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        2023-05-30
        Tishan Hsu in Artforum China

        Tishan Hsu’s conversation with the independent curator Miao Zijin for Artforum China is now live.

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        2023-05-28
        Jes Fan in X PINK 101, X Museum

        X Museum is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition ‘X PINK 101’ in its new location in Beijing, from May 28 to August 6, 2023. Centred around the colour pink, the exhibition brings together 49 works from the museum collection in its newly restored historic building, marking a fresh chapter of the museum’s inspiring programs.

        Jes Fan’s Function Begets Form (2018) is on view.

        2023-05-27
        Jes Fan in More than Human, Blanc Art Space

        More Than Human is curated and produced by DOSSIER and in collaboration with, and supported by, EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture), Blanc Art Group, Choi Centre – Cloud House and other local and international partners. More Than Human will be on view at Blance Art Space A1 from 27 May to 23 July 2023.

        “In More Than Human, we challenge the very idea of “humans” itself. We begin by asking who actually is a human. But in trying to figure out the “who,” we cannot neglect the “how” — the process of becoming (non-)human. How, for instance, do humans order the world? And how are the problems facing the world the result of the humanist norms and structures that order our world today? Most importantly, we look at how a post-anthropocentric world would look like — one where human beings do not reign supreme and acknowledge their interdependency and entanglements with other species.”

        Participating artists include: Andrew Thomas Huang, Anna Raimondo, Artor Jesus Inkerö, Anna-Sophie Berger, Black Birds Creative Co., Dai Chenlian, Die Ge, ErGao, François Chaignaud, Hu Wei, Jes Fan, Jake Elwes, Konstantin Zhukov, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussens, Martina Menegon, Melanie Bonajo , Miriam Cahn, Otay:onii, Prinz Gholam, Tao Hui, Zheng Bo.

        2023-05-23
        Tishan Hsu in Hardcore, Sadie Coles HQ

        Opening in May 2023, Hardcore is a group exhibition including 18 artists’ whose works centre on the power dynamics of sex, the diverse nature of intimacy, and our reaction to it.  The era of cancel culture has produced a timidly lower volume for discussions around difficult and more nuanced examinations of sexuality, and the works in this show unapologetically test the parameters of the human experience, challenge social convention, and create space for psychological exploration.  These artists provoke reaction, thought and important discussion around essential human questions: Darja Bajagić, Monica Bonvicini, Miriam Cahn, Elaine Cameron-Weir, KING COBRA (documented as Doreen Lynette Garner), Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose, Maryam Hoseini, Tishan Hsu, Stanislava Kovalcikova, Bruce LaBruce, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Monica Majoli, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman and Andra Ursuţa.

        Hardcore is curated by Sadie Coles and John O’Doherty. The exhibition runs from 25 May through August 5, 2023.

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        2023-05-23
        James T. Hong in The New Survivors, Three Shadows Photography Centre

        Curated by Wang Shuman, The New Survivors opened on May 20 at Three Shadows Photography Centre. Participating artists include: Harun Farocki, James T. Hong, Jazmin Lopez, Meiro Koizumi, Ana Mendieta, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Moe Satt and Tang Chao. The exhibition will be on view through July 2 and features James T. Hong’s Three Arguments About the Opium War (2015).

        2023-05-09
        Cici Wu in Daily Pictures, Each Modern Taipei

        Opening May 10th: “Each Modern is pleased to present Daily Pictures, a group exhibition of new and earlier work by Kevin Weil, Cici Wu, Max Guy, Margaret Lee, Mari Eastman, Arnold J. Kemp, Gaylen Gerber, Peter Fischli David Weiss and David Diao, curated by Alex Jen. Spanning generations, these nine artists apprehend the world in curious and humble ways, often via meticulous inquiry into their own materials and processes.”

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        2023-04-20
        Jes Fan in Spike Art Magazine

        Ophelia Lai has reviewed Jes Fan’s Sites of Wounding: Chapter 1 for Spike Magazine’s Spring 2023 issue #75:

        “Sculpting in nacre-like glass, the ashes of shells, and casts from his own body, Jes Fan looks to a pearl oyster for guidance on thwarting and absorbing foreign power in Hong Kong.

        Across the road from Empty Gallery, at the Aberdeen waterfront, fishing boats unload their catches every morning at a local seafood market. This briny atmosphere is vividly conjured within the gallery at Jes Fan’s (*1990) latest solo exhibition, “Sites of Wounding: Chapter 1,” which takes pearl farming as a starting point for the artist’s expanding inquiry into extractive industries.”

