AXA Art Newsletter                                                                                          Passionate About Art
1 August 2009                                                                                                                 Professional About Insurance




Dear Friends,

AXA Art is the leading fine art and collectibles insurance specialist worldwide. With offices in all major European cities, the Unites States, Singapore and Hong Kong, the Company provides its clients including individuals, corporate, museums, galleries, trusts, artist and traveling exhibitions, with insurance coverage and professional advise concerning the overall protection and preservation of their valuable collections.

At AXA Art Asia, we share joy in art, our experience in collections, our concerns over the art preservation and loss prevention, exchange information of latest art event with art lovers. With booming art activities in Asia, we have posted a few exciting articles on our website for your reading interest - special exhibitions and art fair around the region held in the 2nd half of the year 2009. Enjoy browsing!

Yours Truly,
Jennifer Scally
Regional Manager - AXA Art Asia




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AXA Art Review 2009

AXA Art Review is a round-up of the last 12 months' events from AXA Art, as well as some fascinating stories from our clients and business partners. You will read 'What Price the Art Market' (page 24-26) and interview with art collectors (page 6-11 and 18-21). If you are fascinated to learn what makes collectors tick, what their inspirations are and the stories behind the works, you will find it inside and come across some real gems.

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Found!

AXA Art can announce the safe recovery of a stolen barometer (right picture) worth tens of thousands of pounds.

The 17th century ivory and brass-plated barometer was the victim of a caught-on-camera theft that occurred at the Museum towards the end of May 2009. The recovery was made after a voluntary, confidential tip-off allowed the Police to locate the valuable piece and arrest the thieves.

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2. Museum Exhibition

风筝不断线：吴冠中捐赠作品集

09/04/09-16/08/09

Singapore Art Museum

This exhibition showcases the donation of 113 works to the Singapore Art Museum representing five decades of the artist's creative oeuvre. A key significance of Wu Guanzhong's art is the crossing and synthesizing of the two art forms of ink and oil which represent art historical and aesthetic contexts of traditional Chinese and Western art. Wu's famed line, the "Unbroken Kite String", which expounds the connection between formal abstraction and everyday life, and acknowledges its source in the community.

Address: 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555

Tel: +65 63323222 Web: http://www.singart.com/

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Louis Vuffton: A Passion For Creation

路易威登：创意情感

22/05/2009 - 09/08/2009

Hong Kong Museum of Art

A symbol of French elegance and savoirvivre, Louis Vuitton has maintained close links with the art world for more than 150 years. This exhibition of a selection of works from the Foundation Louis Vuitton Pour la Creation brings together a number of significant large-scale works by European, American and Chinese artists.

Address: 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

T: +852 27210116 Web: http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Arts

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The Unguarded Moment by Steve McCurry

1/07/2008 - 31/12/2009

NUS Museum

Ways of Seeing Chinese Art features over 200 objects including ceramics, jades and bronzes from the Lee Kong Chian Collection. The exhibition presents a comprehensive history of Chinese ceramic art with more than 100 ceramic pieces dating from prehistory to the early 20th century, representing wares produced by major kilns in China.

Address: NUS, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent

Tel: (+65) 6516 4616 Web: http://www.nus.edu.sg/museum

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3. Art Fair In Asia

Period: 9/10/2009 - 12/10/2010

Address: Suntec Singapore Level 4 T: (+65) 6235 4113 Web: artsingapore.net

Address: Shanghai Exhibition Centre

The 2008 edition attracted over 140 prestigious international galleries from nearly 30 countries, and was visited by over 15,000 collectors, artists, curators and art enthusiasts.

The 2009 edition will go with a new artistic direction and initiatives to engage with emerging collectors from the region.

Tel: (+86) 21 32220381 Web: http://www.shcontemporary.info/

Tel: (+82) 2 766 3702-4

Web: http://www.kiaf.org/

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Period: 03/10/2009 - 06/10/2009

Address: 1 Expo Drive, Hong Kong

Tel: (+852) 3107 0681

Web: http://www.aaifair.com/

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ALTAR - Photography by Samit Das

09/07/09 - 31/08/09

Indigo Blue Art, Singapore

Samit Das has worked with photographs, collages and drawings, which at times, come together in a single creation.His compositions, in their multiple layers and remarkable forms, engage urban architecture as his points of reference and departure. His subject is the constructed human environment, from the macro-scale of urban super structures to the private intimacy of personal effects, but most usually the middle range of architecture and interior spaces.

Address: 33 Neil Road, Singapore 088820

T: (+65) 6372 1719 Web: http://www.indigoblueart.com/

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Art Sun Day

On the first Sunday of each month, 16 Hong Kong galleries and a number of local restaurants will open their doors for the community to enjoy art, brunch talks, performances and workshops. Admission free.

 

Web: www.artsunday.com.hk/index.html

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