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Pittsburgh: 59th Carnegie International: “If the word we”
Taking its title from a text by thought partner Haytham el-Wardany, the exhibition is concerned with collective forms of working, living, and imagining. Eungie Joo
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150 Dispatch: London
British Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh finds contemporary Arab London in a moment of renewal. Selma Dabbagh
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One on One: Citra Sasmita on Mangku Muriati
Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita speaks of her admiration for her teacher, a maestra of Kamasan wayang painting, and how Balinese spiritual traditions have influenced her artistic ethos. Citra Sasmita
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Weekly News Roundup: August 25, 2026
Frieze Seoul relocating in 2027, Mariam Elnozahy to helm second Ulaanbaatar Biennale, Alison Nguyen to debut new film on New York’s High Line, and more. The Editors
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The Spectacle of Failure: Mire Lee’s “The Heart of My Machine is Golden Lead”
At Secession, the artist explores the fallibility—and poetics—of industrial materials and infrastructures. Noit Banai
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Everyday Engines: Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi’s “Cosmos”
No longer medium or subordinate, the machines become portraits of production and capacity itself. Mario D’Souza
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Gwangju Biennale Faces Censorship Accusations Over Pavilion Title
The curator and artists involved, along with Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, have condemned the change as “political censorship.“ THE EDITORS
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There is a Crack in Everything: “Breaking Through a Dam” at Salt Beyoğlu
The latest group exhibition at Istanbul’s Salt Beyoğlu probes how the violence of colonial extractivism is embedded within the land. MATT A. HANSON
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Up Close: Li Donglu’s “Reborn”
The painting asks us to view vitality and atrophy not as sequential, but as coexisting conditions. SABRINA HAU
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Ryan Presley Wins 2026 Telstra Art Award
The Marri Ngarr artist received the AUD 100,000 (USD 71,000) top prize for his subversive Renaissance-style painting. RUBY LEE
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Weekly News Roundup: August 17, 2026
Melbourne’s ACCA relaunches NEW exhibition series, Jitish Kallat commissioned for Menil’s “Wall Drawing Series,” ART KL to debut in Kuala Lumpur, and more. THE EDITORS
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“Vaguely Asian”: Interview with CFGNY
Daniel Chew, Ten Izu, and Tin Nguyen on being “vaguely Asian,” fashion, collectivity, and the pursuit of alternative socialities. Lily Kwak
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Weekly News Roundup: August 11, 2026
Robert Fielding wins 2026 Hadley’s Art Prize, Frieze Seoul reveals new headline partner, Kiaf SEOUL announces exhibitors for 25th edition, and more. The Editors
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Who Gets to Be Human? Asian Artists at “New Humans” in New York
From whose perspective is the human imagined, and through which historical and epistemological frameworks? Gladys Lou