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Taipei Dangdai announces a stellar line up of 90 galleries from across the globe, to kick off the 2019 art world calendar. The first edition of the fair attracts a strong participation of leading international galleries who will exhibit in Taipei for the first time, whilst showcasing the very best of Asia. >> Read more

In celebration of its fifth anniversary, for summer 2018 OCAT Xi’an orchestrated a special focus on “Xi’an”, its art, culture, and geography present and past, through a large-scale, expanded presentation of the Xi’an Showcase project. >> Read more

The fifth edition of West Bund Art & Design will take place from 8 to 11 November, 2018, in Hall A of the West Bund Art Center and the newly constructed Hall N. Located directly across from Hall A, Hall N offers nearly 10,000 square meters of exhibition space. >> Read more

Uzumaki is the name of a Japanese manga published from 1998 to 1999. Its author Junji Ito used the shape of a spiral as a form of horror. Spirals are generally regarded positively in Japanese society, so the challenge of Uzumaki was to take the mysterious pattern as larger than humanity’s capability for understanding and twist it into a terrible force. >> Read more

Cologne is the source of Germany’s contemporary art scene. It is home to the massively influential Museum Ludwig and the world’s oldest art fair, Art Cologne, the 52nd edition of which has just opened, as well as being a hub for many of the most important post-war German artists, including Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz […] >> Read more

These days it seems where ever you turn there are complaints about the gallery system. New York has been discussing the “mid-sized gallery squeeze” for years now—to no avail. The cards are still stacked in favor of the heavy-hitting galleries, like David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Gagosian, you name it. >> Read more

22 February to 11 April 2018 Central and Western District Promenade & Wan Chai Hong Kong’s first international sculpture park today announced the names of 19 of the artists confirmed to participate in the project. Supported by a wide community of public and private organisations, the Harbour Arts Sculpture Park will be the first public art project […] >> Read more

After the second exhibition period with Erik Parker, Faurschou Foundation is pleased to present the next Virtual Reality artwork, C.S.S.C. Coach Stage Stage Coach VR experiment Mary and Eve by Paul McCarthy from 29.10.17 - 24.11.17, previously shown in connection to this year's Venice Biennale. >> Read more

ShanghART had a standout solo-presentation of Liang Shaoji (museums everywhere take note: we need to see a major retrospective of Liang Shaoji). BANK (Shanghai) was present at Frieze Masters with a presentation of Maryn Varbanov's woven sculptures and Antenna Space brought a series of paintings by Cheng Xinyi. >> Read more

There’s something about being held within the form, like the actual person, the life cast, is held within the fantasy of the form. It’s a piece that draws you in. You go around the back, you come to the front. —Paul McCarthy >> Read more