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The Turkey Pavilion at Arsenale will be the country’s long-term venue at the Venice Biennale. Courtesy the Venice Biennale / la Biennale di Venezia.

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Amidst Uncertainties at Home, Turkey to have a Permanent Venue at Venice Biennale

Following a successful run at the 55th Venice Biennale this past year, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), which manages Turkey's biennial affairs, has signed the lease on a "perma... The Editors

ISAMU NOGUCHI, Seated Female Nude: Scroll (Kakemono), 1930, hanging scroll, ink on paper, 297.2 x 129.5 cm. Courtesy The Noguchi Museum, New York.

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“Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930”

Presenting an artistic conversation in the story of the chance encounter in 1930s China. Kathy Zhang

KIMSOOJA, Thread Routes-Chapter 1, 2010, 16 mm film transferred to HD format, 29 min 31 sec.Courtesy Kimsooja Studio and Kukje Gallery, Seoul.

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Kimsooja’s “Unfolding”

Spanning the artist's career with excerpts from some of her most recognizable projects displayed in loosely chronological order. Meredith Carr

MINTIO, Concrete Euphoria (Bangkok from the Baiyoke Sky), 2009, digital print, 140 x 112 cm.

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Untitled Selection: Mintio

Ann Woo

YINKA SHONIBARE, Cake Man (detail), 2013, unique life-size mannequin, Dutch wax African printed-cotton textile, leather, gold, polyester and plaster, 315 × 88 × 120 cm. Copyright t

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Let them eat cake: An interview with Yinka Shonibare

“Dreaming Rich” is an extension of British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s critical and intellectual interest in colonialism and postcolonialism, and their impact on identity, p... Stephanie Bailey

AREZU, Black Crow 3, 2011, Rag on Hahnemuhle paper, 100 x 100 cm.

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Untitled Selection: Arezu

Ann Woo

Still from Manit Sriwanichpoom and Ing Kanjanavanit's Shakespeare Must Die (2012). While banned in Thailand, the film won two prizes at the Tripoli International Film Festival. Cou

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Banned at home, Thai filmmakers’ adaptation of Macbeth wins dual prizes at Tripoli fest

Yet another Thai cinematic production has won over a festival jury abroad, despite struggling against film censors at home.Shakespeare Must Die (2012), an allegory of Thailand’s recent p... Brian Mertens

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Holding Up Half The Sky

Yu Hong

ROBERT ZHAO RENHUI, Changi, Singapore, Possibly 1970s, 2011, artist proor, 121 x 84 cm. Courtesy the artist and Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore.

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Chan Hampe Galleries journey to “Motherland”

Home, myth, identity - three artists tackled such notions in relation to their native land of Singapore. Marybeth Stock

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Chen Ching-Yuan’s “(flare-s)”

An intimate view into the artist’s own universe. Sheryl Cheung

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Close to Home: Interview with Do-Ho Suh

The practice of Korean sculptor and installation artist Do-Ho Suh centers around notions of home. Sylvia Tsai

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Mike Parr’s “Easter Island”

Mike Parr pays homage to the megalithic figures of Easter Island, while neglecting the relatives of life on earth for modern day attempts at transcendence. Michael Young

AMMAR AL-ATTAR, Jeddah-Quraish Trade Center, 2012, c-print, 42 x 52.4 cm. Courtesy the artist and Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai.

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Untitled Selection: Ammar al-Attar

Ann Woo

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Michael Sullivan, Pioneer Chinese Art Scholar, Dies at 96

Michael Sullivan, a pioneering British art historian in the field of Chinese traditional and contemporary art, died in his home in Oxford, England, on September 28, at the age of 96. He had just co... Don J. Cohn