A group of prominent art collectors is auctioning off treasured pieces to raise money for victims of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in the Visayas. The fund-raising project dubbed “Art is Hope” is organized by volunteers from Finale Art File and YamangKatutubo.Rizal Park spokesman stages full story
Ma made the remarks during the 17th National Award for Arts ceremony in Taipei City. He commended this year's winners, including Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee, composer Chen Mao-shuen, playwright Chi Wei-jan and novelist Sung Tse-lai.and more »full story
O Jun studied art and oil painting at Tokyo University of Arts, before continuing his studies in Spain and Germany. Since the late 1990s he has been producing works using different materials such as pencils, watercolours and oil paint, creating ... full story
Conceptual art may have begun with a toilet submitted for a Paris exhibition by Marcel Duchamp but humour has not been a quality often pursued by his predecessors. Self-proclaimed 'entertainer' Yasumasa Morimura, however, is a notable exception.full story
SINGAPORE - Art Republik, Asia's exciting new quarterly art publication was launched on 20 November at the Singapore Affordable Art Fair, and received, with open arms, much praise from the public, and accolades from notable individuals of the art world ... full story
Yet there was nothing abstract about the price paid for it in a Beijing hotel Sunday: more than 89 million renminbi, or $14.6 million, the most ever for a painting by the artist, who died last April at 92. That price included the commission taken by ... full story
Sotheby's held its first commercial auction in mainland China on Sunday, when an oil painting by Zao Wou-ki, “Abstraction,” sold for $14.7 million, the highest price ever paid at auction for one of his works, according to Bloomberg News. Presale ... full story
A group exhibition of young Korean and Chinese artists opened at Songzhuang Art Center in Beijing Saturday, showcasing artwork in diverse mediums and dealing with various topics in contemporary art. The exhibition, held by city-run museums in Seoul ... full story
Author of the semi-autobiographical novels Rock Soldier and Memories of a Wandering Singer, Liu has experienced life in both cities and insists that Shanghai's art scene does not lack any of Beijing's creative luster. “In Beijing, artists like to meet ... full story
Interior designer Linny Sze Ling-lee has lived on Hong Kong Island for 25 years and made use of trams nearly every day. So when she was asked to take a photo of an interesting city sight for her final-year project at Polytechnic University four years ... full story
