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The city of Yekaterinburg, nestled deep in the Russian heartland almost 2000 km east of Moscow, might not be the most obvious site for an international biennial... >> Read more

For someone like Ai, how could it be different? His fate—personally, artistically and politically—hinges between all these different worlds. To him this doesn’t appear as a dichotomy; rather, he sees it as “self-expression”, with the self already being a reflective maneuver...
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To pick up where we left off with our post-Art Week round-up, while there has been a great heap of exhibitions and other events—the phrase “over a hundred” having been bandied about with some glee—a few things did stand out from the pack, and not just at Gillman Barracks... >> Read more

A new solo show by Zhang Enli is always something to look forward to. The somewhat ascetic artist has developed a unique style and practice based upon close observation of his immediate environment, whether a bathroom, a bucket, a basket ball or the experience of gazing up through tree branches to the sky... >> Read more

One only has to look up at the Shanghai “Boogie Woogie” that agitates in fits outside and in myriad renewed metropolises throughout China, as much as anywhere else. Cui’s response is not to compete but to measure, not to define but to explicate, to process, to seek a rebirth. >> Read more

“Quasi-Objects” is a reincarnation and unification, indeed “liberation”, of a selection of Parreno’s works, all within the specific exhibition space at Esther Schipper gallery: creating new hybrids via environment and interbreeding of already-hybrid beasts. >> Read more

At the opening of "15.11.2014 – 24.01.2015", Jorge Pardo's solo show, I heard people coo over the beauty of the installation. I am not convinced it is meant to be "beautiful". 
 
 
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It's always been a bit of a mystery to me, a cultural foreigner myself, as to exactly what we think we're doing here, how we interact with the local community, and what role we play in the system. Beijing Design Week 2014 seemed like a great place to find out. >> Read more

The project was called “Nine Square-Meter Museum”, and the Consulate’s drawing room became the exhibition space. The exhibition lasted just one day in order to impart a sense of urgency, and also begged the question, “What possibilities can art bring in nine square-meters and twenty-four hours?” >> Read more

The 5th Moscow Biennale is curated by Catherine de Zegher with the title derived from Goethe's famous last words: “More light!” “More Light” is not a blinding lineup of spotlight-wary, biennial-ized superstars... >> Read more