Record. Repeat. Considered the first Chinese artist to work in video, Zhang Peili (born 1957) is a pioneering figure in the history of contemporary art. Zhang’s distinctive videos focus on the repetition of actions—breaking a mirror, reading, washing, looking out the window, and dancing—that are familiar yet rendered disorienting through Zhang’s use of perspective, close-ups,…

The leitmotiv for The New Art Fest 2020 probably comes less from an expected linguistic game, than from the title of a seminal work by Chinese conceptual artist Xu Tan: Made in China. Nearly a hundred and fifty works were being set up throughout the museum. Xu was contributing an installation called “Made in China,”…