He was born and raised in an inner city working-class Osaka neighborhood, and his fascination for architecture began while watching carpenters rebuild the tenement row house that was his family's home. However, economic hardships and academic ... full story
NEW DELHI — On the heels of Christie's successful auction in India, the sixth edition of the India Art Fair demonstrated that demand in the country's art market remains strong. Spread across three tents and 200,000 square feet, this year's fair, which ... full story
More than 60 artists from across the world have converged in the Indian capital to transform the bare walls of the city into a walk-in art gallery. The brainchild of New Delhi-based typographer Hanif Kureshi, the six-week festival, which began on Jan.and more »full story
The exhibition, held at the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre (BACC) and sponsored by Thailand's Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca), merges photography and poetry to form an affectionate celebration of contemporary Thai art.full story
The paintings became Portuguese state property following the nationalisation of the BPN bank in 2008 and their sale has been met with fierce opposition by art lovers in Portugal. But the cash-strapped Portuguese government has argued that the sale of ... full story
Actually, it's an installation work, The Very Near Future, by Sydney artist Alex Davies that's part of the 2014 Sydney Festival. Once you're inside the film studio “complex” – inside Artspace Gallery itself – things become rather more interesting. Film ... full story
Under the gaze of striking contemporary paintings by Tevita Latu and Lopeti Ngauamo I meet fibre artist Sione Maileseni. Last year some of his pieces were bought by the Australian Museum. Now he is standing next to what he calls his Lady Gaga dress.and more »full story
Dilwyn Lloyd, a Shanghai-based British artist and teacher who organizes regular art classes for small groups of kids, told the Global Times that he was passionate about art education for children not from a personal business perspective, but because he ... full story
Hong Kong had its first art museum 50 years ago, which sponsored a Henry Moore sculpture exhibition as early as 1970. That exhibition marked Hong Kong's first serious foray into public art, with two gigantic Moores permanently ensconced in the ... full story
There have been a lot of artists who have made their own renderings of Tokyo's famous nighttime neon lights, one of the most famous cityscapes in the world. But cityscape artist Yukino Ohmura has reimagined Japan's cityscapes, and her works are nothing ... full story
