Archive for April 2009

Art news from state media

Apr 30th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: News and events
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Art news from state media

Quite a few art related stories in China’s state run English language press over the last couple of days: China Daily on the Turner show in Beijing Happy It was during a trip to London that Fan Di’an was asked the dream question. “Wh...


Art news links of the day…April 30

Apr 30th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

A real random link round up today: Some new art lighting system +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ Turner in China, (not the Turner prize winners, the actual Turner..) +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ Musings on Indian art +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ Celeb Rachel Wei...


Hong Kong Flu by the Ethopians

Apr 29th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Link here, its a song.

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Presser – HK art fair talks schedule

Apr 29th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

- AAA Programmes for ART HK 09 – Backroom Conversations 14 – 17 May 2009 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Just meters from the bright lights of ART HK 09’s exhibition hall, AAA presents a series of programmes with some of the l...


Shanghai World Expo, new Bund Tunnel, etc, photo report

Apr 28th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Yesterday Shanghai Eye visited the new glorious construction projects taking place on both banks of the Huangpu River. The new Bund Tunnel will pass under the Bund, hosting two levels of traffic, one going north, the other south. A further four lanes ...


Zhao Tielin photos for sale

Apr 27th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Recommended Reading

Danwei has posted a news item here about a Chinese photographer’s works being offered for sale to pay for a medical operation.

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Call for projects- Helsinki

Apr 27th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

HIAP PRODUCTION RESIDENCIES: Call for Applications HIAP – Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programme invites international visual artists to submit applications for HIAP Production Residencies for the period of 2009/10. The deadline fo...


Shanghai Supergirl

Apr 25th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Shanghai Supergirl

Here’s a VBS TV doco about a Shanghai entrant for the Pop Idol type show on Chinese tv.

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Thinking about a revolution

Apr 23rd, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

Well known Chinese curator Ou Ning has posted a recent translation of one of his texts The Revolutionary Imagination and its Cultural Praxis over on his blog here. Intro: History is in slumber most of the time. A common person who leads an ordinary li...


Carol Lu on artist initiatives in China

Apr 23rd, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Carol Lu on artist initiatives in China

Carol Lu has written a long piece here on artist initiatives to open their own small spaces and exhibit their work on their own terms… Quote: Excitement is building, with no formal press release, no art jargon, no market glamour, no hierarchy. H...