As regards China, London was less interested in the Middle Kingdom than in 2013 but the ubiquitous presence of Chinese artists and collectors in London, and galleries and museums attentive to them, indicates a trend that has been growing for the last five years. >> Read more
Though the exhibition space itself was not large, the work on show gave me a false sense of dilation which only seemed to push the artist farther and farther away until he became a small dot drowned out by the dense whiteness around him. >> Read more
The centerpiece of the exhibition, En Attendant (2013), is an almost life-size black and white print of a horse-drawn carriage,blown up from a detail of a 19th century photograph of the Hôtel de Ville in ruins after the suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. >> Read more
As consumers of cinema, as addicts, we mainline film’s nostalgia, the way it seduces our caved Platonic souls to believe in brusque impressions. We feel the awkwardness of cinematic ghosts, even empathize with them, blinding ourselves like Oedipus.... >> Read more