An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including brandishing of white paper and white artworks; denuded Kherson art museum in Ukraine; and how the arts can be a source for political change.
The article reports that a blank, white sheet of A4 paper used by protesters in China has taken worldwide resonance as it depicts the frustrations and hopes restrained under repressive regimes and censorship. It mentions that Chinese artist Xiao Lu states that blank sheet has an existential meaning. It states that blank paper echoes of abstract minimalist Robert Ryman's 1960s series of untitled white paintings.
The article announces the selection of Martin Bethenod as director of Palazzo Grazzi, an art gallery owned by billionaire François Pinault in Venice, Italy.
Published
2010
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