Strange New World: Cao Fei at MoMA PS1
Cao Fei MoMA: PS1 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY April 3 – August 31, 2016 One enters a dark room. Vitrines filled with …
Posts tagged China
I’m sitting alone in a crowded station waiting to board my next train to carry me across the border from Southern China into Hanoi, the …
The Great Acceleration: The Taipei Biennial
Taipei Biennial Taipei Fine Arts Museum The Great Acceleration 13 September 2014–4 January 2015 At the outset, let’s get the idea of acceleration straight and …
Mediacity Seoul 2014
Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Seoul Museum of Art September 1-November 23, 2014 It shakes out like this: on the odd-numbered years, we have the big …
The State of Chinese Art Education and Contemporary Chinese Art
On June 18, 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, one of China’s two premier national art schools. …
The Losers of Chinese Contemporary Art
We have become familiar with the psychological condensation of political events and their media representation, with the changing dynamics of social welfare that lead to …
Ai Weiwei
“The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land …
The Inaccessible Other: The Inside-Out Approach as Curatorial Framework
During the 1990s, contemporary art from China received increased attention outside of the country, principally in the West, through a growing number of exhibitions and …
Hou Hanru
The September issue of SFAQ comes out a month and a half before the third edition of the Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW) organized …
In Conversation: Phong Bui with Constance Lewallen
Phong Bui Interviewed by Constance Lewallen This interview has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17. Phong Bui is an artist, independent …
SFAQ Pick: “Xu Zhen: A MadeIn Company Production” solo exhibition at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
Currently on view at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing is a major mid-career survey of mercurial Chinese artist Xu Zhen, an irreverent artist …
SFAQ Pick: Taryn Simon’s “A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII” at The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art – UCCA in Beijing, China.
Currently at The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art – UCCA in Beijing, China is “A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII,” a …
Angela Bulloch’s “Universal Mineral” recently on view at Simon Lee Gallery in Hong Kong, China
British born artist, Angela Bulloch was recently on view at Simon Lee Gallery in Hong Kong, China for her solo show “Universal Mineral”. For …
“Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu” at the Oakland Museum of California
“Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu” opened last week on the 16th, and is currently on view till June 30th, 2013. This exhibition …
Forever 21, Adam Parker Smith at Ever Gold Gallery tonight
We are excited to see the second solo show at Ever Gold Gallery from NYC based artist Adam Parker Smith. His work has been shown …