Posts Tagged ‘ art ’

Art HK report

Jun 10th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
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Art HK report

Here’s my report on Art HK held last month
The2009 edition of Art Hong Kong, held from 14-17 May got off to a busy start, with large crowds of several thousands attending the opening, despite worries over the economic downturn and H1N1 flu...


Chinese art video 2008

Aug 11th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff..., weird stuff

Here’s a video compilation of Chinese art works and what have you I’ve taken photos of over the last few months.

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Preview of Shanghai Biennale

Aug 7th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: Cartoon, News and events, Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
Preview of Shanghai Biennale

This is an article for Chinese vogue, it’ll get translated

Art goes fast forward at 7th Shanghai Biennale

Shanghai Biennale is considered globally the most important art event in China, since its groundbreaking edition in the year ...


Elle loves Shanghai Eye

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff...
Elle loves Shanghai Eye

For the umpteenth time Elle China has run a picture of a Shanghai Eye painting in one of their photo spreads. This time on ‘military fashion.’ Full disclosure- the painting in question is one of a series of Chinese numerals, with no partic...


Exclusive Q&A with ‘DSL Collection’

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
Exclusive Q&A with ‘DSL Collection’

Here is a Shanghai Eye web exclusive-

A short Q&A with the owners of the DSL Collection, one of the leading collections of Chinese contemporary art.
Shanghaieye (SHE): Could you outline your collection- what significant works does it...


Art News, some big

Jul 18th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
Art News, some big

My piece on Guan Yi published in the art newspaper has been made available online, you can read it here.

Guan Yi, 42, has assembled the most important holdings of contemporary art in China. He comes from a family which made huge sums of money i...


Our Future- a preview of the major new show at UCCA in Beijing

Jul 18th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff...
Our Future- a preview of the major new show at UCCA in Beijing

Back from Beijing, here is a review of the UCCA show:

On the same day news emerged that the Andy Warhol show planned by the Faurschou gallery in Beijing was banned by the Chinese Ministry of Culture the neighbouring Ullens Center for Contempora...


Discovery channel vid doc of 798

Jul 12th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...

Discovered (hyuk) this discovery channel doc in English on 798 art district. Woo, Chinese people not so bothered by those annoying copyrights lawyers.

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Chinese art bubble bursts? Or perhaps not…

Jul 1st, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
Chinese art bubble bursts? Or perhaps not…

A Zhang Xiaogang on auction in London missed its estimate by a large margin, perhaps the beginning of the end?

Flopped?
In other news, the IHT has a rampaging dragon of Chinese art roaring and a thundering ahead.
“First, Weste...


The Peking puzzle- navigating Beijing’s art scene during the Olympic period

Jun 25th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
The Peking puzzle- navigating Beijing’s art scene during the Olympic period

Here’s a general overview of the Beijing art scene
Currents of change

China’s art community is in a constant state of flux, buoyed by an increasing talent pool of diverse artists, they are swept this way and that by various forces...