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Tianjin, just half an hour by train from Beijing, is said to be the most inconspicuous of China’s municipalities. This is perhaps surprising, given the fact that it is the first city in Northern China to be exposed to modern culture, experiencing a glamorous era in the period following 1860 when it became a treaty port. Tianjin is the epitome of modernity with “Chinese characteristics”. >> Read more

SGA Three on the Bund announces its new exhibition, Aftermath余波, a dramatic vision by Gao Weigang and Michael Joo of environmental uncertainty and a post-technological world. >> Read more

Pal(ate)/ette/ will show artworks throughout Three on the Bund with the exhibition’s core display in SGA. Curated by NRM,Pal(ate)/ette/ reflects the spectrum of associations of the homonyms Palateand Palette; a synthesis of the senses – taste sight hearing smell taste and touch – and presenting Three on the Bund as a cultural whole. >> Read more

Three on the Bund announces the reopening of one of Shanghai’s oldest and most renowned contemporary galleries. Originally launched in 2004, the gallery will reopen on September 20th. Marking its departure from the traditional model of a private gallery the space formerly known as Shanghai Gallery of Art is now simply called SGA. >> Read more

Almine Rech is pleased to present ‘Neverland’, the first solo show by the Brooklyn based painter Sam McKinniss with the gallery. >> Read more

Stepping into the exhibition, what I first noticed were two Chinese characters about a person’s height, printed in red, jumping out from the white background of the gallery. These characters provide the most distinctive visual cues in Zeng Hong’s solo exhibition “Quaderni Rossi”. >> Read more

Almine Rech is pleased to present 'Neverland', the first solo show by the Brooklyn-based painter Sam McKinniss with the gallery. >> Read more

(中文) 上海摄影艺术中心（SCoP）荣幸地宣布最新展览《摄寻千里：十见天地》将于2018年12月8日开幕。《摄寻千里：十见天地》聚焦新生代摄影师的新视角，遴选了十位杰出摄影师的二百余件作品，包括：陈荣辉、甘莹莹、黎朗、骆丹、木格、史阳琨、汪滢滢、张克纯、张晓，以及庄辉。 他们的作品中透露着对历史和社会的关注，以及个人、团体和社会的自我意识。通过这些特质，他们审视着当下，唤起了过去也指示着未来。 >> Read more

Over the past few years my research has focused on the development of sound art and experimental music practices in China since the early '90s. My approach to these practices has been strongly influenced by the idea that sound can be critical. >> Read more

The first was that we understand our localities better than outsiders do; and the second, was that we know better than the locals how things ought to be. This brings me to reflect again on the anxiety caused by On Practice—Northeast Asia (实践论-东北亚) a year and a half ago; it’s relevance seems pretty clear. >> Read more