception in 2004 Cambodian and Tibetan artists will be on show in the 200 artist, 8 day event to be held in New York May 10-18th. But this is … Continue reading
Book: Chinese Contemporary Art 7 Things You Should Know
Posted on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
BOOK OVERVIEW CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART Chinese Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know – Melissa Chiu In China today, contemporary art is readily available in public museums and private galleries in burgeoning gallery districts, and in three new art fairs … Continue reading
Two decade survey of Chinese contemporary art 'Our Future' at Ullens Center Beijing to 12 October 2008
Posted on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
SURVEY EXHIBITION CHINESESE CONTEMPORARY ART BEIJING to 12 Oct 2008 This series of exhibitions, site commissions and educational projects entitled “Our Future” aims at opening its door to the future of art in China. The exhibition will give wide-angle view … Continue reading



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MoMA collects numerous drawings by Hajra Waheed
Kazakhstani art festival ArtBatFest calls for public arts submissions
ART HK repositions ASIA ONE section for 2012, now “heart” of fair
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Meet us at ARCOmadrid 2012! Art Radar participant in Asian Maps IX
Art Radar’s 16 most-searched contemporary Asian artists, July to December 2011
Migrant Ecologies: Innovative Southeast Asian science-art collaboration
Indian art collective WALA wins FICA Public Art Grant 2011 with performance art
Qatar Cézanne purchase points to building of art “museum empire”?