Ai Weiwei fills Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with 100 million ceramic sunflower...
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WORDS TEXT ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART “In general, language is always an insuffient tool to represent human thought. It is not enough to express the idea of the human mind, but language … can help to...
View ArticleTune in to Art International Radio for 30+ talks on Asian contemporary art
Art in troubled placesART AND THE INTERNET RADIO ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART AIR, or Art International Radio, is a listener-sponsored New York State-based non-profit corporation that offers a diverse range...
View ArticleWords in Art: Wenda Gu on rewriting and retranslating traditional Chinese...
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART ARTIST INTERVIEW CALLIGRAPHY In this “Words in Art” interview, our second-to-last in the series, seminal contemporary Chinese artist Wenda Gu explains how he uses poems from...
View ArticleIndian art season in France: installation dominates 2 major museum shows
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART FRANCE MUSEUM SHOWS With two important exhibitions showing Indian artists during the 2011 summer, France seems to be at long last looking at the art of the subcontinent with...
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Sound art is not only something to hear, but also something to see. “Soundings: A Contemporary Score” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), 10 August to 3 November 2013, shows that sound art...
View Article6 Asian artists inspired by Marcel Duchamp
From India to Japan, Asia’s artists are still taking inspiration from Marcel Duchamp. Artists across Asia still find inspiration in the works of Marcel Duchamp, 100 years after the “father of...
View Article“It’s my most complex work yet”: Conceptual artist Lee Mingwei on his...
Taiwan’s Lee Mingwei explains why Luminous Depths is the most complicated and representative work of his career to date. Typically presenting exhibitions of a historical nature, Singapore’s Peranakan...
View ArticleBefore the fame: Yoko Ono’s early years at MoMA in New York
MoMA’s retrospective “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971” fulfills a prophecy and cements the artist’s status as a pioneering figure in the art world. Art Radar correspondent Ellen Pearlman walks...
View ArticleFragility and the machine: Morocco’s Mounir Fatmi – artist profile
Mounir Fatmi addresses doubts, fears and desires through architecture, machines and twists of phrases. Morrocan artist Mounir Fatmi takes a look at the complexities of modern-day life through videos,...
View ArticleAi Weiwei fills Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with 100 million ceramic sunflower...
AI WEIWEI CHINESE ART TATE MODERN UNILEVER SERIES INSTALLATION SCULPTURE Ai Weiwei – artist, architectural designer, curator and social commentator – unveils his work for the prestigious Unilever...
View ArticleA tale of two cities: Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei at the National Gallery of...
Follow “Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei” explores modern and contemporary art, life and cultural politics. In over 300 works and suite of new commissions, the National Gallery of Victoria presents two of the...
View ArticleKader Attia wins Prix Marcel Duchamp 2016
Follow The French-Algerian artist was announced as the winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2016 on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at Centre Pompidou in Paris. Presented by ADIAF in partnership with Centre...
View Article“Lost Human Genetic Archive”: Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto at Tokyo...
Follow Tokyo Photographic Art Museum celebrates grand re-opening and 20-year anniversary with exclusive exhibition of recent work by Hiroshi Sugimoto. The New York-based artist of international...
View Article9 contemporary art exhibitions at Asian Art In London 2016
Follow Asian Art in London 2016 takes place from 3 to 12 November 2016 in the British capital. Asian Art in London 2016 features a rich programme of talks, lectures, guided visits, auctions, events...
View ArticleChanging landscape: Skulpture Projekt Münster 2017
Follow Art Radar has a look at some of the artists participating in Skulpture Projekt Münster 2017. Running until 1 October 2017, Skulpture Projekt Münster sees the participation of 35 international...
View ArticleMeet Maya-Inès Touam, winner of the LCC program award 2018 – artist profile
Follow Franco-Algerian artist Maya-Inès Touam explores the Arab femininity as well as broader cultural and social issues from the Mediterranean region. Art Radar sketches the profile of LCC Program...
View ArticleDifference in sameness: Wolfgang Hahn Prize winner Haegue Yang at Museum...
Follow Cologne’s Museum Ludwig presents “ETA 1994 – 2018” in celebration of Haegue Yang winning the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize. The Korean artist assembles found objects into anthropomorphic...
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