Gallery ALL, Los Angeles

The city's new design outpost opens with an exhibition showcasing China's innovative take on contemporary design

The impact of Ai Weiwei’s conceptual works has been immensely responsible for the growing understanding of his personal plight—and that of other artists—in a censored society. Even in these circumstances, artists and designers in China continue to create provocative works that challenge the culture they are living in. Making the case for new innovative design from China, Gallery ALL recently opened in downtown LA’s iconic …

Lee Bul

Utopian labyrinth headlines the South Korean artist's latest exhibition

Acclaimed international artist Lee Bul currently has a show at NYC’s Lehmann Maupin, bringing together futuristic works that are at once massive and meditative. Dealing mainly with what Lee calls our “disappointment about modern life,” the show draws directly from utopian visionaries; chief among them German architect Bruno Taut. Isolation, disappointment and apathy are themes that Lee—a self-confessed hermit—enjoys exploring. Yet somehow Lee’s meditation on …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

NPR joins the internet, SFW adult coloring books, "Tatoueurs, Tatoués" in Paris and more in our weekly look at the web

1. The Electric Eel and Open-Source Sex Toys You can never predict the wild and exciting results of a hackathon, and yet two UPenn students truly changed the game with “Electric Eel.” This Arduino microcontroller-powered sex toy zaps waves of low-voltage electricity through a man’s genitals. Reportedly it causes quite a pleasurable sensation—enough to stimulate, but not enough to burn. This isn’t the first transgressive …