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Since the 1990s, Zeng Fanzhi’s art has been an exploration of different styles, borrowing techniques from Western masters and movements such as Francis Bacon and German Expressionism, all in the quest to find his own voice. >> Read more

Among Chinese contemporary art group which is initiated from the early1980s, the southwestern artist community bonded by Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, is always one of the most hard-core strength, from Scar Art, 85 New Wave, Post 89 New Art and even to young generation artist groups. >> Read more

This recent episode in the public debate about arts and cultural policy demonstrates how tightly bound absurdity is with questions about what constitutes meaning and meaninglessness, as well as the related issue of what the value of art is today. Clearly, there is a need to grasp and articulate why and how such "absurd" art may be significant... >> Read more

This is a second “Constellations” show from Zhao Zhao—the first iteration in 2013 presented real glass panels. >> Read more

Rebecca Catching examines the art of Crafting a Biennale experience, how we view an exhibition. What makes it enjoyable and endurable and why curators these days seem hell-bent on turning the exhibition floor into a library. >> Read more

Supervised by the Ministry of Culture, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) presents the biennial celebration of Asian contemporary art – the 8th Asian Art Biennial, which opens on October 30. >> Read more

by Quyen Hoang Will Thurman ‘Life Paintings, Volume 1: 2015-2020’ Galerie Quỳnh (118 Đường Nguyễn Văn Thủ, Đa Kao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) Oct. 20­ – Dec.12, 2020 In this fervent age of over-exposure on social media, mystery is a rare commodity. Will Thurman’s solo exhibition presents an intriguing scenario by requesting its visitors to leave their phones […] >> 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

So I am walking in, wandering through this dimly lit, shack-like choral site, a sort of khôrā (χώρα), the territory outside the polis also rooted in it as an invisible receptacle, a housing house. >> Read more

Jumping and whooping, men swept by in costumes covered in fabric petals, their bodies thawed into fluttering colors. It took Andy a moment to realize that their swollen, red features and black, hollowed eyes belonged to wooden masks. >> Read more