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Francesca Leiper

For Art's Sake

Calligraphy or What?

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A room full of calligraphy can be heavy going on the untrained eye, but this month AMNUA eases us in with a stimulating exhibition of works by Japanese calligrapher Yu-Ichi. Bold, vigorous characters mark their territory on the walls...
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Saving Face; the Art of Surveillance

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Some days it’s hard not to envy the “baoan” (security guard) where I live as I heave tearing plastic bags up seven flights to my flat. Sat with his flask, filled as much with tea leaves as water, he...
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Virtual Art Exhibition vs. Child Poverty Relief

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For 10 consecutive days this summer, Aha School took 130,000 Chinese children on a virtual tour of some of the world’s greatest museums, from the Louvre to the Guggenheim, the Vatican to Tokyo’s National Science Museum. ...
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Archi-Capital; Gems in Nanjing

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It both surprises and delights me that after living in Nanjing for 2 years I still regularly come across unexpected and intriguing architecture on the streets I tread every day. That is not because I walk head down, consumed...
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Hip-Hopaganda; This is China

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Four young lads huddle round a mixing deck in Chengdu. Flat caps, groomed eyebrows and baby’s bottom chins. They could be TF Boys in their twenties, but then again that would make it 2027. They are in fact a...
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Viva Chinese Arte Viva!

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“Artists die generation by generation, but art is immortal,” said Qiu Zhijie to Cafa Art in April. Curator of the China pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, Qiu will explore the immortality of Chinese art through an interaction of...
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Shattering Glass, Shattering Earth

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Chairman Mao famously said, “Women hold up half the sky”. If by “sky” he was in some small way also referring to the “Chinese art world”, then unfortunately the saying holds a little less truth. Historically,...
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No Messing with Our Heads

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Twenty-eight million euros was the winning bid for the two bronze animal heads. Once prized imperial treasures of Emperor Qianlong, the two heads, one rabbit and one rat, featured at a Christie’s sale in Paris in 2009. ...
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About Me

Francesca Leiper, from Scotland, was a columnist at the Nanjinger. She studied art history at Nanjing University of the Arts and is fascinated by Nanjing’s Republican-era architecture. Francesca Leiper来自苏格兰，目前是南京人杂志的专栏作家。她就读于南京艺术学院艺术史专业，对南京民国时期的建筑非常着迷。
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