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by Alice Gee Sifang Art Museum Shanghai pop-up (Jing’An District) 8 Nov.-8 Dec. 2019 I stand beside three large rings mounted on white platforms at equidistant intervals. Nik Kosmas is talking about 13 years ago and being 20 someplace else. ‘I’m 21!’ I blurt out. I edge back and hope one of Li Jingxiong’s tarpaulins […] >> Read more

“We run an art magazine and a photography agency, but we aren’t journalists...The magazine is a platform for our artistic practice, for our friends, and for people who interest us.”
 

 
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“So, are we starting?” “It’ll just be a casual conversation, don’t be nervous.” >> Read more

The New Museum in New York has announced the artists who will participate in its 2015 Triennial exhibition. The New Museum Triennial began in 2009. It is ‘the only recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to early-career artists from around the world.’ >> Read more

Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan present some remarkably fresh and exciting pieces in this show at the Rockbund Art Museum. However, their pairing appears to create an awkward conversation.
 
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themes and memes in contemporary iconography Last time we left off with the image of the black hole – assuming a black hole is capable of being an image. But at least we can imagine one. Laurent Grasso approaches the notion elegantly, as a an edge - the event horizon. The frame becomes the subject and […] >> Read more