Issue #70 September/October 2010 Now Available!

 



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A two-faced specter of fear and greed is haunting China’s art world: a government afraid to consecrate its modern heritage by including avant-garde art—critical of the system—in public collections; and mercenary dealers who value the RMB over art, knowledge and...

Through recent collaborations with celebrated artists, the French luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has sought to make its name synonymous with cutting-edge contemporary art. In 2007, Richard Prince’s Nurse paintings (2002–06), based on covers of pulp novels, inspired...

Though he is functionally illiterate, 31-year-old Moriya Kishaba is fascinated by Japanese ideograms. In fact, he spends hours transcribing them from dictionaries and encyclopedias. In works that appear in the 63-artist group show “Art Brut Japonais” at... When Mo Yi moved from the wide plains of Tibet to the industrial northeastern China port city of Tianjin in 1982, he was confronted with an urban condition so alienating that he decided to initiate an art practice dedicated to understanding his...

The doorway to Amanda Heng’s studio is half-hidden within a small jungle of potted rubber plants and Japanese bamboo. “I can’t live without plants,” Heng says. “I like these ones because they’re hardy. When I’m traveling and nobody gives them water, they last. When they get too big I...

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ArtAsiaPacific is pleased to announce the release of its first hardcover publication, Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond. The catalog is co-published with the Rubin Museum of Art, New York (RMA) for the occasion of the exhibition of the same title running June 19-October 18, 2010. For more information click here


ArtAsiaPacific's
Almanac 2010 is now available!


ArtAsiaPacific is a media partner of the Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), opening September 9-13, 2010. The guest country at this year's KIAF is the United Kingdom. For more information, click here: http://www.kiaf.org


ArtAsiaPacific
will be an exhibitor at Frieze Art Fair October 14-17, 2010, in London. For more information click here: http://www.friezeartfair.com

 

 

 

News

Kingdom of Bahrain and Junya Ishigami Wins Golden Lion Award at Venice
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/11338/bahrain-wins-golden-lion-for-best-national-pavilion-at-venice-biennale.html

Germany Foreign Ministry Nixes Plans for Istanbul Art Academy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/artinfo/20100826/en_artinfo/germany_abruptly_cancels_plans_for_an_istanbul_art_academy

Ai Weiwei Claims Police Attacked Him Again
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/aug/10/chinese-artist-police-attack

MFA Houston Commissions Painting by Cai Guo-Qiang for new Chinese gallery
http://www.chinatownconnection.com/cai-guo-qiang-houston.htm

China Adopts New Rules for Auctions of Cultural Relics
http://www.cultureindevelopment.nl/News/Heritage%20Asia/473/China_Adopts_New_Rules_for_Auctions_of_Cultural_Relics

The 2011 Venice Biennale: Japan Selects Tabaimo
http://news.yahoo.com/s/artinfo/20100809/en_artinfo/the_2011_venice_biennale_japan_selects_tabaimo;_ylt=A0wNdO6xRGFM7oQAdihcEBkF;_ylu=X3oDMTNwa212N3M3BGFzc2V0A2FydGluZm8vMjAxMDA4MDkvdGhlXzIwMTFfdmVuaWNlX2JpZW5uYWxlX2phcGFuX3NlbGVjdHNfdGFiYW

Britain's "Blind" Paintings Competition (John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize) Comes to China
http://www.shanghaieye.net/english/2010/05/john-moores-shanghai-contemporary-painting-prize-judges-announced

Londoners Fear Futuristic Iranian Embassy and Art Center
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/01/iran-image-new-london-embassy

Australian Artist Claims Sports More Harmful Than Nudes
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/7938829/more-harm-in-sport-than-nudes-henson

Australian Indigenous Art Award Inaugurates New Media Category
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/desert-man-wins-indigenous-art-award/story-e6frg12c-1225904866515


archived news


Sightings

ArtAsiaPacific is the official Art Media Partner for the 17th Biennale of Sydney entitled "The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age," opening May 12. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific is the official Fair Partner of Art Hong Kong, May 27-30, 2010. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific will be an exhibitor at Art Basel, June 16-20, 2010. For more information click here

