randian | 燃点

We are pleased to announce that Pace Gallery is now launching in Hong Kong with a new office, bringing one of the most famous Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang’s latest oil on paper works to constitute its inaugural show. >> Read more

The much-anticipated Sifang Art Museum and a related architectural enclave is the pet project of real estate developer Lu Jun and his son Lu Xun in Nanjing. But following the opening of its inaugural exhibition, one wonders in hindsight about the thoughts behind “The Garden of Diversion”, curated by Philippe Pirotte. >> Read more

Perhaps the most misunderstood work at dOCUMENTA (13) was Yan Lei’s “Limited Art Project,” the reaction founded on preconceptions and prejudices about Chinese art – particularly painting – lazily assuming it merely riffs on Western clichés, that it is derivative and repetitive. >> Read more

Boers-Li Gallery is currently holding a unique exhibition entitled “Made in Prison” which features the extraordinary artist Kang Wanhua. The show exhibits over sixty drawings he made while in prison during the latter part of the 1970s. >> Read more

Randian Editor Iona Whittaker in conversation with Ai Weiwei — Chinese artist, writer, filmmaker and commentator — at his Beijing studio. The year 2012 marked his release from house arrest and the film "Never Sorry".... >> Read more

Chris Moore surveys Zhang Huan's art since the artist returned to China, with particular focus on the Ash Paintings exhibited at White Cube in London this summer, along with his major installations.... >> Read more

A critical response to Ai Weiwei’s view that the exhibition “Art of Change,” at the Hayward Gallery, fails to address any of China’s most “pressing contemporary issues." Contemporary art in China is, Ai argues, “merely a product” that “avoids any meaningful engagement” and whose only purpose outside China is therefore “to charm viewers with its ambiguity”. >> Read more

Judith Neilson's White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney, Australia. >> Read more

(中文) 墨虎恺的评论。 >> Read more

First published in Broadsheet (vol. 37 no. 4), we have decided to reprint Zhao Chuan's text in celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Fuck Off," a seminal exhibition in contemporary Chinese art. >> Read more