The current exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) presents a title that can produce either a wry, prankish effect or literal-minded horror: Mueng Jom Nam (Sunken City), complete with the subtitle "Let's Panic". To cool down raised alarms ...full story
The exhibition also features a remarkable object that exemplifies the reverse: adaptation of Chinese cultural practices by Sogdian peoples in China. A large marble slab, purchased by the museum's founder Charles Lang Freer in New York City in 1915, ...full story
In the art capitals of New York, London and Hong Kong, galleries and auction houses are now expanding their collections geographically to welcome a potential new cash cow: Asia. Indonesia is proving to be a leader of the art world's geographic ...full story
It is clearly the metaphysical dimension of art that interests Osaka most, something that may have seemed unfashionable prior to the disaster but in the light of it gave her Triennale a peculiar poignancy. The international contribution was strong, ...full story
SYDNEY — The Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia is highlighting the work of its members in a special exhibition, now being hosted at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design. Titled Journey, the exhibit features the works of 19 guild members from ...full story
The children, aged between 8 and 14, together with five children from a rehabilitation centre in New Delhi, participated in an art exchange workshop at Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi. Katharina Poggendorf Kakar, who founded Tara Trust, Goa unit, in 2009, ...full story
Baron Osuna, from the Kyoto-based Super Window Project, placed a €5000 ($6920) floor sculpture by Sandrine Pelletier in the Caldic Collection. "I like the intellectual flavor of the fair," said Osuna, who is also showing works by Soshi Mastunobe and LG ...full story
Balinese artist Ni Wayan Handoko has been a fixture on Jakarta's art scene since the late 1970s, with her bold, figurative paintings featured in more than 70 exhibitions. Over the course of her career, Ni Wayan has been a member of painting communities ...full story
A parallel Eskenasi exhibition, "The Twelve Animals of the Zodiac" (2011), presents charming paintings especially created for Eskenazi by contemporary Chinese artist Li Huayi. They portray in a landscape the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, ...full story
The samplers aim to highlight various art forms so that newcomers can get a sense of what they're in for if they choose to see more theater in Japan. The performances taking place at Yamamoto Noh Theater in Osaka this weekend will include rakugo (comic ...full story