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!

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Contributors

Shape-shifting

Trevor Shimizu on Dan Graham

São Paulo • Countermovements

Cultural Solidarity for Palestinians Surge After Israeli Attacks

Mobility, Racialized • Searching for new transnational solidarities

Climate Change

A Shaky Comeback

The Real Deal

IN RETROSPECT

BEYOND RECOGNITION

OWNED BY OTHERS • Decolonizing Berlin’s Museum Island

The Ingenuity of Nature AKI INOMATA

Pulling Back the Curtain PAO HOUA HER

Signs of Transition MITI RUANGKRITYA

MUTTER, ICH BIN DUMM! • BIOGRAPHY AS FICTION IN EVELYN TAOCHENG WANG’S “REFLECTION PAPER”

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARL CHENG

JES FAN

ZHAO ZHAO

DENİZ GÜL

Take Me Away: On the Works of Bianca Kennedy

ITINERARY

ART DIRECTORY 124 • A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES AND GALLERIES IN ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PACIFIC, AND AROUND THE WORLD.

13th Gwangju Biennale: “Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning”

13th Shanghai Biennale: “Bodies of Water”

Yhonnie Scarce Missile Park

Manbo Key Father’s Video Tapes_Avoid A Void

David Adjaye and Adam Pendleton

Seher Shah When Words Disappear into Trees

Etel Adnan Impossible Homecoming

Taloi Havini The Soul Expanding Ocean #1

Rana Begum

Dominique Fung It’s Not Polite to Stare

Ben Sakoguchi Chinatown

Rousing Revivals

AAAJIAO • A Berlin Portal to a Global Cyber Studio

GALA PORRAS-KIM