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- 64 Divinatory Symbols of The Book of Changes Collected by British Museum
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- Is Dalí’s Sculpture a Fraud?
- Bernard Ewell is probably the only Dalí appraiser who can be called independent and objective. He talks about the stories of some players in the market of Dalí’s Sculptures in his recent work Artful D ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Art-Criticism/Is-Dalí’s-Sculpture-a-Fraud--27.html
- Along the River during the Qingming Festival - Chinese Treasure, Traditional Chinese Painting in Hand Scroll Format
- Along the River during the Qingming Festival, ink and pigment on silk, is 0.252 meter wide and 5.287 meters long. It is a genre painting of Northern Song dynasty and the only reserved masterpiece by Z ......
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- Wu Guanzhong’s Traditional Chinese Painting The Amazing World Was Sold for 7,840 Thousand HK Dollars
- Famous contemporary Chinese painter, oil painter and art educator Wu Guanzhong’s traditional Chinese painting The Amazing World (68 x 137 cm) was a colored paper painting. This work is collected in ma ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Art-Auctions/Wu-Guanzhong’s-Traditional-Chinese-Painting-The-Amazing-World-Was-Sold-for-7-840-Thousand-HK-Dollars-132.html
- Natural and Simple, Warm and Touching: Li Jiahui’s Art Creations
- Li Jiahui (1940-2010) was a member of Fujian Artists Association, and a dean and associate professor of the Art Department in Jimei University. He devoted all his life to the creation of art and incor ......
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- Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
- ... Lister Park. This gallery has collected a wide range of contemporary ...
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- Liu Guosong’s Blue Moon Landscape was Sold for 4.88 Million HongKong Dollars at Sotheby Auction
- Liu Guosong (1932 - ) is a contemporary Taiwan painter and educator born in Anhui province. He advocates “the modernization of traditional Chinese painting” and strives for the popularization of moder ......
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- Joseph Nechvatal Blog
- ... .U. in New York City. Collected essays from Hyperallergic can be ... at: hyperallergic.com/author/joseph_nechvatal/. Collected essays at Whitehot Magazine can ...
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- Fernando Botero
- Fernando Botero Angulo, 1932-, is a Colombian figurative artist. He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and Botero paintings can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs Elysées in Paris. The painter said he would not sell any oil painting, but would donate them to museums. Botero art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Fernando-Botero-Artist-1645/
- Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, was a Spanish painter, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Among Picasso paintings,the most famous are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, and Guernica (1937). Several oil paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. Garçon à la pipe was sold for US$104 million in 2004. In 2010, Green Leaves and Bust was sold for $106.5 million. He remained the t ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Pablo-Picasso-Artist-1655/
- Kansuke Yamamoto
- Kansuke Yamamoto (山本悍右) , 1914 – 1987, was a Japanese photographer and poet, and a prominent surrealist. He often created works which indicated liberty, antiwar and anti-government in surrealistic ways. There are two books by Kansuke Yamamoto: “Yoruno Funsui”, 1938; and ”Batafurai (Butterfly)", 1970. He donated his body to science upon his death. His works were collected by below museums: Nagoya City Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The J. P ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Kansuke-Yamamoto-Artist-1683/
- Wu Guanzhong
- Wu Guanzhong (1919.8.29-2010.6.25, Chinese name 吴冠中), born in the city of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China, was a contemporary Chinese painter, and an educator of modern painting. He taught at China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and won many honors at home and abroad, for example, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, corresponding academician of Académie des Beaux-Arts. The artist was famous for both his artistic achievements and his moral character. He had published more than 40 alb ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wu-Guanzhong-Artist-1675/
- Wu Zuoren
- Wu Zuoren (1908.11.3-1997.4.9, Chinese name 吴作人), born in the city of Suzhou, was a contemporary Chinese artist famous for oil painting and traditional Chinese painting. He was the chairman of China Artists Association and the Dean of China Academy of Fine Arts, and was also in charge of other positions. He was honored with “Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture and a top level Belgian royal honorary order. Between 1966 and 1972, due to the ongoing G ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wu-Zuoren-Artist-1674/
