Cai Guo-Qiang has been part of the international contemporary art scene for over two decades. Praised as an exceptional artist by some, despised as an ephemeral artist because of the nature of his work by others, Cai Guo-Qiang has proved… Continue reading
If the art world is beginning to acknowledge the developments of contemporary art in India, its key contenders however tend to remain less known, and have not yet gained the media exposure that their Chinese counterparts earned more than a… Continue reading
It did not take Ali Banisadr (b. 1976 in Tehran, Iran) much time to make a smooth transition from being an art student to becoming a successful full time artist. Graduating in 2007 from the New York Academy of Art, he… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper recently caught up with two of China’s most important contemporary art figures, Ai Wei Wei, artist, curator, publisher, architect, mentor and impresario, and Feng Boyi, art critic, international curator and editor of the China Artists’ Association newsletter,… Continue reading
Born in 1940, Anjolie Ela Menon is today one of India’s most accomplished contemporary artists. In the 1950s she had her first solo shows in Mumbai and Delhi then moved to Paris in 1961/62 to study at the Ecole des… Continue reading
Listening to Ahmed Alsoudani (b. 1975 in Bagdad) recount his journey from his native Iraq to the US, one cannot help but admire how each hurdle provided him with even more determination to move forward and pursue his goals.Today, Ahmed… Continue reading