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“Celebrations for the 9th anniversary of the People’s Republic”, Beijing, 1 October 1958

The Divisive Moment

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The Divisive Moment

After 70 years, Henri Cartier-Bresson almost goes back to China

Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs of the last days of the Chinese Civil War were exhibited at Taipei Fine Arts Museum in late 2019. The exhibition was scheduled to be held in Beijing in 2021, but was cancelled due to COVID-19. David Frazier writes about the exhibition and its complicated surrounding context.

Down, down, under and below?

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Down, down, under and below?

Questions and Appearances with Curran Hatleberg

Joseph del Pesco presents photographer Curran Hatleberg with a series of questions to which the artist responds with images.

Translating the Personal

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Translating the Personal

The Music, Noise and Voice of Charmaine Lee

Kurt Gottschalk spoke to Charmaine Lee about her ever-expanding musical practice.

Slavs and Tatars, "A Monobrow Manifesto", 2011. Screen print on balloons, installation view at the Sharjah Biennale, 2011. Courtesy of The Third Line, Dubai. Photo: Elizabeth Rappaport.

A Kind of Circuity

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A Kind of Circuity

An Interview with Slavs and Tatars

Nicola Trezzi interviewed Slavs and Tatars about topics ranging from pickles to the collective's embrace of antithetical thought.

Spin into Being

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Spin into Being

The Art of Melati Suryodarmo

Kyra Kordoski speaks to performance artist Melati Suryodarmo and dives into her deep corpus of durational works.

Ghosts, Radio Waves, Spiritualism and Contextualism in the Art of Aki Onda

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Ghosts, Radio Waves, Spiritualism and Contextualism in the Art of Aki Onda

Kurt Gottschalk talks to Aki Onda about channelling the spirit of Nam June Paik.

Listening to Tagaloa

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Listening to Tagaloa

Channelling the Oceanic God’s Voice in the Work of Paula Schaafhausen

Leafa Wilson writes about Paula Schaafhausen's installation series Ebbing Tagaloa, featuring Tagaloa (Polynesian God of the Ocean) figures molded from coconut oil and sand.

Double Knowledge

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Double Knowledge

In Conversation with Carolee Schneemann

In one of her last major interviews, Carolee Schneemann spoke to White Fungus editor Ron Hanson and looked back on her life, stretching back to her early childhood drawings and adolescent adventures in Mexico.