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Thus does BJDW 2013 aim to oil the wheels of design here this month. Hopefully this, and each subsequent edition, will help instill — not just inspire — awareness and productive competition in this milieu. It’s a space we continue to watch. >> Read more

SHANGHAI-Pearl Lam Galleries Shanghai is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of influential Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi’s work in China. Fathi is a key member of a thriving new generation of multi-disciplinary artists born in Tehran since the 1970s. >> Read more

Gillman Barracks, an old army base, has, over the past two years, emerged as Singapore’s new art district. With shopping being the national sport of this island-state, it is no easy matter for an art district to achieve the fame of shopping districts. Say the name of Gillman Barracks to a taxi driver, and nine times out of ten... >> Read more

An introductory word on Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, with a run-down of select booths to look out for at the fair.
 
 
 
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“ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice,” an exhibition of the work of 50 young mainland Chinese artists, will open at UCCA (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art) in Beijing on January 13, 2013. >> Read more

Artist Gordon Cheung writes about a recent group exhibition at Ben Brown gallery in London with photo and video artists Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Jiang Pengyi, and Ye Linghan. >> Read more

Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai. March 20 to May 3, 2011 Liu Wei’s ‘Trilogy’ at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai Part II — Read Part I of this review here  The Gothic flying buttresses seem to have developed, at least partly, out of two series of work: Liu Wei’s composition of recycled windows and doors, “The Outcast,” (2007; also previously shown […] >> Read more

The common plan of attack seems to have been to bring the tried and true, and the result at the Miami Convention Center was a dizzying array of mini-blockbuster shows. >> Read more

Interestingly quite a few of the collectors subject to this treatment, however anonymously, actually enjoy it, thus proving there is more than a little BDSM in the peculiar world of contemporary art. >> Read more

"Taxidermy is on my walls with a full description of the kill and cause"—Ran Dian previews New York at Art Basel Hong Kong >> Read more