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Shi Jinsong’s work is also closely tied to a traditional Chinese aesthetic and philosophy—these words are easy to write but so often used as to be almost meaningless. Shi Jinsong engages in the invention of mythologies of things as ideals...which is to say that invention and transformation are not corruptions of an ideal but rather its embodiment... >> Read more

 
It was difficult, at times, to keep track of everything on offer; particularly chaotic was the China Focus section which, despite the amount of hoopla that surrounded it in the run up to the fair, was squeezed into a small back section.
 
 
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Studio LL is the exciting collaboration between Fai Lai, a vintage furniture purveyor and interior designer, and Tony Law, a well-known Chinese photographer. They launched Studio LL at Beijing Design Week in the home and studio space of their mutual friend Nahain Li, also an industrial designer. >> Read more

Have you ever felt dwarfed by an exhibition space? Swallowed up by cavernous high ceilings and looming art works? Well, the Little Victories gallery offers a refreshing alternative. Attached to the back of a cargo tricycle, this compact, transportable gallery traverses the streets of Shanghai, never stopping in the same location twice.
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Girolamo Marri is not a fan of Bond James Bond. His review launches several glistening bullets at the invincible character of Mr. Bond, leaving a few tears in his perfectly tailored suit and impeccably coiffed hair. >> Read more

Berlin Gallery Weekend is a three-day festival of gallery hopping. It is an art fair without the stuffy trade-fair halls and an art treasure hunt for anyone who loves exploring Berlin. Recommendation: buy, hire or steal a bike (all three options are possible in Berlin, even encouraged). >> Read more

YUNG HO CHANG: MATERIAL-ISM is a comprehensive retrospective of the groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of China’s first international architect, Yung Ho Chang, and his practice FCJZ/Feichang Jianzhu. For this exhibition, Chang and FCJZ will transform UCCA’s Great Hall into an updated hutong neighborhood, containing six courtyard-like modules that each address a different aspect or focus of […] >> Read more

A round-up of the highlights from Caochangdi Photospring 2012, as chosen by Gu Ling and Iona Whittaker >> Read more

Often the view of these tiled areas is so centred, perpendicularly or from above, that the perspective vanishes, with the depth-of-vision flattening to almost nothing, bringing the stains and discolorations to the fore. These public-personal spaces, simultaneously places of hygiene and pollution, >> Read more