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One could argue that there has never been a FIFA World Cup so marred in controversy as the current tournament playing out in Qatar. Since winning the bid in 2010, the host nation has consistently made headlines over allegations of bribery, concern by major clubs for moving the event from summer to the fall, along with more pressing issues, such as the death of 6,500 migrant workers who were tasked with building many of the ‘pop-up’ stadiums and Qatar’s questionable humanitarian record. Human rights group Amnesty International worked with Dublin-based store Hen’s Teeth on bringing together 13 artists who are raising funds for the non-profit’s ongoing investigation into labor abuses by Qatar. Entitled Goalissimo, the project sees each artist create a unique spin on their home nation’s shirt....

Fresh off an exhibition on legendary American artist Alexander Calder, Almine Rech Paris is showcasing a new group exhibition entitled Dialogues. The show provides the viewer with a series of dualities, where there is a noticeable split between painting and sculpture, black and color, abstraction and figuration. However different each medium and message may be, there lies a harmony that runs through the artwork on view, which includes Don Brown’s bronze Eriko (2021) and Sylvie Fleury’s Cheek Fabric (peach), 2022, as well as Günther Förg’s Untitled, 1952, juxtaposed against Karel Appel’s vibrant Head, 1975, sculpture. “Many of the artworks in Dialogues radiate sensuality,” wrote journalist Charles Barachon in a statement, adding that the work, though disparate in aesthetic, are united throu...

Fresh off an exhibition on legendary American artist Alexander Calder, Almine Rech Paris is showcasing a new group exhibition entitled Dialogues. The show provides the viewer with a series of dualities, where there is a noticeable split between painting and sculpture, black and color, abstraction and figuration. However different each medium and message may be, there lies a harmony that runs through the artwork on view, which includes Don Brown’s bronze Eriko (2021) and Sylvie Fleury’s Cheek Fabric (peach), 2022, as well as Günther Förg’s Untitled, 1952, juxtaposed against Karel Appel’s vibrant Head, 1975, sculpture. “Many of the artworks in Dialogues radiate sensuality,” wrote journalist Charles Barachon in a statement, adding that the work, though disparate in aes...

Fanatic Heart is a new group exhibition on view at Para Site in Hong Kong. The show explores the relationship between fandom and the socio-political events that have transpired across Southeast and East Asia. The show comprises of 15 artists who hail from Hong Kong, Japan, mainland China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam — each of which investigate themes pertaining to modern-day celebrity worship, postcolonial and post-socialist identities, as well as social movements, technological advances and modes of desire within the cultural unconscious. Highlights include Sin Wai Kin’s parody poster, It’s Always You, Yasumasa Morimura’s equally whimsical Audrey Hepburn Self Portrait, along with Ho Tzu Nyen’s The Nameless video work. Curated by C...

Fanatic Heart is a new group exhibition on view at Para Site in Hong Kong. The show explores the relationship between fandom and the socio-political events that have transpired across Southeast and East Asia. The show comprises of 15 artists who hail from Hong Kong, Japan, mainland China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam — each of which investigate themes pertaining to modern-day celebrity worship, postcolonial and post-socialist identities, as well as social movements, technological advances and modes of desire within the cultural unconscious. Highlights include Sin Wai Kin’s parody poster, It’s Always You, Yasumasa Morimura’s equally whimsical Audrey Hepburn Self Portrait, along with Ho Tzu Nyen’s The Nameless video work. Curated by Cusson Cheng, the exhibit...

Acclaimed British artist James Jarvis has touched down in Tokyo through a new solo exhibition at Parco Museum. Made in collaboration with NANZUKA, Hello Bauhaus presents a series of the artist’s featureless character across a number of large-scale paintings and installations. The Bauhaus school operated in Germany in the first half of the 20th Century and is long revered for approaching function and rationality as an art form. Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers were amongst the many artists and designers who taught or attended the German school. Despite its prestige, Jarvis, who characteristically approaches art through humor, parodies the Bauhaus by showcasing his signature mascot in a number of poses inspired by Japan’s “Kawaii” culture. The exhibition is Jarvis’ first solo sh...

Acclaimed British artist James Jarvis has touched down in Tokyo through a new solo exhibition at Parco Museum. Made in collaboration with NANZUKA, Hello Bauhaus presents a series of the artist’s featureless character across a number of large-scale paintings and installations. The Bauhaus school operated in Germany in the first half of the 20th Century and is long revered for approaching function and rationality as an art form. Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Josef Albers were amongst the many artists and designers who taught or attended the German school. Despite its prestige, Jarvis, who characteristically approaches art through humor, parodies the Bauhaus by showcasing his signature mascot in a number of poses inspired by Japan’s “Kawaii” culture. The exhibition is Jarvis’ first solo sh...