LI Fang

Moving away from her well-received depiction of the ephemeral presence of urban passers-by, Li Fang’s recent work concentrates on the more subtle psychological activities of individuals. Based on photos of her family and acquaintances, Li Fang captures her models in daily activities – kids eating ice-cream, a little girl looking at a mirror, a kissing couple, a woman with cosmetic mask, etc. They are our next-door neighbours; they are the faces that we encounter everyday.
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YAN Pei-Ming

One of the most dynamic and experimental Chinese painters in the international art scene, Yan Pei Ming is particularly known for his epic size paintings of iconic figures, Mao Zedong, Bruce Lee, Obama, and his father and self-portraits. His expressive style and controlled palette reflect a connection to the aesthetic and cultural climate of China as well as the influence of 20th Century American conceptual art. (read more)

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Elke Krystufek
Shen Yuan
Teresa Margolles
Shilpa Gupta
Euliala Valldosera

Half of the Sky

The late 1960s might represent a new era to the world, feminism too seemed to possess of a new strength. Women artists protested for their equal rights in museums and academies. They organized their own exhibitions, they opened their own galleries, and they sought for political means to break through male-dominated structures. Progression seems linear. The art world seems more accommodating for women to survival. What about the 21st century? Where is the 21st century taking us to? (read more)

Niki de Saint Phalle
Louise Bourgeois
Marina Abramović

Exclusive Interviews
Elke Krystufek
Shen Yuan
Teresa Margolles
Shilpa Gupta
Euliala Valldosera

The Sky of Autumn

Autumn is beautiful. It's the season of harvest, of celebration. of compensation.
It's the transition, the passing, the migation, the reconciliation.
It's the exciting moment in the art world when all the energy explodes into action.
It's the melancholic season when we lament for everything for no reason.

Autumn is a very feminine season, fertile and sensual, festive and melancholic.

I therefore would like to dedicate the issue to women artists.
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Glenn Gloud (1932 – 1982)

Glenn H. Gould (1932 – 1982) is famous for his unique interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. This Canadian pianist loved to hum while he played, his recording engineers once proudly explained how successfully he was able to exclude his voice from his recordings. The humming for Gould are subconscious singings, and increased proportionately with the inability of the piano in question to realize the music as he intended. In another word, his voice becomes part of the music compensating the technical problems of his piano.
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Born in the Streets

The Fondation Cartier in Paris is presenting the exhibition Born in the Street – Graffiti (July 7 - November 29) which brings to light the extraordinary development of an artistic movement that was born in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon. Yet, despite its immense popularity, this essentially illegal activity continues to evolve at the periphery of the contemporary art world, its origins and history little-known to the general public. In the interview, the curator, Leanne Sacramone, talks about the history and the institutionalization of Graffiti, and the concept of the exhibition.
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Huang Yong Ping
«Caverne 2009»
Gallery Kamel Mennour, Paris
«Arche 2009»
Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, ENSBA, Paris

Dress Codes
3rd ICP Triennial of Photography and Video
October 2, 2009–January 17, 2010
International Center of Photography, NY

Law— Zhang Ding Solo Exhibition
15 August - 13 November 209
ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

One Degree of Separation
9 October 2009 – 9 January 2010
Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester

Sculpture on Hong Kong Sea
Sunday 29 November 2009
Repluse Bay, Hong Kong

John Baldessari : Pure Beauty
13 October 2009 – 10 January 2010
Tate Modern, London

NOMIYA - Laurent Grasso

ZAHA HADID RETROSPECTIVE
27 OCT 2009 – 01 MARCH 2010
PALAZZO DELLA RAGIONE
PADUA, ITALY

PURISTE DE LA MODE - Madeleine Vionnet
24 June 2009 - 31 January 2010
Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris