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!
Dragons, Hydra and the 21st Century
Contributors
MAP Office on Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba • The ocean and the runner
Ai Weiwei’s Beijing Studio Torn Down
B Movie Synopsis
Knowledge Is King
Where Art Thou?
Up and Down
Back with a Bang?
Latitudes and Longitudes
Global Curatorial Futures • Curating in the future
Rising Generation • Collecting in the future
Double Time
Architect of Virtuality
Between Future and Fiction
FUTURE CITIES • Urban dispatches from five artists and writers in 2050
9 AUGUST 2050, SINGAPORE
BANGALORE 1/5K!
NEOM 2050
SHENZHEN: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE 2050
ABEXIST-ENCE: THE GALAXY OF PRESENCE IN 21ST-CENTURY SEOUL
FUTURE INSTITUTIONS • What will cultural programming in museums look like in 2050? Five professionals offer their visions
FORM FOLLOWS PROGRAMMING
FUTURE PRESENT: PRACTICING THE COMMONS AS KONGS 共/空
INSTITUTION AS AN ECOLOGICAL PLATFORM
GLAM INTERFACES IN 2050
ART OF THE POSSIBLE
FUTURE MARKETS • International gallerists speculate on buying, selling and distributing art in 2050
YOUNG & EMERGING • New Narratives
THEN AND NOW • A look back through our archives, from 1993 to 2017
HOW TO SEE [WHAT ISN’T THERE]
ZAO WOU-KI • SPACE IS SILENCE
Sun Xun
KARRABING FILM COLLECTIVE • THE MERMAIDS: MIRROR WORLDS
ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE 2018
HO TZU NYEN • ONE OR SEVERAL WORKS
LIN TIANMIAO • SYSTEMS
XU BING • THOUGHT AND METHOD
IN SEARCH OF SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH THE M+ COLLECTIONS
PAUL PFEIFFER • INCARNATOR
SHILPA GUPTA • FOR, IN YOUR TONGUE, I CAN NOT FIT
SILENCE
EKO NUGROHO • PLASTIC DEMOCRACY
LEE BUL • CRASHING
REZA ABDOH
Out of the Past • The rediscovery, persistence and annulment of culture is the basis for three books that encompass fictional narratives, social commentary and stargazing
ART DIRECTORY 110 • A comprehensive guide to the contemporary arts in Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and around the world.
Mit Jai Inn • A spirit of sharing gives life to the artist’s Chiang Mai studio
Flesh and Spirit and Advanced Lessons for Buying at Auction
Ma Qiusha • In our next issue, we examine the multimedia work of Ma Qiusha, who explores the social realities of modern China