Book offers glimpses into prominent art collections Aug 24, 2008
"The focus of the book is clear; it is titled, Indonesian Odyssey. Its scope should only include works of art related to Indonesia. Other than including mainstream Indonesian art from a historical perspective, it can also include works by foreign artists who were inspired by Indonesia. I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce lesser known young artists to the world. Therefore I must say I am very disappointed that the publishers allowed some collectors to feature their Chinese art,... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
* FEATURE: Near-Olympian remembers price of politics Aug 23, 2008
Instead, the walls are stocked with large works of Chinese art. The past is the past, so I dont think about it much, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China retracts a promise to a New York museum Aug 23, 2008
China has reversed its decision to lend the Asia Society nearly 100 objects from Chinese museums for an exhibition that focuses on revolutionary Chinese art from the 1950s through the '70s, scheduled to open on Sept. 5 in Manhattan, the society's president said ... "Even though this is a period many would prefer to forget, it is nevertheless one that produced a visual culture that continues to permeate contemporary Chinese art," Zheng said in a news release. (International Herald Tribune)
Love it or lose it Aug 15, 2008
Feng shui (pronounced fung shway,) is the ancient Chinese art of placement. Feng shui seeks to balance the energies of any given space, thereby bringing harmony and good fortune to that space and all who inhabit it. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Arranging for Serenity: How Physical Space and Emotion Intersect Aug 14, 2008
Feng shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement, which is based on the belief that space and distance and the arrangement of objects can affect our emotions and our sense of well-being. This idea makes sense to me on a gut level: I know that I feel a greater sense of psychological equilibrium in some spaces than I do in others. (Scientific American)
London on the cheap Aug 14, 2008
Latest treat is the avant-garde, admission-free Saatchi Gallery, which opens in its Chelsea home in summer 2008 with a dynamic exhibition of contemporary Chinese art. Then there are the commercial art galleries all welcome visitors just to browse as well as buy and at the other end of the scale the Bayswater railings for a free al-fresco art show. (iAfrica.com)
Olympic diary: Day two Aug 13, 2008
Some of them do not like the idea that foreigners are running what has become one of Beijing s biggest non-profit galleries of contemporary Chinese art. Chinese officials are in a particularly prickly mood. (The Economist)
Flyer's bad feng-shui Aug 12, 2008
However, masters of the ancient Chinese art of geomancy convinced the wheel's management to reverse it so that it was not taking fortune away from the city. "A number of feng shui masters had approached us to tell us that the Flyer is on the perfect site to pick up the good qi (energy) flowing into Singapore, but it was going in the wrong direction," said Florian Bollen, the Singapore Flyer's chairperson. (iAfrica.com)
Chinese art market in a bubble? Aug 11, 2008
Chinese art market in a bubble ... Chinese art market in a bubble ... Multi-million US dollar prices for contemporary Chinese art by superstar artists like Zhang Xiaogang,Yue Minjun and Zeng Fanzhi are unlikely to crash but emerging artists may find their works tougher to command higher prices. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Kenya star runner Bungei calls for support from countrymen Aug 9, 2008
Many Kenyans interviewed admitted that the show displayed during the opening of the Olympics depicted Chinese art and evolution of their culture. The east African which sent probably the best team to Olympics ever, was lined up to start off in the first day's program with the nation's top swimmer Jason Dunford doing the 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle, after earning his qualification by taking part in several races in the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne Australia, and making it to... (Xinhuanet, China)
* [ART JOURNAL] Pop Art gets it on with Mao Zedong Aug 6, 2008
The artist Ai Weiwei (), who was a consultant on the stadiums design and is one of the few anti-authoritarian voices in a politically docile Chinese art establishment, has said that the concoctions for the Olympics are only cosmetically different from official design. Both, in different ways, affirm the continuance of one-party rule, he says, and the repression that implies. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Art.view: Passion project Aug 3, 2008
Its three large floors house British folk art, Neapolitan pictures and related objects (1600-1800), northern European (especially German) paintings and sculpture (1450-1650), British portraits and early Chinese art. Sir Peter wanted to showcase stuff that would be easily accessible to people who are were not art educated, without dumbing down. (The Economist)
Beijing: where to eat, drink, shop and go clubbing Aug 2, 2008
