“2021.10.11—2021.10.20”
Recently, the re-held contemporary art fair and the completely renovated art museum are a reminder that art in the post-epidemic era is recovering. When we seem to have adapted to the way of online exhibition, we will suddenly find that perhaps the sense of presence can be touched, and the moment we as the audience truly step into the field, we can truly feel the breath of art and the ingenuity of curators and artists. Art, not only the artwork itself, but also an atmosphere, provides the audience with a way to explore art at the same time.
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Art · event
The Fifth "Taihe Forum" was held at the Palace Museum
From October 12 to 13, 2021, the fifth "Taihe Forum" was held at the Palace Museum, with the theme of "Civilization Exchange and Mutual Learning from the Perspective of Archaeology". At the opening ceremony of the forum, Wang Xudong, member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and president of the Palace Museum, Hu Bing, member of the party group and deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Wang Wei, chairman of the Chinese Archaeological Society, Li Ji, chairman of the Beijing Palace Museum Cultural Relics Protection Foundation and honorary director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Palace Museum, Li Xiaocheng, vice chairman of the Beijing Palace Museum Cultural Relics Protection Foundation, Wan Jie, vice chairman and secretary general of the Beijing Palace Museum Cultural Relics Protection Foundation and chairman of Artron Cultural Group, wan Jie, director of the Beijing Palace Museum Cultural Relics Protection Foundation. Ma Huateng, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Tencent, and Zhang Yan, Chairman of the Management Committee of mercedes-Benz Star Wish Fund, a public welfare support unit of the forum, attended the forum. In addition, a video message was sent by the Representative of the UNESCO Representative Office in China, the President of the International Association of Museums and the President of the International Society for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Zhao Guoying, vice president of the Palace Museum, presided over the opening ceremony of the forum.
More than 30 domestic experts from Peking University, Jilin University, Chinese Min University, Northwest University, Shandong University, Shanghai University, Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, Shaanxi Archaeological Research Institute, Dunhuang Research Institute archaeological research institute and other universities and scientific research institutions were invited to participate in the forum. At the same time, the forum also invited researchers from universities, research institutes and museums from Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam and other countries to participate in the forum in the form of video.
The 14th Manifesto Exhibition announces curators and exhibition themes
On October 13, 2021, Curator Catherine Nichols, now based in Berlin, was appointed curator of the upcoming Manifesta 14 in Pristina, Kosovo, in 2022. The theme of the manifesto exhibition, "What Matters What Worlds Worlds: How to Tell Stories Otherwise," explores and encourages collective storytelling, using storytelling as "an important strategy for political and social engagement." In a statement, Nichols wrote: "When I visit Pristina, the people I met, the conversations I had, the work I witnessed, gave me a first-hand feel for stories and actions, and the transformative power of storytelling as a practice. "The exhibition will run from July 22 to October 30, 2022.
Brazilian rising stars have been accused of falsifying Raymond Pettyborn's works
On October 14, 2021, the New York Times reported that Christian Rosa, a Brazilian artist who had been described by the media as "extremely successful" seven years earlier, was charged with wire transfer fraud for selling four fakes of Raymond Pettibon. Rosa is accused of selling the works to two different buyers and forging the signatures of the famous artist. If convicted, Rosa faces up to 20 years in prison.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games public art works released
On October 14, 2021, the public artworks of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were released in Beijing. After more than a year of collection and selection, 44 finalist schemes and 20 nomination schemes were selected from more than 1600 works. In the end, public art works such as "No.3 Snowboarder from another Parallel Universe" in the southeast green space of Shougang Park-No. 3 Blast Furnace, "Snow Dance 2022" in the northwest corner of the National Speed Skating Hall, "All the Way to the Scenery and Rhythm of Life" at the entrance of Beijing Winter (Paralympic) Olympic Village - Sunken Square, "Zhang Lantern Colorful" in the main entrance square of Yanqing Competition Area, "Boat" in urban Green Heart Forest Park, and "New ET" in The South Square of Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park were unveiled in Beijing. Li Xiangqun, president of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, said that organizing this event on the eve of the Winter Olympics can better show the world China's cultural self-confidence.
Global · institution
Meg Enley serves as curator and curator of the Los Angeles Underground Museum
On October 11, 2021, Meg Onli was named director and curator of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles. Born in Los Angeles since 2019, she has served as associate curator at the ICA Philadelphia Center for Contemporary Art. "Curatorial practice was one of the things that drew me to the Underground Museum," she told The New York Times. Enri not only looks at black art from a black perspective, but also looks at all kinds of different art from that perspective, and she wants to explore what a black perspective looks like in different works. Enri will take office on December 1.
