Sunday Edition: The New Whitney Museum, Part 1—A Rough Start
After seven years in the making, the new Whitney Museum made the leap downtown to the Meatpacking District, leaving its home of nearly 50 years …
Posts tagged exhibit
Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin
Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 October 22–November 26, 2014 We have by now come to expect …
Promises to Pay in Solid Substance
Hugh Scott-Douglas Promises to Pay in Solid Substance Jessica Silverman Gallery September 5–November 7, 2014 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 9410 What does it …
On Point 2.03
I still don’t know what identity means, and it is possible that I never will. With that much said, I can now confess that I …
Joan Brown
Joan Brown Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 October 8–November 15, 2014 Joan Brown was a restless soul. She was married …
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Korakrit Arunanondchai is a multi-media artist from Thailand who now lives and works in New York. As I am writing these words, Korakrit is filming …
Sàn Art
When one thinks of the buzzing interest of Asian contemporary art hot spots, Ho Chi Minh City is rarely at the top of the list. …
Contemporary Art in Indonesia: From Solo to Mass, Spiritual to Social
Deborah Iskandar was born in the United States but has lived in Indonesia for many years. She established the first Indonesian international auction house for …
The State of Chinese Art Education and Contemporary Chinese Art
On June 18, 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, one of China’s two premier national art schools. …
Bay Area Now 7
BAN7 opened in mid-July, and was immediately panned by some local critics as a watered down massive group show lacking criticality and focus. Before the …
Building a Monument to Nothing: A Fantastic Interview with Makoto Aida
A while ago I came across Makoto Aida while changing trains at my station in the Yokohama suburbs. He was wearing his trademark green camouflage …
The Losers of Chinese Contemporary Art
We have become familiar with the psychological condensation of political events and their media representation, with the changing dynamics of social welfare that lead to …
Ai Weiwei
“The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land …
Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to Understand Contemporary Art (Part 1)
At the invitation of SFAQ’s magnificent publisher Andrew McClintock, I have made the following selection from my little book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de …
Takashi Murakami, Mememe no kurage (Jellyfish Eyes)
Branded delivery systems are Takashi Murakami’s stock in trade. He’s got his own production company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., and a tiered sales system that …
Korakrit Arunanondchai with Courtney Malick
Korakrit Arunanondchai is fast becoming one of the most widely talked about young artists in New York. Maybe this is in part because much of …
The Inaccessible Other: The Inside-Out Approach as Curatorial Framework
During the 1990s, contemporary art from China received increased attention outside of the country, principally in the West, through a growing number of exhibitions and …
Hou Hanru
The September issue of SFAQ comes out a month and a half before the third edition of the Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW) organized …
In Conversation: Phong Bui with Constance Lewallen
Phong Bui Interviewed by Constance Lewallen This interview has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17. Phong Bui is an artist, independent …
Simon Starling in Chicago
Simon Starling: Pictures for an Exhibition The Arts Club of Chicago 201 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611 June 6–September 26, 2014 Simon Starling: …