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After two years of important and impressive shows, this exhibition at Almine Rech is telling us that now has become Julian Schnabel’s time. >> Read more

Schnabel said it: he likes to "engage in something that is the antithesis of reason." >> Read more

A preview of Frieze Art Fair in New York, opening this week. >> Read more

That is still what I believe. You make something and hopefully it is strong enough to survive this society at large, as it is today. >> Read more

It seemed a minor miracle that SHContemporary re-launched last week after weeks, if not months, of rumors up to a nail-biting finish. >> Read more

Picasso, Duchamp, Pollock, Warhol and Hirst at one time or other have been reviled in both the popular and academic press. Pause. This list summarizes the greatest achievements in art of the last 100 years. One could add others to the list too — Matisse, Barnett Newman, Beuys, >> Read more

How a Shanghai institution helped legalize avant-garde art practice. >> Read more

Part I – A Thousand Smiles Now for a few necessary words about a smile, specifically a man’s smile...the smile of the scholars who had accepted Diotima’s invitation and were listening to the famous artists. Although they were smiling, they were absolutely not to be suspected of doing so ironically. (The Man without Qualities by Robert Musil) >> Read more