28% of U.S. 228 museums cut jobs
On October 15, 2021, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Federation of State, County, and City Employees (AFSCME), 28 percent of its employees, or more than 14,400, were laid off while 228 arts and cultural institutions received assistance from the U.S. Federal Wage Protection Program (PPP) during the pandemic. "Through huge donations and reliance on wealthy donors, these large institutions already have sufficient financial resources to withstand the shutdowns caused by the pandemic, which many smaller peer institutions lack," AFSCME noted. The U.S. Congress approved the program in March 2020 to help funded institutions continue to pay their employees.
Art · market
<h1 toutiao-origin="h1" > Hong Kong Guardian Autumn Auction 2021, 3 world auction records </h1>
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On October 14, 2021, The 2021 Autumn Auction of Guardian Hong Kong was successfully closed. At this season's auction, Hong Kong Guardian achieved a total turnover of HK$555 million and won 3 world auction records, which can be described as a fruitful harvest. Among them, Dong Qichang's "Linzhu Family Thesis Book" in the ancient calligraphy and painting section led the way, and sold for HK$57.75 million, setting a world auction record for Dong Qichang's calligraphy album. China Guardian Hong Kong Autumn Auction 2021 has a total turnover of HK$555 million (US$71.05 million), 10 special auctions, more than 1,300 lots, an average turnover rate of 75%, 3 world auction records, and 12 over 10 million lots. It is worth noting that the total turnover of 20th century and contemporary art in Asia is as high as HK$143 million, and the turnover rate is as high as 92%.
Wu Guanzhong's "Lilac" set a world auction record for the artist "Vase Flower Theme", and sold for HK$20.04 million. Another important work, "New Home", changed hands with 8.574 million, and Lin Fengmian's masterpiece "Lotus Flower Diagram", a series of important works by Wu Dayu and Ding Yanyong, and Kusama Yayoi's early masterpieces have all achieved good results. In addition, yuan's "Carrying a Ride on the Back" sold for HK$1.2 million, setting a record for artists.
Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn auction closed 3.08 billion Hong Kong dollars
Sotheby's Banksy in London broke records
On October 14, 2021, Sotheby's Hong Kong's total turnover for the autumn 2021 auction reached HK$3.08 billion, pushing Sotheby's Asia's cumulative turnover this year to HK$8.5 billion, surpassing the total turnover of 2020 (HK$7.2 billion). Zhang Daqian's "Spring Clouds and Mist" sold for HK$215 million, the highest lot of the season. Sotheby's Hong Kong sold a record-breaking total of Western art, with a total of HK$890 million in Western art auctions in two days, setting a new Picasso Asian auction record for the second consecutive quarter, with the highest sales of Sotheby's watches in Asia.
Banksy's 2018 self-destructible painting "Love in the Trash" returned to auction, and the sale at Sotheby's in London was unexpectedly 18 times higher, equivalent to 163 million yuan, which was auctioned by Asian collectors. When filmed at Sotheby's in 2018, the painting was unexpectedly self-destroyed by a shredder hidden in the frame a few seconds after the mallet was dropped, because the original "Girl and the Balloon" was changed to the current name "Love in the Trash".
Yuki Terase joins forces with Amy Capelasu
Established an international art consultancy company, XianyiHui
On October 14, 2021, Art Intelligence Global, an international art consultancy, was announced, led by two prominent art market veterans, Yuki Terase and Amy Cappellazzo. With headquarters in Both New York and Hong Kong, XianYihui is committed to providing clients with accurate high-end market insights and consulting services, tailor-made collection and financing strategies, and excellent art research, expertise and project planning, etc., with a global presence.
Huayi International's composite layout landed in Shanghai
On October 15, 2021, Huayi International Auction announced the official establishment of Shanghai Huayi Auction Co., Ltd. and Huayi International Contemporary Art Space, and will present the first quarter of Huayi International (Shanghai) Auction with contemporary art as the main camp from November 10 to 12. At the same time, Beijing Huayi International 2021 Autumn Auction Shanghai Fine Art Exhibition will also be unveiled at ART021 Shanghai 21 Contemporary Art Fair and Friendship Hall. Huayi International Contemporary Art Space will be located in the "Zhongyi Building" at No. 270 Beijing East Road, an excellent historical building completed in 1924 in Shanghai. Different from the offline display spaces in Beijing, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, the new space in Shanghai will become a professional platform for the practice of modern and contemporary art and the promotion of global contemporary art dissemination and exchange through the incubation of youth art projects and the interrelated and nourishing exhibitions, research, collections and other forms of discussion.
