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EXHIBITIONS
Jia Aili’s Hibernation at doART Beijing
until Spring 2009
doART Beijing
Caochangdi
Recently given prominent exhibition at the Guangzhou Triennale and exhibition at Platform China, Beijing (accompanied by an essay re-published in YISHU Journal (Nov 2008) by celebrated art critic Karen Smith), young painter Jia Aili (???) is a promising artist to watch amongst China’s younger set.
Tags: doART Beijing, Guangzhou Triennale, Jia Aili, Karen Smith
HEADLINES
The Art Newspaper: China Syndrome: Looking beyond the Stereotypes
China Syndrome: Looking beyond the Stereotypes
as originally appeared in The Art Newspaper [Oct. 16, 2008]
Karen Smith is an expert on contemporary Chinese art who has lived in Beijing since the early 1990s. She splits her activities between curating shows, directing education programmes and writing about Chinese art. She has consistently championed new work by emerging [...]
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ON THE GROUND
Karen Smith Book Launch at the UCCA
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
In conjunction with the launch of the second edition of her best selling volume, “Nine Lives: The Birth of the Avant-Garde in New China,” author Karen Smith will give a short talk at the UCCA. The book details the lives of many of China’s leading artists, including Gu [...]
Tags: Karen Smith, Nine Lives, UCCA
HEADLINES
Bloomberg: Chinese Art That Fetches Millions Isn’t Always Best: Interview
Bloomberg’s Le-min Lim interviews independent scholar and critic Karen Smith. Smith has just released the second edition of her seminal book, ‘Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde Art.” Chinese Art That Fetches Millions Isn’t Always Best: Interview by Le-min Lim as originally appeared on Bloomberg [Aug. 15, 2008] (Bloomberg) – Yue Minjun’s painting of the crackdown [...]
Tags: Karen Smith, Zhang Peili 
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. (
目耳计划 Music to My Eyes at Today Art Museum