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Book Blog: The Speech Writer
The Speech Writer by New Delhi and Karachi-based Pakistani artist, Bani Abidi, is a fictional account of a day in the life of a retired political speechwriter, in ten sequential flipbooks. Snugly e... Kathy Zhang
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Finding Balance: Interview with Pinaree Sanpitak
For over two decades, Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak has been creating art that interprets the human form. Her latest installation was inspired by the severe floods that swept through Thailand in 201... Jennifer S. Li
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West Bund 2013 Previews in Hong Kong
Last month, 100 days from its official opening, the curatorial team of West Bund 2013: A Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art—an ambitious program that seeks to combine experime... Katherine Tong
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“Writing Without Borders” at Lehmann Maupin
Diverse practices of a wide-ranging selection of artists through their engagement with the nature of language. John Jervis
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Simon Fujiwara’s “Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex)”
A humorous take on larger sociopolitical issues. Matthew Shen Goodman
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The Sincere Art, In Memory of Sadegh Tirafkan, Iranian artist and photographer
This past May, the Iranian art community mourned the loss of Sadegh Tirafkan, one of the country’s “new art movement” pioneers, to brain cancer at the age of 47. Known for hi... Mehran Mohajer
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Issue 84
Jul/Aug 2013 US$ 21.00
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Untitled Selection: Tanya Traboulsi
Ann Woo
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Sydney’s International Art Series Launches a “Double Header”
Last week, The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) and Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) jointly launched the 2013–14 edition of The Sydney International Art Series (SIAS) wi... Michael Young
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MAP Office’s “The Oven of Straw”
Works displayed meditated on and scrutinised the capitalist economy, highlighting its fundamental fragility. Tom Baxter
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From A to Zine: Yen
Jen Kwok
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Alia Syed’s “Eating Grass”
Set among the pre-modern Indian paintings and Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, “Eating Grass” presents a dreamy filmic experience. Jennifer S. Li
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Hong Kong Mall Censors Farm Art
Katherine Tong
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Digital Technology Opens Doors at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia (MCA), has put in place a new management team in what she described to ArtAsiaPacific in May as a &ldq... Michael Young