By Fred Jordan Mikhail T. Carnice MANILA, Philippines – Its poster was spread all over the city, easily striking up the interest of viewers. It shows a completely barren framed canvas with three long gashes on a white background, on top of which is the ...full story

By Alex Vergara MANILA, Philippines—If you have a sizable collection of “blue chip” art pieces, hold on to them. With the regional art market currently in the doldrums, now isn't the best time to unload any of your artwork. Forget the bank. ...full story

... with the Tjala Arts centre in South Australia who is showing early signs of dementia, was taken from his community in Amata and driven 5½ hours to the Alice Springs home of art dealer John Ioannou, who owns Agathon Galleries in Armadale and Sydney. ...full story

Between Jan 2004 and Jan 2009 its price index rose 583 per cent (Artprice — Art Market Insight, Feb 2009), reaching its high-water mark in spring of 2008 when Christie's auction in Hong Kong realised sales of $310.7 million. Post-recession indicators ...full story

When MGM Mirage and its partner Dubai World almost missed a payment on CityCenter in March, there was concern that the more than $8 billion project would come to a halt. Jobs would be lost, investors and architects would be angry — and then there was ...full story

Mumbai (PTI) Senior journalist Prakash Bal Joshi's paintings, Igatpuri Rains and Deep Blue, have been included in popular art book International Contemporary Masters 2009. The art book, published by US-based Omma Center of Contemporary Art, ...full story

... in the goodness of human nature and begin distributing their art themselves. "You cannot ask everyone to pay. If you are busking, for example, only some people will offer money," he said during a talk last month at Erasmus Huis in South Jakarta. ...full story

Collector David Heather found a shop in Hanoi that he considered "an Aladdin's cave of old propaganda posters dating from the 1960s to the present." What he found there appears in the new book "Vietnam Posters" from Prestel Publishing -- see our online ...full story

New Delhi, May 02: The recession is having a positive affect on Indian art. While it is purging the market of bad art and correcting prices, the meltdown is also forcing artists to concentrate on quality rather than quantity since expectations are low ...full story

The Yemeni artist Talal al-Naggar won first place in the Dubai cultural magazine competition in the category of plastic art in its sixth term for the 2008/2009 session. The Editor in Chief of Dubai cultural magazine and the Director-General of the Dar ...full story