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A winter walk through some of the galleries in Caochangdi art district, perusing the shows.
 
 
 
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What is really interesting about art is how, with a piece of meat painted by Rembrandt in the 17th century and then painted by me now, the subject matter hasn’t changed, only how you look at it.
 
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Platform China (Beijing) presents ”The Khitans: Zhao Gang Solo Exhibition”, which will display a selection of Zhao Gang’s most recent works. >> Read more

This exhibition flushes out the notion of the "painterly"- that inherent and seductive quality of paintings that has not only helped the tradition survive countless deaths but has often been hijacked by other diverse media. What is it about this process driven, drippy, handmade painted-ness that continues to entice, mesmerize, and confound viewers? >> Read more

Amelia Johnson Contemporary is pleased to present Detached Oeuvre, an exhibition of paintings by two emerging Hong Kong artists Michelle Lee Ho Wing and Chris Huen Sin Kan. >> Read more

For art that muses over the nostalgia of the past, “monumentality” is a necessary characteristic: Caspar David Friedrich’s desolate monasteries or Gothic cathedrals, John William Waterhouse’s distressed “Lady of Shalott,” or John Everett Millais’ “Orphelia” sinking in the river — there is a sorrowful sublime... >> Read more

How a Shanghai institution helped legalize avant-garde art practice. >> Read more