Renew Newcastle

DIY transforming a dying city from Marcus Westbury on Vimeo.

"For the last 18 months more than 60 groups of artists, creative businesses and community groups have been taking over once empty spaces in the centre of Newcastle, NSW, Australia under a program called Renew Newcastle.

Renew Australia is a new social enterprise being established to work nationally and internationally to support projects based on the same model. It will support local communities and take over otherwise empty spaces for low cost use by creative and community projects. The project has just received $10,000 worth of seed funding from a Social Traders program called 'The Crunch' and is developing a business plan to launch full scale operations in 2011. "

Listing of Biennales

http://en.shanghaibiennale.org/content.php?nid=161

PortugalArte10

PortugalArte10 is the first in a series of biannual exhibitions in Portugal that will explore the latest trends in the global art community. For one month Lisbon, Grândola, Portimão and Vila Real de Santo António will be at the center of the visual arts, as PortugalArte10 presents major works from the leading international contemporary artists of our time. PortugalArte10 is distinctive for its focus on the following areas: commissioned public sculpture projects, single artist surveys, curated group exhibitions and site-specific installations addressing themes related to contemporary life.

http://www.portugalarte.org/

A survey of contemporary art
Jul - Aug 2010

Artists
http://www.portugalarte.org/?page_id=1697

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http://www.vernissage.tv | Portugal Arte 10 is a new biennial show of contemporary art in Lisbon. In this video, we have a look at the exhibitions at the Pavilion of Portugal and Artistic Director Stefan Simchowitz talks about the concept of the show.
More info:
http://vernissage.tv/blog/2010/07/23/...
http://vernissage.tv/blog/2010/07/26/...

Contemporary Chinese Art History

The History of Chinese Contemporary Art
Melissa Chiu
Museum Director, Asia Society

view video here
http://bigthink.com/ideas/4999

Chinese art, before and after Tiananmen
November 2007