The Australian government will introduce resale royalty rights, or droit de suite, literally “right to follow,” next year that provide visual artists or their estate up to five percent of the sale price each time their works are resold. The law will cover artworks by living artists sold for... [more]

Indian Modernist Cleared of All Charges
New Delhi
By Hanae Ko

On September 9, the Supreme Court of India announced they had dismissed all charges brought against internationally renowned artist MF Husain (see AAP 18, 19). Led by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, the Supreme Court upheld the decision made in May by a Delhi High Court (see AAP 50, 59) to dismiss three obscenity cases filed in 2006 against... [more]

Auspicious Start For New Festival In Israel
Tel Aviv
By Simon Castets

As Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary with year-long, nation-wide commemorations, on September 24, the first edition of the art festival Art TLV was launched in Tel Aviv, Israel’s nonstop-city and major artistic hub. On the eve of the city’s own 100th anniversary, this year’s festival was billed as... [more]

Singapore Art Museum Receives Major Gift From Chinese Painter
Singapore
By Christine Ng

The renowned Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong has donated 113 artworks with an estimated value of SGD 66 million (USD 45 million) to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). This gift marks the highest-value donation to any museum in Singapore.

The donation follows a similar gift of 66 important works made to the Shanghai Art Museum by the artist earlier this year. Shanghai Art Museum director Li Lei pledged to create a special exhibition hall for... [more]