Stones and Elephants by Chia-Wei Hsu derives from the Malay literary classic The Hikayat Abdullah . The author Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, who once served as the secretary of Major General William Farquhar, chronicled his life in Malaysia and published his writings in 1849. Hsu’s video installation excerpts two chap- ters from this classic.
Embarking from myriad audio-visual narratives, Chia-Wei Hsu pursues imaginative interrogations of cultural contact and colonization in Asia, oftentimes amalgamating his primary narratives with non-human actors including technologies, animals, gods, environments, traditions, and material objects...
Aesthetica Magazine - Curator Interview: Redefining Landscape Art Curator Interview: Redefining Landscape Art “Green spaces and nature are where I find solace and comfort...
Streaming: the best films about artists | Movies | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation From left: Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli's ‘unabashedly gorgeous' Lust For Life (1956); ‘raw, restless' Jeffrey Wright in Julian Schnabel's Basquiat (1996); the Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint in Halina Ryschka's documentary Beyond the Visible (2019)...
Artblog | Talking with Diane Burko and Judy Brodsky about FOCUS (1974) and (re)FOCUS (2024), two major women’s art festivals Artblog Celebrating 20 Years! Support Us Today! Features Reviews News Community About Advertise Donate Contact Features Reviews News Community About Advertise Donate Contact Talking with Diane Burko and Judy Brodsky about FOCUS (1974) and (re)FOCUS (2024), two major women’s art festivals By Susan Isaacs January 24, 2024 Susan Isaacs's interview with the two founders of the FOCUS festival, staged in Philadelphia in 1974 provides insights into the origins and significance of (re)FOCUS 2024, a celebration marking 50 years of women in the visual arts....
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A kiss, a queen and a battered Venus: the Art Fund celebrates 120 years of saving art | Art and design | The Guardian Skip to main content A kiss, a queen and a battered Venus: the Art Fund celebrates 120 years of saving art The largest grant in its history to date, £2.5m, went to help save Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (Omai) earlier this year Photograph: David Parry...
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“These all will stand the scrutiny of the canon at the highest levels,” McGuire said of his collection which spans his two New York homes....
Through her support of the movement’s founder, George Maciunas, collector Jean Brown came to be known as the “den mother of Fluxus.”...
Pico Iyer and Raffles Hotel, or the Nowhere Hotel | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Derek Shapton; Epigram Books January 21, 2020 Celebrated writer Pico Iyer spent fifteen days in Singapore last August doing a residency at the newly reopened Raffles Hotel as its first official writer-in-residence...
Podcast 68: Critics Live! Wild Rice's Merdeka | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Rueyloon from Wild Rice November 13, 2019 Theatre critics Corrie Tan, Nabilah Said, Carolyn Oei and Kathy Rowland discuss the recent production of WILD RICE’s Merdeka / 獨立 /சுதந்திரம் , in a critics-led post-show conversation held in front of an audience on 19 October 2019 at WILD RICE’s Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre...
Reframing Colonialism: “Civilised” by The Necessary Stage | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography May 22, 2019 By Naeem Kapadia (954 words, 4-minute read) There has been a slew of works responding to the bicentennial of Singapore’s founding by Sir Stamford Raffles, an event that the authorities have chosen to spend all year celebrating through a series of activities such as guided tours, exhibitions and immersive performances...