Chinese traditional art loses youth Aug 12, 2009
BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- As many young Chinese artists turn to modern art forms such as oil painting, sculpture, installation and photography, the future of traditional Chinese painting, despite its history of thousands of years, is facing a crisis, with few young people taking up the art ... It is much easier to make money by creating an oil painting than traditional Chinese painting, because the contemporary Chinese art market is booming, Chen explained. (Xinhuanet, China)
Virginia Miller on How To Collect A... Aug 11, 2009
We have several paintings in our present show at $2,200, by an artist that is featured prominently in the new directory of contemporary Chinese artists, Miller says ... Work she's curated that s appreciated: An Alice Neel watercolor from a 1978 gallery show has gone up 5,000 percent; a Richard Pousette-Dart painting that has increased 2,000 percent; and Chinese art whose price has tripled in four months. (Suite101.com)
Singing praises to a friend Aug 10, 2009
"It is a long story, but as I reflect on it, it starts to dawn on me that we all owe much to Zhuo for her constant efforts to revive traditional Chinese art and culture, not just Peking Opera," recalls Li, wearing dark glasses to hide her red eyes after spending two sleepless nights ... In the early 1980s, keeping traditional Chinese art and culture alive was imperative owing both to the influence of the "cultural revolution" and the opening-up policy, explains Li. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese local artists have stars in their eyes Aug 2, 2009
Titled "Allegorical Aftermath", it features the work of five contemporary Chinese artists: Guan Wei, Gao Shiqiang, Wu Junyong, Zhuang Hui and Dan Er ... No stranger to China, the 38-year-old, also an artist, writer and filmmaker, has been involved in contemporary Chinese art for more than a decade and previously lived in China for seven years ... Spreading Chinese art to the West, the former director of the Jack Tilton Gallery in New York spearheaded efforts from one of the city's first... (Xinhuanet, China)
* [ART JOURNAL] Adaptation of the artistic Jul 22, 2009
encapsulates many sectors of the art bubble: Blue-chip artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein; speculators darlings Richard Prince and Murakami; young overnight sensations Barnaby Furnas and Hope Atherton; veterans John Wesley and Marilyn Minter; Chinese artists Huang Yan () and Zhang Dali (ijO) ... Her uncle is real-estate developer Richard Born, a collector of contemporary Chinese art whose BD Hotels owns or operates Manhattan boutique hotels such as the Mercer, Chambers and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Sir Victor Sassoon, Builder of 1930... Jul 18, 2009
Sir Victor had four major passions: beautiful women, thoroughbred horse racing, Chinese art, and photography. The tycoon had one of the finest collections of Chinese ivories in the world. (Suite101.com)
Naughty but nice Jul 12, 2009
The daughter of Edward Miller, a US banker turned Chinese art dealer, and South African mother, Jo, who ran the Lee Strasberg Acting Academy in London and was a former secretary to David Bowie, Miller says she remembers a time when acting on the big screen seemed a far-off dream. "I was the girl who did the school plays but never got the good roles," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The art in Platinum's timing Jul 10, 2009
Turns out Neilson and Judith are getting ready to celebrate the opening of their Chinese art gallery, White Rabbit. "Installation time at the gallery has begun and we have been surrounded by a mass of crates, fork lifts, scissor lifts and strong men," reads the most recent update on the White Rabbit gallery website. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Feng Shui Author Reveals Life Changing Secrets for Gaining Money and Love Jul 7, 2009
Feng shui is a mysterious Chinese art that has been around for thousands of years but was only discovered by the Western world in the late 1970s. There are a number of different types of feng shui and Barr has spent years studying with Feng Shui Masters throughout Asia, Europe and the United States discovering them all. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
What Is Feng Shui? Jul 7, 2009
The Ancient Chinese Art of Placement ... Feng shui is commonly referred to as the ancient Chinese art of placement; and its proponents maintain that practicing the art can increase one s luck, financial resources, and mental as well as physical well being. (Suite101.com)
Read Indepth Article Jul 7, 2009
The current global financial crisis has now provoked an equally dramatic deflation of the Chinese art market 'bubble. Jin Jiangbo's work interrogates the very heart of these last five to ten years as evidence of the China's 'Economic Miracle' and subsequent 'retreat' and 're-balance' playing out in the physical world. (AbsoluteArts.com)
* National Palace Museum enters stage right Jul 6, 2009
The museums cultural metamorphosis continues with operatic works that complement its exhibitions of ancient Chinese art. By Ian Bartholomew STAFF REPORTER Monday, Jul 06, 2009, Page 13. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Find balance and alignment Jun 25, 2009
