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“Always the same thing. How boring! Pedants definitely!” said Oblomov, yawning. Basel is still the best art fair in the world. You knew that already. It runs as smoothly as Swiss Rail. No air-conditioning problems here! Yet there is a growing sense Art Basel is getting predictable. At first, I thought it was just me, […] >> Read more

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a possible future ended. Only some archaeological documents remain. Liu Cixin’s utopian short story “Zhongguo 2185”, written in the 1980s and published as samizdat in 1989, speaks of this spectral future. “Zhongguo 2185” envisions a future in which a democratic China, led by a female president, is forced to shut down the power network to stop a cybernetic insurgency helmed by one of six virtually resurrected brains—Chairman Mao’s. >> Read more

Hell here is an opulent info overload, data is religion, A.I. is unhinged, google images are the panopticon of the gaoler-prisoner, miasma is Miami and resistance art is futile. I kept thinking of Kanye West's Monster track—but only the bits with Nicky Minaj. >> Read more

“Away from Disgrace” is Jiang Pengyi’s fourth solo exhibition at Blindspot Gallery. The exhibition will showcase his newest works from three series which involve different experimentation of photographic materials, underscoring Jiang’s persistence to constantly investigate and innovate with the boundlessly generative potentialities of the medium. Deeply inspired by French surrealist philosopher Georges Bataille’s text L’Erotisme, […] >> Read more

Chronus Art Center (CAC) is pleased to present Haptic Field, an exhibition by the American artist Chris Salter from July 9th to September 4th. >> Read more

The first impression of the 9th Berlin Biennale is that of a Millennial’s existential crisis. But rather than sulkily uoting Camus while blowing cigarette smoke in your face, the contemporary existentialist muses on adages. >> Read more

The fifth edition of Frieze New York returns to Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan from May 5–8, 2016. >> Read more

Art Basel announced today the details of its fourth edition in Hong Kong, taking place for the second time in March. >> Read more

Shanghai—Pearl Lam Galleriesis pleased to present Babel World, Paris - based, Shanghai-born artist Du Zhenjun ’s solo exhibition. >> Read more

Galerie Almine Rech is pleased to present Tarik Kiswanson’s first solo exhibition with the gallery from September 5 to October 10, 2015. >> Read more