The session dedicated to Asian Modern and Contemporary art, held at Ravenel Taipei, has raised a total of £14m. 100% of the lots on offer during this “Special Auction of Works by Shiy De-jinn From His Close Friend's Collection of 30 Years” have been ... full story
Selling at 5 times of its estimate, the current lot set the artist's new world auction record. To date, only four oil paintings are known as his self-portraits. One was made when he taught at Chiayi High School at the age of 28 (1951), two were painted ... full story
Having taken five Volkswagen Beetles and compressed them into spheres, artist Ichwan Noor was always going to grab attention at the inaugural Hong Kong Art Basel. Noor is known in his native Indonesia but is hoping the glittering, champagne-soaked art ... full story
Last weekend saw Young Art Taipei (台北國際當代藝術博覽會), a hotel fair for contemporary art that has become a local pop phenomenon. This weekend, Hong Kong will see the biggest art fair ever in the region with Art Basel Hong Kong. Success at these ... full story
The core of this exhibition revolves around several precious works on loan from the Pola Museum of Art, complemented by works from other museums in Japan, France, and the United States. The organizers hope to give the audience in Taiwan a lavish feast ... full story
A composite photo provided by New Taipei City Councilor Lee Kun-cheng shows an artist's impression of a giant rubber duck floating in Taipei Port, Bali District, New Taipei City. Photo courtesy of Lee Kun-cheng. Keelung officials have invited artist ... full story
Looking at Chang Jui-pin's (張瑞頻) new series of gouache on polyethylene “bucket men” paintings, I was reminded of Oscar Wilde's dictum: When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.full story
Last week, a new art gallery located at the National Taipei University of Education (NTUE, 國立台北教育大學) opened a show titled A Contemporary Dialogue With Michelangelo (米開朗基羅的當代對話). Although MoNTUE is a university gallery with a mission ... full story
Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Auction in Taipei will continue to feature a profusion of crucial works from China, Japan and Korea. Apart from that is a special sale devoted to Shiy De-jinn's 26 outstanding works, showcasing 23 masterpieces by the ... full story
“Household items can become works of art,” home decor artist Huang Ssu-wei (黃思維) said as she used decoupage techniques to cover notebooks, chairs and tables with cutouts of decorative napkins and colored wrapping paper, turning old items into works ... full story