The more you practice the more in balance you feel, Morello said about the ancient Chinese art of movement. It s a great way to start the day and a great way to come down at the end of the day. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Art.view: Old Masters and maestros Jun 21, 2009
If it s April it must be Chinese art being auctioned in Hong Kong, in May it is Impressionist and modern painting in New York, and in June it is contemporary art in London. P&D Colnaghi. (The Economist)
While Beijing Stays Silent, Hong Kong Remembers Tiananmen Jun 5, 2009
In the middle of it all stood a miniature replica of a familiar statue, the Goddess of Democracy, which Chinese art students had built and soldiers later toppled in Beijing 20 years before. Beneath Hong Kong's Goddess lay flowers to commemorate Tiananmen's dead. (Time.com)
Art.view: Piling in May 24, 2009
NO ONE who dropped in on the spring sales of fine Chinese art held in London earlier this month would have thought the world was in the grip of a recession, never mind its worst financial crisis since the second world war. In each of the three main auction houses, dealers and private collectors filled the room to the brim, with more phoning in from America, Germany, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. (The Economist)
Asia exhibit stands out amid change at the Gardner Museum May 16, 2009
Gardner resumed collecting Asian art, shifting her focus from Japanese art, which was very fashionable, to Chinese art, which was less so. The year after Okakura's death, she opened the Chinese Room in the back corner of her Fenway Court museum. (Boston Globe)
Splashy, interactive – and falling apart May 16, 2009
For example, the museum spent about $100,000 restoring the Paradise of Maitreya, the 14th-century Buddhist temple painting, one of the jewels of its Chinese art collection. Conservators discovered that wooden spacers between the panels of the painting were damaging it through expansion and contraction, and replaced them with inert plastic ones. (Globe and Mail)
* [ART JOURNAL] A cut above May 13, 2009
Liu Shih-tangs highly original collage paintings draw on the ancient Chinese art of paper cutting. By Noah Buchan STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Page 15. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* [ART JOURNAL] Art that wont break the bank May 6, 2009
Many collectors turned to Taiwanese art because they believe the market for contemporary Chinese art is already saturated, Chang said ... Platform China Contemporary Art Institute (x) will showcase works by young emerging Chinese artists. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Visit the Shanghai Museum May 2, 2009
Home to a collection of some 120,000 pieces of Chinese art from the Neolithic period through to modern times including exquisite examples of ceramics, painting, sculpture and bronzes it repays repeat visits, and what s more, it s free. The Shanghai Museum. (Suite101.com)
* [ART JOURNAL] Devils in the detail Apr 29, 2009
The Song Dynasty, which ruled China from 960 to 1279, was one of the pinnacles of Chinese art, when the robust ostentation of the preceding Tang Dynasty gave way to an almost manic appreciation of subtlety and nuance ... Tapestry is not one of the major Chinese art forms, and unlike calligraphy or painting, is not often put on display. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Chinese artists win gold at Pyongyang art festival Apr 19, 2009
PYONGYANG, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese art groups and artists won seven gold and three silver prizes at the 26th "April Spring Friendship Art Festival" which closed in Pyongyang on Saturday. Chen Xieyang, conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Cai Yong, an artist from the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe, and Dong Hongli, from the Beijing Opera Troupe of Jilin Province, bagged individual gold prizes. (Xinhuanet, China)
Art.view: Slim spring Apr 12, 2009
The most uneven selling came in the auctions of 20th-century Chinese art and contemporary painting and sculpture from all over Asia. This is always the area that overheats the most, and is the first to take fright. (The Economist)
Bidding for investments Apr 11, 2009
For example, Lim explains, in these recessionary times, the prices of Southeast Asian and Chinese art have fallen the most, as they had risen the most during the boom times. The prices shot through the roof in the past five years, but have now lost something like 40%, she adds. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Survivors of the crash cashed up and ready to test the water Apr 11, 2009
Master of timing and Chinese art lover Kerr Neilson. Photo: Patrick Cummins. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
As Chinese art market crashes, many artists applaud Apr 8, 2009
Shown here is "The Massacre at Chios" by mainland Chinese artist Yue Minjun at a 2007 Sotheby's preview in Hong Kong ... Reporter Peter Ford discusses the drop in value for modern Chinese art ... Today, "the bubble is really bursting," says Beijing painter Zhao Gang, as prices tumble by nearly one-third and record-setting Chinese artists watch their works go unsold at auction. (Christian Science Monitor)
