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Editor’s Letter: Connections and Resonances
As we embark on this year’s Hong Kong Art Week, ArtAsiaPacific’s March/April issue embraces the complexities and nuances that define contemporary artistic practice. By Elaine W. Ng
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Weekly News Roundup: February 28, 2025
Hyundai Motor Group Unveils New Cultural Collaboration Project Hyundai Motor Company has announced a new partnership scheme, the “Hyundai Translocal Series,” that aims to foster cross-cultural exchanges between Korean and international art institutions over the next decade. The program will support joint research, commissions, exhibitions, and publications focusing on translocal
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Ayoung Kim Wins 2025 LG Guggenheim Award
On February 24, South Korean artist Ayoung Kim was announced as the recipient of the 2025 LG Guggenheim Award. Launched in 2023, the prize was conceived as part of the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative—a five-year collaboration focused on supporting artists who work at the intersection of art
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Dancing with All: The Ecology of Empathy
The exhibition proposed a new, holistic approach to seeing the relationship between humans and natural world. HG Masters
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Weekly News Roundup: February 21, 2025
Taiwanese Public Art Museum Announces Two New Collaborations For its upcoming exhibitions, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) has announced collaborations with Paris’s Centre Pompidou and Santa Fe’s IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA). Co-organized with the Centre Pompidou and set to open in April,
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Shows to See in Melbourne, February 2025
Editors’ highlights for gallery and museum exhibitions around Australia’s second-largest city. THE EDITORS
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India Art Fair 2025: Grounded Ambition
Amid a week of major cultural and political events, the 16th edition of the India Art Fair (IAF) featured a record 120 galleries and institutions at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds. Mario D’Souza
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Australia Drops Venice Biennale Artist and Curator
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Weekly News Roundup: February 14, 2025
Rajiv Menon Contemporary to Launch Permanent LA Space On February 17, Rajiv Menon Contemporary will open its flagship gallery space on Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2023, Rajiv Menon Contemporary bridges South Asian and diasporic perspectives with the United States. Though rooted in South Asian identity and
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Sotheby’s Establishes Saudi Presence with Inaugural Sale
Hosted in the historical city of Diriyah, Sotheby’s made its Saudi Arabia debut on February 8. Louis Lu
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Qatar to Create Permanent National Pavilion in Venice’s Giardini
Qatar is set to be the first country in three decades to construct a permanent national pavilion on the leafy grounds of Giardini, one of the Venice Biennale’s main exhibition venues. Located near the park’s entrance and adjacent to the James Stirling-designed Book Pavilion, the structure will be
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Ai Weiwei Barred from Entering Switzerland Over Visa Issues
On February 10, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was denied entry to Switzerland after Zurich Airport authorities rejected his Portugal-issued visa. Documenting the situation on social media, Ai revealed that Swiss border patrol held him in the airport overnight before putting him on a flight back to London the next
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Rutherford Chang, 1979–2025
On January 24, conceptual artist and collector Rutherford Chang, who was known for his eccentric collection of mass-produced cultural artifacts, passed away at his home in Manhattan. He was 45 years old. Born in Houston to Taiwanese parents, Chang grew up in California and later moved to New York, dividing
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Sydney’s Artspace Announces New Leadership
Sydney’s nonprofit Artspace has appointed Victor Wang as its new director, succeeding Alexie Glass-Kantor, who led the institution for a decade. Last month, Wang departed from his position as executive and artistic director at the Beijing-headquartered M WOODS Museum, and he is set to begin his new role in