INTIMATE BUT PUBLIC A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Sun Xun – Stills from The New China (2008), animation video, 15 min 19 sec. Courtesy the artist and ShanghArt. Dear HUO, Nice to read your latest contributionView More >
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Isaac Julien: Part II
II. The World and the Home Isaac Julien discusses working across multiple localities, the goddess Mazu and Angels of History. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition,View More >
Isaac Julien: Part III
III. A Good Judge of Character Isaac Julien addresses the stakes of Orientalism and his use of politicized aesthetics. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition, 9.2View More >
Isaac Julien: Essay
Inextricable Entanglements: On Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves By Gao Shiming Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition, 9.2 surround sound, 49 min 41 sec. Photo AdrianView More >
The Fitness Model Institution
Vasif Kortun on the balance between institutional evolution and diversity In recent years I have been involved in a series of interviews with architects, curators, and brilliant, quirky unorthodox museum professionals such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kathy Halbreich, Marie-Claude BeaudView More >
At Basel art fairs, seeking primary market with a pedigree
Exterior view of Art Basel 41 at Messe Basel, with Heimo Zobernig’s Art Public installation Black Cube (2010) visible at middle-right. Courtesy Art Basel. (Basel) Since the start of this year, art professionals have been cautiously optimistic that the marketView More >
Veteran fair director prepares for Singapore debut
Architect’s rendering of the Marina Bay Sands development, which will be home to the inaugural Art Stage Singapore art fair in January 2011. Courtesy Art Stage Singapore. (Singapore) Since 2007 alone, the Asia-Pacific region has seen a flurry of activityView More >
Opening/Closing this week（6.28-7.4）
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week “Weight of Floating Time” 6.29 – 8.15 Arario Gallery (Chungcheongnam-do) Aaron Young 7.2 – 8.5 Kukje Gallery (Seoul) Cai Guo-Qiang: “Head On” 7.2 – 8.31 National Museum of Singapore Ken Kitano: “our face” 7.3 –View More >
Lyon Biennial appoints curator for 2011 edition
Buenos Aires-based independent curator Victoria Noorthoorn has been appointed curator for the 2011 Lyon Biennial, it was announced June 24. Noorthorn has been active primarily in the Americas, serving as projects coordinator of the international program at the Museum ofView More >
Heimo Zobernig wins Kiesler Prize
Installation view, Kunstverein München 1999. Photo Archiv HZ, courtesy Kiesler Foundation Vienna. Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig has won the EUR 55,000 Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2010, it was announced on June 24. Established in 1997,View More >
Christie’s London registers record-breaking reality check
Totaling GBP 153 million, Christie’s June 23 sale of Impressionist and Modern Art has broken the record for biggest art auction in London, with Picasso’s Blue Period Portrait d’Angel Fernández de Soto selling for £34.8 million. However, with Monet’s “WaterView More >
West Kowloon Cultural District names M+ director
Hong Kong’s ambitious West Kowloon Cultural District project has found a director for its USD 609 million Museum Plus (M+) initiative. Lars Nittve, outgoing director of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, will be in charge of seeing into fruition the interdisciplinary museum,View More >