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The Westbund Art and Design Fair will open on September 25 on the Xuhui Waterfront in Shanghai; it is co-organized by the Shanghai West Bund Development Group Co. together with Zhou Tiehai, a renowned Chinese artist (and previously the artistic director of the Minsheng Museum in Shanghai). >> Read more

by Chris Moore The China art market faces its most difficult period since 2008. With the developing US-China trade war, increasing skepticism towards corporate China’s debt (particularly banks), growing uncertainty from political unrest in Hong Kong, and a weakening global economy, not least in Germany, the economic “motor of Europe”, and the continuing UK Brexit […] >> Read more

The Stockmarket is wobbly, China growth is slowing, Beijing's regulatory regime is tightening, there is a lot of hidden bad debt (who knows how much in State Owned Enterprises), there is a property bubble and a trade war with the United States. >> Read more

The fifth edition of West Bund Art & Design will take place from 8 to 11 November, 2018, in Hall A of the West Bund Art Center and the newly constructed Hall N. Located directly across from Hall A, Hall N offers nearly 10,000 square meters of exhibition space. >> Read more

Cologne is the source of Germany’s contemporary art scene. It is home to the massively influential Museum Ludwig and the world’s oldest art fair, Art Cologne, the 52nd edition of which has just opened, as well as being a hub for many of the most important post-war German artists, including Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz […] >> Read more

The Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing has partnered with Lisson Gallery and Greene Naftali to announce Dan Graham’s first solo exhibition in China at the Museum. As one of contemporary art’s most innovative and influential figures, Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments in art, including conceptual art, […] >> Read more

Once again, Art Basel was a huge success. Outside, people were swimming in the Rhine under the June sun and sausages were as ridiculously expensive as ever. And there was lots of art sold, often at record prices, if you believe the breathless reports. IF. It is almost pointless writing about Art Basel. Sharing photos, […] >> Read more

Now in its fourth edition, the West Bund Art & Design (10 – 12 November, 2017) >> Read more

The renowned American philosopher Hilary Putnam passed away last year. Even though he was a pioneering figure in new American Pragmatism, second to none in both the multi-disciplinary scope and abundance of his work, he was still, at the time of his death, best remembered for coming up with the question known as “brains in a vat”… >> Read more

West Bund is an ambitious urban branding and development project initiated by Shanghai’s Xuhui District government. >> Read more