Issue

Illustration by Harriet Seed

THE POINT: The Lure of the Glossy

WU XIAOHAI, A Week, 2013, three reels of corrugated paper, diameter: 120 cm each. Courtesy Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.

Fine Art, Good Design, Hard Currency

SHOMEI TOMATSU, Hibakusha Tsuyo Kataoka, Nagasaki, 1961, gelatin silver print, 20.8 x 30.4 cm. Copyright the artist. Courtesy Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne.

Breathing the Same Air

JANANNE AL-ANI, Shadow Sites II, 2011, still from single-channel video projection shot on a survey flight over southern Jordan. Photo by Adrian Warren. Courtesy the artist and Rose

In Praise of Being Lost

FOSTER + PARTNERS, Lunar Base made with 3D printing, 2013, photograph of project design. Copyright ESA/ Foster + Partners. Courtesy Foster + Partners, London.

The Printer Worth a Thousand Words

Portrait of GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH. Photo by Sukhdev Rathod. Courtesy the artist.

Gulammohammed Sheikh

Portrait of BUDI TEK. Photo by Ann Woo for ArtAsiaPacific.

Budi Tek

Portrait of HO SIN TUNG. Photo by Ann Woo for ArtAsiaPacific.

Ho Sin Tung

EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING, 2006, Eight-channel DVDs, color, sound and materials in everyday use, dimensions variable, installed at Taipei Biennial 2006 in Taipei Fine Arts Museum.Al

Koki Tanaka: Out of the Ordinary

18.03.85 (detail), 1985, oil on canvas, 126 x 150 cm. Courtesy de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong.

10.04.2013: Reflections on the life and work of Zao Wou-ki

PETER ROBINSON, If You Were To Work Here: The Mood in the Museum (detail), 2013, 240 felt-covered aluminum rods, 250 x 3.2 cm each, presented at Auckland Museum Atrium for the 5th

Auckland Triennial

GIMHONGSOK, Good Critique Bad Critique Strange Critique, 2013, Single-channel video, wooden table and chair, resin sculpture, urethane lacquer on board, dimensions variable. Courte

Seoul: Gimhongsok

Beijing: Lightness

CAO FEI, House of Treasures, 2013, Vinyl-coated nylon fabric, electric fans, dimensions variable. Photo by Noelle Bodick for ArtAsiaPacific. Courtesy the artist.

Hong Kong: Inflation