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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

Wastelands presents the works of eight artists who all have links to China. >> Read more

Will any large exhibition or art fair take place in September. Even if they do, will anyone go? Will US collectors fly to Basel? Will they risk a sudden 2-week quarantine? Even if they do, will they still feel like spending? Will they still have anything to spend even? >> Read more

For a long time M50 and Moganshan Road was Shanghai’s (very) little 798 District. It was the cynosure of art production, with ShanghART and major artists like Zhang Enli and Xu Zhen long-term residents. But ShanghART has moved to the new West Bund cultural district, as has Aike Dell’arco and MadeIn Gallery. More than once […] >> Read more

The plain gesture of juxtaposing a minor group of Guangzhou cosplay enthusiasts with cranes at construction sites and migrant workers doesn’t really distill the essence either of societal change in contemporary China or “the numbing state of modernity” >> Read more

On July 20, 2014, a bronze sculpture of the late Cantonese star, Anita Mui, was officially unveiled at the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. >> Read more

It is a mistake to compare LA with New York, Beijing or London, because Los Angeles is what they are not. It is their idiosyncratic counterpoint. >> Read more

This kind of psychology is much like the art industry, pushed forward as it is now by the e-commerce boom.
 
 
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Raimund Girke’s medium was white: as erasure, as layer, as edge, as foreground, background, gesture, fog, lens and matter...whiteness is not simply a counterpoint of contrast and scale, but the elemental background...
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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