Latest Ocula Conversation Artist Taloi Havini and Ruth McDougall, curator of Pacific art at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, discuss Havini's first Australian solo exhibition, Reclamation .
Latest Ocula Report Sydney Biennale Connects Here with Everywhere By Soo-Min Shim, Sydney 'This year's Biennale of Sydney seems like a corrective,' writes Soo-Min Shim, 'prioritising autonomy in an international exhibition format that has all too often omitted or sidelined First Nations artists.'
Ocula Insight Hell is a Place on Earth: P·P·O·W Looks to History in Context of Covid-19 By Stephanie Bailey, London In the United States, parallels have been drawn between the HIV/AIDS crisis and what is unfolding with Covid-19. These connections feed into P·P·O·W's online exhibition, Hell is a Place on Earth. Heaven is a Place in Your Head .
de Sarthe Artist Residency (deSAR) was inaugurated in 2017. The gallery hosts an artist in its Hong Kong space for two months every summer, with the goal of challenging standard modes of art production and exposing audiences to a side of creation seldom seen firsthand. In a metropolis known for excessively high rent and exceedingly small spaces, the residency allows artists the freedom of a large arena to explore their creativity within Hong Kong itself.
Ocula News Art Power HK Launches Campaign to Revive Hong Kong Art Scene Hong Kong, 16 March 2020 With art galleries, museums and events closing around the world, the campaign offers a way for art fans and professionals in the city to keep calm and carry on.
Ocula News Fake Furries Feature in Art Basel Hong Kong's Encounters Section Hong Kong, 28 January 2020 The fair's most Instagrammable section will feature 12 works, including Gimhongsok's fictitious furries and textile off-cuts by Marion Baruch.
Ocula Photolog Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019 'Art Basel reinforces its ongoing commitment to showcasing exceptional art from Asia and the Asia Pacific, with over half of the participating galleries having exhibition spaces in the region. The main sector of the show features 196 of the world's leading galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation...
Ocula Report Taipei Dangdai: Art Fair as Ecosystem By Stephanie Bailey, Taipei There was a great connection between the first edition of Taipei Dangdai (18–20 January 2019), staged on the 4th floor of the Nangang Exhibition Center, and the 11th Taipei Biennial, Post Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem (17 November 2018–10 March 2019). Installed at the fair's entrance was John Yuyi's live tree, I Tree to Call You...
Related Press LOV-LOV SHOP: LIN JINGJING 1 July 2019, Art Asia Pacific Among today's tech entrepreneurs, there is a widespread fundamental belief that things can be made better, easier, more convenient if consumers adopt the right pieces of technology. Hungry? Tap on your phone's screen and a meal will come to you. Need a ride? Do the same. Swipe right at the suitable instant, and you may end up in happy matrimony.
Related Press BOOGIE WOOGIE: LU XINJIAN 4 July 2018, ArtAsiaPacific The colourful, kaleidoscopic patterns that fill the two canvases at the entrance of de Sarthe Gallery appear inscrutable at first glance. They can be a mass of thin tubes, a route map or even a maze. When one takes a few steps back, however, one can perhaps discern views of the titular sites in Hong Kong Central and HSBC (both 2018). In a way...
Related Press 11 Gallerists Who Changed The Art Scene In Hong Kong 6 March 2018, Hong Kong Tatler With art week coming up, it's time to celebrate the people working in the art industry in Hong Kong. As well as bringing art from around the world to the city, these gallerists often promote Hong Kong artists on the international stage. Here's a list of Hong Kong-based gallerists who have helped put the city on the art world's radar.
Related Press “The Garden”: Hong Kong curator Enoch Cheng 4 October 2017, Art Radar With works commissioned by K11 Art Foundation (KAF) that examine ideas surrounding nature, The Garden is "an exhibition like a garden in a glasshouse, but without plants". This concept means that the exhibition is constantly in a state of flux, with motion being a key part of the show. Comprising of a variety of media including Aerial...
Related Video & Audio Zhou Wendou 'ADHD' at de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong 21 March 2016, de Sarthe Gallery View the making of ADHD, artist Zhou Wendou's new work for his forthcoming exhibition at de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong. The presentation titled ADHD , after the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a strong single piece installation. In the context of this psychological analogy, the artist along with a psychologist will...
