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Shifting Strategies at QAGOMA
Outlining his vision for the future of Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Chris Saines, the museum’s director appointed six months ago, said he was ready “to set... Michael Young
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Worn: Monica Jahan Bose's "Storytelling with Saris"
At the Brentwood Arts Exchange at the Gateway Arts Center in Brentwood, Maryland—less than a mile from the United State’s capital—the sounds of Katakhali, a small community on... Miryam Haarlammert
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Janet Laurence’s “Plants Eye View”
Laurence hopes to touch on the mistreatment, loss and mortality of the country’s landscape. Chloe Mandryk
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Emily Jacir: Letter From Roma
"What's left of the Left in Italy?" This question led Emily Jacir through archives in Italy, where she discovered little-seen films made in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Emily Jacir
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Eikoh Hosoe’s "Curated Body: 1959–1970"
These series mark a decade of provocative artistic innovation in which the body becomes arresting and unfamiliar terrain. Claire Sabel
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Untitled Selection: Meng-Tang Chuang
Ann Woo
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Unmasked: Indonesian Artists in Singapore
A mask can serve many purposes—disguise, restraint, identity, totem—but in the hands of Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho, it becomes something more: a wry avatar of the artist’s priv... Marybeth Stock
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Crowd Control: Visitors Flock To Sydney Contemporary
More than 28,000 visitors flocked to the inaugural Sydney Contemporary art fair at Carriageworks, an inner-city art space housed in a historic warehouse. On the opening night alone, 14,000 crow... Michael Young
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Text Generation: Holzer in Hong Kong
Hong Kong streets have a deafening chatter, of the visual kind. Every night, the ICC Tower projects an LED light show in Central and down in the urban canopy hundreds of neon signs chart the a... Chloe Mandryk
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Untitled Selection: Ji Yeo
Ann Woo
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Nicky Nodjoumi’s “Chasing the Butterfly and Other Recent Paintings”
The large, three-meter canvases showcase Nodjoumi’s way with color and technical fluency, but are undermined by their flaccid political message. Madeline Coleman
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In and Around Istanbul’s Biennial Week
A look at the 13th Istanbul Biennial and other shows in the city. HG Masters
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New Territories: Interview with Patty Chang
The New York-based artist Patty Chang has been making daring forays in performance art since the late 1990s. She once captivated viewers onscreen, appearing to be somewhere between throws of ecs... Ming Lin