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!

All Too Human

ArtAsiaPacific

CONTRIBUTORS

Rao Fu on Caspar David Friedrich

Jeju

NEWS ROUND UP

Art Spaces Evicted from Shanghai’s West Bund

A Long, Proud History

Gusty Forecast

Accentuate the Positive

BREAKING GROUND

MATERIAL MATTERS

The Price of Knowing MUSQUIQUI CHIHYING

Masochistic Sainthood DEW KIM

JINJU LEE FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF DUST

BOUND BY NOTHING TSAI MING-LIANG

TALKING PICTURES • Topics and tactics in painting today

QUOTIDIAN PSYCHES

BODY POLITICS

Mourning Exercise ISAAC CHONG WAI

Itinerary

William Kentridge • Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Nicholas Mangan A World Undone • Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Theaster Gates Afro-Mingei • Mori Art Museum

Yongsun Suh New Works • One and J.

Sawangwongse Yawnghwe The Idiot’s Manual • TKG+

Leslie de Chavez As Judas Receives the Bread from Christ a Small Black Devil is Shown Entering His Mouth • MO_Space

IM Pei Life is Architecture • M+

Living Another Life • MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum

Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now • Rubin Museum of Art

Josh Kline Climate Change • The Museum of Contemporary Art

MARKS OF TIME

STEPH HUANG • Tales from the Depths

MANDY EL-SAYEGH • Under the Skin