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!

A Constellation of Presence

ArtAsiaPacific

CONTRIBUTORS

Greg Girard on Paul Bowles

New York City

NEWS ROUNDUP

Art World Continues to Grapple with Economic Downturn

From Market to Meaning: Reclaiming the Soul of Art

Fairy Tale Follies

PREVIEWS

PEOPLE & IDEAS

NEW CURRENTS

THE ARCHITECTURE OF COPYRIGHT IN ASIA

NATASHA SIDHARTA Lone Ranger

HOOR AL-QASIMI Between Ashes and Roses

FEATURES

RECURSIVE WORLDS LEE BUL

THE INTERVALS OF TIME ON KAWARA

DO HO SUH, META ENJELITA, LEE KIT

SAM BARDAOUIL and TILL FELLRATH On Yearning Together

ITINERARY • HIGHLIGHTS AT MAJOR MUSEUMS, ART CENTERS, AND FESTIVALS FOR SEP–OCT 2025.

Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 And All That Is In Between • Western Hajj Terminal

Echoes Unveiled: Art by First Nations Women from Australia • Artizon Museum

Noon, Wildness, Stream, Washe, Ruins, Theatre • Power Station of Art

Reframing Strangeness: Ha Bik Chuen’s Motherboards and Collagraphs • Para Site

Fernando Zóbel Order is Essential • National Gallery Singapore

The Plantation Plot • Ilham Gallery

Tang Chang Calligraphic Abstraction • Bangkok Kunsthalle

Fiona Tan Monomania • Rijksmuseum

Above Ground: Graffiti Art from the Martin Wong Collection • Museum of the City of New York

Anicka Yi Karmic Debt • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

BOOK REVIEWS

XU ZHEN • Down By The River

GEUMHYUNG JEONG