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Weekly News Roundup: August 25, 2026
Frieze Seoul relocating in 2027, Mariam Elnozahy to helm second Ulaanbaatar Biennale, Alison Nguyen to debut new film on New York’s High Line, and more. The Editors
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The Spectacle of Failure: Mire Lee’s “The Heart of My Machine is Golden Lead”
At Secession, the artist explores the fallibility—and poetics—of industrial materials and infrastructures. Noit Banai
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Everyday Engines: Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi’s “Cosmos”
No longer medium or subordinate, the machines become portraits of production and capacity itself. Mario D’Souza
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Gwangju Biennale Faces Censorship Accusations Over Pavilion Title
The curator and artists involved, along with Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, have condemned the change as “political censorship.“ THE EDITORS
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There is a Crack in Everything: “Breaking Through a Dam” at Salt Beyoğlu
The latest group exhibition at Istanbul’s Salt Beyoğlu probes how the violence of colonial extractivism is embedded within the land. MATT A. HANSON
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Up Close: Li Donglu’s “Reborn”
The painting asks us to view vitality and atrophy not as sequential, but as coexisting conditions. SABRINA HAU
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Ryan Presley Wins 2026 Telstra Art Award
The Marri Ngarr artist received the AUD 100,000 (USD 71,000) top prize for his subversive Renaissance-style painting. RUBY LEE
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Weekly News Roundup: August 17, 2026
Melbourne’s ACCA relaunches NEW exhibition series, Jitish Kallat commissioned for Menil’s “Wall Drawing Series,” ART KL to debut in Kuala Lumpur, and more. THE EDITORS
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“Vaguely Asian”: Interview with CFGNY
Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, and Tin Nguyen on being “vaguely Asian,” fashion, collectivity, and the pursuit of alternative socialities. Lily Kwak
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Weekly News Roundup: August 11, 2026
Robert Fielding wins 2026 Hadley’s Art Prize, Frieze Seoul reveals new headline partner, Kiaf SEOUL announces exhibitors for 25th edition, and more. The Editors
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Who Gets to Be Human? Asian Artists at “New Humans” in New York
From whose perspective is the human imagined, and through which historical and epistemological frameworks? Gladys Lou
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The Image World: Interview with Simon Fujiwara
On the occasion of his career survey at Mudam Luxembourg, Fujiwara talks about Anne Frank’s afterlife, growing up at “the end of the world,” and the flattening logic of the attention economy. Tom Denman
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Nasirun, 1965–2026
The Indonesian artist, known for blending Javanese and Islamic iconography in his vibrant tableaux, passed away on August 1. RUBY LEE
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Carlos Quijon Jr Joins Cultural Center of the Philippines
The Manila-based curator will oversee the institution’s Contemporary Art Museum. Sabrina Hau