It hasn't had the hype Chinese art has had.” From 2003 to 2008, worldwide auction sales of Chinese contemporary art increased more than 300-fold, according to the French-based database Artprice. HyungKoo Lee's anatomically correct skeletons of cartoon ... full story
Prior to the main sale event, a panel discussion on Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and South Asian Art will feature Mohammed Afkhami, a Dubai-based collector of Modern and Contemporary Iranian art. He will be joined by Judith Greer, ... full story
Such is the case with the New York artist Jonathan Horowitz in this smart, crisply edited retrospective. The works evoke the media-saturated art of the 1970s, the neo-Conceptualist consumer art of the 1980s and the identity art of the 1990s, ... full story
The invite to young Alex Rodrigues' second exhibition in Mumbai that will be on from June 1-7 at the Hirji gallery, Jehangir art gallery, reads thus. Who would've thought that a BSc graduate, with an interest in electrical engineering and a major in ... full story
The urban milieu of Mumbai remains his primary muse; it's nurturing of high glamour, human suffering, simmering aggression and swarming masses an ongoing preoccupation. One of his most ambitious installations till date- Aquasaurus, a seven-metre long ... full story
Again exposure to contemporary art and artists helped them fine-tune their conceptualisation skills. But, ever since the new management took over, no workshop has been conducted," said a teacher, even though funds have been allocated. ... full story
I have to keep up with him," Sutrisno said in explanation of his almost militant obsession with his art. Following the exhibition in Yogyakarta, Sutrisno's woodcuts came to the Tembi House of Culture in Jakarta. Viewers can rest assured that a gray and ... full story
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Indian art is going places this summer. Contemporary artist Manish Pushkale is heading to Europe and says “it's vacation time”. He will exhibit jointly with senior artist SH Raza during the Venice ... full story
28, 2009 It took 12 years to open Bangkok's first modern art museum. It may take even longer to figure out how best to fill it. Since the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre claimed its place last fall among a row of immense shopping malls, its spiraling ... full story
Especially in "Dreaming in Public" - Gallery Soulflower's latest contribution to the Bangkok contemporary art scene - thoughts and identities amorphously flow, in and out, here and there. But not long before you wake up, a large golden frame drops and ... full story
