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ArtAsiaPacific Almanac • Almanac 2020 Vol. XV
Contributors
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
STRANGELY TOGETHER
Tavares Strachan: Beyond the Horizon • A conversation between curator Neville Wakefield and multidisciplinary artist Tavares Strachan that took place in the shadow of the American Museum of Natural History in the dog days of a New York summer.
RAISING THE BAR
AGE OF AQUARIUS
STANDING TALL
IN MEMORIAM
SYSTEM FAILURES
THE EBB AND FLOW
ON THE MAP
AT THE CREST
ART CARAVAN
2019 TIMELINE
KAWSIFICATION
TRENDING NOW
TOPSY TURVY
HISTORY BECOMES US
Ma Qiusha
Ho Tzu Nyen
Siah Armajani
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Candice Lin
Phan Thao Nguyen • One to Watch
20/20 VISION
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
Li Zhenhua • Li Zhenhua is a Beijing- and Zurich-based artist, curator, and producer. He is a founder and director of Laboratory Art Beijing, co-founder of Shanghai’s Chronus Art Center, and curator for Art Basel Hong Kong’s Film program.
Tom Tandio • Tom Tandio is a businessman and an art collector who has been closely involved in both national and international exhibitions. He currently the fair director of Art Jakarta.
Han Nefkens The Art of Saying No • Han Nefkens is a writer and founder of the Barcelona-based Han Nefkens Foundation.
Clara Cheung • Clara Cheung is an artist-curator and the founder of the independent art space C&G Artpartment in Hong Kong. She is a Wan Chai District Councilor from 2020 to 2024.
Jason Wee • Jason Wee is an artist, writer, and curator working between contemporary art, architecture, poetry, and photography. Wee is the founder and director of Grey Projects, an artists’ space, library, and residency that focuses on curatorship, new writing, design propositions, and art.
NO TURNING BACK THE TIDES
Sharjah Biennial 14 • Leaving the Echo Chamber
16th Istanbul Biennial • The Seventh Continent
7th Asian Art Biennial • The Strangers from beyond the Mountain and the Sea
Singapore Biennale 2019 • Every Step in the Right Direction
58th Venice...