She first became aware of art restoration as a profession while she was trying to gain admission to Tokyo University of the Arts. She devoted a year to studying to pass the entrance examination after failing on her first try. In the summer of that year ...full story

The Arts & Museum Summit builds on this work and extends it throughout the Asia Pacific region.” The summit features keynote addresses by Glenn D. Lowry, Director, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and artist Hiroshi Sugimoto and remarks by:and more »full story

(Twitter/@malaysian_gags). A street mural that was whitewashed by authorities because it highlighted Malaysia's crime problem has gone viral, with versions popping up across the country and earning their creator comparisons to UK graffiti artist Banksy.and more »full story

"If we can do historic in winter (Melbourne Winter Masterpieces), let's do contemporary in summer and invest as heavily in modern art as we do in historic art," Ellwood said. "No gallery has ever done this before (in Australia). I hope it becomes one ...full story

Khanh made an impassioned appeal to the government, saying it needs to pay more attention to Vietnamese contemporary art. But, artist Le Quang Dinh, co-founder of San Art in Ho Chi Minh City, did not agree. He said contemporary arts should be on the ...full story

An exhibit called “New Form 1”, which is running in Hanoi until Dec 6, features local artists' experimental contemporary sculpture works as an attempt to make the art part of locals' spiritual lives. The exhibit, which is running at Mai Gallery, 12 ...full story

The four-day series of arts events is set to offer a comprehensive, world-class art experience to Chinese collectors, which includes a major auction of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art, three selling exhibitions, namely Modern Masters: From ... From ...full story

Teerawat Mulvilai is no stranger to using art as a tool to reflect and criticise issues in society. His play Typhoon (The Remains) deals with the Oct 14, 1973, student uprising. In an act of protest against the amnesty bill, he was also involved in a ...full story

Teerawat Mulvilai is no stranger to using art as a tool to reflect and criticise issues in society. His play Typhoon (The Remains) deals with the Oct 14, 1973, student uprising. In an act of protest against the amnesty bill, he was also involved in a ...full story

In collaboration with Art Angel Company, Taksu gallery is to present a collective exhibition entitled “New Waves, Korea” in its Kuala Lumpur space, from 5 to 21 December 2013. The show of contemporary Korean art is to feature the works of three artists ...full story