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Heidi Lau: A Song of Fire and Earth

I arrived late for the summer open house at the Bronx Museum, when security guards had already started to urge people out.  Breaking through the embrace of a lively crowd...


Fancy Animals and Where to Find Them

Since last fall, a stretch of the pedestrian plaza along Broadway in the Garment District has been home to a menagerie of fantastic creatures conjured by Taiwanese artist Hung Yi (洪易)....




Finally Zao – Finally Now

The exhibition No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki at Asia Society shows a wide range of works by the late Chinese-born artist, Zao Wou-Ki.  The works on view include the artist’s paintings, drawings,...


Illustrator Embellishes a MUJI Catalog to Create Fantasies

Known for its normcore style, Japanese brand MUJI exudes Zen purity—the “intrinsic appeal of an object through rationalization and meticulous elimination of excess.”  Its name (which can be translated to “brandless”) and advertising...