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Construction of the Sydney Modern Project will commence early 2019. Image by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA. Copyright Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Construction of Sydney Modern to Commence 2019

On November 20, SHAHIDUL ALAM was released from Dhaka Central Jail after being granted bail five days earlier. Image via Twitter, FreeShahidul.

Shahidul Alam Released From Jail

The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be expanding its collections of non-Western art as part of its plans to renovate the Southwest Wing. It will also

Met Museum Expands Focus On Non-Western Art With New Southwest And Rockefeller Wings

Among those detained by Turkish police on Friday, November 16 were (clockwise from top left): Anadolu Kültür general coordinator Asena Günal; academics Turgut Tarhanlı and Betül Ta

Turkish Cultural Workers and Academics Detained

On November 13, Hong Kong’s M+ announced the establishment of the Sigg Prize, which recognizes outstanding artists in the Greater China region. The new prize emerged from and repla

M+ Launches New Sigg Prize

LISA HAVILAH has been named the new chief executive of Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Courtesy Carriageworks, Sydney.

Lisa Havilah to Head Up Sydney's Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

WEI YING (left) has been named winner of the 2018 Hyundai Blue Prize's Creativity Prize, while LONG XINGRU (right) received the Sustainability Prize. Photo by Elaine W. Ng for ArtA

Winners of the 2018 Hyundai Blue Prize Announced

Portrait of the late SADAHARU HORIO. Photo by Esther Chan for ArtAsiaPacific.<br>

Obituary: Sadaharu Horio (1939–2018)

MCH Group, will no longer support a number of regional art fairs, including Singapore’s Art SG, of which the Swiss conglomerate was initially an organizing partner. <br>

Art Basel Owner Pulls Out Of Art SG

The Kolkata Centre for Creativity is scheduled to open its doors on November 21, 2018. Image via Skyscrapercity forum user samrat_m.

Kolkata Centre for Creativity to Open November 2018

Portrait of *ALFREDO JAAR* at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum of Art. Photo by Adam Kuehl. Courtesy SCAD. Image via SCAD.

Alfredo Jaar Wins 11th Hiroshima Art Prize

Egyptian-Armenian artist *CHANT AVEDISSIAN* died on October 24 at the age of 67. He was known for his use of painted stencils in works exploring the relations between history, poli

Obituary: Chant Avedissian (1951–2018)

It was reported on October 25 that YAYOI KUSAMA and TAKASHI MURAKAMI will be taking legal action against the presenters behind a series of exhibitions in China displaying objects i

Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami to Take Legal Action Against Exhibition of Fake Works

Since the suspicious disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in early October, various global institutions have distanced themselves from Saudi-funded programs,

Ahmed Mater New York Talk Canceled As Major Art Institutions Step Away From Saudi-Backed Initiatives