Asian Art

Spectral Imprints, Abraaj Capital Art, Art Dubai 2012

James Scarborough | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taysir Batniji, Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Risham Syed, Nat Muller, Art Dubai 2012, Spectral Imprints, Wael Shawky, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Raed Yassin, African Art, Middle Eastern Art, Asian Art, Arts News

Perhaps the real value of Spectral Imprints lies in reminding us of those moments when contemporary art does acknowledges art of the past.

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Art Stage Singapore Doesn't Look To The West

Vernissage TV | Heinrich Schmidt | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Art Stage Singapore 2012 Art Fair, Singapore, Art Fair, Asian Art Fair, Singapore Travel, Singapore Exhibition, Art Fairs, Asian Art, Asian, Arts News

Art Stage Singapore is an international art fair held annually in -- you guessed it -- Singapore. The second edition of Art Stage Singapore takes plac...

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India Plans Two Major Art Museums

The Art Newspaper | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: India, Kolkata Museum of Modern Art, Kolkata, Museums, Pataliputra, Asian Civilisation, Indian Art, Art in India, Asian Art, Indian Museums, Museum of Modern Art, Patna, Kmoma, World Culture, Arts News

BIHAR. India's sub-standard state museum infrastructure is set to be enhanced by plans for a new museum in Bihar, east India, scheduled to open in 201...

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Frank Gehry In Hong Kong

www.cnngo.com | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Disney Concert Hall, Skyscraper, Gehry, Asian Architecture, Frank Gehry, Hong Kong, Gehry Buildings, Architecture, Design, Guggenheim, Surrealism, Asian Art, Chinese Architecture, China, Buildings, Arts News

Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry's first building in Hong Kong is almost complete. Dubbed OPUS HONG KONG, the 12-story r...

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Melissa Chiu's Diplomatic Coup Brings Buddhist/Pakistani Art To The Asia Society

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Pakistan, Asia Society, Asian Art, Asia, Buddhism, Melissa-Chiu, Asian Art History, Arts News

The Asia Society is in the process of sharing Buddhist art from as seemingly unlikely a terrain as Pakistan, a country where Buddhism predated many other of the area's religions.

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Tokyo Art Fair Returns: A Sign Of Japan's Recovery?

Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Tokyo, Art, Japan Arts, Japan Earthquake, Art Fair, Arts, Artists, Art Fairs, Asian Art, Japan, Mutual Art, Arts News

(Via Mutual Art) Better late than never, they say, and this couldn’t be more true with regards to Tokyo’s premier art fair, triumphantly openin...

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"49 Days": Zhang Huan at Blum and Poe

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: China-Art, Blum & Poe, Art, An Yang City, Cast-Iron Pig, Sculpture, 49 Days, Zhang Huan, Performance Art, Chinese Art, Asian Art, Buddhism, Asia, Los Angeles, China, Chinese-Artist, Arts News

Zhang Huan's "49 Days," currently showing at Blum & Poe Los Angeles, presents a series of the renowned Chinese artist's new brick sculptures. Central ...

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PHOTOS: Warhol Would Be Proud: Hong Kong Art Auction Nets $227 Million

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Zeng Fanzhi, Art Auction, Contemporary Asian Art, Zhang Daqian, Nature Conservatory, Fang Lijun, The Leopard, Hong Kong, Zao Wou-Ki, Contemporary Art, Bainbridges, Chinese Art, Asian Art, Art Hk, Christies, China, Mutual Art, Arts News

(Via Mutual Art) The Asian market was on every enthusiast’s radar this past week, following a series of highly successful Christies auctions sp...

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The Forgotten Garden: Wang Huaiqing's Chinese Art In Seattle

Robert Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cultural Revolution, Art, Wang Huaiqing, Seattle Art Museum, Mao Zedong, Asian Art, Picasso, China, Arts News

The majority of Chinese artists who are squabbled over by blue chip dealers have one thing in common: The history between Mao's cultural revolution and present-day China's as a touchstone in their art's imagery.

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AUCTION NEWS: Round-Up Of Christie's Record Auctions In 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Art Auction, Christie's Auction House, Slideshow, Post War and Contemporary Art, Art Auctions, Pablo Picasso, Alberto-Giacometti, Asian Art, Christie's, Gustav Klimt, Jasper Johns, Amedeo Modigliani, Arts News

The art market has spoken: the first half of 2010 has been a success for Christie's. Worldwide sales have been up 46% compared to the same period last...

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Los Angeles County Museum on Fire: Bert Cooper's Freaky Octopus Picture

lacmaonfire.blogspot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Max Palevsky, Mid-Century-Modern, Lacma, Mad Men Art, Bert Cooper, Asian Art, Katsuhika Hokusai, Sterling Cooper, Arts News

Mad Men is one of the few TV series in which the creators know something about art (unlike, say, Work of Art). Not only are the Sterling Cooper office...

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ASIAN ART: Where Is Hong Kong's Local Art Scene?

nytimes.com | JOYCE HOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asian Art, Art Galleries, Art Auctions, International-Art-Festivals, Arts Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts, Arts News

HONG KONG -- Much has been made of Hong Kong's push to become what the government likes to call an "art hub." Its auction revenue is now third only to...

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Performances, That, Shanghai, Afs, Pakistan, Jaffna, Hong Kong, Asian Art, Vishakha Desai, John D. Rockefeller, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Muslim, Andy Warhol Foundation, Indonesia, Hindu, Vietnam War, Korea, Williams College, Buddhist, Elephant Story, Nigeria, Mumbai, Brookings Institution, Sri Lanka., Robert B. Oxnam, Thought Leader, Manila, University of Massachusetts, Education, Asian Women Leaders, United States, Asia Society, Mathew Luce, Barack Obama, Global Citizen, Boston University, Asian-Americans, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Bombay University, U.S.-Asia Relationship, Hillary Clinton., Youtube, Taliban, India, International Relations, Asian Art History, Gates Foundation, New York News

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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