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IN BRIEF
What’s the Relationship between Art and Film in Chinese Contemporary?
Still from Wang Bing’s first narrative feature “The Ditch,” which debuted in-competition at Venice Film Festival September 2010.
International artists are increasingly exploring the gray area between narrative cinema and gallery-based art practice – but in China, perhaps surprisingly, the division is still immense. Though many Chinese artists started out in film school (including Ai Weiwei), [...]
Tags: Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, film, Jia Zhangke, Vitamin Creative Space, Wang Bing
EXHIBITIONS
“Elementary Spectacle” – Shi Qing and Shao Yi at ShanghART
Elementary Spectacle: a collaborative exhibition by Shi Qing and Shao Yi
July 11th – August 20th
ShanghART H-space
50 Moganshan Rd, Shanghai
Some snapshots from the July 11 opening of “Elementary Spectacle” at ShanghART, an expansive conversation between young artists Shi Qing and Shao Yi.
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HEADLINES
Lars Nittve to head Hong Kong’s West Kowloon M+ Museum
Lars Nittve, most recently director of the Swedish Moderna Museet, has been named director of the new M+ Museum, set to be built in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.
From the Art Daily feature:
HONG KONG.- The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WCKDA) today announced that Mr Lars Nittve, a renowned museum director and curator [...]
Tags: Hong Kong, Sweden, West Kowloon
EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, ON THE GROUND
ARTHK – Hong Kong International Art Fair 2010
[ May 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
May 26 (Preview), May 27-30
Art Hong Kong International Art Fair
HKCEC, Wanchai, Hong Kong
The third annual Art Hong Kong fair opens this week, with a diverse spectrum of exhibitions, talks, receptions, and peripheral events. Many already have high hopes, on the basis of strong Asian auctions in recent weeks, and this year's edition seems ready [...]
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HEADLINES, ON THE GROUND
Updated Petition for Caochangdi
As rumors continue to swirl about the impending destruction of Beijing’s Caochangdi art district, a new petition has been circulating online to preserve the zone. Read more and sign here.
Further reading: “Shanghai Builds Arts Infrastructure as Beijing Destroys it,” Jing Daily
“Beijing Art Zone Demolitions Continue Apace,” from Chris Gill
Old Essay by Huang Rui on [...]
Tags: Caochangdi, Three Shadows
ON THE GROUND
Art Node: New Resource for Hong Kong Arts & Education
The Hong Kong Art School has recently launched “Art Node,” a new web platform to serve their student body and the greater public by sharing knowledge about art practices in Hong Kong and beyond. The site is divided into three sections – “Learning from International Perspectives,” featuring international artists and projects coming to Hong Kong, [...]
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EXHIBITIONS, ON THE GROUND
Ellen Pearlman on “Tomato Grey” in New York
Ellen Pearlman, New York-based writer and editor of the Brooklyn Rail who lives part time in China, reports on “Tomato Grey,” a collective of Hong Kong diaspora artists in New York City, and their first group exhibition, “18° of Acclimation” at White Box NY. Pictured above: a work by Samson Young; see additional exhibition photographs [...]
Tags: Hong Kong, New York, Pak Sheung Chuen 
Upon returning to New York after her first visit to China, Soraya Broukhim provides a review of Wang Qingsong’s "When World's Collide" exhibition of photographs and videos at ICP. (
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