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“Always the same thing. How boring! Pedants definitely!” said Oblomov, yawning. Basel is still the best art fair in the world. You knew that already. It runs as smoothly as Swiss Rail. No air-conditioning problems here! Yet there is a growing sense Art Basel is getting predictable. At first, I thought it was just me, […] >> Read more

Pictures Generation artist, Matt Mullican, renowned for his work with signs and flags and pioneering hypnosis performances, exhibited in China for the first time during West Bund Art & Design last November, with a special presentation of his flag works. >> Read more

Wade Guyton at Serpentine Galleries, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov and Robert Longo at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Gilbert & George at Lévy Gorvy, Enrico David at Michael Werner Gallery, David Hammons, Cody Noland et al at White Cube Masons Yard, Jeff Elrod at Simon Lee Gallery, Sherrie Levine at David Zwirner and Yan Pei Ming at Massimo […] >> Read more

Notable returnees included Marian Goodman, who will open a London branch in Autumn 2014 and Max Hetzler from Berlin, who as one of Jeff Koons’ first European gallerists, had his booth strategically placed opposite Gagosian’s solo presentation of large-scale works of one of the world’s most expensive living artist. >> Read more

“Darkness Visible” asked some sizeable questions around the already-prodigious theme of “darkness.” These dark visions were those of five Chinese and five American artists, co-curated by NAMOC curator Zhang Qing and New York-based Art in America editor Richard Vine. >> Read more