Issue

Illustration by saiman chow.

THE POINT: An Old Model, A New Means

BHUPEN KHAKHAR, Muslims Around a Mosque, 2001, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm. Courtesy Sotheby’s London.

AUCTION REPORT: Knowing One's Worth

NARI WARD’s China Idle, 2010, in Galleria Continua’s booth at ShContemporary 2010, Shanghai. Courtesy ShContemporary.

ART FAIR REPORT: Small Measures

Interior view of Suzusho House, 1968, in 16 Houses and Architectural Theory (1971), a book documenting the work of Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara. Photography by Dani Saul for

A Machine for Thinking

Experimental sound artists Zen Lu and Abai performing at Mooka Space in Shenzhen, China, 2007. Photo by Jazzcat.

Cutting through the Noise

RUTI SELA & MAAYAN AMIR, Beyond Guilt #1, 2003, video stills in which the artists are engaging in provocative exchanges with anonymous men. Courtesy the artists.

From Both Sides Now

KRIS MARTIN, Vase, 2005, Chinese porcelain, glue, height: 225 cm. Collection Wilhelm and Gabi Schürmann, Herzogenrath. Photo by Ulrike Baumgart.Courtesy Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf.

A History of Violence

Artist project reinterpreted by Pete Deevakul

The Otolith Group

Artist project reinterpreted by Pete Deevakul

Sara Rahbar

Artist project reinterpreted by Pete Deevakul

Arlo Mountford: Off with his Head!

Artist project reinterpreted by Pete Deevakul.

Xu Bing: Words Unbound

Front page of a 1987 edition of Zhongguo Meishubao (“Fine Arts in China” newspaper). Photographed at Li Xianting’s studio in Beijing, 2010. All images in this article are courtesy

Li Xianting: Off the Page

WHY DO FAKE HANDS NOT CLAP, 2010, stills from video installation. All images in this article are courtesy the artist.

Hamra Abbas: The Sound of Broken Clapping

WALLPAPER 03, 2009, mixed media, 167 x 131 x 15 cm. Installation view at Singapore Tyler Print Institute, 2010. Courtesy the artist and Singapore Tyler Print Institute.

Tabaimo: All That Creeps Beneath the Surface