Our Future: The Guy and Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection Belgian Baron Guy Ullens started a lifelong love affair with Chinese art when his diplomat father was posted to China in the 1930s ... This exhibition gets at the heart of the collection, which includes work by 60 Chinese artists, including six new commissions. (Globe and Mail)
How one busy mom found her inner peace Aug 2, 2008
Originally a form of self-defense, the ancient Chinese art of tai chi promotes serenity through gentle movement. "You need to close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine yourself surrounded by an egg of light," a Buddhist friend said. (CNN -- Health)
Indian art going places Jul 24, 2008
After the staggering success of Chinese art, India is the next happening story. Its gained ground tremendously in the last 2-3 years. (India Times)
Peking Duck flies off UK menu on oven fears Jul 22, 2008
Qiao Jie, general secretary of the Beijing-based China Cuisine Association, said Monday that the British move was a misunderstanding of the Chinese art of cooking. "Chinese dishes have been subject to a lot of misunderstandings in terms of quality and nutrition Cooking is not only about science and nutrition, but also art.". (Xinhuanet, China)
A family album of contemporary art from China Jul 13, 2008
"Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art From the Logan Collection," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Thursday, reacquaints us with some of the works and artists represented in the 1999 fractional gifts by Kent and Vicki Logan and adds some newer, less familiar examples ... The output of Chinese artists born before or during China's pivot from totalitarian socialism to predatory state capitalism traces the last avant-garde worthy of the name ... Half-Life of a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
On exhibit in China's art museums: Growing pains Jul 4, 2008
Or so it feels to an art critic on a monthlong visit here, taking the measure of the Chinese art world against a panorama of devastating earthquakes and hectic preparations for the Olympic Games ... The History of Chinese Art. (International Herald Tribune)
Hadrian exhibition: Historic year for British Museum as 6m make it favourite UK cultural attraction Jul 2, 2008
MacGregor said his desire to stay at the helm of the museum came from the idea that "the opportunities and challenges for a world collection in London are limitless - greater than anywhere else in the world. There are very few other places, if anywhere, that you can look at 20th century American prints, and ancient Chinese art, and statues of Hadrian, in one building. And the Met is not a public museum - whereas the British Museum is a public institution and the public museums of London have... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Chinese art's new face Jul 2, 2008
com: The new face of Chinese art ... The new face of Chinese art ... In 1998, Zhang went to New York at the invitation of the Asia Society for the Inside Out: New Chinese Art exhibition. (Globe and Mail)
Kung Fu Panda Jun 27, 2008
The animation from DreamWorks is magnificent, with rich scenery based on Chinese art and fine attention to detail. The fight sequences are cleverly choreographed and enhanced by the graceful movements of the characters. (iAfrica.com)
* FEATURE: Painter's home declared municipal monument Jun 23, 2008
Born in Sichuan Province in 1899, Chang came of age when Western art techniques were just beginning to infiltrate Chinese art. Unlike many of his peers who proceeded to emulate European artists and steered radically away from tradition, Chang combined traditional Chinese artwork with Western elements to create his own style. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Giant tongue speaks of Chinese struggle Jun 21, 2008
Jim Payne helps to unpack a work by the Chinese artist Chen Wenling for the White Rabbit Gallery ... The sculpture, Valiant Struggle, by the Chinese artist Chen Wenling, is destined for a refurbished knitting factory in Chippendale, soon to become the White Rabbit Gallery ... Neilson's love of contemporary Chinese art began nine years ago when she bought a sculpture by Wang Zhiyuan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sienna Miller v Keira Knightley for first lady of British film Jun 20, 2008
Her dad was an American banker turned Chinese art dealer while her South African mother ran Lee Strasberg s acting academy in London and was once David Bowie s secretary. Educated at an Ascot boarding school, Sienna went on to study at her mum s academy. (Mirror.co.uk)
Investors rule over Chinese painting Jun 17, 2008
Beijing - When Chinese artist Yue Minjun sold his painting, Gweong Gweong, inspired by the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, he received $5 000 ... Could the Chinese art market be near the edge of such a precipice ... Like picking the right stocks, making the right choice in Chinese art has become a concern for mainstream investors. (Business Report, South Africa)
Contemporary art to be taken to a new high Jun 12, 2008
