Taking its title from a line in Valerie Solanas's militant SCUM Manifesto (1967), the exhibition "A new job to unwork at," featuring the work of eight artists and a collective, offered both an ode to…
Since 1972, the United States has maintained the “One China” pretense that Taiwan and Hong Kong are not culturally or politically distinct from Mainland China. But no such fiction prevails at the Veni…
From September 26, 1981 to September 26, 1982, Tehching Hsieh lived outside in New York City, never seeking shelter in a building. He was 31 when he began the performance work, which he titled One…
The enduring legacy of Tehching Hsieh, who will represent Taiwan at the Venice Biennale this year, rests on five grueling yearlong performances that he completed in New York between 1978 and 1986…
Here is some heartening news to start the morning: Taiwan has tapped the great Tehching Hsieh to represent it at the 2017 Venice Biennale, according to ArtAsiaPacific.
Hsieh, who is 65…
On a mercifully warm March morning, around 20 Martin Wong enthusiasts gathered outside the Lower East Side apartment building the Chinese-American artist and collector occupied for most of the 1980s…
Cultural critic, feminist theorist, memoirist and A.i.A. contributor Jill Johnston died on Nov. 18 at age 81. The feature "Tehching Hsieh: Art's Willing Captive" [September 2001, pp. 140–143] is one o…