Ocula News Guangdong’s HEM Is the Art Museum That Home Appliances Built Shanghai, 18 December 2019 Backed by the family behind Fortune 500 company Midea, the new museum will be one of the largest in southern China. When it opens in March 2020, HE Art Museum (HEM) will not be hurting for space. Designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, it will have over 8,000 square metres (over 86,000 square feet) of exhibition space—almost double what...
Ocula Feature A Feminist Detour at Guangdong Times Museum By Shanyu Zhong, Guangzhou Shanyu Zhong finds an absence of 'overt political utterances' in a curatorial reflection on 'feminine time'.
Ocula Insight Katharina Grosse on Mumbling Mud in Shanghai By Mikala Tai In the summer of 2018, the K11 Art Foundation mounted a solo exhibition of German artist Katharina Grosse in Shanghai, bringing her immersive installations to China for the first time. Internationally acclaimed for a practice that boldly challenges viewers' perception of space, her playful work has been shown at institutions worldwide, from the...
Ocula Conversation Li Zhenhua By Stephanie Bailey, Hong Kong I believe curating is an independent practice that helps to present things that people might know in a different narrative
Ocula Conversation Meg Maggio By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong My mantra – oft repeated - is that we are not in the retail business: It’s not about selling the work. It’s about placing the work.
