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Art comes to town

Feature | Art
2011-9-6

SHANGHAI is brimming with art this month at SH Contemporary, the Shanghai Art Fair and various exhibitions around town. Put on your sneakers and take a walk with Wang Jie. Since its launch in 2007, SH Contemporary...

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Painter creates an identity distinct from his father

Feature | Art
2011-8-27

SOME people in this world are born lucky. Artist Luo Dan's father is Luo Zhongli, an accomplished artist in his own right and the president of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. Luo Dan's name in Chinese is also...

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Art funds paint beautiful profits

Feature | Art
2011-8-23

WANG Jie finds that art investment funds have developed a model offering good returns at low risk for wealthy Chinese fearful of inflated property and stock markets. Chinese art investors may have been spooked...

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World arts mecca in Brooklyn

Feature | Art
2011-8-23

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn, used to be a dangerous ghost town, but now it draws A-list artists, musicians, film makers from around the world, reports Verena Dobnik. Brooklyn's old Bushwick neighborhood has quickly become...

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Stock markets for art stir controversy

Feature | Art
2011-8-16

CHINA'S art market is known for craziness, swings and bubbles and the latest way to cash in on creativity - artistic and financial - is art stock markets. Wang Jie shares the story. Stendhal once said, "Art entrapped...

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Fax art revival takes center stage

Feature | Art
2011-8-6

SEVERAL artists have been busy touching up works of art created on fax paper as they revive an old exhibition that shows how much things have changed in just 15 years, writes Wang Jie. In today's high-tech world,...

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Superheroes the latest Manhattan walking tour

Feature | Art
2011-8-1

"I don't get the whole Harry Potter thing," a young boy says to our tour guide as we trudge down a midtown Manhattan street, the pavement glistening in the beastly mid-July sun. "I don't either," says our guide,...

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Disturbing but important visit to Nanjing

Feature | Art
2011-8-1

THE moaning crawls over the jagged rocks and shingle, a gentle ripple representing a most savage offense. All is gray and uninviting. Slicing through the morning mist, cutting a formidable streak across a gray...

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Ink-wash paintings of urban faces

Feature | Art
2011-7-30

INFUSING Chinese ink-wash paintings with a new look while preserving tradition is easier said than done. Not many artists achieve a satisfactory fusion, but a new exhibition showcases the significant work of Shanghai...

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Chinese imitate Japan's cartoon heroes

Feature | Art
2011-7-23

THEY say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Chinese young people, already smitten by Japanese animation, have taken their passion to new heights, painting and drawing imitations and publishing new comic books...

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25 years of Pixar ani-mation shown

Feature | Art
2011-7-9

FAMOUS animation from Pixar Studios - from "Toy Story" to "Cars" - will be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai from August 1 to October 30. The show "Pixar 25 Years of Animation" is part of MoCA's...

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Investors eye postage stamps

Feature | Art
2011-7-2

THE postage stamp market was very hot before the 1997 Asian financial crisis and now it's heating up again. Experts advise what to watch for. Wang Jie describes the issue. It's tantalizing to think that among...

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Angelic artworks display the colorful beauty of life

Feature | Art
2011-6-4

AT the first sight of the colorful artworks at the "Angels Among Us" exhibition, viewers are greatly impressed by the passion and optimism of the artists. But few might realize they are actually created by mentally...

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The personification of pessimism

Feature | Art
2011-5-28

PAINTER Feng Shuo's personified animals often depict stories about the cruel world. He tells Wang Jie and Chen Ye he's more of a craftsman as he says artists aren't born with innate talent. Artist Feng Shuo...

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Plane art exhibition is far from plain

Feature | Art
2011-5-21

"FOLDED Plane" is more about an interpretation toward the hidden meaning behind the artworks than a mere description of this rare experimental exhibition organized by Mingyuan Art Center. It features 22 artists...