Beijing Contemporary Art Fair 2021 closed
On October 17, 2021, the 5-day 2021 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair came to an end. This year's Beijing Contemporary Art Fair is the largest so far, with more than 90 exhibitors and tens of thousands of visitors gathering during the golden autumn season. The scene of this year's Beijing Contemporary Art Fair is divided into six units: "Value", "Future", "Public Expectation", "Digital Placement", "Vitality" and "Set Time", which are more colorful, deeper vertical and more horizontal, and sort out and show the art ecology based on Beijing and China from different perspectives and sides. This year's main gallery units, VALUE and FUTURE, bring together 54 galleries from around the world and more than 8,000 works of art to present a visual feast of modern and contemporary art. Among the participating galleries are the backbone of participating in the Beijing Contemporary Art Fair for four consecutive years, as well as 24 new faces who have made their debut at the Beijing Contemporary Art Fair.
In recent days, the expo is not only popular, many participating galleries have achieved "golden autumn sale" in this Beijing contemporary, it is reported that on the first day of VIP, 85% of the galleries reached sales of more than 30 million yuan, many works are booked before the launch, even the public day is also a strong sales. There are more than ten galleries with total sales of more than or close to 1 million yuan, including Art Triumph Gallery, Soka Art, Bias Front Gallery, Mai Xi Gallery, Potential Image Space, Blank Space, K Space, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Can Art Center, and Topless Gallery. The highest-selling work, at The White Stone Gallery, is a painting by Yayoi Kusama for $1.3 million. Bifeng Gallery, Yi Kaixuan Gallery, Wuding Gallery, K Space, and Mai Xi Gallery all sold works with a unit price of more than 300,000 yuan.
In the context of endless various expositions and fierce international and domestic competition, Beijing Contemporary Art Fair is actually exploring its own set of brand differentiation methods. This year is already the fourth year of the Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, and the IP of the project has gradually taken shape. "I think the core content that the fair can bring to exhibitors is the incremental service created by the fair. This increment can be new sales, new collectors, new communications, new images, new brand influence. The same is true of the Beijing Art Fair, the essence of all the fairs is to bring new increments to the art circle. ”
"Beijing Contemporary does not want to be just a 'hypermarket', but an art fair that can organize the integration of Chinese contemporary art and gallery-related values." The exhibition has created a conceptual space of "strong curation", and the moving line should be more vivid and three-dimensional than the ordinary exposition. On the one hand, the art fair uses the plate method to cut the content, so that the rich and diversified content can face collectors, the market and the public at the same time; on the other hand, "art narrative" as a prelude/introduction to the advance, lengthening the temporal and spatial dimension of the entire expo.
This year's market for the consumption of art upgrades, the obvious point of this expo is that compared with previous editions, exhibitors' exhibited works are of higher quality and richer, and collectors can choose more works. This year's overall market recovery, and the market for young artists is hot, which is undoubtedly evident at the Beijing Contemporary Expo, and there is an unprecedented grand situation. The 2021 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, whether in terms of scale, service or quality, has made great progress compared to before, which also gives Beijing's art market and contemporary atmosphere a shot in the arm, here are the most professional galleries, there is a rich ecological artist creative group, there is an open cultural atmosphere, look forward to better in the coming year.
Global · exhibit
60 years after the creation of calligraphy, Wang Dongling started from scratch
On October 16, 2021, Wang Dongling's largest, longest span and most diverse solo exhibition "Starting from scratch - 60 Years of Wang Dongling's Calligraphy Art" opened at the Zhejiang Art Museum. Although he is nearly 80 years old, Wang Dongling, who uses calligraphy as the background, has never stopped. Wang Dongling explores the way forward of Chinese calligraphy, and constructs a new spirit of the place in the modern exhibition space, from traditional books to chaotic books, giant books, silver salt books, bamboo books, VR books, etc., integrating academic research and media experiments, spanning virtual and reality. Entering the exhibition hall, you can see large-scale works everywhere, as well as the combination of multimedia art and calligraphy. From scratch, it is the artist's attitude towards the past and the future. Construct a new spirit of the place in the modern exhibition space, and interpret the romantic and strange and grand realm.
"Zheng Shengtian – I was going to Mexico" opened
On October 16, 2021, the exhibition "Zheng Shengtian – I was going to Mexico" was unveiled at the Long March Space in Beijing. In 2015, the Long March Project and the Institute of Contemporary Art and Thought of the China Academy of Art began to study the materials of the "Sacred HeavenLy Assignment", taking Zheng Shengtian's artistic experience as a case study, trying to re-measure the narrative of China's 20th century art history with individual artistic life and experience. "I was going to Mexico." This is a sentence that Zheng Shengtian said when he recalled his first overseas study trip in the 1980s, and this ordinary sentence seems to be meaningful more than 40 years later. Later, he did not go to Mexico, but went to the United States, and became the core promoter of the dialogue between Chinese contemporary art and the "West" from the 1980s to the present, but the "going to Mexico" line loomed and never stopped.
