Global art sales hit a new record high of $12.05 billion (8.8 billion euros) in 2013 with China keeping its spot as the top buyer, a leading art market data firm said Wednesday. A man walks past a poster at Sotheby's exhibition in Beijing on November ... full story
Doppel, a live-painting duo from Japan, will give a Bangkok debut exhibition at Artery Post-Modern Gallery tomorrow. An oil on canvas by Doppel. The “I&I” exhibition displays a dozen oil on canvas paintings under the theme “Iconic Hero”. Recognised as ... full story
Now the Bihar-born artist, aged 50, is having the biggest ever solo show of his work, in New Delhi's National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), curated by Germano Celant. Gupta's gallery, Hauser & Wirth, was closely involved in creating and sponsoring the ... full story
NEW DELHI: Winter is the season for art-shart in Delhi, and the India Art Fair (IAF) has become one of the biggest events on the capital's calendar. Hundreds of people -- including artists, critics, museum directors and curators with collectors in tow ... full story
... Li's second visit to meet the students. The exhibition's curator, Shanghai-based art critic Wang Nanming, said that Li's works, featuring a minimalist style influenced by pop art, do not merely represent personal expression, but also engage with a ... full story
A Hazara artist has made the journey from a home in exile in Pakistan to one of Australia's top galleries. Khadim Ali casts a protective eye over his mother, Amina, in a house in Sydney's western suburbs, where his family has recently moved. "My mother ... full story
... to call for a boycott of the Biennale. Sydney design academic, Matthew Kiem, recently penned an open letter to visual arts teachers to send a strong, public message to the Biennale that association with a company like Transfield was ethically ... full story
In a remarkable partnership, the Biennale of Sydney announced this week the Inaugural City of Sydney Legacy Artwork, what equates to a commitment to the tune of $300,000 every two years to add dynamic contemporary artworks to the city's permanent ... full story
Santa Banana, hotels and high-end restaurants are fully booked. Couples pay as much as P15,000 a night, including dinner for two and breakfast the following morning. That's a rip-off! Even motels, places of assignation, they say, are also fully booked ... full story
The event is to bring together 140 galleries from fifteen Japanese and thirteen international cities, in the Tokyo International Forum. This ninth edition of the fair is to include a new section, “G-plus”, presenting several of Japan's major ... full story
