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The work of artists from Arab and North African countries is thriving, complex, and increasingly visible on the international scene. Read More
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Author Archives: Barbara Pollack
Taking Center Stage
Looking for new ways to interpret familiar works—and attract new audiences to see them—opera companies are hiring artists to transform classic productions into multimedia spectacles. Read More
Clothes Connections
Shinique Smith transforms piles of garments destined for export into eye– and thought–provoking installations. Read More
Hope, Glory, Manet, and McDonald’s
Wang Qingsong's elaborate, often parodic staged photographs riff on everything from art history to corporate logos to Communist propaganda. Read More
Competing Shows Weigh on Sales at Shanghai Contemporary Fair
Now in its second year, the ShContemporary art fair attracted an international array of galleries, all of them installed in spacious booths in the cavernous, Soviet-designed Shanghai Exhibition Center Sept. 10–13. Read More
The Chinese Art Explosion
As works by Chinese artists fetch multimillion-dollar prices, the international art world is waking to the power of the Asian market. China has spawned hundreds of new galleries, 1,600 auction houses, art fairs, and growing numbers of contemporary-art collectors, while accusations surface that some are engaging in widespread speculation. Read More
Inaugural Hong Kong Fair: ‘Major Players and Blue-Chip Works’
The city’s first international art fair, ART HK 08, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 14-18, attracted major players and blue-chip works of Western and Asian contemporary art, leading to high results by the end of the fair. Read More
Making 1,200 Museums Bloom
China, where the term “curator” did not exist ten years ago, is in the midst of a museum boom. But its fledgling institutions face many challenges—not least establishing an infrastructure for cultural activities, raising funds, battling bureaucracy, and challenging censorship. Read More
High Demand Fuels Buying Frenzy at Art Basel Miami and Spinoff Fairs
With more than 40,000 visitors and 100 museum delegations in attendance, Art Basel Miami Beach boasted another year of superlative success. A need for crowd control was the only basis for complaint as collectors streamed into the Miami Beach Convention Center at noon on Dec. 7 and packed the hall for the next three days. Read More
Moonlight Sonata
For many artists, a day job is not just a way of keeping body and soul together—it also feeds and sustains their creative work. Read More
Chinese Photography: Beyond Stereotypes
With the introduction of digital photography and high-tech printing facilities in China in the 1990s, a new generation of artists immediately embraced photo-based media as the perfect means for expressing the changes taking place around them. Read More
