Published work

From the archive- the Shanghai Eye Ezine

Jan 25th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
Zhongyuan Wang

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THE VERY FIRST SHANGHAI EYE EZINE
Well hopefully this works, Shanghai Eye has dug out the very first Shanghai Eye Ezine, circa 2003….
If you click on the link you can download the pdf file…NB you need to click on the ‘dow...


Ai Weiwei interview (Dec. 2009)- full text

Jan 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

Here is the full text of latest published Ai Weiwei interview, published in the latest edition (Jan 2010) of the Art Newspaper
Ai Weiwei Feature
The Art Newspaper visited Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on a cold Saturday afternoon this November,...


Shenzhen Biennale article

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
Shenzhen Biennale article

Here’s my Shenzhen Biennale piece for the Art Newspaper
See here for the interview marathon that happened later

The third edition of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture opened early December. As a biennale it ha...


Chinese scroll painting sells for close to $25 million

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
Chinese scroll painting sells for close to $25 million

Here’s an article for latest edition of the Art Newspaper
Records broken at Chinese sales of traditional artworks

Antique and traditional Chinese artworks sold at mainland China auctions have seen a huge increase in interest at Autu...


Shanghai Eye on local Shanghai tv

Jan 11th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Shanghai Eye on local Shanghai tv

Erm, OK, here it is, my moment of fame on local TV.

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Chinese art 2008-2009

Dec 19th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

This article was supported and commissioned by the DSL Collection

Work Report: An overview of the Chinese contemporary art scene 2008-2009 by Chris Gill
The modern relationship of art versus society in an ever changing turbulent landscape...


Shanghai Eye interview with Ai Weiwei: “Art is not enough”

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Shanghai Eye interview with Ai Weiwei: “Art is not enough”

The latest shanghai eye interview with Ai Weiwei up at the art newspaper here.

NB: its six tons of sunflower seeds
NB: users don’t ‘hack into’ twitter, they use VPNs or proxies
(subs, sigh…)

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纯真年代的夺宝奇兵

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Paintblog, Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

Chinese text from article on Stolen Treasures show in Modern Weekly, by Aimee Lin. The author was at a meeting during the early stages of organising the show, so was/is very familiar with it, which is good.
纯真年代的夺宝奇兵
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Stolen Treasures show in Modern Weekly

Dec 2nd, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Paintblog, Published work, Random Shanghai stuff...
Stolen Treasures show in Modern Weekly

There is a two page feature in this week’s Modern Weekly on the Stolen Treasures show. Publication Type: Weekly Newspaper. Language: Chinese. Circulation: 490000. Tone: Positive.

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China tightens up, censors, artworks for export

Nov 7th, 2009 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
China tightens up, censors, artworks for export

Full text of this piece for this month’s Art Newspaper, I think it went on the front page:
China tightens up, censors, artworks for export

Gao Brother’s work, photo from www.zonaeuropa.com.
Following China’s recent top...