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LIU DING, Mango, 2016, oil on canvas, 180 x 160 cm. Courtesy Primo Marella Gallery, Milan.

Milan: Liu Ding

XIAOSHI VIVIAN VIVIAN QIN, KZ, 2016, Styrofoam, concrete, sand, clay and iPhone 4 with video: 2 min. Installation view for the exhibition “Queens International 2016” at Queens Muse

New York: Queens International 2016

ROKNI HAERIZADEH, But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise (detail), 2014, gesso, watercolor and ink on inkjet prints, 24 parts: 30 x 40 cm each. Photo by Ramin Haerizadeh. Courtesy So

New York: But A Storm Is Blowing From Paradise

THE GULF: HIGH CULTURE/HARD LABOR edited by Andrew Ross [For Gulf Labor]. Published by OR Books, New York/London, 2015. Softcover with black-and-white illustrations, 358 pages.SLAV

BOOK REVIEWS: Just Follow the Rulers

Ali practices Farsi script using a homemade bamboo pen.

Khadim Ali

Sketch for Water Whirler, ink on paper, c. 1961. Courtesy Len Lye Foundation Collection and Archive, Govett-Brewster Gallery/Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth.

Len Lye

Portrait of Martha Atienza. Photo by RJ Fernandez. Courtesy Silverlens, Manila.

Martha Atienza: Community Engagement

NAIRY BAGHRAMIAN, Chin Up, 2015, Leather, epoxy resin, chrome steel and silicone, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, and Marian Goodman Gallery, N

Mexico City: Nairy Baghramian

AMY YAO, Fried Feet, 2016, Foam machine, barrel, soap and spray paint, 137.1 x 96.5 x 60.9 cm. Courtesy Various Small Fires, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles: Amy Yao

BHUPEN KHAKHAR, Interior of a Hindu Temple III, 1975, mixed media (printed paper, paint and silver foil) on board, 116 × 90 cm.Copyright the artist’s estate. Courtesy Museum of Art

Record Makers

A film-screening event held by Bitai Thoan, exact date unknown. Courtesy Lin Chang-feng and Chen Chieh-jen Studio, Taipei.

ONE ON ONE: Chen Chieh-jen on Bitai Thoan

View of Doha's skyline dotted with skyscrapers. Courtesy StyleHiClub.

DISPATCH: Doha

Illustration by Ella Zheng.

THE POINT: A Country, At Large

ÖZLEM ŞIMŞEK, Reclining Woman (After Halil Paşa), 2012, still from video: 1 min 27 sec. Courtesy the artist and Pera Museum, Istanbul.

Barely Ottoman