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Jumping and whooping, men swept by in costumes covered in fabric petals, their bodies thawed into fluttering colors. It took Andy a moment to realize that their swollen, red features and black, hollowed eyes belonged to wooden masks. >> Read more

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

“Artist” is irreplaceable and useless.This introduction to Ryan Gander is also useless. Where to begin even?
 
 
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Whatever doubts one might harbor about the obviousness of deploying Hitler and Ronald McDonald as stock illustrations of “evil” quickly melt away when faced with the awesome spectacle of the endeavor. I just hope that next time, the Chapman Brothers will manage to do it even worse. >> Read more

Xue Tan interviews 2012 Shanghai Biennale Co-Curator Jens Hoffmann about the challenges of curating by committee, and how the curatorial team managed to design a show for a venue under construction. >> Read more