Stairs - James Cohen Gallery

Shanghai, The Old French Concession Area, Art and a parasite

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April 17th 2009
9.23am - I’m going to catch the bullet train bound for Shanghai. It’s fast. I want to check out the Old French Concession area for two reasons. The first is that there is an exhibition with a Bill Viola piece that I want to see and secondly, I’m thinking of moving to Shanghai and I’m going to check out the areas with galleries in to try to get a snap shot sense of the place and how it ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more