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Whitney Biennial 2014 curators Anthony Elms, Stuart Comer and Michelle Grabner. Photo by Filip Wolak. Courtesy the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

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Whitney Biennial 2014 Artists Announced

Following the highly praised co-curated Whitney biennial of 2012, for the 2014 edition, which commences in March, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York will bring in not two but three cura... Chloe Mandryk

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Fiona Hall to Represent Australia at 56th Venice Biennale

The Australia Council has announced that veteran Australian mixed media artist Fiona Hall will represent Australia at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Michael Young

SHOJA AZARI, Banquette of Houries, (The King of Black), 2013, lenticular 3D depth on acrylic sheet, 76.2 x 105.41 cm. Courtesy Leila Heller Gallery, New York.

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Shoja Azari’s “Fake – Idyllic Life”

“Faced with an increasingly hostile... I approached this new series as a way to examine assigned and reassigned identities.” Bansie Vasvani

YELENA and VIKTOR VOROBYEV, Photo for Memory from

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untitled Selection: Yelena & Viktor Vorobyev

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PUTU SUTUWIJAYA, Silent Temple of Plaosan, 2013, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 200 cm. Courtesy Gajah Gallery, Singapore.

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“Lokanat – Ground Zero”

A celebration of Lokanat Galleries' elusive program. Amelia Abdullahsani

Portrait of Jitish Kallat. Courtesy of the artist.<br>

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Jitish Kallat to Curate India’s First Biennale

Celebrated contemporary Indian artist Jitish Kallat will curate the second edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India's first biennale, which is to take place in December 2014. Kallat hopes ... The Editors

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MOON BEOM, Secret Garden #320_ivory green, paynes gray, 2013, acrylic, oilstick on canvas, 182.9 x 228.6 cm. Courtesy Kim Foster Gallery, New York.

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Moon Beom’s “Secret Garden”

Beom’s oilstick compositions present a play of scale that begets an encounter both spiritual and corporeal. Diana Seo Hyung Lee

LYOTA YAGI, Animated Clock, 2013, reversed mobile clocks with diaporama slits and mirror, various dimensions. Courtesy Platform China, Hong Kong.

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Takehiro Iikawa and Lyota Yagi’s “Once Was Now, Now is Over, Yet Will Come”

Despite the generous accommodations and intriguing premise, the pair’s heady concepts were not given much room. Chloe Mandryk

Tony Albert in Sydney's Hyde Park, the future site of the memorial. Courtesy City of Sydney.

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New Memorial in Sydney to honor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Men and Women

Sydney-based artist Tony Albert will install Yininmadyemi–Thou Didst Let Fall, the first memorial sculpture in Australia to honor the military service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... Chloe Mandryk

Cai Guo-Qiang in front of his work Heritage (2013) commissioned by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Photo by Michael Young for ArtAsiaPacific.

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Controlled Spontaneity: Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang

Chinese artist, Cai Guo-Qiang has been making his signature gunpowder works for over twenty years. In 2008, he was commissioned to create Footprints in the Sky (2008), a dazzling firework arran... Michael Young

Eungie Joo at Sharjah Art Foundation’s 2012 March Meeting earlier this year, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Courtesy Fitz & Co.

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Eungie Joo Announced As Curator of Sharjah Biennial

Eungie Joo has been announced as curator of 12th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, which opens in March 2015. Previously the Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the... The Editors

NGUAN, from the series “Singapore” (2011). Courtesy the artist.

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Untitled Selection: Nguan

Untitled Selection is a weekly post of photography from ArtAsiaPacific’s areas of coverage. Created by our photo editor, Ann Woo. Ann Woo

Hong Kong's chief secretary and chairman of the board for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, expresses the importance of art galleries for th

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Hong Kong Art Galleries Hope to Boost Visitor Numbers

This week 49 galleries throughout Hong Kong joined forces to launch the inaugural Hong Kong Art Gallery Week. Founded by the collective of like-minded commercial gallery heads who make up the Hong ... The Editors