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        2023-04-14
        Raha Raissnia in Texte Zur Kunst

        Diana d’Arenberg has reviewed Raha Raissnia’s Nour for Texte Zur Kunst online: “Iranian-born New York–based artist Raha Raissnia’s first solo exhibition in East Asia, staged at Empty Gallery in Hong Kong, sees visitors step into a theatrical pitch-black gallery space in a high-rise industrial building. Eyes and mind are deprived of visual clutter and distraction, left to focus instead on the softly lit artworks that take center stage in the gallery (the only illuminated objects in the entire space).”

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        2023-04-11
        Cici Wu in Artforum CN

        Qu Chang has named Cici Wu’s Tsaiyun (Rosy-Cloud) Bridge at Hordaland Kunstsenter as a Critic’s Pick in Artforum China.

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        2023-03-26
        Tishan Hsu in Artnet News

        Louise Benson in Artnet News: ‘Tishan Hsu’s Art Preceded Internet Aesthetics by Decades. Now, His Prescient Work Is Finally Getting Its Due. A digitally native generation has become captivated by the New York artist, who is in his 70s.’

        “Tishan Hsu is an artist in search of his own vision of the future. His creative journey has unfolded over almost five decades as Hsu has refined and honed his visceral interrogation of the collapse between human and machine. Yet, following a handful of solo shows staged in New York during the 1980s, including one with famed dealer Leo Castelli, for over 30 years Hsu rarely exhibited his work publicly at all. Instead, he chose to privately focus on his relentless quest to capture a new kind of embodied technology that had not yet come into being.”

