The urban milieu of Mumbai remains his primary muse; it's nurturing of high glamour, human suffering, simmering aggression and swarming masses an ongoing preoccupation. One of his most ambitious installations till date- Aquasaurus, a seven-metre long ...full story
28, 2009 It took 12 years to open Bangkok's first modern art museum. It may take even longer to figure out how best to fill it. Since the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre claimed its place last fall among a row of immense shopping malls, its spiraling ...full story
In Dubai, she studied under the British watercolorist Lynd. Avi Kiriakatis of Kenilworth is an award winning artist/teacher who works in all media. She studied iconography with a renowned iconographer, A Papargiris, as well as private teachers. ...full story
by Norma Dittman Trang Le, an exchange student from Hanoi, Vietnam, who has been attending Fulda High School as a senior, has developed an exceptional art skill during the past 13 years. On Friday, she described some of her artwork that she has ...full story
Especially in "Dreaming in Public" - Gallery Soulflower's latest contribution to the Bangkok contemporary art scene - thoughts and identities amorphously flow, in and out, here and there. But not long before you wake up, a large golden frame drops and ...full story
Again exposure to contemporary art and artists helped them fine-tune their conceptualisation skills. But, ever since the new management took over, no workshop has been conducted," said a teacher, even though funds have been allocated. ...full story
I have to keep up with him," Sutrisno said in explanation of his almost militant obsession with his art. Following the exhibition in Yogyakarta, Sutrisno's woodcuts came to the Tembi House of Culture in Jakarta. Viewers can rest assured that a gray and ...full story
Other key positions filled under Cartwright's tenure have been Vas Prabhu from Boston's Peabody Essex Museum as the museum's new Deputy Director for Education and Interpretation and Katy MacDonald from New York's Museum of Modern Art as the new ...full story
By Le-Min Lim May 28 (Bloomberg) -- As Michael Wang, one of Asia's top collectors, stood watching bidders at a Hong Kong sale compete to pay millions of dollars for paintings by Zao Wou-ki and Sanyu this week, he said he knew the art-market slump was ...full story
DUBAI — One thousand specially commissioned pieces of art will adorn the interior of the Burj Dubai and the accompanying boulevard when it is opened in September. Master developer Emaar unveiled the first piece of art, World Voices by Jaume Plensa, ...full story