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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.
Who is futureproofing Singaporean art? 26 young artists in SAM survey
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
A survey of Singaporean contemporary art, titled “The Singapore Show: Future Proof”, closed at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) on 15 April 2012.
Australian art school graduate pockets 35,000 dollars with ‘science fiction prop’ sculpture
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Lachlan Petras was awarded the AUD35,000 Dr Harold Schenberg Art Prize at the 2012 “Hatched” National Graduate Show at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Yeondoo Jung Prix Pictet prize photographs peer into Korean family homes
Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Shortlisted work by Yeondoo Jung, a leading Korean contemporary photographer, is part of a travelling exhibition for “Growth 2011″, the third theme for the Prix Pictet.
Stripping ‘Ophelia’ and more: 3 young Taiwanese new media artists in Hong Kong
Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Hong Kong-based gallery Input/Output (I/O) featured Taiwanese new media artists Yao Chung-Han, Lin Guan-Ming, and Chang Li-Ren in their show “Made in Taiwan”, which closed April 2012.
How Chinese performance artist Fang Lu uses food as artistic medium – Asia Art Archive interview
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
In an interview with Asia Art Archive (AAA) published in a recent newsletter, Chinese artist Fang Lu explains how she uses food as an artistic medium in her performance art.
Singapore Tyler Print Institute first Southeast Asian gallery to attend The Armory Show
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In 2012, the Singapore Tyler Print Institute will participate in The Armory Show in New York City. STPI is the first Southeast Asian gallery ever to attend Armory.
India Art Fair 2012: For international galleries, India focus among emerging economies
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012
A round-up of the India Art Fair which ended on 29 January 2012. Art Radar finds out what the overall reception of the fair was this time around.
Yang Fudong’s video installations a contemporary form of Chinese hand scrolls
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Yang Fudong sheds some light on his unique aesthetic through on explanation of the video works now on show at Spring Workshop and Osage in Hong Kong.
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.”
Filipino artist Rodel Tapaya named Signature Art Prize 2011 grand prize winner
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Five artists from across the Asian region have been named as winners in the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011. Filipino Rodel Tapaya took home the Grand Prize.
Palestinian artists use documentary tactics to sustain and subvert – ArtAsiaPacific
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
An article published in the Issue 74 of ArtAsiaPacific explores the adoption of documentary-based techniques by contemporary Palestinian artists.
Fourth Moscow Biennale all about new media art – review round up
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Art Radar presents key ideas from commentators and critics at The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, which was themed “Rewriting Worlds”.
Venice Biennale model outdated? Cultural citizenship an alternative – curator Ranjit Hoskote
Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Curator Ranjit Hoskote shares his views on the Venice Biennale model and his image of the event as a shift from spectacle to search engine, nationality to cultural citizenship.
Shezad Dawood artist or feature film producer? Asian Art Newspaper interview
Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Shezad Dawood discusses the nature of his work and the artistic process involved in his upcoming feature film with the Asian Art Newspaper.
Chin Chih Yang’s roving projections challenge Art Taipei audience: video and interview
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Art Radar interviews Chin Chih Yang on the multidisciplinary work be brought to Art Taipei 2011
What sold at Art Taipei 2011? Day 2 in pictures
Posted on Monday, August 29th, 2011
Art Taipei opened Saturday 28 August and closed two days later. Art Radar was in attendance on Sunday and we bring you works that we noticed had earned the red dot.
Sand-covered Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang’s Phnom Penh lake performance
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang questions urban development in his home country through performance photography and video, on show at local gallery SA SA BASSAC.
Japanese artist Hirotoshi Iwasaki draws time with video – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Thirty-year-old Japanese artist Hirotoshi Iwasaki combines drawing and animation to create flip book-like artworks and video pieces that explore time, memory and space.
Disappearing art: Glass magazine reviews Art Fair Tokyo 2011
Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Glass magazine has published a series of snappy yet in-depth reviews of what selected booths had to offer at Art Fair Tokyo 2011. Five galleries are highlighted.
Copyright-safe video resource for artists – New York Times
Posted on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
VIDEO ART RESOURCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Over 10,000 Creative Commons-licensed videos are soon to appear on a new section of YouTube’s free online video editor, The New York Times reported in June 2011. Debates over copyright on YouTube are the drivers … Continue reading
Artist Silas Fong’s daring Hong Kong video solo – soundslide
Posted on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Listen to up-and-coming Hong Kong video artist Silas Fong talk on his latest solo in the city, “Memory Disorder” while images of his work slide by.
Indian art season in France: installation dominates 2 major museum shows
Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Work by a plethora of Indian artists is on show at two French museums: “Paris-Delhi-Bombay” at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and “Indian Highway IV” at MAC (Lyons).
Asian pavilions at the 54th Venice Biennale – first critic response
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
ART HK 11 is over and as art world attention moves back to Europe, we take a look at what pavilions from the Asian region are offering viewers at the 54th Venice Biennale.
Words in Art: Wenda Gu on rewriting and retranslating traditional Chinese culture
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
As we near the end of our “Words in Art” series we look at how seminal Chinese artist Wenda Gu manipulates and reinvents the traditional calligraphy of his home country.



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