Based on Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, Zeng's "Last Supper" -- part of the Paris show -- set a new record for a contemporary Chinese artist when it was sold at auction in Hong Kong on October 5. The work, which depicts Christ and the disciples ...full story
Nell, SUMMER, 2012, digital video, edition of 10, 3 mins. Videography: Tina Havelock Stevens Sound: Ingrid Rowell. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize ...full story
The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, a member of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (MCHI-CREDAI), opened its doors to the 22nd Real Estate and Housing Finance Exhibition, which will be held in Mumbai from ...full story
Ms. Choksi's work, which has been bought by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi and the University of Southampton in England, among others, does not leave those collectors unmoved. βThe emotive force in her work, the way she uses images, ...full story
I went to see Iran Modern with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. On the one hand, I was eager for the chance to see the works, many of which have been hidden away for decades; on the other, I had the sour memory of past exhibitions curated ...full story
Dubai is now home to headline events such as Art Dubai, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, SIKKA Art Fair, Art Dubai, Design Days Dubai, and Dubai and the Gulf Film Festivals. More recently, the Dubai government has renewed its plans to build an ...full story
The first fair of contemporary African art outside Africa opens in London on Wednesday, a testament to the growing market for works rooted in the social and political realities of a troubled continent. A visitor looks at "Giant Ball" by Beninese artist ...full story
The anticipated financial loss for Melbourne's premiere arts venue was officially put at $7.2 million in the annual report for 2012-13 laid before the State Parliament yesterday. The latest figures follow a less drastic, but still serious, $1 million ...full story
BEIJING β A wood sculpture of a larger-than-life man's head whose gaping mouth is stuffed with a plug β a piece of Chinese protest art from more than 30 years ago β was supposed to be a star attraction at a retrospective here. World Twitter Logo.full story
Unsuspecting tourists who thought they were buying cheap Banksy knock-offs have scored the bargain of a lifetime after the elusive street artist revealed the paintings were really his. Banksy used an anonymous old man to sell several of his original ...full story