The Editors

Issue 118

Magazine

Issue 118

May/Jun 2020

Exterior view of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MOT). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

News

How Japanese Museums Are Preparing to Reopen

Pamela Wong

Exterior of Seoul Museum of Art. Image via Seoul Museum of Art’s Facebook page.

News

South Korean Museums Facing Second Round of Closures

Charmaine Kong

Installation view of *JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA*’s _There might be no other place in the world as good as where I am going to take you_, 2020, textile, dimensions variable, at Art Gall

Shows

What’s Up in Sydney: May–June 2020

ArtAsiaPacific

Rendering of X Museum, Beijing. Image via X Museum’s website.

News

Beijing Gets New Museum by Millennials

Charmaine Kong

*JEAMIN CHA*, _Fog and Smoke_, 2013, still from single channel video: 20 min. Collection of Kadist. Courtesy the artist.

Shows

The City Devours Itself: Jeamin Cha's “(Home)sickness”

Ophelia Lai

Installation view of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2020. Photo by Zan Wimberley. Courtesy the Biennale of Sydney.

News

Biennale of Sydney Returns for Second Act

Charmaine Kong

The exterior of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Complex. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

News

Hong Kong Cultural Workers Decry National Security Law

Chloe Chu

Installation view of Busan Biennale 2018 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Busan. Courtesy Busan Biennale Organizing Committee.

News

Busan Biennale Forging Ahead for September

HG Masters

Exterior view of the Beaux-Arts-style Pedder Building, in Central, Hong Kong. Photo by HG Masters for ArtAsiaPacific.

Market

Hong Kong Galleries Migrate Out of Central

Charmaine Kong, Pamela Wong

*RASHEED ARAEEN*’s _Hong Kong Blues_ (2018), a cobalt-blue geometric complex made of stainless steel, was commissioned for the city’s Harbour Arts Sculpture Park in 2018. Araeen’s

Ideas

A Global Spectrum of Styles at Asia Society’s Sculpture Show

Ashlyn Chak and Charmaine Kong

“Unscheduled” Art Fair Aims to Stimulate Hong Kong’s Art Scene

Market

“Unscheduled” Art Fair Aims to Stimulate Hong Kong’s Art Scene

Ashlyn Chak, Pamela Wong

View of Singapore's Marina Bay Sands complex. Image via Facebook.

Market

Third Postponement for Inaugural Art Fair in Singapore

Charmaine Kong

Installation view of <b>TREVOR YEUNG</b>'s (from left to right) <i>Rock Sitters (The World is Burning)</i>, 2019, etching on archival inkjet print, 60 x 90 cm; <i>Mr. butterflies a

Shows

Debunking the Hocus-Pocus with the “Anonymous Society for Magick”

Piercing through collective delusions, five artists explore the true meaning of magic. Chloe Chu

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