Artist Gordon Cheung will be in conversation with ArtReview and ArtReview Asia editor-in-chief Mark Rappolt, on the occasion of his exhibition Tears of Paradise at Edel Assanti, London (through 7 March). Their discussion will focus on ideas raised in Cheung’s recent work in which he witnesses and interprets the emergence of China as a twenty first century global superpower, framing current events in the context of the “Century of Humiliation” and the opium wars.
The artist Trevor Paglen will co-curate the third edition of Zero 10, Art Basel’s initiative dedicated to art of the digital era, that will take place in Basel in June
Several open letters and statements have expressed concern over the pavilion's lack of consultation of local actors and the appointment of an italian co-curator
“From a country with the history that Somalia has, where a lot of film prints, visual and cultural material have been destroyed, it can feel hard to feel like you’ve got an artistic lineage”
