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S.E.A. Focus: 4 Unmissable Booths

Ocula News S.E.A. Focus: 4 Unmissable Booths Singapore, 23 December 2022 S.E.A. Focus returns to Singapore 6–15 January. Founders and directors of Gajah Gallery, STPI, de Sarthe, and SILVERLENS introduce alluring works they'll be showing at the fair.

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Hong Kong Art Week 2022: Exhibitions to See

Ocula Feature Hong Kong Art Week 2022: Exhibitions to See By Elaine YJ Zheng, Hong Kong With Art Basel and Art Central returning to Hong Kong this May, Ocula Magazine selects the exhibitions to see.

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Wang Xin Creates Art for an AI Awakening

Ocula Insight Wang Xin Creates Art for an AI Awakening By Sarah Wei, Hong Kong For this immersive exhibition, artist Wang Xin learned Python and JavaScript to create a fictional AI being who has come into full consciousness.

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Bernar Venet, Sculptor of Iconic Steel Arcs, Gives Biggest Exhibition Yet

Ocula News Bernar Venet, Sculptor of Iconic Steel Arcs, Gives Biggest Exhibition Yet Berlin, 28 January 2022 Over 150 of the artist's works now fill hangars 2 and 3 of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport.

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ART021 Shanghai 2021

Ocula Photolog ART021 Shanghai 2021 Held at Shanghai Exhibition Center, this year's ART021 took place between 11–14 November 2021. View Ocula's highlights from the ground of the 9th edition of ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair in this photolog.

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Mak2 Claims Her Future in House of Fortune

Ocula Conversation Mak2 Claims Her Future in House of Fortune By Stephanie Bailey, Hong Kong On the occasion of her third solo show with de Sarthe, Mak2 reflects on fortune telling, speculation, control, value, and humour.

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DnA Shenzhen Design and Art Fair 2021

Ocula Photolog DnA Shenzhen Design and Art Fair 2021 As the third art fair created by ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair team, DnA Shenzhen featured 40 galleries and took place from 30 September to 4 October 2021 at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning. Take a look at Ocula's highlights from the ground of the first edition of DnA Shenzhen design and art fair in this...

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Are Contemporary Artists Any Good in the Kitchen?

Ocula News Are Contemporary Artists Any Good in the Kitchen? London, 4 October 2021 Phaidon's new cookbook The Kitchen Studio introduces favourite dishes and unusual techniques from artists Olafur Eliasson, Laura Wilson, and Kehinde Wiley, among others.

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Unscheduled Art Fair to Occupy Former Hong Kong Topshop

Ocula News Unscheduled Art Fair to Occupy Former Hong Kong Topshop Hong Kong, 30 August 2021 The city's inaugural Digital Art Fair will also take place at the venue, which the British retailer abandoned during the pandemic.

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Pathways into Sculpture in Vietnam

Ocula Insight Pathways into Sculpture in Vietnam By Nguyễn Thuỳ Dương, Ho Chi Minh City At The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, four artists offer new pathways into sculpture.

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Rebounding From COVID-19, Hong Kong Galleries Face New Round of Protests

Ocula News Rebounding From COVID-19, Hong Kong Galleries Face New Round of Protests Hong Kong, 25 May 2020 Political turmoil poses an additional challenge for initiatives such as UNSCHEDULED, announced today.

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Exhibitions to See in Hong Kong 2020

Ocula Feature Exhibitions to See in Hong Kong 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Hong Kong As Hong Kong gradually reopens after lockdown, explore the exhibitions taking place this summer.

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Andrew Luk at de Sarthe: Abstracting Entropy

Ocula Insight Andrew Luk at de Sarthe: Abstracting Entropy By Elliat Albrecht, Hong Kong Intended for Art Basel Hong Kong, Andrew Luk's new sculpture at de Sarthe reflects on human brutality and nature.

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Art Power HK Launches Campaign to Revive Hong Kong Art Scene

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.

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Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019

Ocula Photolog Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019 The highly anticipated seventh edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong brought together 242 leading galleries, presenting a unique overview of the diverse art scenes across Asia and beyond.

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Taipei Dangdai: Art Fair as Ecosystem

Ocula Feature Taipei Dangdai: Art Fair as Ecosystem By Stephanie Bailey, Taipei For the first edition of Taipei Dangdai (18–20 January 2019), connections with the theme of the 11th Taipei Biennial 'Post Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem', came through on the fair floor.

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Christopher K Ho’s homecoming at De Sarthe: CX 888

Ocula Insight Christopher K Ho’s homecoming at De Sarthe: CX 888 By Elliat Albrecht 'Why cover the same ground again?' Odysseus asked in The Odyssey, one of literature's most lionised tales of homecoming. His question is echoed by New York and Telluride-based artist Christopher K H

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Art Basel in Hong Kong 2018

Ocula Photolog Art Basel in Hong Kong 2018 Art Basel in Hong Kong provided an in-depth overview of the Asia Pacific region’s diversity through both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists.

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2018 Lowdown: Shows to See during Hong Kong Art Week

Ocula Feature 2018 Lowdown: Shows to See during Hong Kong Art Week By Diana d'Arenberg, Hong Kong With an ever-expanding list of exhibitions and happenings, here is a selection of things to see during Art Basel Hong Kong (29–31 March 2018).

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A blended mass: A report from Art Basel 2016

Ocula Feature A blended mass: A report from Art Basel 2016 By Stephanie Bailey, Basel Walking through Art Basel 2016 felt like being ‘between; and ‘beneath’ a ‘resolved mass’, in which a kind of emerging globalism has taken firm root.

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Top 5 booths at Art Busan 2016

Ocula Feature Top 5 booths at Art Busan 2016 By Angela Suh, Busan Art Busan 2016 conveyed a leisurely air brought on by the first warm days of spring.

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Wang Guofeng at de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong

Ocula Insight Wang Guofeng at de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong By Katie Fallen Following the Chinese artist Wang Guofeng’s recent intervention in the gallery space at de Sarthe Beijing, the artist has jus

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Ocula Report: ART021

Ocula Feature Ocula Report: ART021 By Sam Gaskin, Shanghai Shanghai's upstart art fair has moved up a weight class, but some of its moves are as unusual as ever.

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A report from ASIA NOW

Ocula Feature A report from ASIA NOW By Anna Dickie, Paris When details of the new Parisian art fair, ASIA NOW, were announced only very shortly before its inaugural opening on 20th October 2015, it appeared as though the fair might be a last minute job. Yet,

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