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Here are two pictures from the “Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?” exhibition in Tokyo. The “Delay_2007.5.26″ video from the artist duo “Rogues’ Gallery”, the same video is displayed on a big grid with a slight lag, which creates an interesting visual effect. A shopping bag very delicately cut by Yuken Teruya.

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I was not so keen to visit the monastery, knowing it is a relatively recent building dating from the 50s, and is not actually a real monastery. But I was in Sha Tin anyway so I gave it a try. As its name indicates, it has more than ten thousands Buddhas statues, all different. The [...]

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Shanghai World Expo: the UK pavilion

The best pavilion that I visited in the Shanghai World Expo is the UK one (see my other reviews of the Expo). It is a success both in terms of artistic expression and engagement of the audience. The building is beautiful and unique. And I don’t only speak about the main ‘Seed Cathedral’, but also [...]

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This post is the first one of a series about my visit to the Shanghai World Expo 2010. I will start with a description of the crowd present at the Expo, more than 300.000 people per day! The pavilions and their exhibitions are only one aspect of the Expo; it is also a meeting place, [...]

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Hong Kong Art Fair 2010

I was at the Hong Kong art fair last weekend. It was not as big as the Frieze art fair of London for example, but this was the place to buy Chinese artworks it seems. Christie’s had an enormous adjacent section, maybe even bigger than the fair itself. The quantity and quality of the Chinese [...]

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