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    • exhibitions
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        2023-03-18 . . . 2023-06-24
        screen-skins
        Tishan Hsu
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        2023-03-18 . . . 2023-06-24
        Sites of Wounding: Chapter 1
        Jes Fan
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        past
        2023
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        2022-12-10 . . . 2023-02-18
        نور
        Raha Raissnia
        past
        2022
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        2022-08-27 . . . 2022-11-19
        F
        Vunkwan Tam
        past
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        2022-04-02 . . . 2022-06-18
        Bad Timing
        Xper. Xr
        past
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        2021-12-11 . . . 2022-02-19
        Vanishing in the Wilderness
        Yutaka Matsuzawa
        past
        2021
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        2021-09-11 . . . 2021-11-20
        Olistostrome
        Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
        past
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        2021-04-17 . . . 2021-07-24
        Tailwhip
        Xper. Xr.
        past
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        2020-12-23 . . . 2021-03-20
        Rumor Has It
        Taro Masushio
        past
        2020
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        2020-09-26 . . . 2020-11-21
        Vortices
        Henry Shum
        past
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        2020-06-20 . . . 2020-09-05
        Oax.D.F.L.A.N.O.H.K
        ektor garcia
        past
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        2019-12-14 . . . 2020-02-01
        Reoccurring Afterlife
        Diane Severin Nguyen
        past
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        2019-12-14 . . . 2020-02-01
        The Thing
        James T. Hong
        past
        2019
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        2019-09-28 . . . 2019-11-23
        The Bare Life
        Philippe Grandrieux
        past
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        2019-06-22 . . . 2019-09-07
        New Molecules & Stem Cell Retinoid Screen
        Sean Raspet
        past
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        2019-03-26 . . . 2019-06-06
        delete
        Tishan Hsu
        past
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        2019-03-26 . . . 2019-06-06
        Unfinished Return
        Cici Wu
        past
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        2018-12-15 . . . 2019-01-26
        Memento Stella
        Takashi Makino
        past
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        2018-12-15 . . . 2019-01-26
        The Pearl Of Tailorbird
        Rei Hayama
        past
        2018
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        2018-09-22 . . . 2018-11-24
        Gravitational Currents & The Life Magic
        Susanne Winterling
        past
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        2018-06-30 . . . 2018-09-08
        Thresholds of Perception
        Catherine Christer Hennix
        past
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        2018-03-27 . . . 2018-06-02
        Mother Is A Woman
        Jes Fan
        past
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        2018-03-27 . . . 2018-06-02
        Ruthless Logic
        Xavier Cha
        past
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        2017-12-09 . . . 2018-02-03
        Shocking Asia
        C. Spencer Yeh
        past
        2017
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        2017-09-09 . . . 2017-11-18
        Everything Visible Is Empty
        Toshio Matsumoto
        past
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        2017-06-17 . . . 2017-08-26
        Catchy
        Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
        past
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        2017-03-22 . . . 2017-05-27
        Infinite Doors
        Takeshi Murata
        past
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        2016-12-13 . . . 2017-02-17
        CINÉMA CONCRET
        Takashi Makino
        past
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        2016-12-13 . . . 2017-02-17
        Kaya Cynara
        Hans-Henning Korb
        past
        2016
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        2016-03-24 . . . 2016-05-20
        Ancestor Bone Hug
        Amit Desai
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        2015-11-07 . . . 2016-02-06
        The Man Who Sleeps On His Breath
        Edward S. Curtis, Valerio Tricoli
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        2015
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        2015-09-11 . . . 2015-10-21
        Sonorous Objects
        Rolf Julius, Tomoko Sauvage, Rubén D’Hers and Marc Hurtado
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        2015-03-05 . . . 2015-08-15
        Transcendance
        Amit Desai
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    • events
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        2023
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        2023-03-24 . . . 2023-03-25
        20230324 Empty Gallery Annual Rave
        past
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        2023-02-18 . . . 2023-02-19
        Nour Closing Program: Film-Performance
        Raha Raissnia and Charles Curtis
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        2022
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        2022-11-12
        F CLOSING PARTY
        VUNKWAN TAM
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        2022-04-22
        Tishan Hsu and Jes Fan | La Biennale di Venezia
        Traxx, Ron Morelli, Scott Zacharias, Adrian Rew
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        2021
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        2021-07-24
        Easy Listening for The Hard of Seeing
        Xper.Xr
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        2021-03-06
        Webinar | Taro Masushio and Taro Nettleton
        Taro Masushio
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        2020
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        2020-10-03
        Tours of Henry Shum 'Vortices'
        Henry Shum
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        2020-09-05
        ektor garcia, Ruth Asawa and a brief history of crochet
        ektor garcia, Ruth Asawa
        past
        2019
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        2019-12-15
        Screening | John Carpenter's The Thing
        James T. Hong
        past
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        2019-11-30 . . . 2019-12-01
        The Body Electric
        Xper.Xr., Die Angel, Fiesta Brass
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        2019-10-05
        Still House Plants
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        2019-06-23
        Human Formats: Recent Developments in Stem Cell Science and the Plastic Arts
        Dr. Robert Johnston
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        2019-03-20
        Opening Rave | delete & Unfinished Return
        O YAMA O, DJ PYTHON, CARLOS SOUFFRONT, BILL CONVERSE
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        2019-01-26
        Screening | Experimental Films by Rei Hayama
        Rei Hayama
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        2018
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        2018-12-16
        Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki
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        2018-10-27
        Taibach, Billy Bao & NYPD
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        2018-08-31 . . . 2018-09-02
        Chora(s)san Time Court Mirage
