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Curator Charles Merewether states, “[Li Xinping creates] elaborate scenes in which love and war seem inextricably tied to one another; >> Read more

It's not really a weekend. Because of May Day, it's already 4 days anyway but people keep stretching it out and frankly now the "weekend" is at least 10 days. And there was such a lot to see. And there was such a lot I wish I hadn't seen too.
 
 
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Market Forces is an annual event that is part of Osage’s non-profit initiative. >> Read more

While not as radical in scope or production as the historical show, Yangjiang Group’s stance remains just as resolute in their obdurate disregard for artistic as well as social mandates.While Beijing and Shanghai may stand as the geographical centers of artistic influence, artists such as the Yangjiang Group are successfully asserting their peripheral locale as the site of critical consideration. >> Read more

These four artists come from four different countries that together span East and South East Asia. Placed besides one another, the art work of these four artists show a certain unity as much as a distinction. This unity is a commitment to the materiality of artistic practice not simply the basis of much of artistic practice but, as its subject. >> Read more

Just as the news reports on art, art also mediatizes our lives. For a certain segment of contemporary artists, the controversy over GMOs presents a rare opportunity to continue their long and antagonistic opposition to the State. >> Read more

It has been announced that the Rubell Family Collection will hold an exhibition entitled “28 Chinese” at their private museum, opening on Dec 4, 2013. >> Read more

Manifesta in St. Petersburg; Wang Chunchen in Venice; Iberia Center renamed Hive Center; Launch of ArtShare; MAP Office wins Sovereign Art Prize >> Read more

First published in Broadsheet (vol. 37 no. 4), we have decided to reprint Zhao Chuan's text in celebration of the 10th anniversary of "Fuck Off," a seminal exhibition in contemporary Chinese art. >> Read more

The Westerners are skilled in geometry, and consequently there is no the slightest mistake in their way of rendering light and shade [yang-yin] and distance (near and far). When they paint houses on a wall people are tempted to walk into them . . . Students of painting may well take over one or two points from them to make their own paintings more attractive to the eye. >> Read more