Selected Events

Hong Kong

From May 15

"Andreas Gursky"

Solo exhibition. Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong

"Impure Light"

Jiang Zhi exhibition. Saamlung Gallery, Hong Kong

"Mobile M+"

M+ Museum, Hong Kong

From May 16

"Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom"

Anselm Kiefer exhibition. White Cube Gallery, Hong Kong

From May 17

ArtHK 12

HK Convention Center, Hong Kong

Beijing

To May 20

"Anxiety as an Art Tool"

Exhibition by Keren Cytter. Magician Space, Beijing

To May 27

"The Important Thing Is Not The Meat"

Exhibition by Gu Dexin. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

"The Tunnel"

Galleria Continua. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

To Jun 2

"Life Most Intense"

Exhibition by Ma Ke. Platform China, Beijing

To Jun 3

"Même lit, rêves différents"

Exhibition by Chen Zhen. Faurschou Foundation, Beijing

To Jun 15

"Close to the Sea"

Yang Fudong exhibition. ShanghART, Beijing

To Jun 17

"Groundless"

Exhibition by Zhang Hui. Long March Project, Beijing

To Jul 3

"Luo Minjun"

Solo exhibition. Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing

Shanghai

To May 27

"Light Bending into the Retina"

Group exhibition. 18Gallery, Shanghai

To May 28

"Crystal Empire"

Exhibition by Alexandre Joly. AroundSpace, Shanghai

To May 29

"Book from the Ground"

Exhibition by Xu Bing. Shanghai Gallery of Art

Review | by Iona Whittaker & Gu Ling

2012 Caochangdi Photospring Hit-List

Randian’s pick of the best.

Photospring Beijing is again upon us, with a plethora of galleries throwing light on contemporary photography for throngs of visitors on a murky, smog-smothered opening weekend….

Feature | by Temu

Manners of Smallness

Temu reflects on the scale of ideas and smallness of meaning

In this season of rebirth, instead of rushing to "predict" formulaically the trends in this year’s contemporary art, perhaps it is more worthwhile to think of what was thoughtful and meaningful in the past year.

Review | by Wang Kaimei

The Fall of a Curator:

“Nostalgia — East Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition”

The exhibition takes on “East Asia” in its title along with “nostalgia,” and yet it completely avoids the importance of the politics of history. Thus it caters to a Western gaze and becomes a pure aesthetic display of exotic Orientalism…

Feature | by Sylvie Lin

Art-Making as a Living Condition

Tehching Hsieh's Lifeworks in Taiwan.

In 1974, American-Taiwanese artist Tehching Hsieh (b.1950) left Taiwan and entered the U.S. as an illegal immigrant. This underground existence lasted fourteen years, when he carried out several of his now famous one-year performances in New York.

Review | by Gordon Cheung

“The Other Wave” Review

Artist Gordon Cheung on a recent exhibition at Ben Brown gallery in London with photo and video artists Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Jiang Pengyi and Ye Linghan

“The Other Wave” of photography and video art from China has emerged within the context of Chinese economic growth and the 1980s “New Wave” avant-garde.

Feature | by Iona Whittaker

Interview with Urs Meile

Pioneer Swiss art dealer, Urs Meile, on coming to Beijing, emerging artists and China's art zeitgeist.

Iona Whittaker: Your father collected art — how did he influence your interest?

Urs Meile: When you grow up with art, step by step you become interested in it.

Feature | by Randian

On the occasion of Liu Bolin's exhibition "Lost in Fashion" at Eli Klein Fine Art in New York, Randian’s editors argue about Liu, whose photographic set pieces present the artist camouflaged with paint and makeup so that he blends chameleon-like into the background.