LONDON.- Any concerns about the health of the Chinese art market were put to rest at Bonhams yesterday. (16.5.13). Colin Sheaf, Bonhams Deputy Chairman and Head of Asian Art, commented: “Last year we were concerned that the political transition in ...full story

Speaking in Melbourne on Friday, Archer – who commissioned Piccinini to create the artwork to mark Canberra's centenary – said media coverage had achieved at least one of her aims: to get everybody talking. It had also provided the kind of publicity ...full story

The Dubai International Art Centre (DIAC) will host an Annual Students' Exhibition from June 1 to 15, 2013. (TRAVPR.COM) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - May 16th, 2013 - The Dubai International Art Centre (DIAC) will host an Annual Students' Exhibition from ...full story

While it may not be the most conceptual public art installation of all time, a six-story-tall traveling rubber duckie is causing a frenzy along the banks of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. The massive bath toy, created by the Netherlands's Florentijn ...full story

While netsuke from the wealthy urban areas like Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) tended to be ivory and those outside the cities tended to be boxwood, the figures could be made from anything, including amber and killer whale's tooth. Netsuke were carved to depict ...full story

Two public lectures will also be held: “On the relationship with Shibakawa Terukichi and Fujii Tatsukichi” and “Painters around Shibakawa Terukichi”; till June 30. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; (075) 761-4111; Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, ...full story

Now, the brand's boutiques are distributed around the world in cities like Paris, London, New York, Japan, Dubai, Riyadh, Los Angeles, Milan, Las Vegas and many more. The designer is globally recognized for his vivid sense of art. Over decade ago ...full story

She did numerous gallery installations of large sculptural Ikebana works at the Jacksonville Art Museum from 1982 to 1986. Her formal study of Japanese calligraphy began in 1987 under Daiki Takemoto in Kyoto, where some of her work was shown in 1988.full story

The awards were conferred by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) in the presence His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at the J.W. Marriott Marquis Hotel ...full story

From formless scrawlings on walls in Business Bay to stunning graffiti art in Bastakiya, Dubai is no different to any other cosmopolitan city across the globe. Graffiti has always been controversial because it is considered to be an illicit way of ...full story