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A more fundamental question is that any “decline” of painting in China is any more than a moment’s fancy, when in actual fact, painting is actually gaining strength and flourishing in the market. Moreover, art in a frame is still the format which most easily resonates with the wider public audience for art in China... >> Read more

WeChat / Weixin is a mobile app in China that has taken off like wildfire since it was first released in 2011. Now, it is being used to hold independent art auctions. >> Read more

［Press Release］ March 22 to July 21, 2014 VIP Preview (by invitation only): March 21, 16:00-20:00 The opening of the exhibition: March 22, 14:00 Is painting an outmoded medium? Are today’s painters simply reinventing the wheel? Through the work of six established, mid-career painters About Painting examines the force and life of a medium that […] >> Read more

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Is painting an outmoded medium? Are today’s painters simply reinventing the wheel? Through the work of six established, mid-career painters “About Painting” examines the force and life of a medium that remains a fundamental form of human expression. The exhibition includes a number of new works and commissions, as well as representative examples of each artist’s style. >> Read more

WKCDA announced today that M+, Hong Kong’s future museum for visual culture, has received a donation of 37 important works of Chinese contemporary art by Guan Yi, one of the most important art collectors based in the region. >> Read more

The opening exhibition at the Sifang Art Museum designed by Steven Holl Architects re-considers the utopian tradition of philosophical gardens in China. Within this evinced context the exhibition connects a variety of subject mater, such as the meaning of monuments and folly gardens, or the body, hedonism and experience economy. >> Read more

Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing announces its inaugural exhibition.
 
 
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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

Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan present some remarkably fresh and exciting pieces in this show at the Rockbund Art Museum. However, their pairing appears to create an awkward conversation.
 
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