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Much as the Beijing winter has been very mild this year, overall, the art of the past year has also felt rather milder and more sentimental from previous years. Let us then explore the production and exhibition of this “old” contemporary art in the contemporary Chinese art world. >> Read more

Simon Lee Gallery is proud to present a concise survey exhibition of paintings by Japanese artist Ryuji Tanaka, his first posthumous solo presentation in the UK. >> Read more

Simon Lee Gallery is proud to present a concise survey exhibition of paintings by Japanese artist Ryuji Tanaka, his first posthumous solo presentation in the UK. >> Read more

Why Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and why now? What are the nuanced relationships to identity and aesthetics we could distill from his oeuvre that might help us contribute to social change? >> Read more

The programme for Liverpool Biennial 2016, the largest contemporary art festival in the UK running from July 9 to October 16, has been announced by Sally Tallant, Director of Liverpool Biennial. >> Read more

Art movements don't always name themselves; sometimes a pithy put-down is embraced by the artists involved—the Fauvists were so named by being disparaged as wild beasts, while the term “Impressionism” comes to us from a critic's sarcastic remark. As far as pejorative appellations go, it's hard to beat "Zombie Formalism"... >> Read more

While the minimum and average quality of art displayed was noticeably higher than last year (better galleries, minimal kitsch) the art displayed was generally conservative—innovation was seldom seen... >> Read more

A conversation between Li Zhenhua and David Elliott, curators of "PANDAMONIUM: Media art from Shanghai" >> Read more

Unlike the majority of young designers whose Eastern and Western aesthetic is very superficial, the very core of I Chao's design theory stems from a deliberate intertwining of a western academic design education and deep study of Zen philosophy. >> Read more

Political Games and the Politics of Play - on “Responsive Institution >> Read more