The exhibition hall uses the "square" as the main image, and the "square" carries zheng Shengtian's research and collection of documents on the artistic exchanges between China and Mexico in the 20th century. As an important pioneer of Chinese contemporary art, in 2009 Zheng Shengtian launched a website called "Holy HeavenLy Homework", which is a double renaming of his life course and artistic career, and its entity is a documentary database, opening up the memory of the times he personally walked through as a public resource.
"Artists Are Present: AAC Art China 15 Years Retrospective" opens
On October 17, 2021, "Artists Present: AAC Art China 15 Years Retrospective Exhibition" opened at the Art Museum of Shenzhen Art Center, with Dong Bingfeng as curator. Dong Bingfeng said, "The fifteen years since AAC Art China has been said to be the most "global" period of Chinese contemporary art expression. Fundamentally, the entire art system, artists, art practices, and art galleries all have to change. Fifteen years of AAC Art China may also be an opportunity for rethinking. ”
The exhibition presents the works of 16 award-winning artists from AAC Art China and will be on display until November 30. In the 15 years from 2006 to 2020, a total of 68 domestic and foreign professional judges participated in the work, selecting 71 artists and curators of the year and 12 important art publications. The fifteen years that AAC Art China has gone through are the fifteen years in which Chinese contemporary art has been the most innovative, diversified and open in terms of ideological deepening, identity construction and exploration practice.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h1" > He An's solo exhibition "Xia Fan" opened at the Box Art Museum in Oct, Shunde</h1>
On October 18, 2021, artist He An's solo exhibition "Xia Fan" opened at the Box Art Museum in OCT, Shunde. The exhibition is curated by Quiet, hosted by OCT Box Art Museum, and co-organized by Tang Contemporary Art Center and HdM Gallery. The opening event featured artist He An, artist Zhang Hui, artist Wang Jianwei, artist Yu Ji, Executive Deputy Director of the Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Hu Bin, Deputy Director of UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art You Yang, Head of UCCA Edge Bian Ka, Executive Director of OCT Box Art Museum Liu Ke, Oct Box Art Museum Zhou Li and other guests. The guests shared their feelings and understanding of the exhibition and discussed the topic of their works. In addition to discussing with the guests, the artist He An also recounted his experience in the creative process, he would make himself have a certain illusion to find a way to create, and believed that the artist must mobilize his other kind of like the ability to fight, and surrender it to create a satisfactory work.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h1" > the second East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennial Exhibition</h1>
On October 17, 2021, "100% - The Second East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale", the exhibition was curated by Sun Zhenhua, Lu Hong and Ji Shaofeng were academic hosts, and Fu Zhongwang was appointed as the artistic director, showing 50 works, of which 23 works were exhibited in Shimenfeng Memorial Park, and 27 works were exhibited in Zhimei Space of Creative World, through these works we can understand what "ecological sculpture" is, and more importantly, present the diversity and frontier state of today's art. The exhibition takes "ecology" as the theme, highlighting the forward-looking and important significance of this thinking, especially in Wuhan, making this thinking and presentation more meaningful; on the other hand, the proposal and establishment of the concept of "ecological sculpture" also provides a new direction and possibility for the development of art, especially when cbD COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity is held in China, the construction of "ecological civilization" has become a national strategy, the focus of the world, and the development of "ecological sculpture" or ecological art has provided an opportunity.
Many of the works exhibited in this exhibition have greatly improved their ideological connotation and depth of thinking than in the past, and their programs not only focus on ecological forms and ecological materials, but also show in-depth exploration of social and life issues involving ecology. Ecological sculpture is still a new thing in China, east lake international ecological sculpture biennale as a brand that will continue to continue, its goal is to take the lead in setting up a benchmark of ecological art in China, and this exhibition can only be truly successful with the joint efforts and support of Wuhan citizens.
Abramovich's new 40m debut in Kiev
On October 13, 2021, Marina Abramovich's latest interactive installation "The Weeping Crystal Wall" was officially unveiled at the "Babienyar Massacre" commemoration event in Kiev. Abramovich believes that the work is a symbolic extension of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, which judaism regards as a holy place, alluding to the "Wall of Healing." The total length of the work is almost 40 meters, the wall is made of coal, from which numerous quartz crystals extend, which is one of the largest art installations built in Europe in the past 10 years.
