The untitled prelude piece of Liu Wei's exhibition "Trilogy" was also its summation. From the middle of the Minsheng Art Museum's airy atrium rose a miniature cityscape. The rough-hewn base grew int…
Just over 10 years ago, the Shanghai Biennale put that city on the global contemporary art map. Since 2000, guest curator Hou Hanru's eclectic international mix, to say nothing of the now legendary…
Censorship in China is frequently determined by who one is rather than what one does. “Ai Weiwei could do finger painting and still get into trouble,” quipped Rebecca Catching, curator of Shanghai’s O…