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Sunday 12 February 2012

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is one of my favourite living Japanese artists, I am really rather excited to see her new retrospective at Tate Modern soon!

Here are two reviews by Guardian art critics:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/feb/12/yayoi-kusama-tate-modern-review
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/feb/07/yayoi-kusuma-tate-modern-review

And some photos too:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/feb/07/yayoi-kusama-tate-modern-in-pictures

My own thoughts to follow soon.

Thursday 2 February 2012

The Culture Show: Cash in China's attic.

Anyone with but a passing interest in Chinese art or the antiques trade could not have noticed the astronomical prices being fetched in the last few years. Here is an insightful documentary from the BBC reporting on how Chinese wealthy new citizens are busy buying:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bbvvs/The_Culture_Show_Cash_in_Chinas_Attic_A_Culture_Show_Special/