Alex Jen

At Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong, the artist continues his investigations into the apparatus of artmaking through five new videos

An exhibition at the Smart Art Museum, Chicago, questions the role of the market and the possibility of pure aesthetics in single-coloured works

The second iteration of the Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art asks what art can do in an increasingly fraught political climate, but simply offers symbolic gestures

An exhibition at Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, showcases the painter’s unfussy yet intimate studies of behaviour and mundanity

The artist’s installation at Material Exhibitions, Chicago, is both cynical and deferential towards the art world

With a new work on view at the Queens Museum, the artist continues to probe the paradox of Asian-American visibility and ‘model minority’ myth

At the DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, the artist’s methodical excavation of her own home results in deeply evocative paintings