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Hitler’s bodyguard died recently. Rochus Misch was 96. He said Hitler was “a very normal man" and "He was no brute. He was no monster. He was no superman." What a relief for Jews, Russians, gays, gypsies, and social democrats, to name a few. >> Read more

Whatever doubts one might harbor about the obviousness of deploying Hitler and Ronald McDonald as stock illustrations of “evil” quickly melt away when faced with the awesome spectacle of the endeavor. I just hope that next time, the Chapman Brothers will manage to do it even worse. >> Read more

Almine Rech is pleased to present ‘Neverland’, the first solo show by the Brooklyn based painter Sam McKinniss with the gallery. >> Read more

Almine Rech is pleased to present 'Neverland', the first solo show by the Brooklyn-based painter Sam McKinniss with the gallery. >> Read more

Ancient forms of punishment that involve bodily dismemberment were considered “inhumane” and thus abolished. In comparison, in the effort to challenge norms regulating common conceptions of humanity, many contemporary artworks often take up “dehumanizing” positions >> Read more

Led by independent curator Biljana Ciric, throngs of spectators enter this vacant villa owned by the Ming Yuan group, its spaces wafting with the scent of ancient tombs. This site-specific performance art project is affiliated with “Proposals to Surrender,” the group exhibition Ciric curated last year. >> Read more

Renowned German journalist, author, curator and art critic, Heinz-Norbert Jocks, met with Yang Jiechang to discuss Yang's his self-portraiture and calligraphy, empathy and the artist, Hitler, copying and becoming human. >> Read more

The renowned American philosopher Hilary Putnam passed away last year. Even though he was a pioneering figure in new American Pragmatism, second to none in both the multi-disciplinary scope and abundance of his work, he was still, at the time of his death, best remembered for coming up with the question known as “brains in a vat”… >> Read more

“Has the decision to host the Olympics not yet been made? Why is it that we dare not do such a thing?” —Deng Xiaoping, 1990 >> Read more

Taking Envision 2116 as the theme of its first two chapters, >> Read more