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!

Printing the Unprinted • The Reversal of World Discovery

Still, Listening

ArtAsiaPacific

Contributors

Natasha Tontey on Riar Rizaldi

Beijing

News Roundup

Cultural Losses Across West Asia

Main News

Keep Uncertainty Certain

The Cratable Hedge and the Colonial Hangover

Stress Test

61st Venice Biennale: In Minor Keys

PEOPLE & IDEAS

New Currents

LIU SHUAI

JUNGEUN PARK

Arakawa Visits Arakawa [sic and sic]

LI YI-FAN • Error and Effigy

GAYANE UMEROVA • Uzbekistan’s Cultural Architect

FEATURES

GALA PORRAS-KIM • An Alternative Proposal for the Life of Objects

KHALED SABSABI • Splintered Worlds

YUKO MOHRI

LIANG YUANWEI

MONA HATOUM

TADANORI YOKOO • A Visionary Renegade

Itinerary • HIGHLIGHTS AT MAJOR MUSEUMS, ART CENTERS, AND FESTIVALS FOR MAY–JUN 2026.

REVIEWS

RIYADH JAX DISTRICT • Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale In Interludes and Transitions

SEOUL SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART • Proximities: Contemporary Art from the United Arab Emirates

BEIJING UCCA • Rutherford Chang Hundreds and Thousands

HONG KONG TAI KWUN • Zhang Peili A Day

JAKARTA ARA CONTEMPORARY • Irfan Hendrian CLOSED

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM • Elia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega Nafasan Bumi ~ An Endless Harvest

NEW DELHI BIKANER HOUSE • Jitish Kallat Conjectures on a Paper Sky

RIYADH NATIONAL MUSEUM • Bedayat: Beginnings of the Saudi Art Movement

LONDON HAYWARD GALLERY • Yin Xiuzhen Heart to Heart

NEW YORK CANAL PROJECTS • Jakkai Siributr There’s no Place

HYEREE RO • What Bears

ELLEN PAU