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Installation view of *PARK CHAN-KYONG*'s _Child Soldier_, 2017-18, photographs in lightboxes, 83 x 56 x 7 cm, at

Washington, DC: Park Chan-kyong

Book Review: The Manhattan Art Journal Vol. 1, Issue 1

Book Review: The Manhattan Art Journal Vol. 1, Issue 1

Cover design by Joyce Wong.<br>

Preface: A Sense of Normality

Editor’s Letter: Getting Up Close

*SOPHIE VON HELLERMANN* in her Margate, UK, studio, 2023. Photo by Daniel Gurton. Courtesy the artist.

Inside Burger Collection: Exiting the Dreamland: Sophie von Hellermann

*NALINI MALANI* in her Mumbai studio. Photo by Johan Pijnappel. Courtesy the artist.

Awards: Leading Lights

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