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The first appearance of the ouroboros—the mythological snake that eats its own tail—appears in an ancient funerary text discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen in 14th century BC. Across cultures, this act of autophagy has symbolized the cyclical processes of life and death, whose union can be seen formulating pre-modern conceptions of eternity. >> Read more

(中文) 倘若今天还能探讨美学效果而不被人嗤之以鼻，我们应从何种角度去思考艺术家的创作或创造？康德很久以前就提示过我们，任何艺术都不如一场战争或一场自然灾害那样令人震撼。战争作为人类各种暴力的集中爆发，而自然灾害是超越人类尺度的狂暴力量，两者都会造成人类难以承受的肉体和精神创伤。 >> Read more

(中文) “延伸的空间”由三个单元构成，分别是：具有实验性的当代雕塑装置单元——在全球化视野下讨论有关政治、社会、历史和文化等问题；城市公共对话单元——以互动性为主要特色；和学院与经典单元——在传统叙事语境下展示学院的传承和历史的经典。 >> Read more

Desire and the visual have forever been intertwined. You cannot desire what you already have, so the object of desire is something spatially removed from oneself – a distance that can only be bridged by our sense of vision. All other senses, touch, smell, taste and even sound require a much closer proximity than sight. […] >> Read more

All of which is to say that Cárdenas arrived in France not as some unformed, marginal or alien other (albeit his work was absolutely unknown in Europe at the time of his arrival in Paris)... >> Read more

The International Awards for Art Criticism Ltd. (IAAC) launches the fifth edition of their Awards this month (IAAC 5) and will announce their new competition rules, awards system and members of its international jury at a press conference to be held at Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum on May 21, 2018. >> Read more

"Double Take" presents the work of two exemplary, and hugely influential 20th-century photo essayists, the documentary photographers Brian Brake and Steve McCurry. Both Brake and, twenty years later, McCurry made their reputations as visual storytellers providing eyewitness accounts of great events. >> Read more

Hanart TZ Gallery is honoured to present Xu Longsen’s latest solo exhibition, Mountains in the Clouds. The opening reception will take place in the presence of the artist on Friday, 25 May 2018, from 6-8pm, at Hanart TZ Gallery. >> Read more

Banyan Commune is a unique phenomenon of community life and civil culture in southern China, a gathering place traditionally served as a community center for the neighborhood. >> Read more

(中文) 陈界仁先生（下文均用陈先生代替）对卞卡（下文均用卞代替）发表在《燃点》的《现实、诗学和谱系，然后呢？》一文的指控，我们感到遗憾。 >> Read more