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Malangatana: Homage to an African visionary
Mar14

Malangatana: Homage to an African visionary

The Gallery of African Art, Cork Street’s eminent new venue showcasing contemporary and modern art from the continent, has produced a deeply evocative tribute to Valente Malangatana Ngwenya, better known simply as Malangatana, arguably one of the great creative spirits and gifted visual storytellers to emerge from Africa before his death in 2011, writes SAJID RIZVI. The painter/poet/philosopher, part-time guerrilla fighter and...

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African masks appear in Dorotheum, Vienna, sale
Mar11

African masks appear in Dorotheum, Vienna, sale

An old “Deangle” mask of the Dan people of Côte d’Ivoire / Liberia described as “very handsome” and an Igala helmet mask from Nigeria are among highlights of African art objects going for sale at Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 March 2014. The Dan mask estimate is  Euro 4,000 – 5,000 while the estimate for the helmet mask of the Igala, Nigeria, described as rare, ranges between Euros 4,800 – 5,400. The Dan, also...

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Kwang Young Chun, new work and a memorable date
Mar10

Kwang Young Chun, new work and a memorable date

New work by Kwang Young Chun is the highlight of  a triple event centred on London’s Bernard Jacobson Gallery even as some of the happenings are taking place thousands of miles away. The gallery exhibition (12 March – 17 April 2014) marks the artist’s 70th birthday and the publication in New York of a monograph,  Mulberry Mindscapes, that references Chun’s innovative use of hanji mulberry paper and natural dyes...

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One up on the avant-garde
Mar06

One up on the avant-garde

How time flies and its tangible and intangible outcomes linger around and sometimes sustain us. The October Gallery in London celebrates its 35th anniversary in April 2014 and, according to its founders, the date coincides with the birth of the transvangarde movement, writes SAJID RIZVI. The gallery lays claim to having coined the phrase, which means beyond — but also perhaps through — avant-garde in the widest sense...

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Yingmei Duan, Junebum Park and Sungfeel Yun at Art14
Feb23

Yingmei Duan, Junebum Park and Sungfeel Yun at Art14

A group exhibition of three international artists with London’s Hanmi Gallery is one of the highlights of Art14 (28 February-2 March 2014). The works by Yingmei Duan, Junebum Park and Sungfeel Yun feature new media and installation works. Set in Motion, an exhibition which is part of the gallery’s presentation, explores the intricate and dynamic ideas of ceaseless movement in both the physical, and conceptual realms of...

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MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation
Feb18

MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation

The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna unveiled its permanent collection of Asian art after its reinstallation following a concept and design by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. The MAK Asia Collection is one of the most comprehensive and important European collections of art and applied arts from the Asiatic region. As of 19 February 2014, it will be presented in an exhibition gallery “conceived in a fundamentally new...

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