Artscape hit by global financial chill Apr 7, 2009
Before the global credit squeeze hit Chinese shores in late 2008, Beijing 798 was a bustling market of modern Chinese art, especially paintings, where art dealers, collectors and punters from around the country congregated to buy and sell paintings by well-known masters and budding new talent ... The bursting of the asset bubble last year and the sharp decline in export growth has torpedoed the Chinese art market ... According to Wang Yihan, art supervisor of the gallery exposition, the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Philadelphia holds Chinese contemporary art exhibition Apr 2, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition of contemporary Chinese art on world tour started its only U.S. stop at Drexel University, Philadelphia, on Wednesday. Organized by the Ministry of Culture of China, the show "INK not INK" is the first large-scale exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever presented in the Greater Philadelphia region ... More than 80 paintings, prints, sculptures, and videos by 38 Chinese artists, including renowned figures such as Gu Wenda, Wei Qingji, and Lin... (Xinhuanet, China)
* One foot in the East, one in the West Mar 25, 2009
The principles of Chinese art in which they were originally trained, however, often prove to be implacable ... Han researched Chinese art at Kansas State and Princeton universities in the early 1970s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Critic's picks - visual arts Mar 22, 2009
MAHJONG: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART FROM THE SIGG COLLECTION. The only East Coast venue for this selection of 100 works from Ulli Sigg's widely admired collection of Chinese art made over the last 40 years. (Boston Globe)
A sweeping look at Chinese contemporary art Mar 20, 2009
Untitled (Marilyn/Mao)'' by Yu Youhan is in the exhibit ''Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From the Sigg Collection ... Easily the most compelling show of contemporary art in the vicinity of Boston right now is the Peabody Essex Museum's "Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From the Sigg Collection." With verve and concision, the show presents an overview of recent developments in Chinese art - developments that have been among the most momentous in art anywhere over the past quarter century ...... (Boston Globe)
Call of the wild: Chinese master painter's works on display Mar 17, 2009
BEIJING, March 17 -- For art historians, Xu Beihong (1895-1953) is a pioneer of modern Chinese art whose style straddles the East and the West ... Chinese artist Xu Beihong excelled at capturing the vivid expressions, free will, endurance and vigor of galloping horses ... "Based on his deep understanding and deliberate choice of Western painting traditions, Xu advocated a Realist approach and style for Chinese art. He played a pivotal role in transforming modern Chinese art," Zhu says. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's art market: Cold or maybe hibernating? Mar 11, 2009
Globally, the recent rise in Chinese artists' fortunes was unparalleled. Only one Chinese artist Zao Wouki, a traditional painter who lives in France ranked among the Top 10 best-selling living artists in 2004, according to Artprice ... And experts say the market drop may be salubrious in some ways for Chinese art. (International Herald Tribune)
China's renegadepatriot faces backlash Mar 11, 2009
HONG KONG - The National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) last week opened their annual sessions in Beijing, but debate on the sidelines was dominated by the mounting fuss over a Chinese art dealer's sabotage of the auction of two bronze animal heads looted from a Chinese imperial palace ... For, as many critics have pointed out, they are not so ancient when compared with other Chinese bronze relicts; nor are they really fine pieces of... (Asia Times Online)
Chinese Art Dealer Weeps After Refusing to Pay for $40 Million YSL Bronzes Mar 10, 2009
Chinese Art Dealer Weeps After Refusing to Pay for YSL Bronzes - Bloomberg ... Chinese Art Dealer Weeps After Refusing to Pay for YSL Bronzes ... March 10 (Bloomberg) -- , the Chinese art dealer who is refusing to pay for the $40 million Qing bronzes he successfully bid for in the auction, said he wept when he realized that his credibility was shot and he may now have to close his business. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China's contemporary art market is becoming more rational Mar 9, 2009
As for the once-sizzling contemporary Chinese art scene, here's the view from Sotheby's auction house. "Unlike the former overheating phenomena, China's contemporary art market is undergoing an adjustment phase and becoming more rational," says Wang Jie, chief representative in Shanghai for Sotheby's. (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese bronzes, Gandhi's glasses in art tussle Mar 9, 2009
Roger Keverne, a London-based dealer in Chinese art, says the politicization of art has become "inevitable, and unfortunate." ... Chinese art dealer Cai Mingchao, who advises a non-governmental group seeking to repatriate looted Chinese art, said he had bid on the bronzes as a patriotic act. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Gandhi Items Sold To Indian Co. For $1.8M Mar 6, 2009
