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Sotheby’s Hong Kong: In the Depths
In its new grotto-style showroom, Sotheby’s struggled to find the light. HG Masters
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Weekly News Roundup: November 22, 2024
Taiwanese, Palestinian Artists Win Major Photobook Awards Paris Photo and Aperture Foundation have announced the recipients of their 2024 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards. Among the four winners of the top prizes for their respective photobooks are Taiwanese artist Tsai Ting Bang and Palestinian photographer Taysir Batniji. Tsai clinched the
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Dark Clouds Loom Over Artistic Freedoms in Germany
After the German parliament passed a controversial resolution on November 7, which curbs state funding for any art and cultural projects with “antisemitic aims and content,” its repercussions are already rippling through the country’s cultural landscape. Entitled “Never Again is Now: Protecting, Preserving, and Strengthening Jewish Life in Germany,
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ART SG Prepares for January 2025 Edition
Singapore’s leading international art fair returns for its third edition. Art SG
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Shanghai’s Art Fairs: The End of the Blues?
Despite broader economic concerns, West Bund Art & Design and Art 021 in Shanghai, attracted large crowds and signaled cautious optimism. Louis Lu
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Weekly News Roundup: November 15, 2024
Elaine Kwok Departs Hong Kong’s Hauser & Wirth Swiss mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth has announced the departure of Elaine Kwok from her role as Asia managing partner in Hong Kong. An international arts professional and auctioneer, Kwok joined the gallery in 2022 to build and expand institutional and
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Leon Paroissien, 1937–2024
On November 5, Leon Francis Paroissien, the founding director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and a potent force in the country’s cultural landscape, passed away after a long illness. He was 87 years old. Born in 1937 in Gisborne, Victoria, Paroissien began his professional path into
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The First Gulf Quinquennial is Now Open at NYUAD Art Gallery
*presented by NYUAD Art Gallery October 1 – December 8, 2024 Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Abu Dhabi Organized by the New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, “Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial” is a non-comprehensive survey exhibition focusing on practices
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Nabuqi’s “Geopoetics regarding a waterless sea”
Nabuqi Geopoetics regarding a waterless seaKiang Malingue Hong Kong Sep 12–Oct 12 In his 1936 essay “The Storyteller,” Walter Benjamin lamented the loss of what he termed the “artisan form of communication.” Passed down through generations, stories once served as vessels for shared experiences and collective wisdom. But this
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Pioneering American Artist Wins Nam June Paik Prize
The Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin, South Korea, has announced American visual artist Joan Jonas as the winner of its 8th Nam June Paik Prize for her formative work across sculpture, installation, performance, and video art. A leading figure in the performance art movement of the late 1960s,
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Weekly News Roundup: November 8, 2024
Kitty Scott Named Chief Curator of 15th Shanghai Biennale The Shanghai Biennale has appointed Canadian curator and writer Kitty Scott as chief curator of the 15th edition slated for late 2025, making her the first woman to helm the international event since its launch in 1996. A seasoned art veteran,
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Atsushi Uemura, 1933–2024
On November 1, Japanese painter Atsushi Uemura, known for his elegant bird-and-flower (kacho-ga) paintings in the traditional Japanese style of nihonga, passed away at the age of 91. He died of natural causes at his home in Nara, in western Japan. Uemura was born in 1933 into
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Indian Court Orders Release of “Obscene” Artworks
On November 1, the Bombay High Court in India ordered Mumbai’s customs department to release several artworks by two of the country’s most prominent artists, FN Souza and Akbar Padamsee, which were seized last year on grounds of “obscenity.” The confiscated artworks belong to Indian businessman and art
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Shows to See in Shanghai, November 2024
This November, Shanghai kicks off with its annual art week as the global art community gathers for Art021 (November 7–10) and West Bund Art & Design (November 8–10), two major fairs that have brought together international galleries and local institutions to the city for over a decade. To