In fact, the whole of Chinese society is rapidly progressing today, and the social and cultural problems the young generation of artists is facing in 2008 are very different from what Wang Guangyi and the three Luo Brothers (Luo Weidong, Luo Weiguo and Luo Weibing), pioneers of contemporary Chinese art, faced in the 1980s and 1990s, she said. Young artists today should exercise more freedom and become more open, creative, vigorous and dynamic in their artistic creations, and the images they... (Xinhuanet, China)
Cuddly animated 'Panda' masters the Kung Fu action Jun 8, 2008
Chinese art and architecture lend themselves to a very colorful rendition in computer-generated animation. Kung Fu Panda realizes the essential beauty of the Chinese culture with masterful precision. (Lake County News)
A Driving Force Jun 8, 2008
Inspired by a Chinese art history class taught by Michael Sullivan, she wound up majoring in East Asian studies and later spent time in Nepal and Inner Mongolia. Sullivan was a shaping influence. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Kung Fu Panda' Jun 6, 2008
Instead, production designer Raymond Zibach and art director Tang Heng, who spent years researching Chinese art and architecture (not to mention kung fu movies), have inserted vast, moody, misty landscapes, fanciful interiors and traditional Chinese colors (red and gold dominate) to give the movie an epic, expansive, ancient quality that's a real pleasure to inhabit. The character design is clever too. (Los Angeles Times)
Kinesiology for Balanced Health Jun 3, 2008
Felix Mann Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing, Revised 1962. Muscles, Testing and Function - by P.T. Henry Otis Kendall, B.S., P.T. Florence Peterson Kendall, Ph. (Suite101.com)
'They will be reminded' Jun 1, 2008
In local teen portraits, Chinese artist captures the toll of violence ... He was invited along with nine contemporary Chinese artists to take part in an exhibition, "Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition." It will open in November 2010 ... The artists are creating works inspired by the MFA's collection of Chinese art. (Boston Globe)
Whiff of mystery hangs over sale of China objects May 24, 2008
The most astonishing auction of Chinese art ever took place last week at Sotheby's, where sales of "Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork: Early Gold and Silver" totaled 9 ... Photographs Chinese Art at Sotheby's ... From the 1970s on, the daughters parted at intervals with some porcelains of the Ming and Qing period, turning to Giuseppe Eskenazi of London, the leading dealer in important Chinese art in the West. (International Herald Tribune)
Passion drives rough diamond May 24, 2008
There he threw himself in the world of ancient Chinese art, a world of black and white. "I dreamed of becoming a person like my grandfather when I graduated from the school, even better than him. He was my icon," Ling says. (Xinhuanet, China)
* This gallery is not child-proof May 21, 2008
For decades, the National Palace Museum has been content with possessing one of the biggest and most valuable collections of Chinese art in the world. With such treasures to display, there seemed little need to do much more to ensure a steady stream of visitors. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Indian art not yet a global brand May 17, 2008
While Chinese art has found appeal among global collectors, Indian art is largely being bought by Indians only with the exception of about five artists who have been included in the global circuits with the efforts of private galleries. I feel private players have greatly helped Indian art getting its due recognition in the world art market by collaborating with global galleries, seeking presence for artists at museums, setting up new spaces and helping more global galleries show Indian artists. (India Times)
Linda Gallery joins donation drive to help quake victims in China May 17, 2008
SINGAPORE: A local art gallery that specialises in Chinese art has decided to chip in to help earthquake victims in China. Visitors to Linda Gallery are encouraged to dig deep into their pockets to help those affected in the China quake. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Auction of Estella Collection draws artists' indignation May 10, 2008
Sotheby's auction house called it the "most important collection of contemporary Chinese art to ever come to market" - some 200 works by some of China's hottest names ... Chinese artists who a few years ago were selling works for just $10,000 each are suddenly signing deals with international galleries and seeing their works fetch $500,000 or more at auction. (International Herald Tribune)
Art becomes luxury-brand for Asians May 6, 2008
At the Sotheby's Contemporary Chinese Art sale in Hong Kong in early April, an oil painting by Zhang Xiaogang sold to a private Asian collector for more than six million US dollars, twice its estimate. Also Read. (India Times)
Christie's to hold evening sale of Asian art in Hong Kong Apr 20, 2008
In the region, contemporary Indonesian art have been dubbed as the next big thing after Chinese art. Selected artworks from Southeast Asia include paintings by Indonesian artists, such as Affandi, Hendra Gunawan, Nyoman Masriadi and Agus Suwage. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Koi stolen from Newberg area farm Apr 16, 2008