Christie's and ArtAsiaPacific Present "Asian Contemporary Art: In Perspective" a special supplement of selected articles from past issues of AAP that highlight the exciting artistic developments in Asia (click to download pdf) 

ArtAsiaPacific and Rossi & Rossi, in association with Tara Shaw Jackson present Leang Seckon in conversation; Thursday, April 1, 6:30-8:30 pm. The Cambodian artist will talk with Sara Raza, London-based independent curator and desk editor of ArtAsiaPacific on the occasion of his first European solo show: "Heavy Skirt." This event is free to the public but reservation is required. Please RSVP to assistant@rossirossi.com with "Artist Talk" in the subject line. For more information on Rossi & Rossi click here.

ArtAsiaPacific is proud to support “Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh” at the Whitechapel Gallery, London from January 21-April 11, 2010. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific and James Cohan Gallerypresent a Conversation with Yun-Fei Ji, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 6:30 pm. The artist will speak to Don J. Cohn, senior editor of ArtAsiaPacific Magazine about his work and experiences encountered during his recent travels to China.

ArtAsiaPacific will be an exhibitor at Art Dubai from March 17-20, 2010. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific will be an exhibitor at The Armory Show in New York City from March 4-7, 2010. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific: IN CONVERSATION WITH SUBODH GUPTA at Christie's Hong Kong, as part of their Autumn 2009 Lecture Series. William Pym, managing editor, in conversation with leading artist Subodh Gupta on Saturday, November 28, 2009 from 2:30-3:30pm at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Please register online, for more information click here.


ArtAsiaPacific
is proud to support the Asia Art Archive's Annual Fundraiser on December 5, 2009. For more information click here.


ArtAsiaPacific
will be an exhibitor at Art Basel Miami Beach from December 2-6! Please visit our booth M11. For more information click here.


ArtAsiaPacifi
c: IN CONVERSATION WITH JUSTINE COOPER. Sara Raza, AAP Almanac co-editor, hosts an artist's talk with Justine Cooper best known for her intelligent and witty approach to investigating the relationship between the visual arts, contemporary sciences, medicine, public space and time. On the occasion of her current exhibition "Living in Sim," on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6:30-7:30pm at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York City. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific: WHERE I WORK. IN THE STUDIO OF JUSTINE COOPER. In a special joint event with ArtAsiaPacific Magazine (AAP) Australian artist Justine Cooper opens the doors to her Brooklyn studio for a candid talk about her practice over the last decade; and discusses the role of the artist’s studio as a laboratory for artistic production and spectacle with Eyebeam's Executive Director Amanda McDonald Crowley. Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:30-3:30pm. 

This event is strictly RSVP-only due to limited capacity so please email your interest in attending to info@daneyalmahmood.com with "studio visit" in the subject box.


Christie's
and ArtAsiaPacific Present "Asian Contemporary Art: In Perspective" a special supplement of selected articles from past issues of AAP that highlight the exciting artistic developments in Asia (click to download pdf)

AAP's Annual Almanac 2009 is now available!

AAP will be an exhibitor at Frieze Art Fair, London from October 14-28, 2009! Please visit our booth M12. For more info click here.

AAP is a media partner of Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York City, May 10-18. For more information click here

AAP is the exclusive art media partner at Art HK in Hong Kong, May 13-17, 2009. For more information click here

Emerging Hong Kong artist Lee Kit will create a special collaboration in ArtAsiaPacific's booth for ArtHK. For more information click here

AAP will be an exhibitor at Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, June 9-14, 2009. For more information click here

AAP will participate in Art Basel's Art Lobby Talks on Saturday, June 13, 3 to 3.30 pm. The talk "Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good deeds: Art practice in the time of crisis and war" will include artists Lida Abdul (Kabul/Los Angeles) and Fereydoun Ave (Paris/Tehran) with ArtAsiaPacific's West Asia Editor Sara Raza. For more information click here










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