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The owners of Tehran's Aun Gallery, Karan Vafadari and his wife Afarin Niasari, were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at the Iranian capital's Imam Khomeini Intern

Iranian Gallerists Jailed in Tehran

(From left to right) Alexander Rinnooy Kan, chairman of the EYE Filmmuseum board of trustees; Béla Tarr, screenwriter, director and jury member of the EYE Art and Film Prize 2017;

Wang Bing announced winner of the 2017 EYE Art and Film Prize

(Left to right) Brook Andrew, Yasmin Smith, Hoy Cheong Wong, Koji Ryui, Mami Kataoka, Rika Noguchi and NS Harsha. Photo by Catherine McElhone. Courtesy Biennale of Sydney.

Biennale of Sydney Announces First Set of Artists for 2018 Edition

Artist Anita Dube will be spearheading Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 as curator. Courtesy Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Anita Dube announced as curator for Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018

(From left) Kimsooja, Hon Chi Fun, Rashid Rana and Hiroshi Sugimoto at Asia Society’s 2017 Asia Arts Awards in Hong Kong on March 23, 2017. Courtesy Asia Society Hong Kong Center.

Four Artists Honored with the 2017 Asia Arts Award

A protestor confronts Chinese security officials in Songzhuang, Beijing. Photo from YouTube video.

Clashes Between Artists and Government Authority Arise Over Studio Demolition

Installation view of “But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Image courtesy of Guggenheim Museum, New York. <br>

Guggenheim Middle East Show Canceled in Shanghai

Cabral Yard, another existing space used for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. The building will become part of the Biennale's permanent venue. Courtesy Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale Finds A Permanent Home

Australian artist Sydney Ball died on March 6, 2017. Photo taken in 2016. Courtesy Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

Obituary: Sydney Ball (1933–2017)

Undated file photo of Hong Ra-hee.

Director of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Resigns

Tashi Norbu's 2016 solo exhibition at IaoHin Gallery, Macau, in 2016. Courtesy IaoHin Gallery.

Tibetan Artist Tashi Norbu Performance Canceled in Macau

Photographer Ren Hang died on February 24, 2017. Courtesy Ren Hang Studio, Beijing.

Obituary: Ren Hang (1987–2017)

Italian curator Eugenio Viola assumed his new role as senior curator at the Perth Institue of Contemporary Arts (PICA) on February 1, 2017. Photo by Riina Varol. Courtesy PICA.

Eugenio Viola Appointed Senior Curator at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Nigel Cameron passed away on February 14, 2017. Pictured here at the First Choice Exhibition (Exhibition Opening), February 5–13, 1977. Photo by Ha Bik Chuen. Courtesy of the Ha Fa

Obituary: Nigel Cameron (1920–2017)