A Chinese art collector made the winning bid, but admitted Monday that the bid was bogus and said he wouldn't pay the $36 million. 00004000. (CBS News)
Hero or hooligan? Chinese man who tried to save looted treasures Mar 5, 2009
Chinese art expert Cai Mingchao's actions have divided his fellow citizens. The Chinese art expert who made a bogus bid for two looted sculptures has received both praise and criticism from his compatriots. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Plundered Artifacts Mar 5, 2009
Chinese art dealer Cai Mingchao submitted the massive bid to protest the sale of the heads, which many Chinese see as unfairly torn from their cultural patrimony. Current Status: Saint Laurent's partner said he plans to keep the heads and is "thrilled" the sale failed. (Time.com)
India in talks about auction of Gandhi belongings Mar 4, 2009
A Chinese art collector made the winning bid, but admitted Monday that the bid was bogus and said he wouldn't pay the $36 million. Written By ASHOK SHARMA. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Chinese Art Sales May Drop as Bidder Refuses Bronzes Payment, Dealers Say Mar 3, 2009
Theres so much Chinese material in the West that the general market for Chinese art shouldnt be affected, the London-based dealer said in an interview. The Chinese government only cares about major Imperial pieces and architectural items. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Chinese bidder of looted sculptures refuses to pay Mar 2, 2009
The National Treasures Fund was established in 2002 under the administration of China Foundation for the Development of Social Culture registered under the name of the Ministry of Culture for the purpose of repatriating looted Chinese artifacts ... " PARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two controversial ancient Chinese relics were auctioned off on Wednesday night for 14 million euros (17.92 million U.S. dollars) each by anonymous telephone bidders in Christie's sale of the collection of Yves Saint... (Xinhuanet, China)
Chinese man bids but won't pay for looted bronzes Mar 2, 2009
He also serves as an adviser to China's Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, a non-governmental body dedicated to repatriating looted Chinese art. His fake bid was apparently done in cooperation with the group. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Crisis hits copycats in south Chinese art enclave Mar 2, 2009
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Peter HarmsenMarch 2, 2009. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Flower paintings displayed at Chinese art museum Feb 28, 2009
Flower-and-bird paintings displayed at Chinese art museum _English_Xinhua. Flower-and-bird paintings displayed at Chinese art museum. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Cabinet official admits to owning property in China Feb 27, 2009
Chous acknowledgment came as she hosted the director of the Shanghai Museum X like the National Palace, a distinguished repository of Chinese art. Earlier this month, Chou became the first National Palace director to visit China, concluding an agreement for her institution to borrow 29 Qing Dynasty relics from its namesake in Beijing. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
China condemns Christie's sculpture sale Feb 26, 2009
" It didn't specify what actions China might take. The bronze sculpture of a rat's head, which is an ancient Chinese relic, is auctioned in the Grand Palace of Paris in Paris, France, Feb. 25, 2009. Two controversial ancient Chinese relics including the bronze sculptures of a rat's head and a rabbit's head, were auctioned off on Wednesday night for 14 million euros each by anonymous telephone bidders in Christies's sale of the collection of Yves Saint Laurant and Pierre Berge in Paris. The... (Xinhuanet, China)
China tightens control on Christie's Feb 26, 2009
We are glad to see the reactions of the government and public," he said. The two bronze sculptures, representing the heads of a rabbit and a rat, were among 12 animal head sculptures that formed a zodiac-themed water clock decorating the Calm Sea Pavilion in the Old Summer Palace of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) in Beijing. They were looted when the palace was burned down by Anglo-French allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860. So far, five of the 12 bronze animal heads have been... (Xinhuanet, China)
Human rights absent in relic ransacking Feb 26, 2009
Meanwhile, I'm encouraged by the support of people like Mr Bernard Gomez, president of the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe, who is working to realize Victor Hugo's wish: "I hope that a day will come when France, delivered and cleansed, will return this booty to despoiled China." ... Ren Xiaohong (R), a lawyer for the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), the plaintiff, speaks to the media with her colleague Ayagh at the Tribunal de Grande... (Xinhuanet, China)
* [ART JOURNAL] Grabbing the bull by its horns Feb 25, 2009
