Sydney will lose yet another commercial art gallery, with the announcement that the well-regarded Eva Breuer gallery will close in May. Director Nicky McWilliam says it was a ''very difficult'' decision to close the Woollahra gallery, which was opened ... full story
The Australian government has reacted with menacing threats to arts funding after the board of the Sydney Biennale, a contemporary art festival, renounced its sponsorship arrangement with Transfield Holdings, an Australian transnational involved in ... full story
This year 60 galleries all around the city participated in ArtWalk, Hong Kong's annual charity art event, established in 2001. The 1,200 attendees were free to roam the galleries at their leisure well into the evening, picking up catered drinks and ... full story
At once wild, subtle and elemental, these new works celebrate the artist's fundamental love and understanding of the craft and traditions of painting. His imagery draws inspiration from subjects close to his emotional and physical world: his immediate ... full story
Berlin artist Carsten Nicolai will present a new work during Art Basel's Hong Kong show, each night from May 15 to 17, 2014. An alpha pulse's generated light pattern will pulsate in a synchronized frequency across the entire façade of Hong Kong's ... full story
Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867) was a noted artist who created art pieces based on Utamaro but from the start he had his own personal style and in time this grew even stronger. Often Kikugawa Eizan is overlooked but he created many notable pieces of art.full story
Ma Yong'an, chairman of the Beijing-based China Calligraphy Artists Association, which co-organized the event in Kuala Lumpur, told China Daily that 13 people from the group of artists are members of the association. One of the members was the ... full story
The exhibition “Radiation: Art And Queer Ideas From Bangkok And Manila, Un-Compared” is curated by Bangkok-based art lecturer and critic Brian Curtin and it comprises works by 23 artists from Bangkok and Manila. The main focus of this exhibition is ... full story
Also, it is now safe for the 58-year-old artist to travel to Bangkok, something that would not have been possible before. Swe's work is strongly influenced by the paintings and philosophies of U Thein Han, one of the most important pioneers of Myanmar ... full story
This time around, Australia's largest festival of contemporary visual arts will be staged across Sydney's CBD as well as Cockatoo Island, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Carriageworks and Artspace in Woolloomooloo. Each venue ... full story
