In October, Robert Adanto will participate in the Frost Museum's Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series, which has introduced numerous art world luminaries to the South Florida community since 1981. Past speakers have included such distinguished figures as Harald Szeeman, Independent Curator and Director of the Venice Biennale; Pierre Rosenberg, former Director of the Louvre, Paris; Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Vanbruggen, international husband and wife artists and collaborators; Tom Wolfe, novelist; Art Spiegelman, author and cartoonist; Susan Sontag, novelist and essayist; Frank Stella, painter; Richard Serra, minimalist sculptor; Carlos Fuentes, novelist and essayist; Mario Vargas Llosa, writer and journalist; Camille Paglia, feminist author and social critic and Maya Lin, sculptor.

The Rising Tide was featured in Constant Stream: China 08 at the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre in London, where it screened with a film by acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke. Constant Stream: China 08 was a part of China Now, the largest festival of Chinese culture ever in the UK.

Adanto's surprisingly grim film highlights both the vitality and urgency of China's burgeoning new culture while allowing its subjects to speak of the darker and more painful aspects of change.

~ Gerry Mak in Flavorpill

Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide shows the world how China's contemporary artists are making sense of their crazy "brave new world", the improbable mash-up of totalitarianism and capitalism gone wild. An often surprising and thought-provoking documentary, the featured artists throw down a collective glove to the rest of the world and declare their Sino-centric Renaissance. The rest of us better make an effort to grasp what their work is about, or get out of the way. An "eye-opener" in every sense of the word, if you are an artist, curator or art teacher be sure to catch this film.

~ Mark Lynch, Host of "Inquiry" on WICN

In a recent podcast, Robert speaks to Culture Catch founder Dusty Wright about contemporary China and its burgeoning art scene. (Recorded 3/07/09 at Bennett Media Studios, NYC)

The Press Kit

A press kit containing a synopsis of the documentary as well as biographical information and photographs for appearing artists.

New Art World Order

A film review by Lisa Leong of the UCLA Asia Institute.

Tales of Two Chinas

An article in the Worcester Telegram by Nancy Sheehan.

Art Daily Article

A brief article highlighting The Rising Tide.

US-China Today

Comprehensive article by Chelsea Mason on Chinese Art that also discusses the Rising Tide.

Cheek Magazine

The Rising Tide has been featured in the sixth edition of Cheek Magazine. Note: if you don't have Flash, you can get it here. Or you can view the PDF version of the magazine.

China's Renaissance

An article by Courtney Taniguchi on Robert Adanto's breakthrough documentary, posted on Flux.net.