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The Arts Intel Report

Mai-Thu Perret: News From Nowhere

Jan 10 – May 25, 2020

Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret dreams of escaping the horrors of capitalism for a fictionalized Eden, where socialism is the doctrine and men are not much around. Naming the exhibition after William Morris’s novel of 1890, Perret was inspired by Morris’s vision, and she interweaves his with her own, creating colorful abstract tapestries, and ceramics that suggest Matisse cutouts. —E.C.

Mai-Thu Perret, “News From Nowhere,” Installation view, 2020. Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong. Photo: Kitmin Lee.