International

Volcanic ash curtailing flights

Apr 16th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
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Volcanic ash curtailing flights

This volcanic ash cloud means no visitors from Europe for a bit! If everyone in China blows really hard it might go the other way…

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The corpse of consumerism

Apr 15th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
The corpse of consumerism

The new eflux journal is out, and has a great essay on Zombies…
nb. Art Lies latest issue is also out with a focus on artists all taking to the countryside out of ‘anxiety’ aka fear of zombies.

Quote:
George Romero...


Presser- artists’ pub opens

Mar 28th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

Artists’ Pub – Artists’
Publications Network and Communication Platform
http://www.artists-pub.eu
Share this announcement on: Facebook | Delicious | Twitter
“Artists’ Pub” is an internet portal ...


South African rap

Mar 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

This is a nothing to do with Shanghai post. Check out die Antwoord, a South African rap group. Official website here.

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Abstract art from North and South America

Feb 19th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
Abstract art from North and South America

The New York Times has an interesting article on abstract painting available online here.

quote:
For all its virtues, such art never found a wide audience. Dismissed as decorative and un-American in the isolationist 1930s, it was all bu...


Presser: The World Future Society

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

PRESSER:
The Annual Conference of the World Future Society
July 8-10, 2010, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts
Hi, my name is Timothy Mack and I’m the President of the World Future Society. I’d like to take a...


Presser…on the eastern front

Jan 16th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International

Presser
…on the eastern front
video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009
22 January – 7 March, 2010
Ludwig Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ludwig Múzeum–Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum


China calls for return of stolen art treasures

Nov 17th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

Reuters has the scoop here.
Quote:
Chinese art, whether ancient or more contemporary, has fetched record prices at international auctions in recent years, and at times defying the global economic downturn.
But the official Xinhua new...


New book on graffiti language out

Oct 19th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...
New book on graffiti language out

Details of the book here, and if you happen to be in Paris on the 24th of Oct. you can visit the show. It is co-authored by Madga Danysz who is now running the Bund 18 art gallery.
On the occasion of the publication of the book, From style writi...


Performance art audio

Jun 10th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: International, Random Shanghai stuff...

BBC radio programme here, includes He Yunchang.

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