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!

Building Equitable Spaces

ArtAsiaPacific

CONTRIBUTORS

Lin Jingjing • on Wael Shawky

Milan

NEWS ROUNDUP

Koyo Kouoh’s Legacy and Uncertainty for Venice Biennale 2026

Artists Under Arrest

Surfing the Tides of Change

Quiet Times

PREVIEWS

PEOPLE & IDEAS

NEW CURRENTS

Yi To • HONG KONG & LONDON

Xingzi Gu • NEW YORK

THICKER THAN WATER

HYUN NAHM • Entropic Cities

ALI KAZMA • The Lens of Thought

KIANG MALINGUE • Stepping Out

FEATURES

OF SOUND AND IDENTITY • CHRISTINE SUN KIM

WHEN ARTISTS COMMISSION ARTISTS • AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE

RICHARD HAWKINS

XINDIAN BOYS

SOPHEAP PICH

My Works Have Soul RANTI BAM

Ruth Asawa: Retrospective • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Akil Ahamat Extinguishing Hope • UTS Gallery

Tromarama Ping Inside Noisy Giraffe • SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation

Wawi Navarroza Wild at Heart • Fotografiska Shanghai

Lining Revealed – A Journey Through Folk Wisdom and Contemporary Vision • Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile

City of Others: Asian Artists in Paris, 1920s–1940s • National Gallery Singapore

Rithika Merchant Pillars of Fruit and Bone • TARQ Gallery

Trần Lương Tam Tã – Soaked in the Long Rain • Jameel Arts Centre

Yukinori Yanagi ICARUS • Pirelli HangarBicocca

Hung Hsien Between Worlds • Asia Society Texas

NASSER AL SALEM • Playing with the Past

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