NZ curators head to Asia

Three contemporary art curators will travel to Asia in October to build their professional networks and working relationships with artists, curators and arts institutions. Funded by Creative New Zealand and the Asia New Zealand Foundation, the trips are timed to coincide with biennales in Busan, Gwangju and Shanghai. The three curators are Stephen Cleland (Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau city), Aaron Kreisler (Dunedin Public Art Gallery) and Hanna Scott (Auckland-based independent curator). You can read more about the trip here.

Image: Busan city

Saatchi eyes up Korea

Charles Saatchi, who is always on the lookout for new art/artists, is set to curate a show of contemporary Korean art at his King's Road gallery in 2012. He has set the ball rolling at the Saatchi space this year with Fantastic Ordinary, a group show organised by the non-profit foundation Korea Eye.

Image: Kim Hyun-soo, Breik (2008), Fantastic Ordinary exhibition, Saatchi Gallery London, July 2010