Taipei is the finest CowParade that has [yet] been produced, said the former attorney, who took courses on Chinese art history in college. I have never seen an array of art that I have seen in this exhibit. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
FM: Auction of looted bronzes hurts Chinese Feb 25, 2009
Ren Xiaohong (R), a lawyer for the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), the plaintiff, speaks to the media with her colleague Ayagh at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, capital of France, Feb. 23, 2009 ... Under the ruling of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, the plaintiff, the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), was ordered to pay compensation to the defendant. (Xinhuanet, China)
French judge refuses to halt auction of Chinese artifacts Feb 24, 2009
Under the ruling of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, the plaintiff, the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), was ordered to pay compensation to the defendant. A photographer takes a picture of the Chinese bronze rat head and rabbit head sculptures displayed on the preview of the auction of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge's art collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Feb. 21, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Paris court refuses to stop sale of Chinese artifacts Feb 24, 2009
Under the ruling of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, the plaintiff, the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), was ordered to pay compensation to the defendant. Ren Xiaohong, a lawyer for APACE, told Xinhua that it was "of great significance" to file the lawsuit. (Xinhuanet, China)
China says 'relics for rights' offer ridiculous Feb 24, 2009
A French-based Chinese art association, Apace, had asked the judge to serve an injunction preventing the sale, arguing the bronzes remain stolen property, but the court decided it had no jurisdiction to rule in the case ... A lawyer for the Association to Protect Chinese Art in Europe group told the court its aim was to "alert public opinion on the fate of numerous Chinese works stolen in the past and sold through trafficking.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* Taiwan wary about lending treasures Feb 21, 2009
Taiwans National Palace Museum (NPM) will not be sharing its treasure trove of Chinese art with the Palace Museum in Beijing despite a nine-point consensus on closer cooperation and exchange, National Palace Museum Director Chou Kung-shin (P\) said on Thursday ... The NPM in suburban Taipei is home to more than 650,000 of the finest pieces of ancient Chinese art and artifacts, with others held by several Chinese museums, particularly the Palace Museum in Beijing. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Injunction sought to stop sale of stolen relics Feb 21, 2009
Bernard Gomez, president of the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), has agreed to be the applicant for property preservation of the two bronze rabbit and rat head sculptures, he said. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) relics adorned the imperial summer resort Yuanmingyuan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Art Review: Why university museums matter Feb 20, 2009
One of the most moving shows of ancient Chinese art I've ever seen was put together in 1993 from just such material by students in a graduate seminar at Columbia University. The Han-period funerary objects from Columbia's holdings were time worn and unrefined. (International Herald Tribune)
Binoche on her toes for new role Feb 17, 2009
Before the tour, Binoche trained with a master of the Chinese art of Qigong: "I realised how the energy belongs to you, it's cosmic energy that you are given, and that I found fascinating. "I discovered a side of my body that I was never aware of. " That knowledge allowed her freedom on stage: "You have to really give yourself, and even though you are not doing silly things, there is a sense of danger, you have to reach that point -- I'd say that's my strength. (The Australian)
Museums pact Feb 13, 2009
The fate of the imperial collection, the world's finest of Chinese art, still represents such a powerful political and emotional link with the mainland that the director of the Taiwan museum sits alongside ministers as a full member of the president's cabinet ... "They are historical," said Marc Wilson, the director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, which has a well-known collection of Chinese art. (International Herald Tribune)
Changes As Inspiration Feb 13, 2009
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London on the cheap Feb 10, 2009
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)
* China defiant ahead of key UN panel on human rights Feb 7, 2009
On Thursday, four months before the anniversary, two events commemorating a milestone modern Chinese art exhibition whose iconoclastic spirit fed into the rebellious mood of the times were shut down. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jiang Yu () said last week that China was looking forward to constructive dialogue at the UN panel. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
