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!

Elemental Forces

Women Speak Out • Ten female artists submit statements on their experiences with sexual harassment and sexism

Contributors

Brook Andrew on Jimmie Durham • Contemplating the stones that have demolished cars

Phnom Penh • Alternative narratives thrive in creative communities

Palestinian Cultural Figure and Activist Detained • West Bank cultural figures have long expressed indignation toward Israel’s occupation of Palestine through their art.

Navigating Laws and Accessibility in Exhibition Practices

Follow Your Nose

Where Art Thou?

Optimal Outlook

The Far View

Around the World

Growing Pains • Three early-career artists resist canonical stereotypes embedded in discourse around gender, identity and race

Man, Machine or Dragonfly? • Xu Bing’s first major film production flopped in the box office, but it excels in its exploration of a cyber-connected future

Beyond Infrastructures • Independent community engagement in Metro Manila

Unparalleled Visions

Sustained Support

Changing Spaces

Decisive Moments

Grand Designs

Ahead of the Curve

KWOK MANG-HO

JUMANA EMIL ABBOUD

LANDSCAPES SCARRED AND RENEWED

INAS HALABI

ANDREW LUK

KIM HEECHEON

KARRABING FILM COLLECTIVE

GENEVIEVE CHUA

THEN AND NOW • A look back through our archives, from 1993 to 2017

THE ARTIST AS MIRROR HOLDER • THE “SELF” AND “OTHERS” AS REFLECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ART OF DEBE SHAM

ART AND CHINA AFTER 1989 • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

PROBLEM-WISDOM • Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

LISA REIHANA • Campbelltown Arts Centre

SIXTH ASIAN ART BIENNIAL • National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

REENACTING HISTORY • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

JOSEPH BEUYS AND NAM JUNE PAIK • HOW Art Museum

KOHEI NAWA • Arario Gallery

YIN XIUZHEN • Pace

THE WEIGHT OF LIGHTNESS • M+ Pavilion

JAKARTA BIENNALE 2017 • Various locations

CHEN WEI • Ota Fine Arts

ARTISTERIUM 2017 • Tbilisi History Museum

RAED YASSIN • Marfa’

HOME BEIRUT. SOUNDING THE NEIGHBORS • MAXXI

RASHEED ARAEEN • Van Abbemuseum

BASMA ALSHARIF • Mosaic Rooms

AHMED MATER • Brooklyn Museum

NOBORU TAKAYAMA • Kayne Griffin Corcoran

When Worlds Collide • An artist tome references experiences long past, while an essayistic book looks to the near future

ART DIRECTORY 107 • A comprehensive guide to the contemporary arts in Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and around the world.

Jawad al-Malhi • A studio in Ramallah serves as a place of reflection on life inside a refugee camp

The Artist Pension Trust and the Price of Trusting Others

Hon Chi Fun • In the next issue, the life and work of one of Hong Kong’s leading Modern artists, from his landscape studies to his more abstract works, are revealed.