Payal Uttam
Payal Uttam is a freelance journalist who has been covering art and design across the globe for close to a decade. Her work has appeared in publications including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Quartz, Forbes, The Art Newspaper and Women’s Wear Daily among others. She currently divides her time between Hong Kong and Paris.
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Experts at Hong Kong’s virtual Edventures Global Business Acceleration Summit call for change in mindset of educators and start-ups to offer more effective solutions
Experts at Hong Kong’s virtual Edventures Global Business Acceleration Summit call for change in mindset of educators and start-ups to offer more effective solutions
Live and online performances of Aria, ReNew Vision’s after-dark, multisensory production, feature Denmark’s Theatre of Voices and Hong Kong Children’s Choir
Live and online performances of Aria, ReNew Vision’s after-dark, multisensory production, feature Denmark’s Theatre of Voices and Hong Kong Children’s Choir
Hung Keung’s ‘It All Begins With a Word’ animation and video project and other creative work feature on this month’s Vision Art Festival’s online platform, ReNew Vision
Hung Keung’s ‘It All Begins With a Word’ animation and video project and other creative work feature on this month’s Vision Art Festival’s online platform, ReNew Vision
Mount Fuji Architects Studio founders Mao and Masahiro Harada and British artist Liam Gillick designed Manabe Equation House, in western Japan, as part of unconventional hotel project spearheaded by a Japanese art collector.
Mount Fuji Architects Studio founders Mao and Masahiro Harada and British artist Liam Gillick designed Manabe Equation House, in western Japan, as part of unconventional hotel project spearheaded by a Japanese art collector.
The theme of the triennial Okayama Art Summit in Japan, ‘If the snake …’, is deliberately open-ended and, with no curator dictating terms, 18 artists together explore issues around technology, our imagination and the human condition.
The theme of the triennial Okayama Art Summit in Japan, ‘If the snake …’, is deliberately open-ended and, with no curator dictating terms, 18 artists together explore issues around technology, our imagination and the human condition.
Revamped art fair in Indonesian capital praised for its dynamism, focus on emerging Asian talent, and its prices; collectors picked up young artists’ work for as little as US$1,000, and some galleries sold nearly all the art they showed.
Revamped art fair in Indonesian capital praised for its dynamism, focus on emerging Asian talent, and its prices; collectors picked up young artists’ work for as little as US$1,000, and some galleries sold nearly all the art they showed.
Husband and wife team started out designing pieces for their own home before word got out
Husband and wife team started out designing pieces for their own home before word got out
Designers Yunn Fann Chang and Shane Liu, and curator Tipus Hafay, who belongs to the Makuta’ay tribe in Hualien county, launched their accessories brand Kamaro’an in 2015
Designers Yunn Fann Chang and Shane Liu, and curator Tipus Hafay, who belongs to the Makuta’ay tribe in Hualien county, launched their accessories brand Kamaro’an in 2015
Jinggoy Buensuceso to showcase his Beta line of outlandish, nature-inspired creations in new Manila retail space
Jinggoy Buensuceso to showcase his Beta line of outlandish, nature-inspired creations in new Manila retail space
If you have ever stayed at Singapore’s Park Royal hotel or Alila Villas Uluwatu in Bali and thought ‘I fancy those chairs’, you might be pleased to know that the designers have started their own lifestyle line, WOHAbeing
If you have ever stayed at Singapore’s Park Royal hotel or Alila Villas Uluwatu in Bali and thought ‘I fancy those chairs’, you might be pleased to know that the designers have started their own lifestyle line, WOHAbeing
A minor motorcycle accident puts an adventurous couple on collision course with the real Costa Rica
A minor motorcycle accident puts an adventurous couple on collision course with the real Costa Rica
Yukinori Yanagi uses ants to tunnel through images of flags and money made of sand, as a critique of borders and the symbols of power that separate us
Yukinori Yanagi uses ants to tunnel through images of flags and money made of sand, as a critique of borders and the symbols of power that separate us
The artist tells Payal Uttam his work has always married the political and the personal.
The artist tells Payal Uttam his work has always married the political and the personal.
Art is a tricky investment. You can start with the most collectable names - Payal Uttam presents the top five.
Art is a tricky investment. You can start with the most collectable names - Payal Uttam presents the top five.
"I don't know what I'm doing and why I keep doing it." Carved into moss-covered tiles on the ground, these are the words that greet me when I arrive at the artist-run space Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta.
"I don't know what I'm doing and why I keep doing it." Carved into moss-covered tiles on the ground, these are the words that greet me when I arrive at the artist-run space Cemeti Art House in Yogyakarta.
There was plenty of drama at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on Tuesday, which raked in just over HK$640.5 million from about 290 lots including signed pieces from Cartier, Tiffany & Co and Van Cleef & Arpels.
There was plenty of drama at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on Tuesday, which raked in just over HK$640.5 million from about 290 lots including signed pieces from Cartier, Tiffany & Co and Van Cleef & Arpels.
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