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Big Story: An Engulfing Calamity
By The Editors
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Editor’s Letter: Horizon Bound
By Elaine W. Ng
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Weekly News Roundup: January 3, 2025
Art Dubai Reveals Program for 2025 Edition Art Dubai is set to return for this year’s edition from April 18–20 at the Madinat Jumeirah resort and will feature more than 100 exhibitors from over 40 countries, including over 20 new participants. The fair will present four distinct sections:
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Vietnam Art Collection Opens Shanghai Space
On December 7, 2024, the Hanoi-based nonprofit arts organization Vietnam Art Collection (VAC) opened its third space, VAC Shanghai, in the Chinese megacity. The new venue is located in Zhongcheng Valley, a former industrial site turned cultural complex in the Baoshan district, northern Shanghai. Founded in 2021 in New York
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Rirkrit Tiravanija’s “DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG”
At Berlin’s Gropius Bau, the Thai artist addresses sociopolitical issues through interactive installations and culinary projects. Tessa Zettel
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Indonesian Artist’s Exhibition Canceled Over Political Paintings
On December 19, 2024, the National Gallery of Indonesia in Jakarta canceled a solo exhibition by Yogyakarta-based artist Yos Suprapto after he refused to take down several paintings depicting Joko Widodo, the country’s president from 2014 until 2024. Entitled “Kebangkitan: Tanah Untuk Kedaulatan Pangan (Revival: Land for Food Sovereignty)
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Māori Sculptor Awarded National Honor
Fred Graham, a celebrated sculptor and educator who pioneered Māori contemporary art, has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM), one of the country’s highest honors. Established in 1996, the NZOM lauds those “who in any field of endeavor, have rendered meritorious service to
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Japan’s DIC Museum Announces Relocation and Downsizing Plans
Four months after announcing the temporary closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, outside of Tokyo, to evaluate its future viability, the cash-strapped Japanese chemical giant DIC Corporation has decided to downsize and relocate the institution. Established in 1990 in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, northeast Tokyo, the DIC
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Yoshio Taniguchi, 1937–2024
Yoshio Taniguchi, the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who won a major commission for the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, died of pneumonia on December 16, according to a statement from his company, Taniguchi & Associates. Taniguchi was a distinguished architect in Japan, designing notable museums
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Cole Lu’s “The Engineers”
At the Bangkok Art Biennale, Cole Lu harnesses fire and ash to explore where stories begin and how they grow through us. Christopher Whitfield
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Beyond the Bubble in Japan’s Art Market
The first edition of the Japan Art Market Survey reveals a year of measured steps. Louis Lu
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Hiroshima Art Prize Granted to Socially Engaged Artist
The Japanese city of Hiroshima, the first of two cities targeted by the United States’ atomic bombs in August 1945, has named US-based artist Mel Chin as the winner of the 12th Hiroshima Art Prize for his community-engaged art that fosters social transformation. Prompted by complex environmental and social issues,
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Rohini Devasher’s “One Hundred Thousand Suns”
In her latest solo exhibition, Rohini Devasher straddles the worlds of science and art, and translates complex data into a deeply personal visual syntax. MEERA MENEZES