Issue

KIM BEOM, _Paper Wrapped (Dishwashing Soaps)_, 2016, objects wrapped with pigmented paper pulp on wooden base, 27.4 x 31 x 53.4 cm.Courtesy the artist and STPI, Singapore.

Singapore: Kim Beom

MEHDI GHADYANLOO, Metamorphosis Lighting, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 300 cm. Courtesy the artist and Howard Griffin Gallery, London.

London: Mehdi Ghadyanloo

AGUS SUWAGE, Kama Sutra II, 2016, Papier-mâché, gouache, watercolor and tobacco juice, 223 x 242 x 7 cm. Courtesy the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York.

New York: Agus Suwage

KHOSROW HASSANZADEH, Terrorist: Khosrow, 2004, Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 250 x 205 cm.Copyright the artist. Courtesy Mohammed Afkhami Foundation.

Toronto: Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians

(Left) REN HANG, Edited by Dian Hanson, Published by Taschen, Cologne, 2016. Softcover with color illustrations, 311 pages.(Right) RED FLOWER: THE WOMEN OF OKINAWA, By Mao Ishikawa

BOOK REVIEWS: Stripped Bare

Sahand Hesamiyan in his studio located in Khorramdasht Industrial Zone, Iran.

Sahand Hesamiyan

Zhao Tao

Zhao Tao

In from the Cold

DISPATCH: Amman

Illustration by Sarene Chan.

THE POINT: Marrying Culture and Commerce in Arts Patronage

Interior view of Institute for Provocation (IFP) in Beijing. Courtesy IFP.

In Close Quarters

Opening of the exhibition “Symbiosis” in Almaty’s Botanical Garden, as part of Artbat Fest 7, “City in Motion,” 2016. Photo by Theo Frost and Anna Assonova. Courtesy Eurasian Cultu

Art in a Post-Oil World

Portrait of Li Jin. Photo by Guo Pengfei. Courtesy Ink Studio, Beijing.

Li Jin

Portrait of Rashad Becker. Photo by Camille Blake. Courtesy the artist.

Rashad Becker