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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ArtAsiaPacific Almanac- • ALMANAC 2023 VOL. XVIII

CONTRIBUTORS

ONE STEP AT A TIME

UNSEEING LEAP

I don’t make art – to call what I do art is already a mistake! • A conversation about Swiss artist Heidi Bucher

WHAT IS A “MUSEUM” FOR, ANYWAY?

PROBLEMS OF EUROPE

STRUGGLING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS

LEADING LIGHTS

TOUGH TIMES

RELOCATION SERVICES

GROWING FITS AND PAINS

SERIOUS WINNERS

NEWLY RE-ORDERED

2023 TIMELINE

DEEP FREEZE COMETH

RACE FOR RECOVERY

PARADIGM SHIFT

BEYOND CORPOREAL

Lu Yang

Mire Lee

Ali Cherri

proppaNOW

Jes Fan

Tammy Nguyen

AFTER THE AFTERMATH

THERE AND BACK AGAIN

NEXT STAGE

LIFE IN THE LIMELIGHT

ROOTING, GROUNDING, AND CENTERING

CONFLICTING CYCLES

SOFT POWER, HARD TRUTHS

REIMAGINED HISTORIES

HOLDING ON

DECENTRALIZATION DILEMMA

WITH FEELERS OUT

THE SENSORIAL CITY • An Interview with Munem Wasif

RESOLUTE RESILIENCE

COMING ON STRONG

ELASTICITY AND FLEXIBILITY

LOOKING BEYOND REPAIR

Kathmandu Triennale 2077

23rd Biennale of Sydney

documenta fifteen

Aichi Triennale 2022

11th Busan Biennale

17th Istanbul Biennial

7th Singapore Biennale

Bangkok Art Biennale 2022

59TH VENICE BIENNALE

PARALLEL REALITIES

Daniel Boyd Treasure Island

Shinro Ohtake

Haneyl Choi Manner

Yayoi Kusama 1945 to Now

Jaffa Lam Chasing an Elusive Nature

Jitish Kallat Order of Magnitude

Aref El Rayess Works 1960–1988

Jumana Manna Break, Take, Erase, Tally

Danh Vo, Isamu Noguchi, Park Seo-Bo

Christopher Kulendran Thomas Another World

Tala Madani Biscuits

Carlos Villa Worlds in Collision

Hito Steyerl A Sea of Data

The Wild Eighties Dawn of a Transdisciplinary Taiwan

Angela Lyn On the Edge of Time

Dayanita Singh Dancing with My Camera

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