InitiArt Magazine

June 21, 2017March 29, 2022

Video Talk: Tintin Wulia’s 1001 Martian Homes at Venice Biennale 2017

Tintin Wulia sees 1001 Nights as stories of survival, while her 1001 Martian Homes for Indonesian Pavilion at 57th Venice Biennale represents a century of oral family histories with 3 pairs of works.

June 9, 2017March 29, 2022

Video Talk: Mark Bradford’s Artist Tour at Pavilion of United States, Venice Biennale 2017

For the 57th Venice Art Biennale, the French pavilion has been transformed into a sound box: a soundscape enclosed in a wood and fabric shell.

May 11, 2017August 2, 2020

Video Talk: In Venice with Samson Young and Kwok Ying

CoBo’s Director, Selina Ting, met with artist Samson Young and Curator Kwok Ying for a Live from Venice Session on the 2017 Hong Kong Pavilion, Songs for Disaster Relief.

April 17, 2017August 2, 2020

Video Talk: Luc Tuymans and Frank Demaegd

Selina Ting speaks to artist Luc Tuymans & founder of Zeno X Gallery Frank Demaegd on the keys to a long lasting relationship between artists and dealers, at CoBo Challenge at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017

April 2, 2017August 2, 2020

Video Talk: Patrick Foret on Art Basel Cities

Selina Ting speaks to Patrick Foret, ‎Director of Business Initiatives at Art Basel, on the latest development of the Art Basel Cities Buenos Aires project at CoBo Challenge during Art Basel Hong Kong 2017

April 2, 2017August 2, 2020

Video Talk: Kim and Lito Camacho – Life, Love and Art

How did the inseparable Kim and Lito first meet? The Camacho couple reveals their trajectory of everlasting relationship and collecting to CoBo’s Director Selina Ting.

March 23, 2017August 2, 2020

Video Talk: Alain Servais – What is Happiness?

Does Art Make you a happier person? Does owning art make you richer? Doesn’t living with art give you a sense of fulliflment? CoBo Social’s Director and Editor-in-Chief, Selina Ting, speaks to Belgian collector Alain Servais – CoBo Challenge at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017 on the subject of Happiness.

February 7, 2017August 2, 2020

Why Are Artists Violent People? – Vishal K. Dar Answers

“Artists are violent people. I will debate that point with any artist who claims they are not violent. I think that artists are deeply violent because we try to stay so honest to ourselves. That honesty kills us”, said the Delhi-based, US-educated artist Vishal K. Dar (b. 1976) whose installation work Maruts – Storm Dieties (2016) is currently…

January 30, 2017August 2, 2020

Lorenzo Rudolf on Marketing Southeast Asian Art as a Package

With the increasing importance of Southeast Asian countries in the global economy, contemporary art created in these emerging scenes is also gaining its firm grounding in the international art market. To sell art from the region, according to Lorenzo Rudolf, a titanic figure in the art business, one has to brand it under the package “Southeast Asian art” because no one single country could survive solo in the keen competition.