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Queer East Festival 2026 London Interview With Yi Wang

Queer East Festival 2026 London Interview With Yi Wang

Published by Daniella Wilson

London’s Queer East Festival is back for its seventh edition, showcasing cinema and performing arts in venues across the British capital from May 1 to June 6. The annual exploration of East and Southeast Asia’s ever-evolving queer landscape will kick off at the Barbican with the U.K. premiere of the landmark 4K restoration of the 1986 Taiwanese film The Outsiders, the first screen adaptation of Pai Hsien-Yung’s groundbreaking novel Crystal Boys, which was directed by Yu Kan-Ping. The restored version includes previously censored material, with the Queer East Festival vowing to present it “in its full, hallucinatory glory.” Among other highlights of the seventh edition include the likes of Park Joon-ho’s 3670, which the fest calls “a milestone in South Korean queer cinema, portraying the hidden codes of Seoul’s gay scene,” Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature debut and Thailand’s international Oscar submission A Useful Ghost, a Thai feature skewering “the establishment and cultural hypocrisy,” Xiaodan He’s Montreal, My Beautiful, starring screen icon Joan Chen in a cinematic journey of self-discovery, Jota Mun’s Between Goodbyes, as documentary about queer adoption and the legacy of South Korea’s overseas adoption …

The Greatest Documentary You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Wang Bing’s Nine-Hour Tie Xi Qu

The Greatest Documentary You’ve Never Heard Of: An Introduction to Wang Bing’s Nine-Hour Tie Xi Qu

Published by José Betancourt

The Chi­nese film­mak­er Wang Bing’s ‘Til Mad­ness Do Us Part, a doc­u­men­tary about a men­tal insti­tu­tion in Yun­nan, runs three hours and 48 min­utes. Beau­ty Lives in Free­dom, on the life of impris­oned artist Gao Ertai, is five and a half hours long; Dead Souls, on the sur­vivors of a hard-labor camp in the Gobi Desert, eight hours and fif­teen min­utes. Even if you know noth­ing else of his work, you may get the impres­sion that Wang isn’t the most shame­less­ly com­mer­cial of film­mak­ers. The extreme dura­tion of some of his movies sure­ly make them a hard sell, as do his grim choic­es of sub­ject mat­ter. But if you want to under­stand the trans­for­ma­tion of mod­ern Chi­na, you could hard­ly find a rich­er body of cin­e­mat­ic work. In the video essay above, YouTu­ber Ken Dai extols the virtues of Wang’s first film: Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, whose more than nine hours of footage depict the last years of the tit­u­lar indus­tri­al dis­trict of Shenyang. Wang draws them from the more than 300 hours …

Patron Gallery Adds Miao Wang to Its Roster—and More Industry Moves

Patron Gallery Adds Miao Wang to Its Roster—and More Industry Moves

Published by José Betancourt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Industry Moves Patron Gallery Adds Miao Wang to Its Roster: The Chicago-based painter will be featured in a two-artist presentation with Alice Tippit at Expo Chicago next week. Open Restitution Africa Launches AI-Powered Restitution Data Platform: The initiative has released a publicly accessible, bilingual database, alongside an AI tool that allows communities, researchers, and cultural professionals to query the archive for practical guidance on return processes. Related Articles Jessica Silverman Adds Koak to Its Roster: The California-based Neo-Pop painter will have her first solo show with the San Francisco gallery in March 2027. A selection of her work will appear at Expo Chicago next week. Sundaram Tagore Gallery Opens London Space: With spaces in New York and Singapore, the gallery known for its focus on diasporic artists will open a multilevel space on Pall Mall featuring two floors of exhibition space, a private viewing room, and a venue for screenings and performances. Anat Ebgi Adds Veronica Fernandez to Its Roster: The Los Angeles–based painter has previously shown with Night Gallery, Pippy Houldsworth, and …

China FM Wang Yi tells Iran counterpart ‘talks better than fighting’

China FM Wang Yi tells Iran counterpart ‘talks better than fighting’

