Titled “Meanwhile…History,” Global Art Forum 2014 features participants from the worlds of art, architecture, film, literature, history, theatre and commentary. Taking place over five days—March 15–16 in Doha and March 19–21 in Dubai—the Forum ... full story
Spending up to $300,000 on an app seems like an unusual way to add to the City of Sydney's public art collection. But lord mayor Clover Moore says the City of Forking Paths ''video walk'' is exactly what the council had in mind when it decided to fund ... full story
Chinese artist Yingmei Duan will present Happy Yingmei at the Art Gallery of NSW. Curated by Juliana Engberg, Artistic Director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), the 19th Biennale of Sydney will feature a program of exclusive events ... full story
Many things can define our thriving metropolis. Art is weaving its narrative around Melbourne's identity, with the landmark Melbourne Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria reflecting the city's unique and dynamic cultural identity ... full story
MANILA, Philippines—Giving the gift of art to aesthetes and non-connoisseurs alike. A run-off from the success of ManilArt 2013, “Art For All Manila (Afam): The Affordable Art Fair 2014” would run from Feb. 14 to 16 at the posh SM Aura in Taguig City ... full story
A museum in Norway will later this year return to China seven marble columns that were looted by foreign troops from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, according to the museum and a mainland company said to have helped broker the deal. The columns ... full story
“In India, art is very pure. The artist works very hard to bring out what he feels. But in Beijing and Shanghai, art is sometimes like business,” says Chinese artist Zhu Jing Yi. “I visited galleries in Mumbai and saw some very interesting modern art ... full story
Truong Tan's engagement with performance art goes back to the period of his painting 'What Do We Want?' featured in No Country. A response to cultural conditions of Hanoi during the early 1990s, the painting reflects upon a time when there was as much ... full story
“Kiyonaga's work makes use of genre objects and architectural detail, and depicts what must have been for the people of Tokyo, a series of familiar places and activities. Unlike other Ukiyo-e artists, he also offered the general public a series of ... full story
The heaviest snowfall in 45 years hit Tokyo over the weekend. The unusual amount of snow triggered traffic accidents, killing 11 and injuring thousands, and travel was disrupted across the country. However, amid the cold and white, some used the snow ... full story
