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JI YEO, “Beauty Recovery Room.” Copyright the artist.

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Untitled Selection: Ji Yeo

Ann Woo

NICKY NODJOUMI, Inspector's Scrutiny, 2012, oil on canvas, diptych, 215. 9 x 330.2 cm. Courtesy Taymour Grahne.

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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

Shows

In and Around Istanbul’s Biennial Week

A look at the 13th Istanbul Biennial and other shows in the city. HG Masters

PATTY CHANG, still from Eels, 1999, video, 16 min. Courtesy the artist.

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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

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Filipino Futures: Ateneo Art Awards

This year, the Ateneo Art Gallery in Quezon City, Philippines, held the tenth edition of its prestigious Ateneo Art Awards, which recognizes young Filipino artists under the age of 36 for outs... Marlyne Sahakian

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The Many Faces of Ghazel

The works of Iranian performance artist Ghazel can best be characterized by her dry humor. From very early on, she has insouciantly focused on the depiction of Iranian women both in Iran and a... Samine Tabatabaei

ZHAO RENHUI, Group Portrait With a Bus Stop, 1970s, Tuas, Singapore, 2013, archival Piezographic print with orange border, 100 x 150 cm. Courtesy of Yavuz Fine Art.

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Talking about talking: "Between Conversations"

With a reputation for being less than accommodating to notions of free speech – approaching, at times, a caricature of regimented utilitarianism – Singapore is perhaps not the firs... Bruce Quek

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Untitled Selection: Daisuke Yokota

Ann Woo

View of the Antrepo customs warehouse, the main venue for the Istanbul Biennial, on the Bosphorus shore. Photo by HG Masters for ArtAsiaPacific.

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Banging on the Gates: Istanbul Biennial Week Preview

If you haven’t been to Istanbul in a while—or even just in the past two years—it might not be quite the city you remember. The Gezi Park protest movement that began in May, and... HG Masters

RUTH ASAWA, installation view of works from the permanent collection at the de Young Museum. Photo by Hanae Ko for ArtAsiaPacific.

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Ruth Asawa: 1926–2013

Hanae Ko

NAIZA KHAN, New Clothes for the Emperor I, 2009, hand-printed photograph, 60 x 42.5 cm. Courtesy Rossi & Rossi, London.

News

Prince Claus Fund announces awardees

Winners of the Prince Claus Fund—awarded annually to outstanding people and projects from developing nations—were announced today. Among the honorees are several artists from the Asia-P... Chloe Mandryk

SLAVS AND TATARS, installation view of ωXXX (“ekh”), 2013, at Art Space Pythagorion, Greece, 2013. Photo by Orestis Argiropoulos. Courtesy Art Space Pythagorion.

Shows

Slavs and Tatars’ “Long Legged Linguistics”

A thematic introduction to the collective Slavs and Tatars. HG Masters

Issue

Tilting Backward

Elaine W. Ng

VLADIMIR TRETCHIKOFF, Chinese Girl, 1950, Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 66.5 cm. Courtesy the Tretchikoff Project, Cape Town.

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ONE ON ONE: Ming Wong on Vladimir Tretchikoff

Ming Wong