Preview: The Armory Show 2018 – Highlights from Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Follow The Armory Show returns in its 24th year with 198 galleries from 31 countries. 66 new exhibitors have been invited with work ranging from miniature paintings to technologically-advanced...
View ArticleSwiss artist Urs Fischer’s first solo show in Asia at Gagosian Gallery, Hong...
Follow New York-based Swiss-born artist Urs Fischer continues to surprise with his unpredictable and provocative works of art. The solo exhibition features his perception-altering new works, blurring...
View ArticlePreview: Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 gallery highlights from Asia and Africa
Follow The 2016 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach brings together over 200 galleries, including 21 first-time exhibitors. Art Radar takes a look at some of the highlights at the art fair coming from...
View ArticleHong Kong art fair ART HK 11: First day fair impressions
ART FAIR HONG KONG ORIGINAL COVERAGE “It’s overwhelming” said a US national HK-based art historian. “I feel sorry for you if you have to sit down and distil all this.” Left and right, in French,...
View ArticleMust-know global art trends from 6 art professionals – The Miami Herald
GLOBAL ART TRENDS ASIA An article published in November 2011 in The Miami Herald questioned six art professionals on their views on global art trends. We summarise the main points from the article and...
View ArticleWhat motivates billionaire collector Victor Pinchuk? The Art Newspaper
CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES COLLECTORS UKRAINE “Rarely has so much money been spent so quickly on so much bad art” says a recent article in The Art Newspaper that sheds light on the motivations of...
View ArticleHow Saatchi and his YBAs influenced leading Asian artists – The Observer
CROSS-CULTURAL INFLUENCE CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART Ben Lewis, in a review of a new book, The History of the Saatchi Gallery, published in The Observer in July 2011, reveals the influence that the Charles...
View ArticleHong Kong home for top-shelf White Cube art
GALLERY OPENING HONG KONG CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET First came Ben Brown, next was Gagosian, now London’s White Cube has announced it is opening a 6,000 square-foot exhibition space in new Hong Kong...
View ArticleWhat is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part I
CONTEMPORARY ART TRENDS CHINESE AUCTION HOUSES ONLINE GALLERIES Art Radar is kicking off 2012 with a series of four posts that outline new trends in the Asian art world. The contemporary art market is...
View ArticleTokyo-based Yuko Hasegawa first dedicated curator of ART HK Projects for 2012
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS HONG KONG INSTALLATION The 2012 edition of ART HK, Asia’s biggest contemporary art fair, will see the return of ART HK Projects, an exhibition series consisting of ten...
View ArticleWhat is ahead for contemporary Asian art, 2012 and beyond? Part II
CONTEMPORARY ART TRENDS CHINESE GALLERIES GLOBALISATION For the second post in the Art Radar art trends series we take a look at changes to contemporary art galleries. The past decade has seen...
View ArticleThe antique and the contemporary: “The Shape of Time” at Gagosian Hong Kong
Gagosian Gallery mounts museum-calibre exhibition juxtaposing Chinese antiquities and contemporary art. Launched on 26 November 2015, the carefully curated exhibition is an unprecedented event in a...
View ArticleNam June Paik’s prophetic final works at Gagosian Hong Kong – in pictures
Gagosian Gallery debuts the much-coveted estate of Nam June Paik in Hong Kong. Curated by Paik scholar John Hanhardt, “Nam June Paik: The Late Style” unveils previously unexhibited works from the...
View ArticleArt Basel Hong Kong 2015: new calendar and format successful – fair round up
With rich regional flavours and concerted programming, Art Basel Hong Kong 2015 offered a significant boost to the Asian art scene. The third edition of Art Basel Hong Kong drew to a close on 17 March...
View ArticleContemporary Asian art in New York City: Art Radar guide
An Art Radar guide to New York City’s Asian contemporary art scene. In our latest City Art Guide, we look at New York City, a global centre for contemporary art and culture. This art guide contains...
View ArticleJohnson Chang on Chinese art past, present and future – interview
Hanart TZ’s Johnson Chang gives his insights on the last three decades of Chinese contemporary art. Academic, curator and gallerist Johnson Chang, Founder of Hanart TZ Gallery in Hong Kong, talks to...
View ArticleZeng Fanzhi’s “The Last Supper” breaks records at Sotheby’s 40th anniversary...
Record-breaking results, including Zeng Fanzhi commanding the highest price for Asian contemporary art at auction, may help Sotheby’s stave off criticism of lack-lustre sales strategies. On 5 October...
View ArticleRealist painter Liu Xiaodong now represented by Lisson Gallery
Adoption by a major Western gallery puts Liu Xiaodong into a small group of significant Chinese artists represented internationally. In June 2012, Lisson Gallery announced that they will represent...
View ArticleChanging global retail landscape: Can Hong Kong art galleries adapt? Part II
CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET TRENDS GALLERIES AUCTION HOUSES In an essay for Taiwan-based art magazine Artco, Art Radar founder Kate Cary Evans discusses the tectonic shifts in the Hong Kong art scene over...
View ArticleChanging global retail landscape: Can Hong Kong art galleries adapt? Part I
CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET TRENDS GALLERIES AUCTION HOUSES In an essay for Taiwan-based art magazine Artco, Art Radar founder Kate Cary Evans discusses the tectonic shifts that have emerged in the Hong...
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