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Fan 🎙️ Interview with Atelier Biagetti First published on Harper's Bazaar Art China

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First published on Il giornale dell'arte Wang Yuyang brings two works to the Chinese Pavilion for this year's Venice Biennale: Quarterly from the “Wang Yuyang#” series, which hangs from the center of the ceiling, and Snowman from the "Untitled" series, which is presented in the small garden outside the pavilion. The artist, born in Harbin, China's "ice city" in 1979, constantly explores the interaction between "human" and "object" in his creations.The artist's search begins with his skepticism of preconceived concepts of reality, of the obvious truth, of common sense, and of established standards. The first time of his work shown in Italy was in 2008, at the exhibition " China China China !!!" at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Then, he returned to Florence in 2019 for his solo exhibition Lucciole per Lanterne which held in Museo del Novecento. This trip to Venice is his first presentati...

Yang Fan:  There is no doubt that the Fondation Beyeler is an incredible success. This year it will celebrate its 25th anniversary, as an important participant, from your perspective, what do you think of its development? Sam Keller: The museum founders had a very clear vision: the Fondation Beyeler should be an open and lively museum that can inspire a broad public for international modern and contemporary art of high quality. A museum that, in addition to intimate personal experiences with art, provides cultural education and offers an ideal place for human interaction and exchange. This approach is as relevant today as it was then, and we continue to try to live up to this vision, adapting and further developing it in a rapidly changing era. It has its peculiarities, how do you keep attracting so many visitors to the town to visit it? The Fondation Beyeler is a museum of modern and contemporary art and we are open 365 days a year. It i...

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