Ai Weiwei Receives Three-Year German Visa
Ai Weiwei’s spokesperson has announced that the Chinese artist and free speech activist has been given a three-year German visa, and will be taking up a professorship at Berlin’s University…
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Morning Links: DIY Museum Edition
Brooklynite Eric Edwards, owner of the largest private collection of African artifacts (2,500 works dating back 4,000 years), is going to build his own African art museum. [NBC] A project…
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Morning Links: Twerking Edition
For his new “Producers” series, sculptor Xavier Veilhan convinced Daft Punk to unmask themselves so he could make 3D scans of them, which he then used to create wooden sculptures of the…
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Morning Links: Larry Clark Edition
“New Work,” director and photographer Larry Clark’s new art series and limited edition skate shoe made in collaboration with luxury shoe designer Eugène Riconneaus, debuted this week in Paris. <a title="[Complex]" href="http://www.complex.com/style/2015/02/director-larry-clark-new-art-series-and-shoe-collaboration-inspired-by-skate-culture-in-paris" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"…
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Shanghai’s Tricky Museum Transformation
The city's five-year plan to become China's cultural capital is fueling massive development in both public and privately owned museums. But can Shanghai provide the trained staff—and the art—to fill…
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China’s Growing Auction Giant
The Poly Group, a $40 billion state-owned enterprise, oversees activities ranging from arms dealing to an auction house that is the first in China to offer private sales and is rapidly promoting…
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China: One Country, Three Pavilions
Every two years, the art world gets a vivid reminder of China's complex sovereignty issues and ongoing identity concerns—in the form of three separate pavilions at the Venice Biennale.
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Christie’s Will Expand to China
The move will allow Christie's to carve out a larger part of the Chinese auction market, which is now the world's largest. China's auction market is estimated to have generated $4 billion in revenue…
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Guggenheim Museum Collects China
The commissioned works will be exhibited at the museum in three exhibitions from 2014 through 2017, and will enter the Guggenheim's permanent collection. Thomas J. Berghuis, currently deputy director…
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