Singapore International Festival of Arts' inaugural edition will be held in August, with the theme "Legacy and the Expanded Classics'. A 50-hour performance piece by celebrated Indian artist Nikhil Chopra about India's fight against colonialism, and a ... full story
I suspect that the people behind any project to promote art in the HDB heartland has a kind of self-preservation checklist. There must be no obscenity – check. No reproduction of The Scream or Mona Lisa or risk getting sued – check. Don't anyhow draw ... full story
An exhibition featuring paintings and calligraphy works by Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong began at Beijing's Poly Art Museum on Friday. An exhibition highlight is a painting Fu Baoshi painted in 1944: Du Fu Jiuri Langeng Huiyin Shiyi Tu ... full story
It might seem profoundly contradictory, but Wellington City Council has paid for a Wellington artist to produce punk art in Beijing. So why is an establishment organisation funding an avowed anti-establishment culture? "That's Wellington for you," said ... full story
In the heart of Hong Kong's SoHo district, one of the city's hottest pieces of real estate is not being turned into a bank or block of apartments. Instead, the former Police Married Quarters, renamed PMQ, is becoming a hub of design studios, ateliers ... full story
The first dedicated exhibition of erotic art from ancient China is currently on show at Sotheby's Gallery in Hong Kong. “Gardens of Pleasure: Sex in Ancient China” features works from the esteemed and comprehensive collection of Ferdinand M. Bertholet ... full story
The second edition of Art Basel Hong Kong will be back next month, from the 15th to the 18th of May 2014. The world-class art show aims to stage the world's premier modern and contemporary art, this year it will be comprised of six sectors for visitors ... full story
The more mischievous side of Ancient China is set to be unveiled to the world in a new erotic art exhibition. Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery is presenting the exhibition entitled: Gardens of Pleasure: Sex in Ancient China – the first of its kind ever to ... full story
HONG KONG – Ancient paintings of fornicating Chinese couples and phalluses made of stone are among items that Dutch art collector Ferdinand Bertholet hopes will help China reconnect with its sexually charged past. Explicit works spanning from the Han ... full story
Art lovers can bring some inspiration home while helping people in need through fund-raising sales of paintings, calligraphy and other works by hundreds of famous figures, including former president Lee Teng hui, New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu, model Lin ... full story