The brilliantly colored koi especially appealed to his daughter, Michelle, who was interested in feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of arranging objects to create a harmonious environment. By all accounts, Springbrook did well -- so well, in fact, that it was chosen by ABC's Emmy Award-winning TV show, "Extreme Makeover Home Edition," to provide ornamental koi for the program. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE LIFESTYLE BUDGET Apr 15, 2008
Coromandel is a Chinese art form used to decorate furniture. The most commonly decorated pieces are screens, chests and occasional tables. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Xu Beihong: A Chinese master of styles that straddle East and West Apr 12, 2008
There he met the scholar and political reformer Kang Youwei, who would become his mentor and would greatly influence his thinking about the need to integrate Western practices and ideas into Chinese art ... "He felt that Chinese art had degenerated into pure copying of other paintings and was divorced from real life. This resulted in artists who did not see the need to learn from nature," said Chow Yian Ping, one of the curators of the show. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Nude Bruni photo sells in auction Apr 11, 2008
A buyer for a Chinese art collector bought the black-and-white image, taken by photographer Michel Comte in 1993 during her modeling days, Christie's auction house said. The sale of the photo has attracted attention since Bruni married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February. (MSNBC -- International)
Naked Carla Bruni Photo Gets Fine Price At Auction Apr 11, 2008
But the winning bidder, a buyer for a Chinese art collector, paid $91,000 (more than 45,000) for the black-and-white photo. It is part of a 140-strong Gert Effering collection of photographs of celebrity models, including Kate Moss and Gisele Bundchen. (Sky News)
Realism, surrealism in contemporary art Apr 11, 2008
BEIJING, April 11 -- Realistic depictions are commonly found throughout the history of Chinese art ... The works represent the culmination of an era of Chinese art history spanning an entire century. (Xinhuanet, China)
Hardliner softies paint themselves into a corner Apr 9, 2008
BEIJING, April 9 -- Critics might say "not another realism," but a couple of artistic rebels say it's time Chinese art rediscover its roots ... Realism is ubiquitous in Chinese art - political realism, fantastic realism, post-realism, cynical realism. (Xinhuanet, China)
Above The Rest Apr 4, 2008
The hotel offers a continental breakfast until 10 a.m. in an area adjacent to the lobby - a two-level mezzanine that includes a reception area decorated with antique Chinese art. But the food and tables were on the more sterile lower level, outside of meeting rooms and a nice display of the life of Chinatown community leader Sam Wong. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
China's hot young artists well schooled in market savvy Apr 1, 2008
And with the booming market for contemporary Chinese art, its students are suddenly so popular that collectors frequently show up on campus in search of the next art superstar ... 7 million, a record for a contemporary Chinese artist at the time. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Pump And Dump Mar 31, 2008
In the 2006 and 2007 auctions pieces by the 30 best-known Chinese artists sold for a combined $420 million, according to a Chinese art magazine ... But in the long run are they setting up the Chinese art market for a fall. (Forbes)
Buyers jump on Indonesia as next Asian art tiger Mar 28, 2008
Whatever the price, it is cheaper than Chinese art, and that is what it is all about. Chinese art is hot now and is commanding huge prices ... But while Chinese art is selling well in the United States and Europe, Indonesian art has not yet crossed the Pacific, and its buyers come mostly from Asia's wealthy class. (International Herald Tribune)
A passion for Chinese works drives New York sale Mar 22, 2008
Now it is the turn of the Chinese art market to have experienced professionals gasping in wonder ... Photographs Chinese art carries Christie's. (International Herald Tribune)
Chinese artist Xiao Hong showcases works in Singapore Mar 9, 2008
SINGAPORE: A solo exhibition of contemporary Chinese art is in Singapore. Artist Xiao Hong's showcase, entitled "Mask", is on till 23 March at Linda Gallery. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
China offers more public cultural service Mar 4, 2008
This is just the beginning of a program to open Chinese art to a wider audience. Central and local governments continue to invest more money into public cultural services and even more open policies are anticipated. (Xinhuanet, China)
Master's Stroke Mar 2, 2008
It wasn't just that gallery owners who thought his work looked too much like the painters' work he studied, but they also told him that they couldn't sell Chinese art. "(The gallery owner) said people go to New York to buy Chinese food, not Chinese art," Hou said, who was also asked to change his name to something more American. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
36 hours in Taipei, Taiwan Mar 1, 2008