London Frieze Arts Week 2021 was held
From 13 to 17 October 2021, London once again hosted one of the world's most influential contemporary art fairs– Frieze London and Frieze Masters. Following this, on February 17-20, 2022, Frieze Los Angeles will be held in Beverly Hills and Frieze New York will take place on May 18-22, 2022. From September 2 to 5, 2022, the first Fritz Seoul will be held in Seoul's Gangnam district, marking Frieze's official entry into the Asian market. Some insiders speculate that Fritz may become a direct competitor of Art Basel in Hong Kong.
The special exhibition "Hongli World II" opened at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing
On October 15, 2021, the special exhibition "The World of the Hongli Calendar II - Lang Shining's Painting of "Pure Hui Emperor and Noble Concubine" and the Western Style of 18th Century Shengqing Court Art" opened at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing. The exhibition revolves around the court art of the Qianlong period, and the exhibition is divided into four major chapters: "Emperor and Noble Concubine", "New Fashion of Qing Palace Ceramics", "Qing Palace Clocks and Watches" and "Yilin Hundred Workers", covering more than a dozen craft categories and more than 100 art treasures such as court painting, Western clocks, porcelain, copper tire enamelware, cast bronze, guqin, furniture, lacquerware, glassware, embroidered clothing and so on. Among them, the "Qing Palace Clocks and Watches" unit exhibition is specially designed to present the internal mechanical movement of Western clocks in the form of video, and the unit exhibition commemorates the 420th anniversary of the entry of Western clocks into China, thus exploring the interaction between the Efforts of the Western World to Open China and the Attitude of Imperial Power from China.
Bund Art Museum reopens, first exhibition "Again, Again"
On October 16, 2021, rockbund art museum in Shanghai unveiled John Armrader's first major solo exhibition in China, "Again, Again." The exhibition presents more than 50 years of interdisciplinary and diverse creative practice of the artist. The artist Amrade has a very explosive sense of humor, so his works are always difficult to understand at once. The viewer will find that the composition of different objects looks like some kind of temporary pile or waste that is about to be cleaned up, but the shape is slightly out of place with the surrounding environment, and such elaborate "accidentality" can be seen everywhere in the exhibition.
The exhibition "@Wuhan 2021 Chen Shuxia" opened at Hubei Art Museum
On October 16, 2021, Chen Shuxia, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, opened her first solo exhibition "@Wuhan 2021 Chen Shuxia" held at the National Key Art Museum at Hubei Art Museum. This is the first solo exhibition of female artists launched by Hubei Art Museum in the relevant activities of @Wuhan, exhibiting more than 90 oil paintings (groups), and the exhibition is curated by Ji Shaofeng of Hubei Art Museum. Ji Shaofeng said that Chen Shuxia clearly presents poetry and fun, mystery and eternity to the reader from her own perspective, thus forming her own unique visual expression characteristics. Through constantly changing visual expressions, Chen Shuxia constructs a unique individual narrative, examining society and examining herself at the same time.
Opening of The No Name InTown Gallery
On October 16, 2021, No Name Studio officially opened its first No Name In Town in the center of Shanghai. It is a space for artists and collectors to provide studios, residences and galleries in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, Shanghai, and was founded by artists Carlo Maria Rossi and Penny Kwan. Opening exhibition – a series of works by DEZIO inspired by his uncle Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic children's literature "The Little Prince". No Name In Town also created a 24-hour "Rose Window" for the exhibition.
Wywood Gallery's acting artist Shen Chen's first solo exhibition opened in Hong Kong
On October 16, 2021, Wywood Gallery announced that it is acting as an agent for New York and Shanghai-based artist Shen Chen (born in Shanghai in 1955). Shen Chen, the first Chinese artist represented by Wywood Gallery, opened at The Wong Chuk Hang Space in Hong Kong, featuring a selection of 12 paintings created between 2009 and 2021. The gallery plans to hold another solo exhibition for it next year at the Antwerp space in Belgium.
Wang Yan's solo exhibition "My Hometown in the 1990s" opened
On October 17, 2021, Wang Yan's solo exhibition "My Hometown in the 1990s" opened at The Triumph Gallery, with Duan Shaofeng as curator. Covering more than 70 of his prints and watercolours since the beginning of the century, this exhibition is a summary of the artist. The copperplate engravings in the Portrait Series of The Expression of Time give the portrait a sense of time; in the Watercolor Sketch series, Wang Yan intersperses his hometown with the artist's experience of studying in Japan in watercolor; and the "To Youth" and "Nostalgia" series pull the exhibition back to "My Hometown in the 1990s". In Wang Yan's hands, traditional mediums enrich the extension of his time experience.
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