The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will help promote Taiwanese arts and culture by taking part in a four-year project the government launched in late January, Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) said yesterday. UCLA is the second ... full story
I had an opportunity to be involved in an inauguration of Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, which opened in 1999, and I was contracted to work there as an assistant curator and then eventually became a curator of the Gallery. 'Eventually' means that I ... full story
The first shortlist of artists for the Singapore Biennale 2013 (SB2013) has been revealed. As Singapore's key international platform dedicated to foster artist presentation and discourse in contemporary art, this year's Biennale is focused on ... full story
SINGAPORE - The National Heritage Board has appointed Dr Susie Lingham as the director of the Singapore Art Museum with effect from early next month. Dr Lingham will take over from Mr Tan Boon Hui, who was appointed to a new role as group director ... full story
Swarovski has commissioned art pieces from four Chinese artists, all Beijing-based, in honor of Beijing Design Week. Two of the artists, Shi Jiamin and Song Tao are established while the other two Liu Feng and Naihan Li are younger, emerging artists.full story
Countless analyses and debates are the result of Beijing's air pollution and water concerns. Now a new vision is offered by the art world. An art exhibition about climate change, Unfold: A Cultural Response to Climate Change, is now on display at the ... full story
Documenting the Global City Project, Beijing 2009 -- Shadow House 唱影. Collaboration between the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Communication University of China yields films exploring contemporary life in Beijing and the surrounding countryside.full story
The Acton Memorial Library presents “Alienation,” an exhibit by Biying Zhang, an artist originally from China, who came to the U.S. in 2008 and who is now living and working in the Boston area. The exhibit is part of the library's ongoing series of ... full story
HONG KONG — The place in Hong Kong to admire the handiwork of street artists is not on the street but in a 13th-floor unused warehouse. And it has a set expiration date of July 7. It is an exhibition that is even slightly difficult to find. But the ... full story
Approval for Shanghai to open the mainland's first free-trade zone, widely considered a fresh threat to Hong Kong's position as a leading financial centre, may also be a big threat to Hong Kong in its growing competition with Shanghai for Asia's art ... full story
