The first work I bumped into at the recent international art fair Sydney Contemporary was Transportation by Damien Hirst, price on application but understood by many to be offered at $900,000 – the kind of price that makes collecting art appear a hobby ...full story

DOUGLAS Nierras, founder, artistic director and choreographer of Powerdance—known as the leading Filipino dance company in modern jazz—kicked off Art 2 Art's October line-up on Oct. 6. Nierras, who he is also a dance educator, offered practical ...full story

“We haven't seen the room so full or so positive or so buoyant for a while,” said London-based dealer Daniel Eskenazi. Eskenazi, who was outbid on a Chenghua-era 'Palace' Bowl that sold for US$18.2 ... China can now claim to have unseated Japan after ...full story

They have appeared nationally and internationally, including at the 2010 and 2011 Islamic Music Festivals in Kuala Lumpur. "As we go about our lives, we are pelted with unsettling, bad news throughout the world," said Nadia Mavrakis, IARS co-founder ...full story

Given his personal connection to MECA and the Portland's sister-school status with the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi, Vietnam, Portland emerged as a suitable site. The artists have been working on their installation for three weeks, and it will ...full story

Courtesy of Talwar Gallery, New York/New DelhiAn untitled photograph by Nasreen Mohamedi from the 1960s. The South African artist William Kentridge is best known for creating low-tech animated films, often based on charcoal drawings, that explore the ...full story

Hong Kong art dealer and gallery owner Catherine Kwai attributes this lack—Mr. Ai's only previous solo exhibition was in 1987 in New York—to small output. Even at his peak of production, exacting brushwork limited the artist to perhaps 12 oil ...full story

Mumbai Mirror had reported on June 15 that the V P Road police had arrived at a conclusion that Sheetal herself may have replaced the paintings with fakes (Masterpieces replaced with fakes: Probe points to socialite Sheetal Mafatlal). Cop under the scannerand more »full story

The triennial event, themed “Contemporary Art and the Making of Its Market”, will take place until Oct. 25 in four major cities, starting in Denpasar, then heading to Jakarta, Yogyakarta and ending in Solo. Showcasing contemporary artworks from ...full story

The gallery at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, showcases mixed media collages as well as oil and acrylic paintings by artists from five countries, including Malaysia. National Visual Arts Development Board director-general Haned Masjak Artiseri said ...full story