In Venice and Shanghai, Wallace Chan Presents a Vision of Buddhist Maximalism

In the 1990s, the Hong Kong–based artist Wallace Chan purged all his earthly possessions to live as a Buddhist monk for six months. But since then, he has swapped austerity for exuberance, channeling his spirituality into glittering works of art. After studying metal intently for eight years, he found himself pioneering new techniques in titanium. And for his two-venue summer show, “Vessels of Other Worlds”—on view both in Venice at the Pietà Chapel and in Shanghai