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Portrait of *ROSEMARY LAING*. Courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, and Galerie Lelong & Co, New York. <br>

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Rosemary Laing, 1959–2024

Camilla Alvarez-Chow

Exterior of The Henderson in Hong Kong, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Courtesy Christie's Hong Kong.<br>

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Christie’s Hong Kong to Open New Headquarters

Camilla Alvarez-Chow

Installation view of (above) *SANDRA MUJINGA*'s _And My Body Carried All of You_, 2024, woven fabric, metal armatures, various dimensions, (below) *PIPPA GARNER*'s _Human Prototype

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Foraging for Solidarity at the 8th Yokohama Triennale

The mega-exhibition looked at past and present leftist movements in East Asia and beyond. HG Masters

Installation view of *CIARAN MURPHY*'s _Fly bye_, 2021, oil and tempera on canvas, 52 x 72 cm, at

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“Gentle Again” at The Shophouse

The group exhibition searches for calmness before crises at a historical building in Tai Hang. Alex Yiu

*DESTINY DEACON*, _Little Miss Wonder_, 1995, color bubble jet print (printed 2022), 98.4 x 123 cm. Courtesy ACMI Melbourne.

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Destiny Deacon, 1958–2024

Camilla Alvarez-Chow

Exterior view of the China Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, 2024. Photo by Yes Is Culture. Courtesy China Pavilion.

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China, Four Ways: Pretense and Propaganda in Venice

Big doesn't always mean better, and small doesn't always mean interesting. China extolled its cultural "virtues," while Hong Kong lost itself in an opacity of metaphors. Richard Vine

Portrait of *CHIA-WEI HSU*. Courtesy the artist and Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Weekly News Roundup: May 24, 2024

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Installation view of MAHKU's _Kapewe Pukeni (Bridgealligator)_, 2024, site-specific installation, 750-square-meters, on the facade of the Central Pavilion in the Giardini at the In

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Adriano Pedrosa’s Bold Provocations in “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere”

The curator from Brazil challenges audiences to think about their own positions, and culture writ large. HG Masters

Still from *LIU YUJIA*'s _Mushrooms_, 2023, single channel 4K film Color, stereo sound: 13 min 14 sec. Courtesy the artist.

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Walking the Earth’s Surface in “territory”

In the group show at Spruth Magers Berlin, five artists interrogate temporal and physical boundaries. Nora Wölfing

Portrait of *YVETTE ACHKAR*. Courtesy Archives of Women Artists, Research, and Exhibitions.

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Yvette Achkar, 1928–2024

CAMILLA ALVAREZ-CHOW

Portrait of *HENRY TANG*, chairman of Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, at the Election Forum on the Rule of Law and Core Values in December 2012. Courtesy Wiki

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HK Government Warned Over Arts Hub Financial Woes

Anna Lentchner

Left to right: *MIN-HYUNG KANG* and *ELLEN LARSON*. Courtesy the Asia Foundation.

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Weekly News Roundup: May 17, 2024

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Installation view of a *TANABE CHIKUUNSAI IV* sculpture at Taipei Dangdai 2024. Courtesy Taipei Dangdai.

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Modest Scale, Active Scene: Highlights from Taipei Dangdai 2024

Strong sales and good turnout at Taiwan's leading art fair suggests that bigger doesn't always mean better. Anna Lentchner

Portrait of *HOOR AL QASIMI*. Photo by Daniel Boud. Courtesy Biennale of Sydney.

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Hoor Al Qasimi Named Artistic Director of Biennale of Sydney 2026

Xinyi Ye