Issue

Still image from *BASMA ALSHARIF*'s _Ouroboros_, 2017, feature-length film: 77 min. Courtesy the artist and Imane Fares Gallery, Paris.

Big Story: Unfolding Catastrophes

Portrait of *X ZHU-NOWELL*. Photo by Farah Al Qasimi. Courtesy Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai.

Career Moves: Leading Roles

Curator *IWONA BLAZWICK* with Istanbul Biennial director *BIGE ORER*. Photo by Salih Ustundag. Courtesy the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.

Controversy: Self-Inflicted Problems

Exterior view of the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru. Photo by Iwan Baan. Courtesy MAP.

Infrastructure: Build Back Better

Curator of the upcoming 60th Venice Biennale, *ADRIANO PEDROSA*. Photo by Andrea Avezzu. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia.

Looking Ahead: Culture Clash Schedule

Supporters of imprisoned Turkish philanthropist *OSMAN KAVALA*. Courtesy Free Osman Kavala Campaign.

News: Imprisoned But Not Forgotten

*SUNG TIEU*, _Galleried, Detail_, 2022, black steel, soil, 150 x 92 x 100 cm. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg/Beirut.

Almanac 2024 City Reports: Contested Terrain

Portrait by Joi Ito.

Obituaries: Lasting Legacies

*HIROSHI SUGIMOTO*, _Point of Infinity: Surface of Revolution with Constant Negative Curvature_, 2023, stainless steel and glass-fiber, reinforced concrete, 21 m, San Francisco. Co

Public Domain: Rescue and Relief

Installation view of *JONATHAN JONES*'s _untitled (transcriptions of country)_, 2023, at Artspace, Sydney. Photo by Zan Wimberley. Courtesy Artspace.

Sydney: The Call and Response Across Time: An Interview with Jonathan Jones

Installation view of David Zwirner's Booth, at Art SG, January 12-15, 2023. Courtesy David Zwirner.

Art Fairs: Scale Wars

*RENE MAGRITTE*, _Le miroir universel_, 1938-39, oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm. Courtesy Sotheby's Hong Kong.

Auctions: Undercurrents Rise Above

View of Taipei Dangdai at Nangang Exhibition Center, 2023. Courtesy Taipei Dangdai.

Cultural Currency: Stagnant Waters

*DON'T FOLLOW THE WIND* collective at one of the exhibition sites in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone in 2015. Courtesy Don't Follow the Wind.

Fukushima: Dispatch from an Exclusion Zone