Taipei, the vibrant capital of Taiwan, distills the best of what Asian cities have to offer great street food, crackling night life, arguably the world's best collection of Chinese art, and hot springs and hiking trails reachable by public transport ... htm) is considered by many to be the finest repository of Chinese art in the world; it houses artifacts dating back to the earliest days of Chinese civilization. (International Herald Tribune)
* National Palace Museum hits the road Feb 27, 2008
Japan, where Chinese art is generally held in high esteem, tried in vain for many years to persuade Taiwan to show some of its objects there, but was refused because of lack of legal guarantees ... 1935 to 1936: For the first time, selections from the NPM collection traveled overseas as part of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art in London at the Royal Academy of Arts in England ... 1940: An invitation was extended to organize the Chinese Art Exhibition in Moscow and Leningrad in the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Curator makes museum a hip place to visit Feb 26, 2008
Following their success, institutions such as the Tate Modern in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York have sought to work together with the Beijing museum, which has organized exhibitions of modern and contemporary Chinese art and sent them on world tours. Fan is enthusiastic about working with international museums partly because he wants his staff to learn from foreign colleagues. (Xinhuanet, China)
Appreciating artChina's artists cash in on the country's booming economy Feb 26, 2008
Modern, Chinese art burst onto the international scene several years ago and its worldwide popularity is reflected in the bustle of 798 ... Sotheby's was the first auction house to hold a sale solely dedicated to contemporary Chinese art, in Hong Kong in 2004 ... 5) worth of modern, Chinese art through its Hong Kong office in 2004, but that figure rose to $69. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Village School students take part in Trump-style ad competition Feb 21, 2008
Example of an ad Village School students created for local business Hestia in Alexandra MacAarons enrichment offering. Wed Feb 20, 2008, 01:10 PM EST. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Secrets of the Bird's Nest Feb 11, 2008
Ai Weiwei, who once smashed a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty vase to make a decidedly iconoclastic point about Chinese art, and who, in 2000, curated a highly controversial art show in Shanghai entitled Fuck Off, was raised in a labour camp in Xinjiang province. In the 1950s, his father Ai Qing, one of China's most celebrated modern poets, was denounced as "an enemy of the state and a rightist". (Guardian Unlimited)
Film reviews: Things We Lost in the Fire, Penelope, Overlord and more Feb 2, 2008
Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, this is Chinese art cinema at its most rarefied: a study of human jetsam against the backdrop of the Three Gorges Dam construction project. Jia Zhang Ke's previous features were almost impossibly torpid, but this is less forbidding - the landscape teems with life, even if the characters are like the walking dead. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Dana Gallery: Western art exhibit back from China Feb 1, 2008
The exhibit is the second half of an art exchange that began in the autumn of 2005, when the Montana Museum of Art re at the University of Montana exhibited Ancient Threads, Newly Woven: Recent Art from China's Silk Road, a show of contemporary Chinese art. I can't think of a time in my lifetime that cultural exchange and diplomacy is more needed, said Barb Koostra, executive director of the MMAC.. (Missoulian, MT)
Shanghai a major art market Jan 28, 2008
SHANGHAI, the mainland metropolis noted for both its economic growth and world-class sophistication, is now challenging Hong Kong and Beijing for primacy in the marketplace for modern Chinese art, especially contemporary paintings that are rapidly gaining attention from collectors around the world ... Reg Newitt, manager of Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, says that the Chinese art market is hot, and Shanghai has some good things moving along, like the development of private museums and exhibition... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Creative portfolio Jan 28, 2008
Modern Chinese art grabs the attention of both collectors and diverse investor ... He explains that because China opened its first State-owned auction house in 1992 the Chinese government has a stake in contemporary Chinese art as well, and that makes it a good investment ... While several stars have emerged within the world of contemporary Chinese art in recent years, many consultants and industry insiders say these works make for the riskiest investments. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Critics' picks - visual arts Jan 27, 2008
Zhang Daqian was perhaps the greatest Chinese artist of the 20th century ... Zhang, who died at 84 in 1983, used his extensive knowledge of Chinese art history to create forgeries that made their way into the collections of major museums. (Boston Globe)
