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Weekly News Roundup: August 30, 2024

Controversial Brisbane Sculpture Divides Opinions A giant public sculpture dubbed the “large, lumpy lady body,” by Australian artist Justene Williams, is stirring the pot in Brisbane. Located in the recently opened Queen’s Wharf precinct, the work is a five-meter-tall bronze of a squatting woman with four breasts, titled Sheila

People

New Currents: Dony Cheng Hung

The Hong Kong artist employs geometric symbolism to forge uncanny realities. Alex Yiu

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Future of Japanese Art Museum Hangs in Balance

The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, run by the financially burdened Japanese chemical giant DIC Corporation, has announced it will temporarily close in January 2025. DIC’s board of directors issued a public notice on August 28 stating that it will reconvene in December to review its operations, raising

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September in Seoul, 2024: Gallery Shows

Alongside hundreds of galleries exhibiting at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center at either Frieze Seoul (Sep 4–7) or KIAF Seoul (Sep 4–8) (or both) the three major gallery districts of the Korean capital (Samchung, Itaewon-Hannam, and Chungdam) will be thronged with contemporary art and its followers. During

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Cybernetic Divinity: Interview with Liao Jiaming

Concluding his residency at De Sarthe Gallery, the Hong Kong-based artist creates a techno-religion system that explores our innermost desires. Alex Yiu

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September in Seoul, 2024: Museum and Art Center Shows

As the third edition of Frieze Seoul (Sep 4–7) and the long-running KIAF Seoul (Sep 4–8) converge at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Gangnam, the Korean capital will be pulsating with contemporary art and its fans. Amid all the openings, talks, and events, the editors selected

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The Essential Works of Bharti Kher

Hybridity and mythology in the practice of a leading artist from India. Annette Meier

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Weekly News Roundup: August 23, 2024

Frieze and KIAF Organizers Share Highlights In a joint press conference on August 22, the international art fairs Frieze Seoul and KIAF Seoul revealed details about the upcoming events, which will both begin at Gangnam’s COEX Convention Center on September 4. The third edition of Frieze Seoul will feature

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Sirak Melkonian, 1930–2024

On August 17, Iranian Armenian abstract painter Sirak Melkonian passed away in Toronto at the age of 93. Melkonian was considered one of the founders of the modern Iranian art movement and was best known for his limited color palette, with works that emphasized lines and forms inspired by nature.