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Weekly News Roundup: April 27, 2026
Barjeel Art Foundation opens its first museum in Sharjah, MMCA Korea and SFMOMA announce new partnership, Morad Montazami to lead 16th Dakar Biennale, and more. The Editors
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The Essential Works of Rirkrit Tiravanija
Currently the subject of a major retrospective at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca, the Thai artist dissolves the thresholds between public and private, self and other, performance and reality. AISHA TRAUB CHAN
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“Human Being Human” at The Private Museum
To be human here is not to begin again, but to keep going from what has already been lived. YVONNE WANG
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Oceans and Eras: Inside LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries
With its amorphic shape and largely open-plan interior, the Peter Zumthor-designed expansion of LACMA allows for a porosity in thematic and material discussion. JENNIFER S. LI
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Haitham Al Busafi to Represent Oman at 2026 Venice Biennale
The Omani artist, architect, and curator will present an installation combining sand, metal, and sound. EMMANUELLE RICHTER
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Other Worlds of Light: Zarina’s “Beyond the Stars”
The late Indian-born artist distilled a lifetime of crossings into expansive, emotional landscapes. KELLY MA
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The 25th Biennale of Sydney: “Rememory”
These are difficult histories, and if the viewer resists the urge to turn away, they are met with a generosity of spirit from those who have endured some of the harshest realities of contemporary life. Mikala Tai
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Mikala Tai to Curate 2027 TarraWarra Biennial
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2026 Art Basel Award Winners Announced
This year’s awardees include a significant cohort of Southeast Asian practitioners. EMMANUELLE RICHTER
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Kazakhstan Presents “Qoñyr: The Archive of Silence” at Venice Biennale
Michele Chan
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Defying Soft Power: “Proximities” at SeMA
The UAE–South Korea collaboration sidesteps nation-branding through sheer exuberance and curatorial density. Kevin Jones
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Roksana Pirouzmand’s Dual‑Site Meditation on Loss
Exhibited across two venues, the Iranian-born artist’s figurative clay sculptures explored the causes and effects that shape individual and collective history. JENNIFER S. LI
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Weekly News Roundup: April 16, 2026
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Aboriginal in the Alps: “ROOTS” at Fondation Opale
“ROOTS” conveyed the sense of being grounded on the planet as exotic in itself, considering the interiority of the mind as a world of singularity. Matt A. Hanson