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Next year, Art Basel Hong Kong will happen in mid-March—a sartorial and navigational godsend for all involved. There were rumors that one Angelina Jolie flew in on Sunday—but these turned out to be just rumors. Buoyed by recent acquisitions, perhaps she was blown off course. >> Read more

Absolut will present a new collaboration with Nadim Abbas on a site-specific art bar installation titled Apocalypse Postponed. The Bar will be open daily 13 - 17 May to coincide with the Art Basel show in Hong Kong. >> Read more

One of the core genre tools often deployed for exhibitions intended to invite public participation is, of course, participatory art. “Inflation!” wisely steers away from anything knotty and relational, instead opting for a more literal form of visitor-work interaction that also makes space for unorthodox relationships between visitors. >> Read more

Grainy, velvety black photocopies of famous faces – portraits by Jan Van Eyck, Rembrandt, Ingres, Artemisia Gentileschi and others from the western art historical canon – were arranged in rows or grids. They gazed out from behind layers of acrylic paint, or wax that had been partially scraped back. >> Read more

China’s first design hub launches this week with Mining the Digital, Values of Design curated by London's V&A Museum and Nurturing Dreams, dedicated to the center's renowned architect Fumihiko Maki >> Read more