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The classic quote by Karl Marx goes: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” Such satire is not only appropriate in reference to Napoleon and his nephew, Napoleon III... >> Read more

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back — Us and Institution, Us as Institution takes the artist-institution relationship as a point of departure and explores artists’ commitment to questioning given values within the art system and a larger social context. >> Read more

(中文) 泰康空间诚挚地邀请您参观 “消极或抵抗？”群展。本次展览邀请了27位艺术家，展出他们自80年代末至今创作的30余件政治题材的作品。 >> Read more

With money and space, the Long Museum has potential, but do they have the curatorial chops to turn a building into a museum? Despite a less-than-mind-blowing first show, it's nonetheless a good place to see a very extensive collection of Chinese art. >> Read more

Preparation for this year's Biennale has been marred by missed deadlines and general lack of organization. The Biennale itself seems to have come together at the very last possible minute. Rebecca Catching goes backstage at the 2012 Shanghai Biennale to shed light on the chaos and confusion inherent in the organization of this massive art event. >> Read more

Karen Smith: The first question relates to when we initially met. You were in the process of preparing a work for the Third Shenzhen Annual Sculpture Exhibition. It was of a form that was tied to the nature of the moment, especially in its content which reflected the zeitgeist. How did you conceive of the work? >> Read more

Temu reflects on the scale of ideas and the smallness of meaning. In this season of rebirth, instead of rushing to "predict" formulaically the trends in this year’s contemporary art, perhaps it is more worthwhile to think of what was thoughtful and meaningful in the past year. >> Read more

Standing at a distance from the bubbling cauldron that is Chinese contemporary art, Vancouver-based Zheng Shengtian, Managing Editor of Yishu, remembers his work with Annie Wong and their early efforts to promote Chinese contemporary artists from abroad. >> Read more

Ioan Whittaker talks with the director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, Jérôme Sans, about his time at the institution. >> Read more

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