1. The Artist is Present
|China, Shanghai| The Yuz Museum|2018.10.11-2018.12.16
International fashion icon GUCCI has several collaboration projects with the art world in recent years. This year October, GUCCI collaborated with the prestigious contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan to launch the exhibition “The Artist is Present”. The derivation of the " The Artist is Present " exhibition is based on the sensational retrospective exhibition" The Artist is Present " by renowned performance artist Marina Abramović at the MoMA in New York in 2010. As the curator of this exhibition, Maurizio Cattelan special asked for the permission to authorize this exhibition, as copying her exhibition to explore and discuss the controversial issues of copying and misappropriation in artistic creation with more than 30 artists. There are 17 exhibitions space in the exhibition, in addition to the works of artists such as curator Moriggio Carteran, there are also products that GUCCI and artists co-branded.
2. Maria Svarbova Asia Premiere
| Taiwan |Taipei Expo Park， Pavilion of New Fashion|2018.10.22-2018.11.18
Born in Slovakia in 1988, Maria Svarbova is good at capturing the powerlessness and helplessness of urban people's repeated life in the fantasy photography atmosphere. From her light and ethereal photography, we will see the stiff and expressionless model, either standing next to a sparkling pool, or in a scene that can be seen in anywhere with the repeated daily action day after day. These lonely, seemingly lifeless photography works provide the audience a reflection about themselves and thinking about their meaning of daily life. Maria Svarbova is famous of her photography series "Swimming Pool", which was widely known to Taiwanese people, especially after the photography work with Taiwanese pop singer Hebe Tian in 2016. In addition to exhibiting her famous series "Swimming Pool", the exhibition will also feature two series "Human Space" and "Plastic World". " Maria Svarbova Asia Premiere " is one of the exhibitions planned for the long-term project "Art Angle edition" for promoting photography in Taiwan. As the only partner of IPA International in Taiwan, Art Angle plans a large-scale photography exhibition through a fund-raising platform, hoping to promote Taiwanese photographers to the international market.
3. ART TAIPEI 2018
| Taiwan |Taipei World Trade Centre, Exhibition Hall 1|2018.10.26-2018.10.29
The 25th Taipei International Art Fair (ART TAIPEI) was held this year at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 as usual. This year, a total of 135 galleries and more than 450 artists from 13 countries participated in the exhibition, including 34 domestic and foreign galleries. The participated works including sculptures, paintings, installations and images etc. There are also a variety of theme exhibition areas that including “Science and Technology”, “Art Collectors”, “Art of Post-War”, “Art Museums”, and also “MIT: Taiwan Young Artists Connection with the World” collaborating with the Ministry of Culture by aiming to support the rising stars in art stage. This year's ART TAIPEI uses the "Indefinite Museum" as its theme for the year, hoping to escape the shackles of the structure, organization and space of the museum, enrich the diverse perspectives of art appreciation, and drive the infinite kinetics of more thinking and creative curation.
4. 12th Shanghai Biennale: Progregress
| China, Shanghai | Power Station of art|2018.11.10-2019.03.10
As the first international contemporary art biennale in China, the Shanghai Biennale, which was first held in 1996, has entered its 12th year anniversary. Since 2012, the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art has been the organizer and major exhibition venue of the Shanghai Biennale. Mexican curator, critic and art historian Cuauhtémoc Medina was invited to be the chief curator of the 12th Shanghai Biennale. Cuauhtémoc uses the steps of the ancient Chinese Taoist rituals "Yubu" as the Chinese title of 12th Shanghai Biennale, together with the "Proregress" as the English title, combined the concept of dance step of "Yubu" and the definition of the word "Proregress" (combined with the meaning of "forward" and "backward), highlighting the powerlessness, overstepping and oppression, social action, and nihilism of the current contemporary culture scenario, as well as providing a framework for deepening the role of contemporary art in contemporary art as a contemporary contradictory testimony. The participated artists include French artist Kader Attia, Chilean artist Voluspa Jarpa, Japanese photography artist Yoneda Tomoko, Chinese artist Yang Fudong, Hong Kong artist Abbas Nadim, Korean artist Siren Eun Young Jung and so on. The exhibition also invited María Belén Sáez de Ibarra, the person in charge of the Direction of Culture at the National University of Colombia , Yukie Kamiya, the director of Gallery, Japan Society, New York, and Wang Weiwei as the co-curators. In addition to the Shanghai Biennale, the ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair will be opening on the same day with 12th Shanghai Biennale and the 5th West Bund Art & Design will be launched on 8th to 11th November, 2018.
5. Taipei Biennial 2018 － Post Nature: A Museum as an Ecosystem
|Taiwan|Taipei Fine Arts Museum|2018.11.17-2019.03.10
The highly anticipated art biennale in Taiwan's art field, Taipei Biennial 2018 announced its title as " Post Nature: A Museum as an Ecosystem ", exploring the concept of ecosystems within art galleries and even outside art galleries, focusing particularly on the significance of reciprocal dependency, and how this form of working tends toward a holistic common good. The theme of this exhibition was curated by two curators, Mali Wu from Taiwan and Francesco Manacorda from Italy. Mali Wu has long been concerned about the active involvement of art in the public domain, in recent years, she has been concerned with ecological issues. Francesco Manacorda, who is active in the art review platform, has involved in several international exhibitions such as the Liverpool Biennale. Francesco has also served as a jury member of the 55th Venice Biennale. 41 artists and art groups from 19 countries and regions are invited for Taipei Biennial 2018. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, will act as the central nervous system of the Taipei Biennial, the experimental methodology of this biennial will transform the museum into a platform for multi-disciplinary discussion, which intends to extend outward and reach multilateral resonance outside of the architectural limits of the exhibition.
Figure 1：Maria Svarbova, Human Space series ©mariasvarbova.com
Figure 2 top：11th Shanghai Biennale，Photo: 2018 Shanghai Biennale
Figure 2 left bottom：Maria Svarbova, Swimming Pool series ©mariasvarbova.com
Figure 2 left bottom：12th Shanghai Biennale，Photo: 2018 Shanghai Biennale
