Brisbane businessman, philanthropist and art collector Tim Fairfax bid $550,000 for the painting, outdoing Sydney art dealer Denis Savill, who was sitting with his client, Aussie Homes Loans founder John Symond, and the latter's girlfriend Amber Keating.Grundy art c full story
... Chua Thien Teng, the well-known batik painter and one of Malaysia's foremost contemporary art gurus. He began his career as an artist by working with various advertising agencies as a visualiser-illustrator before going on to join the Bangkok Post ... full story
When the Suo Jia Cun Artist Village in suburban Beijing, where he worked as a sculptor's assistant, was “forcibly demolished,” as he puts it, Mr. Liu decided to protest. He camouflaged himself in the ruins with acrylic paints to illustrate resistance ... full story
From 1988 to 2008, as an undercover agent for the FBI's Philadelphia Field Division, the 58-year-old of mixed American and Japanese descent investigated criminal cases involving art, antiques, jewelry and cultural property. ... Chinese cities ... full story
Shanghai's arts sector created 6.7 billion ($1.1 billion) yuan worth of added value in 2012, up 15.4 percent from the previous year, municipal government officials said Thursday at a press conference on the development of the city's cultural and ... full story
The Japanese artist Rokudenashiko happens to specialize in vaginas. Before you write the cartoonist and sculptor off as a third-rate Georgia O'Keeffe, it's worth noting that she has her reasons. The artist, whose pseudonym translates to "good-for ... full story
SINGAPORE.- For the first time in Southeast Asia, rare paintings and artworks from the House of Liechtenstein that once graced palaces go on show at the National Museum of Singapore. Singaporeans are able to view and appreciate beautiful, iconic art by ... full story
At the conclusion of Friday's ceremony, red velvet covers were lifted from the football-size bronzes by Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Kering's founder, Francois Pinault, an avid art collector. The pieces are to go on permanent display at the ... full story
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have beaten rival studios Renzo Piano and Toyo Ito to design a HK$4.98 billion ($642 million) Asian modern- and contemporary-art museum. Known as M+, the building is scheduled for completion in 2017 and will ... full story
LONDON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The first Hong Kong Pavilion is to be displayed at the annual Masterpiece London art fair opened Thursday night in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. The pavilion, sponsored by Hong Kong's Fine Art Asia fair and ... full story
