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The Shanghai Project conference is a discursive response to the themes represented in the “2116” exhibition. The platform is a point of convergence for researchers from seemingly dissimilar fields; though artists, scholars, scientists, and humanitarians differ in method, they all seek to explore one aspect of the human condition. >> Read more

We are pleased to announce the exhibition and programs of Singapore Art Archive Project at SA SA BASSAC: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod >> Read more

The last two decades of precipitous change have provided much grist for recent exhibitions, artist talks, and essays. The pre-eminence of digital technologies in society, the unpredictable advances in biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, and irreversible environmental degradation encapsulated under the banner of the Anthropocene all speak to a certain disquiet towards unproblematic notions of progress. >> Read more

Since 2014 Thomas Ruff has been working on his Negatives, a series in which he converts the typical sepia tones of early photography into cyan tones, thus not only harking back to the cyanotypes of yesteryear but also, and more importantly, transforming the positive back into its negative form, a process that raises the means to the […] >> Read more

The International Awards for Art Criticism Ltd. (IAAC) launches the fourth edition of their Awards this month (IAAC 4) and will announce their new competition rules, awards system and members of its international jury at a press conference to be held at the Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum on 2 June 2017. >> Read more

From January 21st to March 26th, Rockbund Art Museum will host a monographic exhibition by leading Chinese artist Song Dong. >> Read more

After Frieze and FIAC, Artissima is the last European art fair in the autumn frenzy of art fairs. It is also a vibrant art fair in a beautiful setting in the capital of the Piedmont province. The fair’s date in autumn is well chosen: autumn is colorful and atmospheric in Piedmont, and, of course, it […] >> Read more

Martin Wong was a storyteller, often prefacing descriptions of his works with quips like “There’s a long story to this painting,” before going into versions of his autobiographical account of the details behind the scenes he’d craft. >> Read more

Julia Stoschek, the renowned German art collector, inaugurated a temporary exhibition space in Berlin last week, expanding her Düsseldorf museum to another location. >> Read more

Delicate systematic scratches revealing a dual undertone; rhythmic yet ad hoc strokes whisking the painterly surface; fine wisps skirting the edges of the page. >> Read more