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While perhaps satisfying the demands of experienced collectors for a few quality works, it also offers a chance for entry-level collectors and ordinary viewers. With public sculptures in the shape of Transformers, rhinoceroses, and such like, it is like any other tourist attraction—a place of entertainment for the public over the May Day break... >> Read more

Randian recently sat down with Marc Spiegler, the director of Art Basel, along with Adeline Ooi, in a wide-ranging conversation about the strategy and direction of Art Basel...
 
 
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The cramped, labyrinthine tunnels witness an eclectica of scenes. Dancers in the dark and dimly lit drinks constitute its standard fare. One Sunday last fall, that took the form of Junky Cao, a sound artist, concealed behind a Mexican wrestling mask... >> Read more

From the serious to humorous, the voyeuristic to observed, the real to the imagined, “Haze and Fog” (2013) presents another collective identity of China today by commenting on the rapid construction of the contemporary metropolis... >> Read more

A total of eleven China and Hong Kong-based galleries will attend Art 14—the same number as for Art 13, though certain names have come and gone.
 
 
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Art14 Fair Director Stephanie Dieckvoss on London, emerging markets and how she got involved in art in the first place.
 
 
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One of the core genre tools often deployed for exhibitions intended to invite public participation is, of course, participatory art. “Inflation!” wisely steers away from anything knotty and relational, instead opting for a more literal form of visitor-work interaction that also makes space for unorthodox relationships between visitors. >> Read more

Where can you go to avoid the art crowd in Hong Kong, particularly when neighborhoods like Central and Wanchai can seem overrun with visiting luminaries during the month of May?
 
 
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As ARTHK slowly turns into Art Basel, Randian takes stock >> Read more

If you want a picture of the future of art fairs, imagine a boot stomping a human face (especially about the eyes)—forever. It might seem a bit much to bring up Orwell in relation to Art Basel Miami Beach, but with the fair’s recent acquisition of Art HK, the Swiss company has moved from the institutional to the despotic. >> Read more