Last night was the opening of the Shanghai Biennial. This year's theme is Translocomotion, which might mean anything so I didn't have too high expectations of the show. Instead, this was a really good biennial, installed well--a miracle at the Shanghai Art Museum, a state-run institution--and well organized. The opening read like a Who's Who of the Asian art scene. Here I have Wang Qingsong, who I think is the best artist in China, despite his crazy hairdo. There's also Melissa Chiu, director of Asia Society Museum standing for some reason with Ethan Cohen, a dealer in New York who has been around forever and is organizing Art Asia, a fair to take place during Art Basel Miami Beach this year. They are standing in front of an airplane by Yin Xiuchen, a wonderful female installation artist, whose work I really admire.
Last night was the opening of the Shanghai Biennial. This year's theme is Translocomotion, which might mean anything so I didn't have too high expectations of the show. Instead, this was a really good biennial, installed well--a miracle at the Shanghai Art Museum, a state-run institution--and well organized. The opening read like a Who's Who of the Asian art scene. Here I have Wang Qingsong, who I think is the best artist in China, despite his crazy hairdo. There's also Melissa Chiu, director of Asia Society Museum standing for some reason with Ethan Cohen, a dealer in New York who has been around forever and is organizing Art Asia, a fair to take place during Art Basel Miami Beach this year. They are standing in front of an airplane by Yin Xiuchen, a wonderful female installation artist, whose work I really admire.
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