On the International Museum Day, 18 May, 2019, TANK Shanghai held a talk about the 58th  International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, in order to share the latest news of the art world. In this talk, we invited artist Liu Wei, curator Karen Smith, Publisher Dan Cao, Leo Xu–Senior Director of David Zwirner, Wang Zi–the founder of Antenna Space and Zhibing Qiao–the founder of TANK Shanghai.

When introducing the title of the 58th International Art Exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times, Ralph Rugoff, Curator of the 58th International Art Exhibition, explains that “yet at a moment when the digital dissemination of fake news and ‘alternative facts’ is corroding political discourse and the trust on which it depends, it is worth pausing whenever possible to reassess our terms of reference”. Ralph adds that “the 58th International Art Exhibition will not have a theme per se, but will highlight a general approach to making art and a view of art’s social function as embracing both pleasure and critical thinking”.