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!

The Art of Listening

ArtAsiaPacific

Contributors

SANTIAGO BOSE BARE NECESSITIES

Htein Lin on Antony Gormley

Milan • Global at last

Aichi Triennale Shuts Down Censorship Show

Thinking Outside the (Fair) Box • Throughout 2019, The Point explores new models for operating in the art market. For this issue, we asked Heather Hubbs to explore how gallery-focused organizations and art fairs can adapt to instability.

Seeking Enlightenment

Where Art Thou?

Playing Safe

Top Heavy

ON THE HORIZON

SHAPING IDENTITIES

THE DE-SATIRIZED ZONE • The winner of ArtAsiaPacific’s second annual Young Writers Contest looks at the limits on free speech in contemporary art from South Korea

THE ANCESTRAL TURN • Against speculative genealogies, towards critical kinships

PATRIZIA SANDRETTO RE REBAUDENGO • The Commissioner

SYDNEY SHEN • Provoking the Master

iNCi FURNi • The Psychology of Inaction

IN THE EAR OF THE BEHOLDER • LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN

Remembering Okwui Enwezor

Okwuchukwu Emmanuel Enwezor

A memory of a singular, triumphant spirit for our time

What do you think of Hong Kong, now, and tomorrow, etc.?

FILMMAKING AS RESISTANT POETIC AMPLITUDE • A CONVERSATION WITH NGUYEN TRINH THI

CHRISTINE SUN KIM

NAOMI BLACKLOCK

DYLAN MIRA

JOYCE HO

Timothy Curtis: Facial Recognition

ART DIRECTORY • A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PACIFIC, AND AROUND THE WORLD.

Itinerary

Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion

Agatha Gothe-Snape and Wrong Solo Certain Situations

ACT Festival 2019: FoodHack

Chiharu Shiota The Soul Trembles

Wu Shanzhuan Today Became a Holiday

Sim Chi Yin One Day We’ll Understand

The Racing Will Continue, The Dancing Will Stay

Manuel Ocampo Ideological Mash-Up/Remix

Bani Abidi They Died Laughing

Geumhyung Jeong Homemade RC Toy

Wong Ping Heart Digger

Mrinalini Mukherjee Phenomenal Nature

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige On Scams

Where the Sea Remembers

Alternative Perspectives

SOUTH HO SIU NAM • Forces of a city are traced in images around the artist’s studio

On Board with Good Business

JUDY FREYA SIBAYAN • Archiving a life’s work