Vasif Kortun on the balance between institutional evolution and diversity In recent years I have been involved in a series of interviews with architects, curators, and brilliant, quirky unorthodox museum professionals such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kathy Halbreich, Marie-Claude BeaudView More >
Exterior view of Art Basel 41 at Messe Basel, with Heimo Zobernig’s Art Public installation Black Cube (2010) visible at middle-right. Courtesy Art Basel. (Basel) Since the start of this year, art professionals have been cautiously optimistic that theView More >
Architect’s rendering of the Marina Bay Sands development, which will be home to the inaugural Art Stage Singapore art fair in January 2011. Courtesy Art Stage Singapore. (Singapore) Since 2007 alone, the Asia-Pacific region has seen a flurry ofView More >
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week “Weight of Floating Time” 6.29 – 8.15 Arario Gallery (Chungcheongnam-do) Aaron Young 7.2 – 8.5 Kukje Gallery (Seoul) Cai Guo-Qiang: “Head On” 7.2 – 8.31 National Museum of Singapore Ken Kitano: “our face” 7.3 –View More >
Buenos Aires-based independent curator Victoria Noorthoorn has been appointed curator for the 2011 Lyon Biennial, it was announced June 24. Noorthorn has been active primarily in the Americas, serving as projects coordinator of the international program at the Museum ofView More >
Installation view, Kunstverein München 1999. Photo Archiv HZ, courtesy Kiesler Foundation Vienna. Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig has won the EUR 55,000 Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2010, it was announced on June 24. Established inView More >
Totaling GBP 153 million, Christie’s June 23 sale of Impressionist and Modern Art has broken the record for biggest art auction in London, with Picasso’s Blue Period Portrait d’Angel Fernández de Soto selling for £34.8 million. However, with Monet’s “WaterView More >
Hong Kong’s ambitious West Kowloon Cultural District project has found a director for its USD 609 million Museum Plus (M+) initiative. Lars Nittve, outgoing director of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, will be in charge of seeing into fruition the interdisciplinary museum,View More >
Artist Yoshitaka Azuma died June 21 in Osaka due to asthma-related respiratory failure, ART iT has confirmed. Born in Osaka in 1977, Azuma earned a BA in Fine Art from Kyoto University of Art & Design and was represented byView More >
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week Kevin Fung: “Caught in the Middle” 6.23 – 7.17 GROTTO FINE ART（Hong Kong） Mideo Cruz: “Into the World” 6.24 – 7.4 Utterly Art（Singapore） “Bauhaus & Modern Classic: Sabo Collection” 6.24 – 7.20 PKM Trinity Gallery（Seoul）View More >
Simon Fujiwara – Installation view of Welcome to the Hotel Munber (2010). Courtesy Baloise Group, Basel. Simon Fujiwara and Claire Hooper have been announced as winners of this year’s 12th Baloise Art Prize in recognition of outstanding works inView More >
William Kentridge. ⓒ William Kentridge, courtesy the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. On June 18, Kyoto’s Inamori Foundation announced that South African multimedia artist William Kentridge is among the three winners of this year’s 26th Kyoto Prize. EachView More >