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The purpose of a whirlwind museum tour was to explore what China might do with roughly 5,000 new museums built in the past decade. This is a phenomenon marked by a dearth of reliable information.
 
 
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AICA (the International Association of Art Critics) and Shanghai Minsheng Museum have announced a new annual prize.
 
 
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Yavuz Fine Art is pleased to present Machine for (Living) Dying In, a new solo exhibition by Singaporean artist Michael Lee. The show will be on view from 16 August to 21 September 2014 and is developed in dialogue with Melanie Pocock. >> Read more

To coincide with the opening this week in Shanghai of the 15th anniversary exhibition of the "Chinese Contemporary Art Awards" (CCAA) at the Power Station of Art, Randian's Chris Moore spoke at length with Uli Sigg about the history and philosophy behind CCAA, still the most respected art award in China... >> Read more

UCCA is proud to announce a major mid-career survey of mercurial Chinese artist Xu Zhen (b. 1977, Shanghai), one of the most interesting and promising artists working in China today. >> Read more

More so than whatever a prize like this might mean to the artist, however, is the question of what his success in Shanghai indicates about the Chinese art world at the moment—and, by transference, what role Hong Kong is playing in relation to this system. Whereas artists working in Hong Kong were once fond of saying... >> Read more

“Influence” is an ambiguous and flexible term, often invoked but seldom questioned. Here, Iona Whittaker examines the recent exhibition of works by Marcel Duchamp and selected Chinese artists at UCCA, and wonders what Duchamp might have thought. >> Read more

With galleries largely in hibernation over the winter, exhibiting a group show of older works by familiar artists is considered a pragmatic but ‘soft’ option. Instead of making excuses, however, ShanghART is thumbing its nose at the criticism with works in gentle materials such as cloth, fake fur and cotton thread. The show, for which […] >> Read more

Chris Moore talks with MadeIn Company founder, Xu Zhen about their latest group exhibition at ShangART Gallery and H-Space, "Action of Consciousness." >> Read more