The director of Beijing’s UCCA continues to grow his empire, setting up a branch of the institution in Shanghai (UCCA Edge) that opened in May with a group show reflecting on the rise of Chinese contemporary art on the global stage during the 2000s, followed by Becoming Andy Warhol, the most comprehensive exhibition of the Pop artist’s work in China to date. Other blockbusters included Maurizio Cattelan: The Last Judgement (the artist’s first solo exhibition in China), on view at UCCA Beijing this winter, while over at coastal outpost Dune, Daniel Arsham’s fictional ruins engaged with the site’s geological features. Amidst all this, Tinari found time to curate the inaugural Ad-Diriyah Biennale in Saudi Arabia, which opened in December, while planning towards the opening of a fourth space, in Chengdu, for 2024, as part of the city’s International Art Island development (for which he’s an adviser). Perhaps UCCA curator-at-large Peter Eleey, who Tinari swiped from MoMA PS1 earlier this year, will be able to help with the load.
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