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!

World Making

ArtAsiaPacific

CONTRIBUTORS

Yu Cheng-Ta on Ming Wong

Chiang Mai

NEWS ROUNDUP

Seismic Shifts Amid Market Contraction

On the Islamic Arts Biennale: What is a canon good for?

The Art of the Pivot

Ground Zero

Autumn Stirrings

PREVIEWS

PEOPLE & IDEAS

NEW CURRENTS

PLANTING SEEDS • ILHAM’s Subtle Art of Inclusion and Collaboration

The Mechanism of Presence

A Latent Promise

FEATURES

TO CURATE A REGION

CELESTIAL TRACES AN-MY LÊ

PAN DAIJING

HU XIAOYUAN

THAO NGUYEN PHAN

To Boldly Go: Jack Whitten’s Expansive Art

ITINERARY • HIGHLIGHTS AT MAJOR MUSEUMS, ART CENTERS, AND FESTIVALS FOR NOV–DEC 2025.

REVIEWS

Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie • The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now • Leeum Museum of Art

Yoshitomo Nara Traveling with Hazy Humid Day • Meta Space

Conversation with the Stone • ShanghART Gallery

Tidal Weavers: Islands Exchange • Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile

Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo Terra Nova: Bentang Lain (Other Scapes) • kohesi Initiatives

Sung Tieu and Ho Rui An On-Air, Off-Air • The Jim Thompson Art Center

Almagul Menlibayeva I Understand Everything • Almaty Museum of Arts

Second Skin

CHING HO CHENG