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It’s that time of the year again: Art Basel lands in Hong Kong this week—bringing along with it a flutter of art openings, dinners, parties and talks, with collectors and scenesters flocking in... >> Read more

    15 February – 19 April 2015 OPENING 14 February 2015 @ 19:00 @ MOMENTUM BERLIN On the Occasion of the 5th Birthday of LEAP Magazine MOMENTUM Presents LEAP LABS‘ Online & Print Exhibition Curated by Cao Dan and Li Zhenhua Web-site for the Online Exhibition Featuring: Aaajiao • Addie Wagenknecht • Bi Rongrong Chen […] >> Read more

“Radicality” is one of the most arresting parts of modern and contemporary art. The discussion will ask where radicality is nowadays within the contemporary art context and whether we need it. >> Read more

This fall, Shanghai’s profusion of events made it almost seem like the central hub of contemporary art in China. Here is an overview of what happened—with more coverage to come later. 
 
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Active Withdrawals-Life and Death of Institutional Critique. Book Launch and Conversation (English/Chinese event with simultaneous interpretation) >> Read more

Editor of the Book History of Exhibitions: Shanghai 1979-2006, Biljana Ćirić will be in conversation with Zhang Jianjun and Shi Yong for the book launch reflecting of artists organized exhibitions in Shanghai. >> Read more

Largest Para Site Auction Benefit to date: 88 Works of Art to be Auctioned. Para Site to feature local, international artists and preview of North Point location >> Read more

dis/close is an investigation into the frictions and synergies between social media platforms and photographic languages as presented in Ng Sai Kit’s series of Instagram works, with aims to critically re-engage with our habits of image consumption and to further the possibilities of photography as a medium. >> Read more

It is obvious that Hong Kong is still thriving even after 17 years of change of sovereignty. Indeed, if one zooms in on the city’s panoramic views, the everyday life between buildings is far from dead, but in the process of being Manhattanized. >> 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