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
What Lies Beneath
Leung Chi Wo on Christian Boltanski
Bangkok Creating a livable city
Cultural Voices in Solidarity with Iranian Women
AWARDS
OBITUARIES
Southern Realignment • Autumn auctions confirm Singapore’s promising place in the Asian art market with Southeast Asian masters breaking records, while Hong Kong’s back-to-back sales lagged behind last year’s results. In New York—and across the season—mid-range pieces outshone leading lots as buyers indulge on rising stars instead of blue chip players.
New Hotspots • As pandemic restrictions gradually eased in the Asia-Pacific region, many cities embraced the full return of physical fairs. In Jakarta and Sydney, sales floors were even livelier than pre-pandemic times, with crowds keen to buy and see artworks in person. Frieze Seoul—perhaps the most anticipated art fair in Asia this year—attracted overseas buyers and launched a new art season in the Korean capital, the latest hotspot in the region.
The Re-Turning World
Reforming Relationships in the Classroom
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
TAKING ON TRADITION
QUEERING THE DOT
RADHIKA KHIMJI Embodying the Mind’s Eye
Land of Shadows Fertilized with Unbridled Memories
STITCHED, PADDED, AND LAYERED SENSES OF SELF
CRISSCROSSING TIME
MIKA ROTTENBERG AND MAHYAD TOUSI
RIYA CHANDIRAMANI
CHANG YOONG CHIA
How can you feel something that you cannot see? • An interview with Yehudit Sasportas on the blind spots in our system
59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams
17th Istanbul Biennial
Dane Mitchell Unknown Affinities
Pipilotti Rist Behind Your Eyelid
Walking the Crack
Aquifer
Carved Conversations
Forming Communities: Berliner Wege
Do Ho Suh
Ken Lum Death and Furniture
Tala Madani Biscuits
ITINERARY
VOYAGES THROUGH TIME
HENRY SHUM • The problems and pleasures of oil on canvas
JES FAN Nature and Nurture