Payal Uttam

2 months ago | scmp.com | Payal Uttam

In the late 90s, when rapper and record producer Kasseem Dean, aka Swizz Beatz, was still a teenager, he tried to buy an artwork from a gallery. “But they didn’t take him seriously,” says Kimberli Gant, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. “He wasn’t a typical collector – he was this young man who they didn’t really know.” But that didn’t deter Dean.

Feb 17, 2025 | msn.com | Payal Uttam

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Feb 17, 2025 | scmp.com | Payal Uttam

In January 2025 collectors, curators and artists crowded into the sleek basement of Belinda Tanoto’s Singapore home. The younger daughter of Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto was hosting an intimate soirée to coincide with the city state’s annual art week. The sprawling, white-cube space was filled with monumental sculptures and large works by major Asian artists such as South Korean Mire Lee and Malaysian fibre artist Anne Samat.

Jan 13, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Payal Uttam

At a time when young gallerists are shuttering their spaces in art hubs like New York, others are finding new opportunities in Southeast Asia. The South African artist Ricky Lee Gordon opened a new space, Sun.Contemporary in Bali, earlier this year. “I put everything on the line, it was a risk, but the response has been unbelievable,” Gordon says. “In recent years, expats have opened beach clubs and restaurants focusing on entertainment.

Dec 30, 2024 | artnews.com | Payal Uttam

Asia's main art hubs—Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and India—were hardly left unscathed by the challenges faced by the rest of the global market.