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WeChat / Weixin is a mobile app in China that has taken off like wildfire since it was first released in 2011. Now, it is being used to hold independent art auctions. >> Read more

In my experience, Ullens rarely opens up the entirety of its vast space for any one exhibition. But this year, Ullens has mobilized its forces to make the “ON|OFF” show one of the rare recipients of this accolade. According to the curators, “ON | OFF” is a type of VPN software (See “Flipping the Switch with Sun Dongdong”)... >> Read more

As a preview to the exhibition “ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice” randian 燃点 is publishing a series of conversations in the lead-up to the opening, offering insights into the concept and planning of the show, and the perspectives of participating artists. Randian Editors Iona Whittaker and Liang Shuhan meet curator Sun Dongdong.... >> Read more

The title ON | OFF, which comes from the graphical interface of a common VPN software used to scale China’s Internet firewall, represents this binary condition at its simplest and most direct. >> Read more

Chen Wei Cheng Ran Cui Jie Guo Hongwei He An Liu Chuang Li Qing Li Shurui Michael Lin Gabriel Lester Wang Yuyang Apichatpong Weerasethakul Zhang Jungang & Li Jie Hu Xiangqian Fred Tomaselli Wolfgang Tillmans Danh Vo Apichatpong Weerasethakul Liu Wei Liang Yuanwei Sun Xun >> Read more

Artists include: Hai Bo Hu Xiaoxiao Liang Yuanwei Li Yousong Ma Qiusha Tang Hui Xiao Yu Yang Shaobin Xie Molin Zhang Dali Hong Hao Hu Xiaoyuan Liu Jianhua Lu Yang Polit-Sheer-Form-Office (PSFO) Wang Guagle Yuan Yuan Yin Xiuzhen Zhao Bandi Hong Lei Huang Yuxing Liu Wei Ma Liuming Song Dong Wang Qingsong Yue Minjun Yin […] >> Read more

There was one clear choice. Liu Wei's complex conceptual jungle "Trilogy" at the Minsheng Art Museum, blended painting, sculpture and electronics, the museal space itself to meditate on modernism, China, Beijing, the road to his studio and his own practice. >> Read more