2019

The trend of collecting toy figures began since the millennium, but the enthusiasm sometimes rises, and other times falls. In recent years, the paintings and toys made by trend artist KAWS keep breaking the auction records and the trend of toy figures again has become popular as one of the most outstanding categories in contemporary art.

British artist George Morton-Clark has a second stop exhibition in Asia that was held in Seoul, South Korea.

Anna Berezovskaya’s portfolio (hardcover)

Knife Behind Back, a large-scale painting by Nara, just sold at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong for HK$195.7m (US$25m), nearly five times its record set in this afternoon. The new record is also a milestone for Yoshitomo Nara as he becomes the most expensive Japanese artist.

Taipei Art District Festival 2019 “It’s SHOW Time” will be held in Dazhi and Neihu from October 5th to November 3rd. The festival invited Tseng Yu-Chuan and He-Lin Luo to act as curators, as well as nearly 40 domestic and foreign artists to participate. In addition to connecting regional art institutions and spaces, art is also brought to public areas, through “performance” and “a show”, to think of a gentle way to bring art into public space and into life.

The activity period is only 10 years. Jean-Michel Basquiat left over 2000 drawings and over 1000 paintings during that time. The first large-scale exhibition in Japan, “Basquiat Exhibition Made in Japan”, opened at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi, Tokyo.

KAWS: COMPANIONSHIP IN THE AGE OF LONELINESS
2019.09.20~2020.04.13
NGV International National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne