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Between Art Lab (Beijing) is honored to announce the opening of Xu Mo’s solo on June 16, 2016. >> Read more

Introduce A Little Anarchy, Upset The Established Order, And Everything Becomes Chaos >> Read more

Art has no equivalent of the Skyscraper Index, the notion that record-breaking towers tend to be built, hubristically, just prior to an economic crisis. The top end of the art world seems to ignore crises altogether (at least the part that doesn’t invest in tall buildings). Inflationary tendencies are observable in the art world, though, in uppity auction prices, the spread of private museums and art storage facilities and, seemingly, in art itself, no doubt partly to fill all the cavernous museums being built. >> Read more

An interview with the artist and curator of Manifesta 11. >> Read more

Put your headphones on – on high. Daftpunk’s new hit “Get Lucky” would be fine to start with, but we need something harder. >> Read more

It’s a natural and useful process. As the career of an artist becomes consolidated, his work is subject to a discourse that facilitates knowledge of the same and determines its popularity. >> Read more

Among the hubbub, a number of shows stood out— in particular, solos by Justin Mortimer and Wong Lip Chin at Future Perfect and Galerie Michael Janssen respectively... 
 
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Future Perfect presents the first solo exhibition in Asia of acclaimed British artist Justin Mortimer. >> Read more

(中文) Robin Rhode creates wall-based illusions which blur drawing, performance, and photography. With hastily drawn forms serving as props for postures captured stop-motion-style, Rhode has hit upon a narrative technique that is inspired not just by guerilla graffiti performances, but flip-books, magic tricks, and—it turns out—a particular teenage experience. >> Read more

Each of the clowns is named after a verb—wake, touch, shit, etc.— titles that together form a simplified lexicon of existence. Plenty of art historical references can be thrown at this show—light art, for one, or Tino Sehgal-style HR management—but the crux is an emphasis on just being. “Breathe, Walk, Die,” Rondinone says, is “just a very basic circle of life.” >> Read more