CurveAsia February 2009
The San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show
The San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show

san-francisco-golden-gate-bridge-2For all those surfing the net for enriching cultural experiences, especially those combining a variety of themes, forms and novel interpretations of art designs, the San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show is a must-visit event!


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ARCO 09
ARCO'09: An Art Lover’s Delight!
The Feria de Madrid in Spain will hold a festival look mid-February this year and for lovers of South Asian arts and crafts, especially those with a special interest in artists of Indian origin, the place to be is Hall 12 and Hall 14 as ARCO 2009 kicks off the annual promise of a growing global arts
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Contemprory Art of Bangladesh
Contemporary art of Bangladesh – Book Review

Few publications depict the fine collection of articles and pictures like the ones published in the book “Contemporary Art in Bangladesh.” This is a compilation of very rich and informative paintings, articles and photographs. The developments in art ranging from Bangladeshi art to Bengal School...
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Emerging Indian Art - Aicon Gallery
Emerging Indian Art - Aicon Gallery
Indian art and artists have steadily grown in fame and fortune both in the past 25 years since awareness and patronage (both in-country and foreign) about contemporary Indian art styles and techniques have progressed, thanks to media attention as well as changing attitudes of buyers (not just going
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Signs Taken for Wonders
Signs Taken For Wonders: Recent Art From India and Pakistan
No, we’re not talking in tongues and neither are we going to suddenly expect you to follow a certain sign language to get your regular art update!

It’s just that ‘Signs Taken For Wonders’ is only a reference-phrase for what art-lovers keen on learning about the latest developments on the prog
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Kadam Choreography Prize 2008/2009
Kadam Choreography Prize 2008/2009
Kadam Asian Dance And Music Ltd has completed its application procedure for the Kadam Choreography Prize 2008/09, an event that is supported by Hat Factory.

The event will finally choose one winner, which will be a choreographer, two dancers, and three judges. The prize money will be 1500 GB pounds
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Ancient Nepalese Dance
Ancient Nepalese Dance Forms
If you are looking for some age-old traditional music that will definitely soothe your nerves you should experience some traditional Nepali folk and classical music performed by the locals of the country. This art form is centuries old and the accompanying instruments are older but the music is no d
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Chitrasena Vajira Dance Foundation
Chitrasena Vajira Dance Foundation
Over sixty years ago, the first Chitrasena Vajira Dance Academy was started in a relatively unknown town called Colpetty, Sri Lanka under the aegis of the most famous husband-wife dancer duo, Deshamanya Chitrasena and his inspiration, the graceful Vajira. That was in 1952; their maiden efforts at es...
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Puppet Shows in India
Puppet Shows In India – A Dying Art
indian puppetIndia is a land of varied cultures and traditions. The land is rich in cultural arts, one of which is Indian puppet shows. It is very disheartening to know that a lot of art forms in this land are dying a slow death; some of the reasons for this sad but true fact are linked with the development of t...
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Chalo India
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art Opens at The Mori Art Museum


Thukral&Tagra, Phantom IX-B, 2007, Oil and acrylic on canvas. 182 x 367cm. Courtesy: Nature Morte, New Delhi.


TOKYO.- The Mori Art Museum presents today it's 5th anniversary exhibition,“Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art,” bringing together 27 artists / artist groups from cities throughou

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Bangladeshi Pop Musician Arnob
Bangladeshi Folk And Pop Musician Arnob’s Efforts For Fundraising
Everyone tuned into the world music scene will know how instantly effective well-organized and well-intended (yes, in that order – we do live in a commercial though musically sensitive world, you know) fund raising events can be like, especially those advertised as being held for Human Rights. Not...
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Order of Canada for York Dance Alumini
Order Of Canada For York Dance Alumna

latapadaLata Pada, who earned her Masters in Fine Arts in 1996 from the York School of Dance is the first South Asian artist ever to have received the rare and prestigious “Order of Canada” in January 2009.

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Sain Zahoor
SAIN ZAHOOR (PAKISTAN): WORLD MUSIC WINNER

sainzahoorA hush falls over the concert hall where he performs a live show…more silent than the quietest thoughts one would never dare to express.

His fans say it is the purity of his deep voice that practically lifts the lyrics off the tune towards a higher realm and transports them at the same time t...
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Kathmandu Art Centre Chosen
The Kathmandu Art Centre chosen as the ‘Asian Art in London’ for 2008
October 2007was a happening year for artists in Nepal, as this was the year when the Kathmandu Arts Centre, known as the KAC, was formally established and recognized the world over. This recognition was consolidated with the KAC being chosen as the ‘Asian Art in London charity’ for the year 2008...
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Ran Rasiya Screened in Nw York
'Rang Rasiya' screened at New York's Queens Museum of Art
NEW YORK: Ketan Mehta's "Rang Rasiya," based on the life of iconic Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma, was part of a special screening at the Queens
 
"Rang Rasiya" and "Amal" by Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta were screened last evening as part of the recently concluded 2008 MIAAC Film Festiv
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Bullets in the Hussains
Are There Bullets in the Hussains?
Art lovers the world over are awaiting with bated breath news of the safety of priceless Hussain paintings that were commissioned to adorn the main lobby of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. These paintings are believed to have been damaged by gunshots and grenade blasts during the siege that lasted over 60
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Japanese Art Exhibition
Art Gallery NSW Hosts Japanese Art Exhibition
The tale of Ganji is believed to be one of Japan’s greatest artistic achievements. This romantic story was written way back in 1008 by Murasaki Shikibu the Court lady. The story spans 54 chapters and recounts the romantic stories and fortunes of the prince Genji and a few of his heirs. The long an
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Makin Waves in the West
Indian Contemporary Art – Making Waves In The Western World
Indian contemporary art is the talk of the industry with this art form from the sub-continent creating cracks in the cusp of the border of international contemporary art. This form of Indian art is beginning to get noticed by the international collectors and critics alike.

Some very high profile col...

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Documentary Scrapped
Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests

Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said Tuesday.

Two right-wing groups protested against M.F. Husain's 1967 film "Through the Eyes of a Painter", which had been du

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