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Shanghai Eye will be away at the Art HK event for a few days, so this site will be quiet for the duration.

Here are some random links in the meantime:

FT preview of Art HK
Intelligence Squared, the London-based global forum for intellectual and cultural debate, is also staging its inaugural debate in Asia during ART HK 09 on May 15. The motion “Finders, not keepers! Cultural treasures belong in their country of origin” is particularly topical in light of the continuing dispute over the looted Imperial Chinese bronzes sold from the collection of Yves Saint Laurent. There will be plenty to nourish the brain; as for the feast for the eyes, the fair flourishes the likes of Francis Bacon, Giacometti, Antony Gormley, Cai Guo-Qiang, Jitish Kallat, Anish Kapoor, Takashi Murakami, Gerhard Richter and Ai Weiwei.
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Mass unrest across China apparently. You’d not notice in Shanghai, though I did spot a bit of bother over a bike parking space.

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12 artists to watch??

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CCTV tells us there are now some government designated ‘cultural spots’ in shanghai ready for the world expo. So please report to the designated spots for your designated government approved culture please. Or else. No really, please move along….what do you mean you don’t have a visa? Quick arrest this person, and…
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Pig flu, bird flu? whatever, sigh, reaches China.
Cue newsroom panic. Totally not related, but did you know the Channel Tunnel on the British side has two large flood gates? At the press of a button the entire tunnel floods. Totally zombie proof British construction effort.

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Apparently the financial crisis is still on. Hmm, forgot about it for a minute due to pig flu fears, but seems its back. Buy more stuff.

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Despite rumours to the contrary apparently SH Contemporary is definitely on this year, Sept 9th.It’ll just be a bit smaller.

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ENDS…