Fri, January 27, 2012

Singapore: Designing an Arts Marketplace

Posted 1 week, 3 days ago

With its centralized approach to governing, Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party, in power since the republic’s birth in 1963, has created an economic juggernaut. But can the city-state that forbids chewing gum create a premier arts marketplace and incubator?

Over the last decade the…

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Toy Story

Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago

“It’s something to think about when you’re stuck in traffic.” So said Los Angeles-based artist Chris Burden at this morning’s press conference inaugurating Metropolis II—his eye-popping fantastical collision of the fine and decorative arts, assemblage and, hey, urban planning thrown…

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Fair and Auction Report Card: September

Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Has September gone gonzo for contemporary art? I’ve long associated the summer-fall bridge month with the Biennale des Antiquaires, the biennial Gallic decorative arts bash and celebration of le grand goût (as well as 20th century French design and haute joaillerie). But this is the off year….

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