- Li Jiahui
- Li Jiahui (1940-2010) was a contemporary Chinese oil painter born in the city of Putian, Fujian province. He was a dean and associate professor of the Art Department in Jimei University. His style was based on real life and full of the poetic quality of tranquility and simpleness. He was as homely as his works and was very kind. His works were on display in many art exhibitions at home and abroad and collected by many collectors and museums from many countries. His oil painting Huan Guang Qu &nb ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Li-Jiahui-Artist-1971/
- Chu Teh-Chun
- Chu Teh-Chun (1920.5.22-2014.3.26, Chinese name 朱德群) was a Chinese-French painter who was born in Xiao County, Anhui Province. He was the first academician of Chinese origin in the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The famous Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong claimed him to be “the one who has influenced my whole life”. The artist held more than 50 exhibitions at home and abroad. His works are collected by Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Saint Louis University, Musée royal d'art moderne à Bruxe ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Chu-Teh-Chun-Artist-1669/
- Zao Wou-Ki
- Zao Wou-Ki (1921.2.13-2013.4.9, Chinese name 赵无极) was a French-Chinese painter who was born in Beijing. He was awarded “Praemium Imperiale Award for Painting” by the Japanese Art Association, Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur, academician of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and many other honors. He held more than 160 solo exhibitions in over 100 countries. His works were highly appreciated and recommended by French President Chirac. In his early days, he studied with Lin Fengmian, a famous Chin ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zao-Wou-Ki-Artist-1668/
- Zhang Xiaogang
- Zhang Xiaogang (1958- ; Chinese name 张晓刚), born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was a world-renowned contemporary Chinese painter. He has been taking part in important exhibitions at home and abroad frequently since early 1990s and has won many international prizes. He began to be known world-wide when his “Bloodline: the Big Family” series were collected by many European museums in the beginning of 21st century. The artist expressed collective psychological memories and emotions by using the ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zhang-Xiaogang-Artist-1667/
- Yue Minjun
- Yue Minjun (1962- ; Chinese name 岳敏君), a famous contemporary Chinese painter who was born in the city of Daqing, has held many solo exhibitions at home and abroad. His works are collected by many museums at home and abroad, for example, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Francois Mitterrand Cultural Center. His typical male images that close their eyes and smile exaggeratively with their mouth wide open are regarded as a kind of nationalization and marketization. They are often connect ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yue-Minjun-Artist-1665/
- Wang Yidong
- Wang Yidong (1955-; Chinese name 王沂东), born in the city of Penglai, Shandong Province, is one of the most talented contemporary Chinese oil painting artists. He is a member of the council of China Artists Association and also teaches at China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He has been holding solo exhibitions in the US, Hong Kong, Macao, Germany and other countries and regions. He integrates the classical western oil painting and the aesthetic connotation of Chinese ethnic culture into his w ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wang-Yidong-Artist-1664/
- Wang Guangyi
- Wang Guangyi (1957- ; Chinese name 王广义), born in Harbin, is a Chinese installation artist and painter and a main participant in the “Chinese New Art Movement” (“85 New Wave Movement”). He went through the 10-year Great Cultural Revolution in China when he was young. His traditional Chinese paintings are collected by Jiang Zemin, Li Peng and other Chinese State Leaders. He has held many solo art exhibitions at home and abroad since 1990s. His representative work “Great Criticism” Series, which ar ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wang-Guangyi-Artist-1663/
- Luo Zhongli
- Luo Zhongli (1948-; Chinese name 罗中立), born in the city of Chongqing, is a Chinese painter, educator. He was the dean of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and is now the dean of Chinese Contemporary Academy of Arts and also in charge of many other positions. His works have been on show at many exhibitions at home and abroad and have won many prizes. His works are collected by the National Art Museum of China, National History Museum of Belgium, and Taiwan Mount Gallery. He has published albums of pain ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Luo-Zhongli-Artist-1966/
- Ai Xuan
