Issue #64 July/August 2009 Now Available!

 


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Even for artist-prankster Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), his Modell Interconti (1987) is a high point in the subversion of art and its institutions. Kippenberger bought a 1972, all-gray abstract painting by Gerhard Richter, added a frame and screwed legs onto it. The Chinese government rarely makes concessions to its citizens, especially when it involves allegations of governmental mismanagement and the actions of artist Ai Weiwei. However, the government’s unexpected announcement on May 5 that...

 

 Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in the Philippines, New York-based artist Paul Pfeiffer is known for his interest in the spectacle of mass-media imagery, which he manipulates to create hypnotic videos and digital prints. Pfeiffer has had major solo exhibitions at... Spelled out in flowers on a grass bank along an entry road leading into Sharjah is the welcoming phrase: “Smile You Are in Sharjah.” Such a generic proposal should be plausible anywhere, but here it feels incongruous, at odds with the complex social composition of the city...

The clicking heels of Ayah Bdeir’s leather boots echo across the concrete floor at Eyebeam in Chelsea, New York’s contemporary gallery district, doing away with the Friday noon lull. As Bdeir gives a cheerful tour of the spacious art and technology center, where she is...
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Plans for New Media Museum to Move Forward in Japan:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090614x1.html

Ai Weiwei Calls for Massive Online Protest Against China:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/china-internet-protest-censorship-ai-weiwei

Natasha Conland Appointed 2010 Auckland Triennial Curator:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0906/S00063.htm

Australian Company Under Investigation for Selling Fake Aboriginal Art:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/826728/accc-takes-action-over-fake-artworks

Cambodian Artist Testifies in Khmer Rouge War-Crimes Trial:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8123541.stm

Tiananmen Square Soldier Recounts Massacre Through Art:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/world/asia/04soldier.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=chen%20guang&st=cse

Art Experts Discuss Future of New Hong Kong Art District:
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/culture-experts-debate-w-kowloon/19649304

Singapore's New Free-Trade Zone to Change Asian Art Market:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/arts/10iht-rcartoff.html

First Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition to open in US:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25616607-5013571,00.html

Art Collector Suing Louis Vuitton Wins Day in Court:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/art-fraud-lawsuit-against-louis-vuitton-over-murakami-prints-to-go-forward-judge-rules.html


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AAP is a media partner of Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York City, May 10-18. For more information click here

AAP is the exclusive art media partner at Art HK in Hong Kong, May 13-17, 2009. For more information click here

Emerging Hong Kong artist Lee Kit will create a special collaboration in ArtAsiaPacific's booth for ArtHK. For more information click here

AAP will be an exhibitor at Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, June 9-14, 2009. For more information click here

AAP will participate in Art Basel's Art Lobby Talks on Saturday, June 13, 3 to 3.30 pm. The talk "Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good deeds: Art practice in the time of crisis and war" will include artists Lida Abdul (Kabul/Los Angeles) and Fereydoun Ave (Paris/Tehran) with ArtAsiaPacific's West Asia Editor Sara Raza. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific is proud to be a media partner of South Asian Women's Creative Collective Benefit Auction held on October 20th at Tamarind Art Gallery, NYC. Tickets are $35/advance and $50/at the door. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific is proud to be the exclusive media partner of ShContemporary, the leading art fair in Shanghai. At the spectacular Shanghai Exhibition Center, September 10-13. For more information click here

ArtAsiaPacific is pleased to be the media partner of Showcase Singapore. A new boutique fair at the old City Hall, September 9-12 in conjunction with the Singapore Biennale. For more information click here









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