Issue

(Left to Right) Anna DevÍc, Sabina Sabolovic, Ivet Curlin, Natasha Ilic. Courtesy Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.

ROUND UP: Women Steal the Headlines

OBITUARY: Ismail Gulgee, 1926-2007

Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin. Photo by Patricia Rodas and Dragos Alexandrescu.

OBITUARY: Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, 1957–2007

CAO FEI, RMB City 4 (2007), C-print, 120 x 160 cm. Courtesy Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou.

THE POINT: The Virtual Muse and her Taxman

SYLVIE FLEURY, Vitteaux, 2007, stainless steel, diameter: 500 cm. Courtesy Anyang Public Art Project 2007.

HOT SPOT: Anyang Public Art Project

Central Exhibition Hall, Central Bishkek, photo by Pavlos Constantinos Politis.

HOT SPOT: MUSEUMstan

SAKARIN KRUE-ON, Balance of Terror, 2007, VDO animation and petroleum contained in a rounded metal tray (diameter: 200 cm). Photograph by Suporn Shoosongdej. Courtesy the artist.

BIG PICTURE: The Art of Corruption

SH Raza. Courtesy Saffronart, New York.

ONE ON ONE: SH Raza

Yan Lei. Photo by Alis Atwell / ArtAsiaPacific.

Yan Lei

Cai Guo-Qiang with HEAD ON (2006) and BORROWING YOUR ENEMY’S ARROWS (1998) in the background. All images courtesy Cai Studio, New York.

Cai Guo-Qiang: The Art of War

FAIZA BUTT, Stars and Superstars, 2005, ink on polyester film, 38 x 61 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Salima Hashmi: Paradise Found & Lost

BRICK SELLERS OF KABUL, 2006, 16 mm film transfer to video. Courtesy the artist.

Lida Abdul: Landscapes of Remembrance

Shaun Gladwell. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.

Shaun Gladwell: Mortis ex Machina

QIU ZHIJIE, Lhasa is Far Away, America is Far Away, 2006-07, performance documentation, c-print, 45 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist and Long March Space, Beijing.QIU ZHIJIE, Lhasa is

Why Go to Tibet?: Qiu Zhijie in Shangri-la