Against a backdrop of US–Iran tension over uranium enrichment, economic sanctions, and Syria, a season of cultural dialogue has opened in New York City, where no less than five exhibitions of modern and contemporary Iranian art open this week. Today ... full story
For the young and techno-literate, it's a good time to be an artist in Indonesia. With the global spotlight on the country's emerging, pluralistic, consumptive economy — symptomatic of a juvenile democracy — many prolific contemporary artists have ... full story
He briefly worked for an advertising agency but left to start a collective called B.O.R.E.D. in 2002 with six other designers The group was responsible for many events in terms of visual and graphic elements that shaped the landscape of Bangkok street ... full story
Caritas Manila's exhibit series “Artworks at Paintings ng mga Bilanggo” is on view at Chef Jessie Rockwell Club until Sept. 30. The exhibit showcases artworks done by maximum security inmates at the New Bilibid Prison. Subjects include religious icons, ... full story
Streets, laneways, parks, intersections, buildings, and even playgrounds will mix with more traditional venues to host a variety of creative happenings as part of the City of Sydney's upcoming public art festival, Art & About Sydney. These cultural ... full story
Melbourne artist Paul Yore has been charged with producing and possessing child pornography in what is expected to become a landmark case. Victoria Police seized several of his artworks from a St Kilda gallery in June but took until Friday to press ... full story
In another sign that China's property market is heating back up, Shanghai authorities last week knocked down part of an artist's compound in an affluent part of the city, culminating in a stand-off that led to a few minor injuries. The forced ... full story
VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition featuring stories about villages is offering visitors an opportunity to see the Vietnamese countryside in a colourful way, through the special point of view of an artist who exclusively depicts vistas from rural life.full story
Hon Chi Fun's Perspective @91 continues a long association between Hongkong Land and Hon, beginning with a commissioning of four large scale works of art in the 1980s. These iconic paintings from "The Making of the Spheres" series continue to be on ... full story
Art-lease is one of the first in Hong Kong to engage in art leasing for commercial space. In 2012, Mr Michael Nock, a long-time resident, bought the company with the aspiration to develop it as a leader in the art-for-lease business in Asia. The ... full story