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        2018-06-30
        Opening Reception | Thresholds of Perception
        Amir ElSaffar
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        2018-03-31
        Failed Celestial Creatures
        David Grubbs & Taku Unami
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        2018-03-30
        Opening Rave | Ruthless Logic & Mother Is A Woman
        Ahmed, Cera Khin, Mumdance, Logos & Rob Hall
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        2017
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        2017-12-09
        Opening Reception | Shocking Asia
        Violet
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        2017-11-18
        Screening + Closing Reception | Funeral Parade Of Roses
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        2017-10-21
        Reizen / Morishige
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        2017-09-09
        Opening Reception | EVERYTHING VISIBLE IS EMPTY
        Aki Onda
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        2017-08-26
        Closing Reception | CATCHY
        Errorsmith
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        2017-06-17
        Opening Reception | CATCHY
        Thomas Brinkmann × Seijiro Murayama
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        2017-05-27
        Closing Reception | Infinite Doors
        C. SPENCER YEH
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        2017-03-25
        Green Hour, Grey Future
        Reinier Van Houdt
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        2017-03-23
        Une Nuit Sans Sommeil
        Lionel Estève, Jean-Michel Distexhe & Zoë-Louise Estève
        past
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        2017-03-22
        Opening Party | Infinite Doors
        Sissy Spacek, Gabber Eleganza, Lorenzo Senni & Rian Treanor
        past
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        2017-02-18
        Endless Cinema
        Takashi Makino
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        2017-01-21
        Green Music
        Tomoko Sauvage & Francesco Cavaliere
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        2016
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        2016-12-17
        Eli Keszler, Rashad Becker & James Hoff
        past
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        2016-12-09
        EG Reopening Party
        Terre Thaemlitz, Mark Fell, Rian Treanor & Robert Lippok
        past
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        2016-05-21
        Magda Mayas × Tony Buck, dj sniff & Shane Aspegren
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        2016-04-23
        Dialogues
        Ko Ishikawa / Joel Ryan & Jean-Luc Guionnet / Daichi Yoshikawa
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        2016-01-09
        Keiji Haino × John Butcher
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        2015
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        2015-11-21
        Masayoshi Urabe
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        2015-10-24
        Peter Brötzmann
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        2015-09-25 . . . 2015-09-26
        Editions Mego 20th Anniversary
        Fennesz, Klara Lewis, Ilpo Vaisanen & KTL
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        2015-08-15
        [email protected]
        III人
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        2015-06-07
        [email protected]
        Mark Fell × NHK’KOYXEN
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        2015-05-09
        [email protected]
        Suishou No Fune
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        2015-03-14 . . . 2015-03-15
        [email protected]
        Ninos Du Brasil, Eli Kezler, Rashad Becker, NHK’KOYXEN, Lorenzo Senni, Gábor Lázár & Mark Fell
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    • fairs
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        2023
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        2023-03-21 . . . 2023-03-25
        Art Basel Hong Kong 2023
        Tishan Hsu, Jes Fan, Taro Masushio, Henry Shum, Vunkwan Tam and Raha Raissnia
        past
        2022
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        2022-09-02 . . . 2022-09-05
        Frieze Seoul
        Tishan Hsu, Taro Masushio, Vunkwan Tam, Cici Wu
        past
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        2022-06-13 . . . 2022-06-19
        Liste Art Fair
        Xper. Xr
        past
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        2022-05-25 . . . 2022-05-29
        Art Basel Hong Kong
        James T. Hong
        past
        2021
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        2021-10-13 . . . 2021-10-17
        Frieze London
        Jes Fan, Henry Shum
        past
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        2021-09-20 . . . 2021-09-26
        Liste Art Fair Basel
        Taro Masushio
        past
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        2021-05-19 . . . 2021-05-23
        Art Basel Hong Kong
        Tishan Hsu, Taro Masushio, Xper.Xr., Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, James T. Hong
        past
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        2021-02-24 . . . 2021-03-07
        South South Veza
        Rei Hayama
        past
        2020
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        2020-11-26 . . . 2020-11-30
        Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel
        Cici Wu & Xiaofei Mo, Henry Shum
        past
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        2020-11-11 . . . 2020-11-15
        Art021 Shanghai
        Tishan Hsu, Diane Severin Nguyen, John Wu
        past
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        2020-08-20 . . . 2020-08-31
        June Art Fair
        John Ziqiang Wu
        past
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        2020-02-13 . . . 2020-02-16
        Felix Los Angeles
        James T. Hong
        past
        2019
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        2019-11-07 . . . 2019-11-10
        ART021 Shanghai
        Elliott Jun Wright
        past
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        2019-03-29 . . . 2019-03-31
        Art Basel Hong Kong
        Tishan Hsu
        past
        2018
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        2018-05-03 . . . 2018-05-06
        Frieze New York
        Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon
        past
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        2018-03-07 . . . 2018-03-10
        The Armory Show
        Tishan Hsu and Takeshi Murata
        past
    • Editions
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        EE008 . . . . .Taibach
        Taibach
        2020
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        EE009 . . . . .Mein Corona
        Xper.Xr.
        2020
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        EE007 . . . . .Unbegrenzt
        Catherine Christer Hennix
        2020
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        EE006 . . . . .Selections from 100 Models of Hegikan Roku
        The Deontic Miracle
        2019
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        EE004 . . . . .Palina'tufa
        XT (Seymour Wright & Paul Abbott)
        2019
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        EE005 . . . . .Selected Early Keyboard Works
        Catherine Christer Hennix
        2018
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        EE003 . . . . .Failed Celestial Creatures
        David Grubbs & Taku Unami
        2018
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        EE002 . . . . .Intervivos
        Jean–Luc Guionnet & Daichi Yoshikawa
        2018
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        EE001 . . . . .Last Signs of Speed
        Eli Keszler
        2016
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