The Editors

*RADEN SALEH*, _Mail Station at the Bottom of Mount Megamendung_, 1871, oil on canvas, 72 x 106.5 cm. Courtesy Christie's.

Ideas

Loaned Masterpieces—Public Service Or Personal Gain?

Reena Devi

Installation view of *TAKESADA MATSUTANI*'s _Blown Up-15_, 2015, graphite pencil and acrylic on canvas and ball, 213 x 500 cm, at

Shows

Takesada Matsutani’s “Drop in Time”

Takesada Matsutani’s evoked a legacy of farming procedures, and unseemly acts in dark outbuildings. Andrew Stooke

Installation view of *TAKASHI MURAKAMI*'s

Shows

“Takashi Murakami in Wonderland”

The artist’s largest gallery show in Asia to date, featuring recent and new works. Arthur Solway

Waagner-Biro, the Austrian company that constructed the Louvre Abu Dhabi's roof, formally announced its insolvency in a press release dated November 7. In earlier statements to Aus

News

Austrian Construction Company Insolvent After Louvre Abu Dhabi Payment Issues

Dennis Mao

Design critic and curator *ARIC CHEN* has been appointed Design Miami's first curatorial director. Image courtesy West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong.

News

Aric Chen Appointed First Curatorial Director Of Design Miami

Julee WJ Chung

Installation view of *TIFFANY JAEYEON SHIN*'s

Shows

Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin’s “Universal Skin Salvation”

Exploring the concept of skin as an aesthetic by reproducing many facets that define the K-beauty industry. Mimi Wong

From the monorail going up to the Cheorwon Peace Observatory, a South Korean reservoir is visible in front of the DMZ with the mountains of North Korea in the distance. All photos

Shows

Real DMZ Project 2018: “Borders as Specters”

As a forbidden zone, the DMZ and North Korea beyond it hold the magnetic appeal of the unknown. HG Masters

Performance and video artist *EO GILL* is the winner of the 2018 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship. Pictured (left to right): New South Wales Minister for the Arts Don Harwin; EO

News

EO Gill Awarded 2018 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship

Dennis Mao

THAO-NGUYEN PHAN has been named winner of the 2018 Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Award. Courtesy Han Nefkens Foundation, Barcelona.

News

Thao-Nguyen Phan wins the Han Nefkens Foundation - Loop Barcelona Video Art Award 2018

Julee WJ Chung

Construction of the Sydney Modern Project will commence early 2019. Image by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA. Copyright Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

News

Construction of Sydney Modern to Commence 2019

Dennis Mao

On November 20, SHAHIDUL ALAM was released from Dhaka Central Jail after being granted bail five days earlier. Image via Twitter, FreeShahidul.

News

Shahidul Alam Released From Jail

Julee WJ Chung

Exterior of the Jameel Arts Centre, designed by Serie Architects, on the banks of the Dubai Creek, in the Al-Jaddaf district. All images taken by HG Masters for ArtAsiaPacific.

Ideas

The Opening of Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre

HG Masters

Installation view of *HANNAH BRONTË*'s _Futcha Ancient_, 2018, lightboxes, photographic prints, textiles, ink, shell, dimensions variable, at

Shows

“The Commute”

Indigenous consciousness prevalent across the Pacific Rim through the concept of “commuting cultures." Michaela Bear

The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be expanding its collections of non-Western art as part of its plans to renovate the Southwest Wing. It will also

News

Met Museum Expands Focus On Non-Western Art With New Southwest And Rockefeller Wings

Dennis Mao

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