“A community is where people have a common understanding of what each other is doing, it’s where people come and support each other.”
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My piece on Lin Tianmiao for AD China
Xing Zhao talks to the Chinese conceptual artist Lin Tianmiao about the making of her most recent exhibition at Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum.
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Mu Xi: Portrait of a Youth
Chinese artist Mu Xi draws inspiration from Oscar Wilde and a Tang Dynasty calligrapher to deliver haunting illustrations portraying a youth’s coming of age.
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Memories of One’s Own
There is always another way to read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, from the perspective of memory.
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Santorini: the Lost Heart
My time at an English language bookstore on the Greek island of Santorini
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Art Hong Kong’s Last Edition Before Art Basel Sees Asia’s Market on the Rise
Xing Zhao takes a look back at the last edition of Art HK, before its transition into Art Basel’s fair in Asia.
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Men in Uniform: Male Masculinity and Intimacy
Xing Zhao talks to the Beijing-based American artist Ain Cocke about his homoerotic romanticism of men in uniform.
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Shen Wei: Almost Naked
The Shanghai-born, New York-based photographer posing like a Renaissance statue on top of a white table in Rome, leaning against the railing on a balcony of a New York apartment, mostly naked and alone.
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ShanghaiPRIDE: What Were We Celebrating?
With ShanghaiPRIDE celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month, we take a look at the very first edition of China’s own version of gay pride back in 2009.
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All the Broken Ships
When the Museum dedicated to broken hearts is coming to Shanghai..
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