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ArtAsiaPacific Almanac- • ALMANAC 2023 VOL. XVIII
CONTRIBUTORS
ONE STEP AT A TIME
UNSEEING LEAP
I don’t make art – to call what I do art is already a mistake! • A conversation about Swiss artist Heidi Bucher
WHAT IS A “MUSEUM” FOR, ANYWAY?
PROBLEMS OF EUROPE
STRUGGLING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS
LEADING LIGHTS
TOUGH TIMES
RELOCATION SERVICES
GROWING FITS AND PAINS
SERIOUS WINNERS
NEWLY RE-ORDERED
2023 TIMELINE
DEEP FREEZE COMETH
RACE FOR RECOVERY
PARADIGM SHIFT
BEYOND CORPOREAL
Lu Yang
Mire Lee
Ali Cherri
proppaNOW
Jes Fan
Tammy Nguyen
AFTER THE AFTERMATH
THERE AND BACK AGAIN
NEXT STAGE
LIFE IN THE LIMELIGHT
ROOTING, GROUNDING, AND CENTERING
CONFLICTING CYCLES
SOFT POWER, HARD TRUTHS
REIMAGINED HISTORIES
HOLDING ON
DECENTRALIZATION DILEMMA
WITH FEELERS OUT
THE SENSORIAL CITY • An Interview with Munem Wasif
RESOLUTE RESILIENCE
COMING ON STRONG
ELASTICITY AND FLEXIBILITY
LOOKING BEYOND REPAIR
Kathmandu Triennale 2077
23rd Biennale of Sydney
documenta fifteen
Aichi Triennale 2022
11th Busan Biennale
17th Istanbul Biennial
7th Singapore Biennale
Bangkok Art Biennale 2022
59TH VENICE BIENNALE
PARALLEL REALITIES
Daniel Boyd Treasure Island
Shinro Ohtake
Haneyl Choi Manner
Yayoi Kusama 1945 to Now
Jaffa Lam Chasing an Elusive Nature
Jitish Kallat Order of Magnitude
Aref El Rayess Works 1960–1988
Jumana Manna Break, Take, Erase, Tally
Danh Vo, Isamu Noguchi, Park Seo-Bo
Christopher Kulendran Thomas Another World
Tala Madani Biscuits
Carlos Villa Worlds in Collision
Hito Steyerl A Sea of Data
The Wild Eighties Dawn of a Transdisciplinary Taiwan
Angela Lyn On the Edge of Time
Dayanita Singh Dancing with My Camera
UP NEXT
2023 Fairs and festivals to keep the art world spinning