Ideas

Illustration by Tiffany Tam for ArtAsiaPacific.

Artstrology: Virgo 2020, Cleaning Solutions

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Virality as Metaphor and Agent: Susan Sontag’s Illness As Metaphor in the Era of Covid-19

Illustration by Renee Li for ArtAsiaPacific.

Artstrology: Leo 2020, All-Conquering Passion

Detailed screenshot of the Dark Independent website.

Dark Independent: Who’s Afraid of the Dark?

*THE OTOLITH GROUP*, _Anathema_, 2011, still from video: 37 min. Copyright and courtesy the artists.

Cheat Sheet: What Does “Posthuman” Mean?

Installation view of

Vulnerability and mimesis: Up Close at Tai Kwun’s “They Do Not Understand Each Other”

The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Launches Events for Exhibitions Archives Release, 2014–2020

The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Launches Events for Exhibitions Archives Release, 2014–2020

Vanessa atalanta, mounted specimen, dorsal and ventral (left to right) views, Grisolles, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, 2015. Photo by Didier Descouens. Collection of Muséum de Toulouse.

Free Association: A Pocket Guide to Notable Lepidoptera

Illustration by Renee Li for ArtAsiaPacific.

Artstrology: Cancer 2020, Home Sweet Home

Image by Peter Chung for ArtAsiaPacific.

Reading List: Sleep, Ships, and Late-night Snacking

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, untitled (free/still), 1992, refrigerator, table, chairs, wood, drywall, food and other materials, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s En

Cheat Sheet: Relational Aesthetics, or, The Art of Awkward Social Events

*RASHEED ARAEEN*’s _Hong Kong Blues_ (2018), a cobalt-blue geometric complex made of stainless steel, was commissioned for the city’s Harbour Arts Sculpture Park in 2018. Araeen’s

A Global Spectrum of Styles at Asia Society’s Sculpture Show

Installation view of *QIU SHIHUA*’s “Empty/Not Empty,” at Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing / Lucerne.

What’s Up in Beijing: May 2020

Illustration by Renee Li for ArtAsiaPacific.

Artstrology: Gemini 2020, Sound and Fury