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!

CONTRIBUTORS

Unfinished Business

True Believers

FRIENDS ABROAD

Heaven Can Wait

States of Urgency

Coast to Coast

The Honorable

#MeToo

Out in the Open

First Looks

The Acclaimed

New Stops

2017 TIMELINE

Saving the World

BEYOND LEONARDO

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Five Plus One • Innovations at the Intersections

Rasheed Araeen

teamLab

Lisa Reihana

Song Dong

Melati Suryodarmo

Martha Atienza

Work-Life Balance

AFGHANISTAN

ARMENIA

AUSTRALIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BHUTAN

BRUNEI

CAMBODIA

CHINA

EAST TIMOR

GEORGIA

HONG KONG

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ

ISRAEL

JAPAN

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA, NORTH

KOREA, SOUTH

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAOS

LEBANON

MACAU

MALAYSIA

MALDIVES

MONGOLIA

MYANMAR

NEPAL

NEW ZEALAND

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PALESTINE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PHILIPPINES

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA

SINGAPORE

SRI LANKA

SYRIA

TAIWAN

TAJIKISTAN

THAILAND

TURKEY

TURKMENISTAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UZBEKISTAN

VIETNAM

YEMEN

Against the Odds

YAYOI KUSAMA

AARON SEETO

NATASHA GINWALA

SULTAN SOOUD AL-QASSEMI

PATRICK SUN

SIMON MORDANT

Climate of Concern

SHARJAH BIENNIAL 13 • “Tamawuj”

DOCUMENTA 14

SHANGHAI PROJECT, CHAPTER 2 • “Seeds of Time”

15TH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL • “a good neighbour”

57TH VENICE BIENNALE

Deep Focus

Galleries

Museums

In Line

Between the Lines

2018 Up next – a world of exhibitions, festivals and art fairs