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Randian's resident Italian takes on the Venice Biennale opening week.
 
 
 
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In his most recent exhibition at Portikus Frankfurt, Simon Denny’s point of departure is a conference held by Samsung in Frankfurt in 1993, after which the company would go on to revolutionize its image and the state of the tech industry at large. >> Read more

What are young Chinese artists doing in New York? This is an interesting question.The artists, with background like this, are likely to be expected to conform to a specific, predictable worldview, focused on several Chinese styles, as spokespersons for a singular cultural or social identity. >> Read more

The 31 artists/artist groups participating in the project are all members or friends of this artist-run space. In the past two years, they have been moved back and forth, here and there. Such an exchange on the edges of empires also differ methodologically from post-colonial discursive frameworks... >> Read more

Through the Residency Exchange with TRAFO Art Center, MOMENTUM hosts a Polish artist, Szczecin-based Natalia Szostak, and a Polish curator, Poznan-based Aurelia Nowak. By inviting artists and curators to live, work, and show in this space, MOMENTUM brings the process of creation back into the exhibition space and invites the public to experience a synergetic creative matrix, resulting in a reworking of conventional gallery practice. >> Read more

Through the Residency Exchange with TRAFO Art Center, MOMENTUM hosts a Polish artist, Szczecin-based Natalia Szostak, and a Polish curator, Poznan-based Aurelia Nowak. By inviting artists and curators to live, work, and show in this space, MOMENTUM brings the process of creation back into the exhibition space and invites the public to experience a synergetic creative matrix, resulting in a reworking of conventional gallery practice. >> Read more

As an artist, he has witnessed the rapid social and economical changes of China in the last two decades. Since being deeply rooted in China’s cultural context and this land that he belongs to, he questions the controversial social and political phenomena that he sees, and his works aim to be a comment on these phenomena. >> Read more

Artists, critics, and enthusiasts from the mainland, the territories, and the diaspora alike – doubtless alongside countless numbers of Sinophiles – will find Venice a welcoming second home this summer and autumn.
 
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On the day the winners are announced, I stumble upon the celebratory drinks for the combined Lithuanian and Cyprus Pavilions, which won a special mention from the jury...
 
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Berlin Gallery Weekend is a three-day festival of gallery hopping. It is an art fair without the stuffy trade-fair halls and an art treasure hunt for anyone who loves exploring Berlin. Recommendation: buy, hire or steal a bike (all three options are possible in Berlin, even encouraged). >> Read more