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The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission 2024 has been awarded to Melbourne-based architecture studio Breathe for its design Home Truth, a maze-like installation of a house-within-a-house. The design explores alternative home-building in Australia—which boasts the largest average house size on Earth—reflecting how small-scale architecture can promote
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The forthcoming Bangkok Art Biennale, themed “Nurture Gaia” and set to open in the Thai capital next month, has revealed the final details for its fourth edition, adding two more venues and 31 international artists to the lineup. The supplementary artists include the Akha painter Busui Ajaw, Saigon-based artist Lêna
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Yu Ji Hide Me in Your Belly Centro Pecci Prato, Italy Jun 28–Sep 8 Walking into “Hide Me in Your Belly,” Chinese artist Yu Ji’s inaugural solo exhibition in Italy, felt like entering a zone of intimacy. Floating pieces of fabric used for her video projections and sculptural
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The Hanwha Group, South Korea’s seventh-largest conglomerate and the partner of the Centre Pompidou’s prospective Seoul museum, is facing increasing backlash over its ties to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The company has faced similar criticism in the past for its affiliation with Elbit Systems, one of Israel’
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Vietnamese Gallery Wins Frieze Seoul Prize Frieze Seoul’s 2024 Seoul Stand Prize has been awarded to the Ho Chi Minh-based Galerie Quynh, whose booth at the art fair (September 4–7) features an installation by Vietnamese American artist Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn. The presentation was selected by a three-person jury,
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The queer artist redefines romance through corporeal subversion. Anna Lentchner
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The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) has announced the launch of the Bukhara Biennial, slated for September 5, 2025, in Bukhara, a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art. Titled “Recipes for Broken Hearts,” the inaugural event will mark the country’s first major international biennale—and
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The first edition of the Shanghai-based art fair was successful, but not without its flaws. Alex Yiu
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Highlights from the art book fair at Tai Kwun Contemporary. The Editors
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According to numerous sources, including The New York Times, Chinese artist Gao Zhen has been detained by authorities in China. In a September 2 email, his brother, Gao Qiang, wrote that Gao Zhen was being held on suspicion of slandering China’s heroes and martyrs. As part of a newly
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According to reports, the K11 Art Mall in Hong Kong, which is owned by the Hong Kong’s property conglomerate New World Development, has received a HKD 9 billion (USD 1.2 billion) offer from CR Longdation, a state-owned Chinese company and a subsidiary of China Resources Holdings Co. The
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Los Angeles-based artist platform Foundwork has kicked off the international open call for its 2024 Artist Prize, an annual juried grant for emerging and midcareer artists working in any media. Now in its sixth year, the award includes an unrestricted USD 10,000 grant and individual studio visits with each
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