Published by Sam Flores

BEIJING: China’s top diplomat urged his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday (Mar 24) that “talking is always better” than fighting, after Tehran denied Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations were underway. The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has spiralled throughout the Middle East and caused a worsening energy bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, the route for about a fifth of global crude shipments. The US president said on Monday his administration was speaking with an unidentified “top person” among Iran’s leadership, as he extended by five days a deadline to hit the country’s power plants. But Tehran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf insisted “no negotiations” were taking place, accusing Trump of seeking “to manipulate the financial and oil markets”. Beijing remains a key partner of Iran, but has said it “does not go along” with Tehran’s strikes on Gulf states hosting US bases and has urged a ceasefire. According to China’s foreign ministry, Wang Yi told Abbas Araghchi he hoped “all parties can seize every opportunity and window for …

Watch: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi fields questions on foreign policy

Watch: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi fields questions on foreign policy

Published by Sam Flores

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi held a press conference on Sunday (Mar 8) on the sidelines of the country’s biggest annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions. It comes at a time of heightened global tensions, with an escalating Iran war. Wang said US-China dialogue is vital to preventing globally damaging miscalculations.  “Failure to engage between the two nations would only lead to misunderstandings and misjudgements, escalating toward confrontation and harming the world,” China’s top diplomat said. With the US president focused on the war he and Israel launched against Iran, analysts are watching for signs that his meeting with President Xi Jinping this month will go ahead. China has not previously announced the summit, expected for the end of the month. “The agenda for high-level exchanges (with the US) is on the table,” Wang said. “What is required is for both sides to make thorough preparations to create a conducive environment to manage existing differences,” he added, without giving further details. Source link

Vera Wang, 76, and daughter Josephine ‘look like sisters’ in rare new photo of the duo at the Olympics

Vera Wang, 76, and daughter Josephine ‘look like sisters’ in rare new photo of the duo at the Olympics

Published by Daniella Wilson

Vera Wang cheered on Team U.S.A. alongside her daughter Josephine, “Jojo” at the Olympics. The fashion designer has been posting a plethora of behind-the-scenes pictures during her time in Milan, Italy the past two weeks. © Instagram One carousel stole the attention of fans because it featured her daughter and herself posing with ice skater Madison Chock. The duo were seen keeping it casual chic, while watching the competitive games. Jojo sported an adorable white Ralph Lauren Polo Bear sweater with Team U.S.A. gear on him, along with dark denim and turquoise Adidas Samba sneakers. Vera was seen wearing a checkered gray and white sweater, black leggings, black knee-high boots, and a black cap. © Instagram Madison donned a navy-blue sweater with the American flag, the Olympics logo and U.S.A.  on it, as the trio posed in a private suite overlooking the rink. The mogul captioned the post: “SO THRILLED TO BE WITH MY DAUGHTER JOJO AND HONORED TO BE WATCHING THE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING WITH THE GREAT MADISON CHOCK AND EVAN BATES!” The Olympian commented: …

China Charges Former AstraZeneca Regional Head Leon Wang

China Charges Former AstraZeneca Regional Head Leon Wang

Published by Sam Flores

Feb 11 (Reuters) – China has officially charged ⁠AstraZeneca’s ⁠former regional head, Leon ⁠Wang, who was detained by authorities in the ​country more than a year ago in relation to probes into the ‌drugmaker’s business. The company confirmed Wang’s ‌indictment to Reuters on Wednesday, a day after disclosing that ⁠Chinese ⁠prosecutors had charged a former executive vice president and a ​former senior employee in November, without naming them. They were both charged with “unlawful collection of personal information, illegal trade and medical insurance fraud,” the company ​said on Tuesday. AstraZeneca’s shares sharply fell after Wang’s detention was announced ⁠in ⁠October 2024, following probes ⁠by ​China into the company’s executives, and alleged medical insurance fraud and importation ​of cancer drugs ⁠from Hong Kong. The stock has recovered since, after signs that the impact of the probes could be minor and a series of robust results. AstraZeneca has also overhauled local leadership in China. It named ⁠a new international executive vice president to replace Wang in December ⁠2024. The company said last November it had prepaid about …