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Doomsday prophecies have emerged since ancient times, from the Book of Revelation of the Bible, to the Millennium Crisis, to the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse. The end of days seems imminent, yet it never comes. What is the purpose of the doomsday prophecy — to serve as a warning to the world or as a means […] >> Read more

Mai 36 Galerie is delighted to present, for the very first time, the latest groups of works by American artist Matt Mullican, whose oeuvre encompasses such diverse media as painting, drawing, sculpture and photography alongside video, installations and performances. In this, his ninth solo exhibition at Mai 36 Galerie, two groups of new rubbings and glass works will be shown. >> Read more

It is too early to decide if I am destroying the tradition of ink painting. —Zheng Chongbin >> 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

Perrotin Paris is proud to present “Purple Cloud”, Zach Harris’s debut exhibition outside the United States and his first with the gallery. Harris’s practice synthesizes many art-historical references and is highly inspired by European pictorial tradition, making the presentation of his work in France particularly significant. Harris’ work is included in several public collections, including […] >> Read more

Pannaphan Yodmanee wins 11th Benesse Prize, Zulkifle Mahmod awarded Soichiro Fukutake Prize >> Read more

For a world that we cannot perceive, what does it matter whether it exists or not? Perhaps you can further demonstrate that, though an autonomous world is imperceptible, it can still think for us. Yet in this sense, such a world becomes one stipulated by human thought, and ultimately cannot escape the fundamental relationship between thinking and being. >> Read more

The biggest assumption premise of Cosmology is that the universe is three- or four-dimension and infinite. However, in reality, the universe is composed of five dimensions: one dimension is physical, another is temporal, and the other three are spatial. >> Read more

Ever since I started studying painting at nineteen to this day, at fifty-four, I have been, and still am in the middle of, learning the magic of painting. >> Read more

As always, the 47th Rencontres d’Arles is an observatory of artistic practices. >> Read more