NEW YORK—It might seem unpropitious to open an art fair on April 15, but the date, with its reminders of taxes due, did not hurt the attendance at the Sculpture Objects and Functional Art fair (more commonly known as SOFA), which opened at the Park ... full story
Machida's interest in Asian American art blossomed in the 1970's, when she was living in New York's Chinatown. “There was a flood of Asian migration, and the Asian American cultural movement was growing,” she says. “I started to write about Asian ... full story
As Getty watchers may recall, the museum exhibited the Manet, which belongs to London's Courtauld Institute of Art, in 2007. The subsequent Morimura acquisition is a coincidence, Keller says. All the Asian works will remain in storage for a while, ... full story
... through “the miracle of song” in “its complete union with, and absolutely necessity to, the world”, Chaudhuri, like Porter, seems to affirm—and question—the value of art in a world changing as rapidly and bewilderingly as the city of Mumbai itself. ... full story
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia's minister for culture and tourism has issued a public apology over the government's support of a controversial new museum whose construction caused major damage to an important archaeological site, the Art Newspaper ... full story
The turnover of shows in the gallery world can seem at times to dissolve into a dizzying blur of art. It is all the more refreshing, therefore, when occasionally a show promises a more significant contribution to India's cultural dialogue. ... full story
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The sense of being trapped in the concrete and lifeless urban jungles of big cities draws viewers to Mumbai-based senior artist Jaideep Mehrotra's works. An exhibition of Mehrotra's works, ... full story
Kim Hye-soo poses in front of her artwork at the Seoul Open Art Fair. The Seoul Open Art Fair is held from Wednesday to Sunday at the Indian Ocean Hall of COEX in Seoul. With 70 galleries participating, some 5500 artworks by 1200 artists will be on ... full story
... of Sudan's art and culture through the exhibition of accomplished Sudanese painter Rashid Diab. Diab's exhibition ``Time Lapse via Color, Shape and Form'' opens Monday at the Nuri Gallery, in the Korea Foundation Cultural Center, downtown Seoul. ... full story
"2009 Salon Des Arts Seoul": A brand new type of art fair to support next generation artists is running for the first time in Seoul. While other established art fairs are usually ruled by some significant art galleries or already renowned artists, ... full story
