Having caught a few large sharks myself off Sydney, Montauk and elsewhere, and seen quite a few more over a lifetime of recreational fishing, I am underwhelmed by the blither and rubbish churned out by critics, publicists and other art-world denizens ...full story

The mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, banned local government employees from having tattoos and even imposed forced body inspections to enforce the new law. Job prospects for young people in Japan is already difficult following the global economic ...full story

Mr. Hughes studied art and architecture at the University of Sydney and was associated with a group of leftist artists and writers that included Germaine Greer and Clive James, who described Mr. Hughes during those years as “the golden boy.” He pursued ...full story

New Delhi : After faking art works of contemporary Indian masters like S.H. Raza and F.N. Souza, the underground copy market has turned its attention to India's top contemporary sculptor and artist Satish Gujral to tap the budget segment of collectors.and more »full story

Instead, she was hoping to resell a work by a renowned Chinese contemporary artist to help pay for medical treatment for her chronically ill son. She came out of it feeling like a fool — an appraiser told her it was fake. Lee told her story on the ...full story

Newcomers include Art Plural Gallery (Singapore), specialising in international Contemporary Art of both established and up and coming artists; van Kranendonk Duffels (Antwerp, Belgium), with the finest European and American antique Jewellery; Galerie ...full story

Tokyo is an energetic city, filled with frenetic motion and bustle. These tend to be difficult to capture, unless your canvas is an entire room, as it is for teamLab's mural at the new Tokyo Skytree. Filling the walls of a room at the size of 130-feet ...full story

I browse the exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (see momak.go.jp) and visit the Commes de Garcon boutique (378 Kameyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto; see comme-des-garcons.com). Its designer has a highly intellectual type of clothing.and more »full story

I browse the exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (see momak.go.jp) and visit the Commes de Garcon boutique (378 Kameyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto; see comme-des-garcons.com). Its designer has a highly intellectual type of clothing.and more »full story

Captain Blood, Lethal, Dipper, Crackers, Buddy and Richo are among the 22 past and present players featured in Melbourne artist Jon Campbell's Dream Team artworks. The pop-culture work - a collection of 22 individual paintings hung as one - has been ...full story