12 Editor's Letter

19 Wish You Were Here: Noor Effendy Ibrahim
21 Questionnaire: Eugene Carchesio
23 My Eight: Rina Banerjee

NEWS

31 SYDNEY The Return of Bill Henson 32 PARIS Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010) 33 CARDIFF Yael Bartana Wins Artes Mundi 33 MANCHESTER Iraqi Artists Denied Entry to UK 34 ISTANBUL Gallery Scene Sees Notable Growth 34 AMSTERDAM Walasse Ting (1929–2010) 35 NEW YORK Shusaku Arakawa (1936–2010) 35 SYDNEY Museum Secures Long-Awaited Funds 36 TAIPEI Ambitious Nonprofit Space Opens in Taiwan 36 VARIOUS LOCATIONS Round Up: Connecting with New Audiences

39 Opinion: Dirty Dealings
40 Auction Report
43 Art Fair Report

47 Whispering Gallery

ESSAYS
49 Archives: Jeffrey Vallance
51 Close Read: Chris Chong Chan Fui
52 Perspective: New Zealand Graffiti Scene
53 Current Affairs: Archive Fever

PROFILES
58 Interview: Fang Lijun
60 In Depth: Shahzia Sikander
62 Personal History: Sarnath Banerjee
64 On Location: Setouchi Inland Sea

66 Interview: Tran Luong

FEATURES
72 Lee Seung-taek: Harnessing the Elements
82 Richard Bell: Mockery Gives Way to Magic
88 Sigalit Landau: Sugar-Rich Cannibalism
96 Qiu Zhijie: In the Shadows of History
102 Siah Armajani: Return to Exile

REVIEWS
116 LONDON "Where Three Dreams Cross"
118 TOKYO Susumu Koshimizu
119 SYDNEY Fiona Tan
120 MELBOURNE Lida Abdul
121 HO CHI MINH CITY Bruce Yonemoto
122 ISTANBUL "A Room of One's Own"
123 MILAN Shin Il Kim
124 PARIS Tsuruko Yamazaki
125 NEW YORK "The Promise of Loss"
126 NEW YORK Yin Xiuzhen
127 PASADENA "Beyond the Page"
128 LOS ANGELES "Brinkmanship"

130 Book Review: New Titles on South Asian Visual Culture

141 Where I Work: Sally Smart
143 The Last Word: Vertical Ambitions
144 Ideas on a Napkin: Akira Yamaguchi