There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that far-flung parts of the world are becoming more superficially similar as commerce and tourism have homogenized localities around the globe.
My first encounter with Zhang Huan’s work occurred in Cambodia in 2008 thanks to independent curator Zoe Butt.
Shenzhen might be the most famous art-related city that no one really thinks about.
A few nights after ArtAsiaPacific suggested that I contribute to its series on arts patronage, I found myself in Tokyo attending a memorial concert for the late Hideo Ikeezumi
The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city,
written, erased, rewritten.
—Teju Cole, Open City
What is the difference between a circle and a dot? According to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, circles are flat, but the “moon, stars and people . . . are made of dots.
A new body of work by Indian artist Subodh Gupta was gathered in a meditative show presented by Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, entitled “In This Vessel Lies the Philosopher’s Stone.”
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