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A crowded Art Basel Hong Kong opened today, following the inaugural Gallery Weekend Beijing and numerous private museum events in Shanghai, including Yuz Museum and K11. It seems Hong Kong is expanding to the Mainland. >> Read more

For most, Vietnam is an idea formed, since the beginning of the twentieth century, by a foreigner’s idea of the foreign, rather more than by its residents. >> Read more

Miami starts with parties and champagne and ends with blood and rain. As the deluge descended and the drains spewed, we huddled around an ATM with a homeless guy, or maybe he was a performance artist or kooky billionaire—no he was just homeless. >> Read more

Art Stage Singapore opened strongly, with collectors from all over East Asia milling around and strong early sales reported across the fair. Art Stage positions itself as the premier platform for South East Asia but this year there was was a strong international presence... >> Read more

The notion of Tiravanija working alongside the Singapore Tyler Print Institute does elicit some sense of fascinated curiosity at what they've produced, particularly under a title like “Time Travelers Chronicle (Doubt): 2014-802,701 A.D.”
 
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While the minimum and average quality of art displayed was noticeably higher than last year (better galleries, minimal kitsch) the art displayed was generally conservative—innovation was seldom seen... >> Read more

Dear Mr & Mrs Singapore: Your children, Art Stage and Biennale, have successfully completed the year and may enter the next class. Here is our report card. They are performing stronger but still have some work to do.
 
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