A discussion between historian Jane DeBevoise and two artists following a screening of the documentary From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s at the Museum of Chinese in America on March 31, 2011 for ACAW2011.
A film producer, educator, and conceptual artist discuss how they have merged arts and activism in their work. Recorded at the China Institute on March 30, 2011 in collaboration with Asian Women Giving Circle and Ethan Cohen Fine Arts.
Jungjin Lee's documentation of her response to the American desert, combined with her unconventional prints on Korean paper, create work with a subjective and cultural perspective. Recorded on March 26, 2011 at Aperture in association with the ACC.
In March 2011 the legendary, charming, and enduringly vital artist Monir Farmanfarmaian talks about her life and work with Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator at Asia Society. Farmanfarmaian got the Venice Biennale Gold Medal in '58.
Three renowned curators discuss artists and curatorial processes in recent international biennials, part of the Asian Contemporary Art Week 2011's Dialog with Curators series.
The artists explore the challenges and opportunities encountered in their roles in local art scenes, while becoming increasingly engaged in global art forums. Recorded March 30, 2011 at Location One in association with the Asian Cultural Council.
New York-based Japanese artists Ushio Shinohara and Tomokazu Matsuyama explore Japanese culture and history and discuss their work with Associate Curator Miwako Tezuka at the Asia Society and Museum during Asian Contemporary Art Week 2011.
Ghani's work investigates cultural and generational borders shaped during her childhood in a household where American, Arabic, and Afghan cultures met. Recorded at her ACAW artist's talk at the Museum of Modern Art on March 21, 2011.
Leeza Ahmady interviews artist Alexander Ugay and curator Yuliya Sorokina; both hailing from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Both were on inaugural visits to the U.S. through the CEC ArtsLink residency program. The three are among... Read More
A 2010 conversation with Patrick Flores, one of the most active curators working in SE Asia who discusses his views on the influence (and sometimes lack thereof) of Western Art History on the region and the challenges faced by SE Asian artists.
In May 2010, Chinese conceptual artist and activist Ai Weiwei spoke via Skype with BAM/PFA's Lucinda Barnes and The San Francisco Chronicle's Kenneth Baker at San Francisco's Haines Gallery. Weiwei is among the most... Read More
Leeza Ahmady speaks with photographer and video artist Almagul Menlibayeva, whose 2010 exhibition, Daughters of Turan, took place at New York's Priska C. Juschka Fine Art. Joining them for the conversation is... Read More
In this conversation at James Cohan Gallery, Don J. Cohn, Senior Editor of ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, interviews artist Yun-Fei Ji about his new body of work and his relationship with China. Yun-Fei Ji’s 2010... Read More
Working behind a stunningly large, custom-built wooden table covered with used clothing, New York-based Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei speaks with Leeza Ahmady during the performance of his 2009 exhibition The Mending... Read More
South Korean artist Yeondoo Jung talks with Leeza Ahmady about his art and how his childhood exposure to Traditional Chinese Medicine, and early 19th century photographers continues to inspire his artistic thinking. He... Read More
Guy Ben-Ner, is an internationally renowned Isreali artist living and working in Tel Aviv and visiting New York to launch his latest video: Don’t Drop the Monkey, commissioned by Performa 2009. In this... Read More
Leeza Ahmady in conversation with Bose Pacia gallery director Rebecca Davis. Find out about the gallery's exciting new space in Brooklyn, about their global reach, just what it takes to score a show at the place, and... Read More
The Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia often dominate the headlines, but rarely because of the burgeoning art scene. But art is alive and well in the region. So how are artists negotiating all that new attention?... Read More
Cultural historian David Lelyveld moderated this conversation between Zarina Hashmi of India and Seher Shah of Pakistan, which took place on the wet evening of 16 May, 2009, at CUE Art Foundation, with support from the... Read More
Murakami Kagaku’s education in the arts reflects the ambitions of Asian Contemporary Art Week: his early work reflects his background in the Shijo school of his native Japan, but his matured and incorporated style... Read More
This fascinating discussion between Chinese artist and critical theorist Qui Zhijie and Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim Museum, offers great insight into the creative process of one of... Read More
In an event organized by Asian Contemporary Art Week, American photographers Lisa Ross and Nan Goldin sit down to discuss Unrevealed, Ross' 2009 exhibit at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery. The collection features... Read More
New York-based Chinese artist and photographer O Zhang discusses her early life in China and her subsequent travels and artistic journey. From formal state-sponsored art training in the PROC to academies in Europe and... Read More
Hiroshi Sunairi and Yuken Teruya, both Japanese artists living in New York, discuss their collaborative effort My Neighbor, Your Tree, Our World. This conversation, hosted at New York University on March 21,... Read More
P.S.1's David Weinstein in conversation with René van Engelenburg whose Pleinmuseum was installed on the promenade along the Venetian lagoon during the 2007 Biennale. Pleinmuseum is Dutch for "Museum on the Street,"... Read More
Here Pell James is interviewed by Stephen Schaefer at this year's Cannes Film Festival. James, hardly starstruck, speaks candidly about a business that is seen as glamorous but, as she points out, can definitely be described as soul-stripping.
Author, critic and curator Michael Rush sits down with artist Terence Koh to discuss his latest work, an untitled exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, a Performa 2009 feature. This work, a stack of 33 glass cases containing... Read More
Althea Viafora-Kress in conversation with David Brafman, Curator of the Rare Books Collection for the Getty Research Institute, who recently visited the Grolier Club exhibition of Past Presence, Objects of Study at The... Read More
