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Exterior view of Salt Beyoğlu, a new arts center founded by Garanti Bank, which opened in Istanbul on April 9. Courtesy Salt, Istanbul.

SALT: A New Kind of Platform

UNTITLED, 2007, from a series of 15 Lambda prints, 35 × 50 cm each. Copyright the artist.

Circle of Confusion: Qiu Yang

AI WEIWEI with Sunflower Seeds, 2010, an installation of 100 million lifesize sunflower seeds made from porcelain, at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. Photo by Tate Photograp

Statement on the detention of Ai Weiwei

Illustration from SARNATH BANERJEE's The Harappa Files (2011).

Flipping Through Sarnath Banerjee’s “The Harappa Files”

Circle of Confusion: Akram Zaatari

Circle of Confusion: Akram Zaatari

Your Horoscope in April, 2011

Your Horoscope in April, 2011

Commonplace to Western China, the packaging materials reflect the roughness and elegance of the landscape in which Liu's paintings are set. The ever so slight transparency of the p

Book Blog: Liu Xiaodong

LEILA PAZOOKI’s Moments of Glory, 2010, at Art Dubai 2011. Photo by Ashley Rawlings for ArtAsiaPacific.

The Neon Glow of Clichés

Details of works by artists participating in exhibitions and events during ACAW 2011. Clockwise from top left: Monir ShahroudyFarmanfarmaian (March 23);

Do Not Miss: Highlights of Asian Contemporary Art Week

Circle of Confusion: Young Kyu Yoo

Circle of Confusion: Young Kyu Yoo

Japan Relief Efforts

Japan Relief Efforts

We are fairly certain that the book designers, Soda Design, have a few guilty pleasures of their own. How about a metallic gold, gatefold cover with die cut title for starters!

Book Blog: The Book of Guilty Pleasures

Film still from Young-Nam Kim's The Boat (2009), one of the standouts at the Korean American Film Festival New York, 2011.

Big-Screen Insight Into the Korean Peninsula

TERENCE KOH performing in his exhibition

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