Riot: Book celebrates Isaac Julien’s work
An extraordinary new book, Isaac Julien: Riot, by Isaac Julien with Cynthia Rose et al, celebrates the work of the artist and filmmaker, widely regarded as having played a pivotal role in that significant moment in British black and African art and, on a wider plane, the black diaspora arts when gay sexuality, masculinity and race exploded into the same visual frame. It is the first overview of the British film artist’s career to...
Ballerina Kang Sue-jin to lead Korean National Ballet
The principal ballerina at the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany, Kang Sue-jin, recently accepted an offer to become the next artistic director at the Korean National Ballet, Korea.net reports. After her 33 year-long life overseas, Kang is looking forward to her new career with a strong will to help the Korean National Ballet develop, “its own unique style.” At a press conference in Seoul on December 18, 2013, Kang said that she had...
Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq
Court and Craft: A Masterpiece from Northern Iraq at London’s Courtauld Gallery (20 February to 18 May 2014) explores one of the most rare and beautiful objects in the collection of this academic institution, part of the University of London. It is a brass bag inlaid with gold and silver, made in Northern Iraq around 1300. Decorated with a courtly scene showing a couple surrounded by their retinue of courtiers as well as...
Jameel Prize 2013 goes to Turkish fashion designers
The third biannual Jameel Prize has gone to Turkish fashion designer Dice Kayek, a label established in Paris in 1992 by sisters Ece and Ayse Ege. The GBP 25,000 Jameel Prize 3 went to the sisters, native of Bursa, for Istanbul Contrast, a collection of garments that evoke Istanbul’s architectural and artistic heritage. The judges felt that Dice Kayek’s work demonstrates how vibrant and creative Islamic traditions continue to be...
Qianlong flask set to return home after record sale
A rare Chinese vase is set to return to China after it was sold to a Hong Kong buyer for GBP 1,482,500. The so-called dragon moon flask, said to have been made for the Qianlong emperor and hidden for a century, was sold at Bonhams auction house in London 7 November 2013 for GBP 1,482,500, one of the highest prices achieved for any object in this year’s Asian Art Week auction sales. It was bought by a Hong Kong buyer and so it is...
Art Edition Korea aims for global audience
Korea’s Art Edition 2013 has set sights on global audiences as it prepares for its latest edition 5-8 December 2013. More than 50 international galleries are expected to take part in the fair which will take place at SETEC, Seoul, under the auspices of the (South) Korea Print Photography Promotion Association with support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Eastern Art Report is the art fair’s media...
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