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Sydney’s Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas to Launch April 2018

(From left to right) Gwangju Biennale 2018 curators Yeon Shim Chung, Yeewan Koon, David Teh, Christine Y. Kim, Clara Kim, Sung woo Kim, Man Seok Kim and Chong-Ok Paek appear at a p

12th Gwangju Biennale Curators And Exhibitions Announced

Under Construction—a collaborative work by the Malaysian artist collective PUSAT SEKITAR SENI and Indonesian group POPULATION PROJECT—was taken down by Malaysian authorities from t

Seven Artists Pull Out of Censored Kuala Lumpur Biennale

Portrait of *LI MING*. Courtesy the artist and Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai.

Li Ming Wins 2017 Hugo Boss Asia Art Awards

Art critic, educator and previously blacklisted culture figure Hwang Hyun-san is now chairman of the Arts Council Korea. Photo via hani.co.kr.

Hwang Hyun-san Appointed As Chairman Of Korea Arts Council

CUAUHTÉMOC MEDINA has been named chief curator for the 12th Shanghai Biennale, scheduled to open November 10, 2018, at the Power Station of Art. Courtesy Power Station of Art.

Cuauhtémoc Medina Tapped As Chief Curator Of 2018 Shanghai Biennale

Simon Mordant (left) and Hamish Balnaves (right) have withdrawn their support from the Australia Council for the Arts, citing a lack of consultation in the decision-making process

Australia Council for the Arts Loses Major Financial Backers

DANE MITCHELL will represent New Zealand in the 2019 Venice Biennale. Courtesy Creative New Zealand.

Dane Mitchell Announced as New Zealand’s 58th Venice Biennale Artist

Japanese-American photographer PATRICK NAGATANI passed away on October 27, 2017. Photo from New Mexico PBS, KNME-TV.

Obituary: Patrick Nagatani (1945–2017)

Details of verbal and sexual harassment by Benjamin Genocchio, the ousted executive director of New York's Armory Show, have come to light. Photo by Teddy Wolff. Courtesy The Armor

Armory Replaces Disgraced Benjamin Genocchio

The artist's prize-winning work from his ongoing

Rokni Haerizadeh Wins Inaugural Officine Grandi Riparazioni Award

Zoe Butt, Omar Kholeif and Claire Tancons Appointed As Curators of Sharjah Biennial 14

Palestinian artist *MONA HATOUM* is Whitechapel Gallery's Art Icon of 2018. Photo by Jim Rakete. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris.

Mona Hatoum Named Whitechapel Gallery’s 2018 Art Icon

Over 5,000 people have signed a letter condemning sexual harassment in the art industry. The letter was sparked by the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against Artforum co

Women in the Art World Condemn Sexual Harassment