Some friends of mine—artists and art scholars—rejoiced Tuesday when it was reported that comic book artist Carlo J. Caparas has been finally stripped of his National Artist title, the highest and most prestigious honor given to Filipinos who have ...full story

For someone more steeped into sports writing than anything else, covering the five day 4th Tam-Awan International Arts Festival in Baguio City was certainly a different but enriching experience. My recent stay in the summer capital of the Philippines ...full story

Women clearly dominate Sydney Moderns: Art for a New World, a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales which looks at art created in the city between the wars. “With the advances of feminism, women were travelling, studying, working as ...full story

KUALA LUMPUR: The 1Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism Festival (1MCAT) was a success and its critics have been proven wrong, says Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz. He said it was not easy when the ministry first launched the ...full story

Is the new board for the Australia Council dominated by inner-city elite art lovers who ignore their regional brethren? That's what opposition spokesperson for the arts George Brandis declared last week, after the 12-person board was announced by new ...full story

Craig Mathewson, the general manager at Red Hot Arts, an arts organisation from central Australia, notes that return plane tickets to Sydney cost $1000, yet face-to-face meetings with Australia Council representatives are the most successful way for ...full story

The bank's president and chief executive officer Alberto Villarosa was on hand to welcome the over 400 guests which represented a good cross-section of Manila's fun-loving crowd—from the financial institutions, diplomatic circle and corporate community.full story

The idea for the Thai Art Archives grew out of a conversation Gregory Galligan had with two art professors from Bangkok's Silpakorn University back in 2007. They told Mr. Galligan — at the time a New York-based art critic and curator — that the ...full story

The artist from Altona Meadows in Melbourne's southwest was surprised when the Czech Air Force contacted her to use her colourful art of a tiger on one of their aircraft after discovering it online. Ms Zeller created the piece in 1990 for herself but ...full story

An exhibition showcasing 73 sketches by renowned artist Nguyen Gia Tri (1908-1993) kicked off at the Ho Chi Minh City's Fine Arts Museum on June 28 and is expected to run for at least six months. On display at the exhibition are Tri's sketches on young ...full story