Archive for the ‘Beijing’ Category

Gabriel Orozco’s Whale of a Return to MoMa (NY Times) A Beating Heart of Social Import at the Studio Museum in Harlem (NY Times) Book Review:  John Singer Sargent’s Model Children (NY Times) “American Stories” at the MET:  A Roundup of Iconic Images (WSJ) Sotheby’s, Christie’s Contemporary Art Sales Total Drops 75% (Bloomberg) Glenn Ligon […]


Art Imitating Lunch at the Venice Biennale (NY Times) ArtHamptons:  Twice As Much Art as Last Year (NY Times) Where Art Meets Social Networking Sites (NY Times) Live-Tweeting from “Summer Scoops Live”:  Cai Guo-Qiang and Shen Wei (WSJ) Michael Jackson Portrait by Warhol Offered for $800,000 Minimum (Bloomberg) Sarah Jessica Parker on Bringing Art to […]


Forgotten Pavilion Restored at Forbidden City, Challenging the lack of a conservation ethos in China (NY Times) Greene & Greene architecture exhibition at Pasadena’s Huntington Museum Worth a Visit (WSJ) Sasha Bergstrom-Katz on Raymond Pettibon’s New Show at Regen Projects II (ArtSlant) What Happens to Design in a Recession?  A Possible Return to Austerity  (NY […]


Forbidden City Synchronized swimming not your cup of tea?  Beijing has a smorgasbord of cultural offerings ranging from cutting edge contemporary art to decadent imperial treasures.  Tony Chen is a fantastic guide and can arrange for everything from highly customized tours to a top-notch driver (ask for William).  A few hours spent exploring the Forbidden City is […]