- Ai Xuan (1947- ; Chinese name 艾轩), born in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, is a Chinese painter known to the world for his realistic oil paintings about Tibet. He is a son of the poet Ai Qing and the elder brother of artist Ai Weiwei. He held many positions such as a member of Chinese Artists Association. He has taken part in exhibitions at home and abroad and his works are collected in many academic art books at home and abroad. Ai Xuan is good at painting sceneries of Tibet Plateau and ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Ai-Xuan-Artist-1638/
- Claude Cehes
- Claude Cehes (1949 - ) is a contemporary French sculptor who lives in Paris and get commissions from many French cities. She often uses assorted materials to create artworks, such as bronze, marble, granite, polyester resin, wood, sponge, glass, rubber, even computer cables. Since 1975 the artist takes part in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad. She won a lot of honors and awards including laureate of the General Council of Ile de France, Neuman Prize of the Paris Jewish Museum, ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Claude-Cehes-Artist-1757/
- Yiannis Melanitis
- Yiannis Melanitis (also named as Ioannis Melanitis; Greek: Γιάννης Μελανίτης; 1967 - ) is a contemporary conceptual artist, performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, and digital artist who was born in Athens, Greece. Melanitis is a PhD Fellow; he was elected as a Lecturer, Assistant Professor at the Sculpture Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts.He held many personal exhibitions and joined numerous group exhibitions, often publish academic texts, and his works are collected by a ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yiannis-Melanitis-Artist-1969/
- NatHalie Braun Barends
- NatHalie Braun Barends (1970? - , also known as Petsiré) is a Germany born Brazilian contemporary artist who is both pretty and intelligent. Her works take part in exhibitions and solo exhibitions over the world and are collected by many museums and art institutions. The artist is versatile and creates works as they come to her mind. She touches upon painting, photography, installation art, video, lighting project, architectural design, semiology and so on.NatHalie keeps an open artistic mind an ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/NatHalie-Braun-Barends-Artist-1773/
- Lin Xinghu
- Lin Xinghu (1949.8- ) is a contemporary Chinese ink cartoonist who was born in Xiapu county, Fujian province. His pen name is “Master of Lanxin House”. He is a member of Fujian Artists Association and Fujian Cartoon Association.Based on real life experience, this artist has created more than 300 pieces of works. His ink cartoon is bold and creative, which praises the healthy atmosphere and criticizes the ugliness of the society. The purchasers of his works include collectors in Southeast Asia an ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Lin-Xinghu-Artist-1781/
- Yang Xiyuan
- Yang Xiyuan, born in 1945 in Beijing, Contemporary Traditional Chinese painter, and Member of Artist Association of Shanxi Province. Due to his family’s nurturing, he was fascinated by Chinese ink painting since his childhood, and was coached by Li Keran and Liu Haisu later; the style of his works tends to be decorative. In 1987, he studied in Senior Workshop of Academy of Chinese Painting (directly subordinate to the Ministry of Culture). In 1988, his on-site painting was collected in the Great ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yang-Xiyuan-Artist-1883/
- Li Jiahui
- Li Jiahui (1940-2010) was a contemporary Chinese oil painter, was member of Fujian Artists Association, and a dean and associate professor of the Art Department in Jimei University. He was as homely as his works that are on display in many art exhibitions at home and abroad and many of his artworks are now collected by museums at provincial and municipal levels. His oil painting Yu Guang Qu (Song of Fisherman) gained the bronze medal at the 10th international art contest in 1998 and Hu ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Li-Jiahui-Artist-1971/
- Song Jiangcen
- Song Jiangcen (1988 - ) is a contemporary Chinese ink painting artist who was graduated from art department in Guizhou Normal University and values art creation as well as theory. He is now teaching at a high school in Guizhou province. His traditional Chinese painting works and artistic essays has won many prizes hosted by Ministry of Education, Guizhou Education Association, Guizhou Literary Federation and so on. His works was selected by China National Philatelic Corporation as postage stamp ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Song-Jiangcen-Artist-1780/
- Liu Yuzhu
- Liu Yuzhu (1967.4 - ) is a contemporary Chinese traditional painter who was born in Cangzhou, Heibei province. His pen name is Tian Shi. He is a member of council at the Artists Association in Gansu Province; and vice president of the Artists Association in the city of Baiyin; director of the Traditional Chinese Painting Art Committee; as well as first rank art committee member of the Artist Department, China Talent Research which is under the charge of the Ministry of Personnel; and is The Nati ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Liu-Yuzhu-Artist-1981/