Track the latest arts and cultural events in and between Asia and Europe.
Viewing by date posted in order of earliest to most recent
Change! aims to draw the public’s attention towards new ways of thinking about design. It is within this context that the festival emphasizes changing social needs, as well as the responsibility of design and designers in shaping better places. Read More
ZKM | Karlsruhe presents The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989, featuring more than 100 artists from around the world. What can art say about the globalized present? How does globalization change art? Read More
NETWORKED, an international conference hosted by Triangle Network, held in London 26-27 November, focuses on the latest research and practical discussion on the role of cultural networks in the global art ecology. Read More
Organized by the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the biennial World Cultures Festival has included Latin Passion, Mediterranean and Silk Road. This autumn, the focus is the varied and inspiring arts of Asia, aiming not only to offer a dynamic platform for representative artists and groups but also to showcase their multi-faceted traditions and perspectives. Read More
The 4th Guangzhou Triennial is this year divided into three sessions including an Inauguration Exhibition, Project Exhibition and Theme Exhibition in accordance with the development of the reconstruction and expansion of Guangdong Museum of Art . Read More
Save the date – February 8-9 2012, the Heinrich Boll Foundation is holding a conference in Berlin “Radius of Art” on the creative politicisation of the public sphere and cultural potential forces for social transformation. Read More
The city of Kanazawa is hosting an international workshop in presence of member cities of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, to exchange experiences and skills among craft makers and discuss the future of craft in the 21st century. Read More
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival mission is to create a world class literary event that brings together diverse Indonesian and international voices for dialogue and exchange. Read More
The ‘Copenhagen Summit on Artistic Freedom of Expression – Artsfex’ is scheduled to take place on 9-11 December 2011. It is organised by Freemuse, in collaboration with Danish PEN. Read More
A four day academic conference and training takes place at Madrid’s Universidad Complutense on ‘Artistic Creation as a Bridge between East and West’, organised by two Spanish academic research groups on Asia. Event in Spanish. Read More
Bangkok International Typographic Symposium is officially the first-ever international typographic conference organized in southeast Asia and has brought a considerable amount of attention to the design community in Thailand. Read More
The DSC South Asian Literature Festival offers a unique platform for South Asian storytelling, combining the written word with rich imagery, film, music, performance and art across multiple venues in London. Read More
The Czech Republic brings the best of its culture to Seoul with the Czech cultural festival “Czech Points in Seoul” running from end of September to early November 2011. Read More
The 12th Asia Arts Festival, co-held by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Chongqing Municipality, runs in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality October 10-20, with more than 3000 performing artists from over 30 countries. Read More
The exhibition of contemporary art by artists from Khoj International Artists Association, Delhi moves from Stuttgart to Berlin, showing at ifa gallery Berlin 14 Oct – 22 Jan. Read More
Two major exhibitions of contemporary art from India at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Poland. The Generation in Transition group exhibition is followed by Sarai: City as Studio. Read More
On the Agenda of the Arts series, hosted by Tokyo Wonder Site, has invited young artists from Asia and Japan to work with some of Asia’s best master artists to address issues for the future through research and dialogue in an exhibition on cultural diversity and the activities of new art centres. Read More
During 11 days, Tokyo transforms itself into a showcase venue for traditional and contemporary culture. A rich programme of visual arts, performing arts, design, music, and film, is scheduled to run alongside workshops and talks. Read More
The artistic exchange project “Puppets Beyond Borders” brings together puppeteers from Germany, France, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand in October and November 2011. Read More
Singapore Writers Festival runs 22-30 October, with a special event linking readings to the exhibition of masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay, Paris at National Museum of Singapore (26 October – 5 February). Read More
Selectively Revealed is an exhibition of screen-based work from Australian visual artists, touring to Korea, Indonesia and Thailand in 2011-2012, curated by Asialink and Experimenta. Read More
The 2011 edition of Voilah showcases more than 20 events, featuring musical performances, visual art exhibitions, fashion shows, literary arts, gourmet tastings, sports and film screenings – each aiming to… Read More
The first Indo-French contemporary dance festival takes place in India: DanSe Dialogues, with performances by three French choreographers in Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru 2-12 November. Read More
TAMA’11 Solidarity in PErformAnCE presents the 8th Tupada International Visual Performance Art Festival with artists from Estonia, Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Denmark and beyond. Read More
The Hay Festival returns to Kerala 17-19 November. The three-day programme of events includes authors and speakers from India and across the world, in a literary festival of ideas, debate, music and conversation. Read More
Registration is now open for The ASIA-PACIFIC WRITING PARTNERSHIP key event for 2011 ‘Writing Out of Asia’ (Perth, 2-5 December) Read More
The Microwave International New Media Arts Festival is the largest event of its kind in Hong Kong. The 2011 edition takes “Alchemy” as an over-arching theme and showcases works by several media arts laboratories that are pioneers in their field. Read More
No-where or Now-here, the first collaborative effort by three artists from Viet Nam and Japan, is on exhibition in Ha Noi until November 20, with artists who met on a Tokyo Wonder Site residency in Japan. Read More
The department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology is organising the 1st International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication themed “from theory to practice”. Read More
The George Town Literary Festival GTLF2011 – “History & Heritage: Where are our Stories?” will be held over two days in Penang, Malaysia on the 26 – 27 November. Read More