 Open File (blog) | Public supports keeping A-Maze-ing Laughter in Vancouver Open File (blog) As we mentioned last month, A-Maze-ing Laughter artist Yue Minjun agreed to drop the price of the piece from $5 million to $1.5 million (until Aug. 31). The Vancouver Biennale then found two donors willing to buy the work at the reduced price, ... |
Decline of China's intellectual curators Xinhua Sometimes known as the "Godfather" in contemporary art, he spotted Fang Lijun, Zhang Xiaogang, Wang Guangyi and Yue Minjun - later called the F4 (First or Fab 4). But at the time in the 1980s, they were young artists toiling and ignored in the Beijing ... |
 GoChengdoo (blog) | Chengdu to Brixton: Sichuan businessman buys former Van Gogh home GoChengdoo (blog) He also an art collector and a close friend of several prominent Chinese artists such as Zhang Xiaogang and Yue Minjun. His company, ELI, is described on its website as "Providing investment, trading and government relations solutions in China" and has ... |
 Cotizalia.com | El 'venazo' artístico de los nuevos ricos chinos Cotizalia.com En su mansión-estudio a las afueras de Pekín, el famosísimo Yue Minjun, me explicaba hace poco que su trabajo está pensando para funcionar como una marca y alcanzar a un “público lo más amplio posible”. “Para los artistas occidentales, el arte sólo lo ... |
VIDEO: Preview Highlights of Asia Week, From a Porcelain Butterfly Dress to ... ARTINFO Pace Prints hosts a variety of items from contemporary Chinese artists like Zhang Huan and Yue Minjun, the Indian and Himalayan art-focused Kapoor Galleries highlight a magnificent miniature painting. Kaikodo gallery showcases antique Chinese bronze ... |
 The Vancouver Observer (blog) | Keep the "laughing statues", urges petition The Vancouver Observer (blog) The statues, created by famed Chinese artist Yue Minjun, were loaned to the City of Vancouver in 2009 as part of the Vancouver Biennal. Now they're scheduled to be moved, but locals are petitioning to keep the laughing statues right where they are. |
China wannabe arteinformado.com Es difícil concluir nada cuando se trata de China, pero hoy por hoy todo apunta a que va a ser muy difícil superar la notoriedad que consiguió el arte chino en la primera década del siglo XXI, cuando Zhang Xiao Gang o Yue Minjun batieron record de ... |
Campaign seeks to keep A-Amaze-ing Laughter in Vancouver Global BC Artist Yue Minjun has agreed to drop his price from $5 million to $1.5 million because he was overwhelmed by public support for the installation, Mowatt said. Mowatt said two donors are prepared to buy the work but they won't donate the $1.5 million ... |
Campaign seeks to keep A-Amaze-ing Laughter in Vancouver Vancouver Sun Artist Yue Minjun has agreed to drop his price from $5 million to $1.5 million because he was overwhelmed by public support for the installation, Mowatt said. Mowatt said two donors are prepared to buy the work but they won't donate the $1.5 million ... |
 Straight.com | Vancouver Biennale Foundation offers to exhibit A-maze-ing Laughter for ... Straight.com The Vancouver Biennale Foundation has offered to extend the public exhibition of Chinese artist Yue Minjun's A-maze-ing Laughter sculpture for a period of 20 years. The sculpture, which has become a popular attraction among residents and tourists alike ... |