ArtAsiaPacific

For over 20 years, ArtAsiaPacific has been at the forefront of the powerful creative forces that shape contemporary art from Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East. Covering the latest in contemporary visual culture, ArtAsiaPacific is published in Hong Kong, with over 30 editorial desks worldwide. Our annual issue, the Almanac, is an alphabetical tour d'horizon of the 67-odd countries covered in ArtAsiaPacific, spanning Afghanistan to Vietnam. The Almanac also invites influential art world figures to comment on the major cutural events that have shaped the past 12 months. Now also available on the iPhone!

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Contributors

Fire in the Heart

Monira Al Qadiri on Yukio Mishima

Networked China • Original Sins

AWARDS

OBITUARIES

M+ Museum of Visual Culture Opens in Hong Kong

LEARNING FROM LICHENS • In 2021, the Point asks writers to imagine post-pandemic futures. Below, curator and artist Taeyoon Choi proposes an alternative model for virtual networks that facilitates care and equity instead of violence and stratification.

BOOSTER SEASON

Rare Goods • Sales in New York and Hong Kong saw big spending on masterworks, especially those appearing at auction for the first time. Meanwhile, prices for trendy crypto-art continue to soar.

Reawakenings • Excitement escalated as major international fairs in the United States and Europe returned in person at scales close to those of pre-pandemic times. Sales results at these events suggested that collectors’ appetites did not shrink during lockdowns. In Hong Kong, a boutique event offered an eclectic mix of works, with uneven results.

REGIONS OF FOCUS

Bobby Yu Shuk Pui • HONG KONG/OSLO

Kyra Mancktelow • BRISBANE

Yao Cong • BEIJING/XI’AN/SHANGHAI

WHAT ALTERNATIVE? • The rise of independent art spaces in pandemic-era Shanghai

WHEN ARCHIVE BECOMES FORM • Or, how to live in Ha Bik Chuen’s head

Legacies of Dissent LESLIE DE CHAVEZ

Dancing between Domains CHOY KA FAI

A VOICE FROM THE SILENCE • An unexploded bomb left in a forest since the Vietnam War wonders at reincarnation. A child at the end of the world converses with a bodhisattva statue about god. Spirits of extinct animals debate the overthrow of humans. These characters populate the moving-image works of Tuan Andrew Nguyen. I caught up with the Ho Chi Minh City-based artist to discuss his recent projects, and how their complexly orchestrated polyphony uncovers hidden narratives, conflicts, and discursive modes of resistance.

DISCIPLE OF NATURE

BANI ABIDI

YAO QINGMEI

LEE KAI CHUNG

Made Men • Going Back to Steven Shearer’s World

ITINERARY

ART DIRECTORY • A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES AND GALLERIES IN ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PACIFIC, AND AROUND THE WORLD.

Errata

Camille Henrot Is Today Tomorrow

11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale: “One Escape at a Time”

Yee I-Lann Until We Hug Again

I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih Shards of My Dreams That Remain in My Consciousness

Once Upon a Time Inconceivable

So long, thanks again for the fish

NORRTÄLJE • Norrtälje Konsthall

Ho Rui An The Ends of a Long Boom

Nairy Baghramian Misfits

Taysir Batniji Quelques bribes arrachées au vide qui se creuse

Sawangwongse Yawnghwe Cappuccino in Exile

GEOFICTIONS: WORK IN PROGRESS

THE EXTREME SELF

MINOR CHINA: METHOD, MATERIALISMS, AND THE AESTHETIC

CHILA KUMARI SINGH BURMAN • A Bright Light

Re- / De- / Un- / Co- Learning