Taipei, May 21 (CNA) People from artistic and cultural circles are hoping that Taiwan's new Ministry of Culture can "serve" the cultural sector and wage its influence over China. Local film director Lee Hsing, who attended the ministry's inauguration ... full story
By Frederik Balfour on May 16, 2012 Hong Kong's art scene goes into overdrive this week as Asia's billionaires descend on the city for the Hong Kong International Art Fair. Despite a 3.2 percent drop in the Hang Seng Index (HSI) today, collectors at ... full story
A: We're invited to Art Taipei in Taiwan in November and to Art Gwangju in South Korea in September. Since we've been invited, we will go to see what it's all about. Q: Do you find you make more sales at these fairs or at free-standing (solo and group) ... full story
A Taiwanese artist has created a contemporary iTitanic using modern gadgets to warn people about the consequences of blindly pursuing technology and modernization. The work, on display at an exhibition in Taipei, is just one of a series of events ... full story
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The works of 16 modern Taiwanese artists will be on display in Israel May 18-August 11 in collaboration between two major art museums in the two countries. Entitled "Boundaries on the Move: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue," the ... full story
A 29-year-old Taiwanese illustrator would say the best art form to encapsulate the varied aspects of Taiwan is an aesthetic female figure that was created through his paint strokes. From Penghu's Tianhou Temple, a Matsu temple built in 1604, ... full story
The Art World Association will meet on Thursday, May 10, 7 pm, at First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, 10 W. Lockwood Ave. James Gray will show a PowerPoint presentation of his photography, "The Joy of Living in a Land of Great Diversity," ... full story
The inspiration for Miss Ng's conceptual artwork came from Ai Weiwei's marble surveillance camera. Pei-San, originally from Taipei, Taiwan, added: 'I'm most inspired by other artworks that have a level of meaning, both an initial visual and then a ... full story
Shiao Fu Yuan, a Taiwanese who established Taiwan Soka Art, and Taipei Soka Contemporary Space in 1992, and founded Beijing's Soka Art Center in Beijing in 2001, has been one of Barredo's greatest fans. “In 2007, Shiao came to Manila to buy my stuff, ... full story
Taipei, May 5 (CNA) Cultural centers should be designed to fit ordinary people's needs rather than playing a role as some kind of elite art clubs, an arts management guru said Saturday. Michael Lynch, CEO of Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District ... full story
