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David Zwirner Gallery issued a statement on their website announcing the death of famous artist, On Kawara, on July 10th, 2014 in New York. He was 81.
 
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As Groys notes in the opening passage of his essay, “On the New”, “We experience art history first of all as represented in our museums.” One might add, to be glib with Marx—and why not? —, secondly as farce. >> Read more

It is too early to decide if I am destroying the tradition of ink painting. —Zheng Chongbin >> Read more

“I’m interested in how an object can become an image of itself, and in how an image can inform an object. We are constantly negotiating our movements through space, and performing towards and around other bodies and objects. I am looking to find moments where the body appears and disappears, when it cannot be certain […] >> Read more

(中文) “日光亭”第四期由艺术家杨光南呈现名为“消化不良”的个人项目。 >> Read more

More so than whatever a prize like this might mean to the artist, however, is the question of what his success in Shanghai indicates about the Chinese art world at the moment—and, by transference, what role Hong Kong is playing in relation to this system. Whereas artists working in Hong Kong were once fond of saying... >> Read more

With galleries largely in hibernation over the winter, exhibiting a group show of older works by familiar artists is considered a pragmatic but ‘soft’ option. Instead of making excuses, however, ShanghART is thumbing its nose at the criticism with works in gentle materials such as cloth, fake fur and cotton thread. The show, for which […] >> Read more

Chris Moore talks with MadeIn Company founder, Xu Zhen about their latest group exhibition at ShangART Gallery and H-Space, "Action of Consciousness." >> Read more