Ocula Report Art Basel in Hong Kong: Exhibitions to See 23 Mar 2019 : Tessa Moldan for Ocula For those visiting during Art Basel in Hong Kong (29–31 March 2019), the smell of fresh paint may still be in the air at the latest heritage conservation project, The Mills, which opened on 16 March to encompass the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textiles (CHAT), joining the ranks with ex-prison complex Tai Kwun, along with Eaton HK—a retro...
Ocula Conversation Firenze Lai Firenze Lai says that she knows her studio of a few hundred square feet intimately; from the textures of its surfaces to the way the breeze blows into the room. The spaces depicted in her paintings are equally intimate. When curators seem to be at a loss for words to discuss troubled times, fear of containment, and the feeling of being completely...
Ocula Report Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber 15 Mar 2019 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula In Meiro Koizumi's three-channel video installation, The Angels of Testimony (2019), the central frame features an interview with Hajime Kondo about his time as a solider of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The conversation centres on war crimes perpetrated in China, including the beheading of Chinese prisoners for...
With seven paintings included in Tai Kwun Contemporary's Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close (26 January–21 April 2019), Firenze Lai discusses the meanings behind her enigmatic paintings.
Read More By HERA CHANFirenze Lai. Courtesy the artist.
Diana Campbell Betancourt, artistic director of the Samdani Foundation and chief curator of the Dhaka Art Summit, discusses her curatorial practice, including her curated group show Fabric(ated) Fractures, currently on view at Alserkal Avenue in Dubai.
Read More By MIRELA BACIAKDiana Campbell Betancourt. Photo: © Pablo Bartholemew.
Ocula Conversation Diana Campbell Betancourt Diana Campbell Betancourt is a curator working predominantly across South and Southeast Asia. Since 2013 she has been the founding artistic director of the Samdani Art Foundation and chief curator of the Dhaka Art Summit in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a transnational art event that has grown in size and scale ever since its first edition in 2012. Backed by...
Ocula Report Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber 15 Mar 2019 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula In Meiro Koizumi's three-channel video installation, The Angels of Testimony (2019), the central frame features an interview with Hajime Kondo about his time as a solider of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The conversation centres on war crimes perpetrated in China, including the beheading of Chinese prisoners for...
Ocula Photolog The Armory Show 2019 11 March 2019 'The Armory Show features presentations by leading international galleries, innovative artist commissions and dynamic public programs. Since its founding in 1994, The Armory Show has served as a nexus for the art world, inspiring dialogue, discovery and patronage in the visual arts.' –The Armory Show Press Release (March 2019).
Ocula Photolog Independent New York 2019 11 March 2019 'Independent New York's selected participants represent the art world's most creative and inspired curatorial visions from a cross-section of emerging, mid-career and established programs from around the world. Independent is curating a forum that is an authentic reflection of the gallery landscape and encourages innovative approaches to fair...
Mircea SuciuTrans-Atlantic Still Life, 2019 Oil, acrylic and monoprint on linen
Martine Feipel & Jean BechameilSuns & Moons, 2019 Acrylic resin
Herbert BrandlOhne Titel, 2018 Oil on canvas
R. CrumbUntitled (NY Times City Edition, 4 April '61, from School Notebook 1961 pg. 67/68), 1961 Ink and graphite on paper
Thomas WredeThe luminous Scree, 2015 C-Print diasec
Simon FujiwaraVan Gogh, 2018 Selection of merchandise items from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Rebekka Steigerhanging in midair (above sea), 2018 Oil and tempera on canvas
Lui Shou-KwanCape d'Aguilar of Lei Yue Mun, 1968 Chinese ink and colour on rice paper
R. CrumbUntitled (Help! from School Notebook 1961 pg. 49/50), c. 1962 Ink and graphite on paper
Tomás SaracenoNLTT 5306 b/M+M, 2019 Powder coated stainless steel, mirror panels, polyester rope, fishing line, metal wire
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