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I happened to overhear him speaking to someone nearby, saying “all of the burnt books upstairs were once banned.” It turns out I was right—all of Qiu Zhijie’s work and every aspect of his work have always come about with such exquisite reasons. >> Read more

Since opening ShanghART in the lobby of a hotel in Shanghai in 1996, Lorenz has been friend and mentor to scores of artists, including Ding Yi, Zeng Fanzhi, Yu Youhan, Zhao Bandi, Xu Zhen, and Birdhead, among many others. Sardonic and understated, Helbling’s Swiss roots are routinely noted but as Zhou Tiehai comments, “Lorenz has long been one of us”. >> Read more

I know this is the being outside the system. I know, too, I do not belong. >> Read more

I visited Gregor Hilderbrandt’s studio in West Berlin; a string of rooms are packed with seemingly every material and detritus possible....Gregor arrives, wearing dark jeans and jacket, and an un-tucked stripy business-shirt.... >> Read more

Randian recently sat down with Marc Spiegler, the director of Art Basel, along with Adeline Ooi, in a wide-ranging conversation about the strategy and direction of Art Basel...
 
 
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As an artist, he has witnessed the rapid social and economical changes of China in the last two decades. Since being deeply rooted in China’s cultural context and this land that he belongs to, he questions the controversial social and political phenomena that he sees, and his works aim to be a comment on these phenomena. >> Read more

Randian Editor Iona Whittaker in conversation with Ai Weiwei — Chinese artist, writer, filmmaker and commentator — at his Beijing studio. The year 2012 marked his release from house arrest and the film "Never Sorry".... >> Read more

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