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Before I catch my connecting flight back to Rome, I briefly note down my impression of Art Taipei. “It’s both very young, with the  insecurities and optimism of an adolescent, and very old, with the relaxed attitude of someone who has seen a lot and is a pinch senile”. >> Read more

Anyone who knows both me and Zheng Li is aware that we are unabashed admirers of each other’s work. >> Read more

The renowned American philosopher Hilary Putnam passed away last year. Even though he was a pioneering figure in new American Pragmatism, second to none in both the multi-disciplinary scope and abundance of his work, he was still, at the time of his death, best remembered for coming up with the question known as “brains in a vat”… >> Read more

For a long time ShanghART’s home was the M50 art district, on the banks of Suzhou Creek, a much smaller version of Beijing’s Dashanzi 798. Galleries at M50 would come and go but ShanghART’s presence, along with the mostly local artists it represented—including Ding Yi, Zhang Enli and Xu Zhen—remained constant. >> 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

SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 6TH: Singapore’s newest and most interesting art fair, Singapore Contemporary, opens with an exclusive VIP program and Vernissage on Thursday January 21st >> Read more

Pictures Generation artist, Matt Mullican, renowned for his work with signs and flags and pioneering hypnosis performances, exhibited in China for the first time during West Bund Art & Design last November, with a special presentation of his flag works. >> Read more

Singapore Art Week signals the beginning of the art fair calendar for 2017. Ran Dian spoke with Douwe Cramer, director of Singapore Contemporary about how the show, in its second year, is developing the Singaporean art market. >> Read more

As you may have gathered, last week in New York was Armory week, though the city's main local fair might have felt jostled for prominence among a host of others for which "satellite" feels inadequate as a description. >> Read more

A conversation between the artist Girolamo Marri and Mario Cristiani, co-founder and director of Galeria Continua.
 
 
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