With over 5000 museums built in the past decade or so, China is experiencing a museum boom of epic proportions. Cynics can point at how, on the one hand, these structures are just empty shells containing a motley crew of poorly presented artifacts... >> Read more
The purpose of a whirlwind museum tour was to explore what China might do with roughly 5,000 new museums built in the past decade. This is a phenomenon marked by a dearth of reliable information.
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is proud to present DUCHAMP and/or/in CHINA, an exhibition featuring works by Marcel Duchamp and Chinese artists influenced by his work. >> Read more
The Australia China Art Foundation (ACAF) is a not-for-profit public organization dedicated to supporting artists and building active links in the field of contemporary art between Australia, China and the Asia-Pacific region. >> Read more
Thinking about the future has evolved differently, however; envisioning what might be is niche work normally reserved for “professional futurists” in the small worlds of academia and industry, for example through speculative design. >> Read more
Thus does BJDW 2013 aim to oil the wheels of design here this month. Hopefully this, and each subsequent edition, will help instill — not just inspire — awareness and productive competition in this milieu. It’s a space we continue to watch. >> Read more