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* The Venice Biennale officially states that there are 77 “national participations” in this year’s event. This figure includes only countries with permanent and temporary pavilions

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Preview of the 53rd Venice Biennale

Ashley Rawlings

SERIES OF VULNERABLE ARRANGEMENTS – SHADOWLESS VOICE OVER THREE, 2008, three-room installation of venetian blinds, hanging mirrors, fans, infrared-heating element,microphone and sp

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Haegue Yang: A Strange Kind of Optimism

HG Masters

Vernon Ah Kee. Photo by Nadine Saacks. Courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

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Vernon Ah Kee: everyday iachievesomething

Michael Young

MING WONG, In Love For the Mood, 2009, production still by Melanie Choi. Courtesy the artist.

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Singapore & Thailand Pavilions: Cinema Paradiso

Philip Cornwel-Smith

TO SHARE A WATERMELON WITH AN UNKNOWN PERSON, 2005, photo documentation of performance.

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Pak Sheung Chuen: The Art of Covert Intervention

Olivier Krischer

Gonkar Gyatso. Photo by Steve Forrest for ArtAsiaPacific.

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Gonkar Gyatso: Contours of Identity

Donald Dinwiddie

Interior view of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok.CHUSAK SRIKWAN, Shadow, 2007, shadow puppets, dimensions variable.CHATCHAI PUIPIA, Siamese Smile, 1995, oil on canvas, 240

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Bangkok: Traces of Siamese Smile

Brian Mertens

Installation view of “Second Last Second Chance” exhibition at Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, 2009.

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Melbourne: A Constructed World

Natalie King

SU-MEI TSE, Nested (#3), 2016, Chinese scholar stone and mineral balls, 30 x 33 x 26 cm. Courtesy Art Front Gallery, Tokyo.

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Tokyo: Su-Mei Tse

Kenichi Kondo

SUN YUAN & PENG YU, Occasional Awakeness, 2008, mixed-media installation, dimensions variable.

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Beijing: Shooting

Katherine Grube

KANISHKA RAJA, Cruise (Green Stripes), 2008, oil on canvas, 152 x 213 cm.

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Mumbai: Kanishka Raja

Zehra Jumabhoy

NONA GARCIA, Skeleton at the Feast, 2009, oil on canvas, 183 x 244 cm.

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Milan: Southeast B(l)ooming

Alessandra Alliata Nobili

RULA HALAWANI, Intimacy, 2004, archival black-and-white fiber-based print, 42 x 72 cm. Courtesy the artist. ANISA ASHKAR, Me And Paul Klee Painting, 2004, C-print, 80 x 120 cm.

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London: Aperture 27,000

Catherine Wilson

SERKAN ÖZKAYA, foreground: Goldenboy, 2006; on pedestal: Shit on a Stick, 2008; on floor: Proletarier Aller Laender, 1998–2009.

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New York: Serkan Özkaya

Audrey Luk

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