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Art Fairs Set to Compete for Mumbai
News that India’s megacity will have two art fairs prompts concerns about rapid growth. HG Masters
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Infamous Vandal Destroys Ai Weiwei Sculpture
On September 20, a self-proclaimed performance artist deliberately destroyed a porcelain sculpture by Ai Weiwei after sneaking into the invite-only opening reception for “Who Am I?” at the Palazzo Fava museum, the Chinese dissident artist’s first solo exhibition in Bologna, Italy. Installed in the museum’s atrium,
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Christie’s Unveils New Asia Headquarters
On September 20, Christie’s auction house opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters in The Henderson, a recently developed office building in Hong Kong’s Central district. With this opening, Christie’s becomes the third major auction house to expand their footprint in the city, following rivals Phillips and Sotheby’
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Weekly News Roundup: September 20, 2024
Christie’s Establishes its First Saudi Arabia Outpost Saudi Arabia has granted the international auction house Christie’s a commercial license to operate in the kingdom, the company announced on September 17. Christie’s will open a sales office in the capital of Riyadh at an unspecified future date, and
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Holly Lee, 1953–2024
Holly Lee, a Hong Kong artist and pioneer of conceptual photography in the region, has passed away at the age of 71. Her death was announced by Hong Kong-based nonprofit platform WMA on September 15. Despite initially training in literature, the Hong Kong-born artist pivoted to photography in
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The Uncanny and Unhomely in “Project Belonging: From There to Here”
Project Belonging: From There to Here. Part 1: The Foreign in the Familiar Ateneo Art Gallery Manila August 10–October 26 A sharp, distorted cackling—as though ripped directly from some arcane tape—rattled from deep inside the gallery. Such strange, surreal instances permeated “Project Belonging: From There to Here,
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Weekly News Roundup: September 13, 2024
Aichi Triennale Reveals More Participating Artists The Aichi Triennale 2025, which is slated to open on September 13, 2025, in the Japanese city of Nagoya, has announced the next round of artists and groups participating in its sixth edition. Curated by Sharjah Art Foundation president Hoor Al-Qasimi and themed
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Report Details Persistent Persecution of Iranian Artists
A new 100-page report by the American advocacy groups Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) and Voices Unbound (VU), in partnership with Berkley Law, details how Iranian artists have been systematically targeted in the aftermath of the “Women Life Freedom” movement in 2022, during which time Iranian security forces are believed
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Shi Yiran’s and Huang Baoying’s “Here and Then”
Shi Yiran and Huang Baoying: Here and Then Ferris Gallery Shenzhen August 18–November 8 Life is a series of departures, whether voluntary or not. Some choose to embark on journeys that take them to new heights, while others are compelled to flee in a haze, leaving no trace. Alluding
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Fluid Expressions: Interview with Channatip Chanvipava
The queer Thai artist delves into autobiographical concepts for his new solo exhibition at Ronchini Gallery in London. Camilla Alvarez-Chow
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Rebecca Horn, 1944–2024
On September 6, Rebecca Horn, a German artist renowned for her bionic sculptures, installations, performances, and body art, passed away in Bad König, Germany, at age 80. The news was announced by New York’s Sean Kelly Gallery, which has represented her since 2002. Horn was born in 1944 in
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Art’s Largest Annual Prize, the Praemium Imperiale, Announces Laureates
On September 10, the 35th Praemium Imperiale, known as the “Nobel Prize of the arts,” announced the recipients in each of the JPY 15 million (USD 104, 000) award’s five categories: Sophie Calle (France) was selected for painting; Doris Salcedo (Colombia) for sculpture; Shigeru Ban (Japan) for architecture; Maria
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Complementary Arrangements: Frieze Seoul x KIAF 2024
Two concurrent fairs presented more than 300 galleries to visitors amid the 2024 Korea Art Festival. HG Masters
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Ninth NGV Architecture Commission Names Winner
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission 2024 has been awarded to Melbourne-based architecture studio Breathe for its design Home Truth, a maze-like installation of a house-within-a-house. The design explores alternative home-building in Australia—which boasts the largest average house size on Earth—