KYOTO, JAPAN — When it comes to tackling the tensions in East Asia — the historical disputes, the territorial battles, the entrenched stereotypes — plastering people's faces probably isn't the first remedy that comes to mind. But in a part of the ...full story
While works of renowned artists like Tyeb Mehta, Hussain, Martin Francis Souza, Akbar Padamse were displayed in the Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art section, art of Imperial India saw an important diamond-set and enamelled gold parade ...full story
Richard Fox is an interactive storyteller specialising in locative media. ○ His ongoing project, Razorhurst, features a GPS-enabled action game showcased in the dLux Mobile program. ○ The Plague Sydney app is free to download during Art & About ...full story
Can art succeed where porn fails: to actually turn us on? This is the question greeting visitors as they enter the erotic art show, Feck:Art, which sprawls across the pop-up gallery of a Brunswick warehouse as part of the Melbourne fringe festival. It ...full story
"He is on his own because he is so far from home." More than 800 artworks from 749 mostly primary school students from 263 schools across the state are on exhibition at the prestigious Armory Gallery at Sydney Olympic Park until Sunday, October 26.and more »full story
According to the Melbourne University website, Dr Sloggett is director of the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and has qualifications in art history, philosophy and cultural materials conservation. She manages the centre's conservation ...full story
The fringe program covers a cross-section of artistic genres from special events to performance, cabaret, comedy, visual arts, film, live art, music, circus, dance and a children's program. The comedy line-up includes many of Melbourne's favourite ...full story
The items are now displayed at Curate, Seni Mont' Kiara in Kuala Lumpur for viewing. HBArt associate specialist Kimberly Leong said there was an assortment of cultural artifacts and artworks ranging from Straits Chinese ceramics and the keris, which ...full story
The exhibition is being curated by Sharmini Pereira, a curator-publisher who is based in Sri Lanka and New York. She has extensively written on contemporary Asian art. She is also the director and founder of Raking Leaves, an independent publishing ...full story
Moreover, some of the art in these sales was simply transferred over from so-called “day sale” auctions, which sometimes feature less-than-stellar material. But the initiative was huge successful, with a few First Open auctions virtually selling out ...full story