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Four painted lifesavers in a line, arranged from biggest to smallest, each floating in space, painted, colored, designed for people, but empty. Their purpose presupposes emergency. They are nuclear zeros waiting for a victim nuclear family to save, to fill the void at the center. The smallest one casts a shadow doppelganger as it hovers. >> Read more

Exhibitions of Chinese art outside China tend to confirm certain assumptions about the country's history, culture, politics, and people. At first, ‘XU ZHEN®: Eternity Vs Evolution’ at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, seems no exception to this rule, promising viewers a proven combination of two enduring preconceptions about China’s past and present. >> Read more

A plaza conjures thoughts of display—open, yet fluid space for people and events, a public place supporting and witnessing situations of whatever kind. The idea of theater—always integral to Zhang’s work—is not remote from a plaza, being in many ways a stage upon which action unfolds. >> Read more

“Plaza”, his new solo exhibition at Long March Space takes its name from "this search to find a relatively tranquil, yet fleeting space of temporary respite" in an existence of perpetual free-fall. T >> Read more

“Plaza”, his new solo exhibition at Long March Space takes its name from "this search to find a relatively tranquil, yet fleeting space of temporary respite" in an existence of perpetual free-fall. T >> Read more

Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by Colin Chinnery, He An, and Zhang Hui entitled Once, from 14 December, 2013 through 5 March, 2014. >> Read more

The materials used in Jia Xiaoding’s creative approach and artworks are not unprecedented novelty in the contemporary art practices. >> Read more

How was it for you? Here is randian 燃点's review of the Year of the Dragon, in brief. >> Read more