Shuttered in the city’s crackdown on independent initiatives, the artist-run space provided a model for low-budget, experimental art making
‘Hong allows revelations to emerge from the most unassuming descriptions of facts’
The glitter of Shanghai’s international art week masks darker changes in the cultural sphere of the People’s Republic
The staging of an international art biennial in Anren, China, contained both Potemkinist ambition and Brechtian drama
With the recent razing of suburban slums, tightening censorship and the sad passing of Geng Jianyi, a year of reflection in the Chinese capital
Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China
From Ink Studio to Boers-Li Gallery to the Red Brick Art Museum – the best current shows in the Chinese capital
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China & Big Tail Elephant Group, Guangdong Times Museum
Critic and curator Li Xianting speaks to Carol Yinghua Lu about tradition, change and leaving the art world
Contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu shares her picks of the current shows in South China
frieze contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu rounds up the best shows on view in the city
Shanghai Center of Photography, China
ShanghART, Beijing, China
Star Gallery, Beijing, China
Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Since 1995, Li Yongbin has been creating videos of faces in the Beijing apartment he has lived in for over 30 years
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Taikang Space, Beijing, China
Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Platform China, Beijing, China