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!
Dreams of Progress
ArtAsiaPacific
Contributors
Amsterdam • Postcolonial Processes
Art as Multispecies Vibrancy
AWARDS
OBITUARIES
First Reawakenings Across the Asia Pacific
More than Elbows Bumping
Sung Tieu on Mary Kelly
Feeding Frenzy
The New Normal
UNDAUNTED BY DISTANCE
BENEATH THE SURFACE
THE YEAR OF THE RAT
The body is political; politics is embodied ANGELA TIATIA
ARTHUR DE VILLEPIN Path of Self-discovery
JOVEN CUANANG A Second Life
Mai-Thu Perret: I Know the Meaning of Revolution
AT THE EDGE
REFLECTIONS OF STIFLED FUTURES
WHAT THE NON-PLACE TELLS US ABOUT HERE AND NOW
ME, HER, IT, UTOPIA
Memories of Zarina Hashmi • July 16, 1937, Aligarh, Indiwa – April 25, 2020, London, United Kingdom
Capturing a Time
Zarina (1937–2020)
FARID RASULOV
ANDREW LUK
BYRON KIM
35 Gregor Hildebrandt: A House Made of Songs • GREGOR HILDEBRANDT, Im Zimmer die Decke betrachtend, 2018, inkjet print, inlays, and plastic boxes in wooden case, 170 × 125 cm. Photo by Roman Marz. Courtesy the artist and Wentrup, Berlin. Burger Collection, Hong Kong.
ONGOING
UPCOMING
ART DIRECTORY 199 • A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES AND GALLERIES IN ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PACIFIC, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: “Monster Theatres” • Art Gallery of South Australia and Adelaide Botanic Garden
Hwayeon Nam Mind Stream • Art Sonje Center
Jeffrey Shaw WYSIWYG • Osage Art Foundation
Garden of Six Seasons • Para Site, Soho House
Robert Zhao Renhui The Lines We Draw • ShanghArt Gallery
The Body Politic and the Body • Ilham Gallery
… of bread, wine, cars, security and peace • Kunsthalle Wien
Trisha Baga The eye, the eye and the ear • Pirelli HangarBicocca
Rayyane Tabet Alien Property • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Shannon Te Ao Ka mua, ka muri • Oakville Galleries, Centennial Square
Art History's Takeaways
LO LAI LAI NATALIE • Cultivating thoughts and vegetables
The Ethics and Legality of Deaccessioning in Desperate Times
LAM TUNG PANG What am I looking at?