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From left to right: Larys Frogier, director of Rockbound Art Museum; Maria Taniguichi, winner of Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2015; and Marc le Mat, managing director of Hugo Boss Chin

Maria Taniguchi Wins Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2015

Konrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (SAPAC), speaking at the opening reception for the SAPAC's

Konrad Ng Appointed Executive Director of Shangri La center in Honolulu

Palestinian poet, artist and curator Ashraf Fayadh, who was sentenced to
death for apostasy by a court in Saudi Arabia on November 17, 2015.
Photo from Fayadh’s Instagram.

Palestinian Poet and Curator Sentenced to Death

HAROON MIRZA, Backfade_5 (Dancing Queen), 2011, mixed media. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London.

Haroon Mirza Wins 2015 Calder Prize

Paul Pfeiffer, who was announced a recipient of the 2015 United States Artists Fellowship on November 10. Courtesy Third Eye, New York.

Paul Pfeiffer Awarded 2015 United States Artists Fellowship

Portrait of *CENGIZ ÇEKIL* in front of his work _With a Cleaning Cloth_ (2012–13). Courtesy Rampa Gallery, Istanbul.

Obituary: Cengiz Çekil (1945–2015)

Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks, who are set to curate the upcoming Whitney Biennial in 2017, as announced by the Whitney Museum of American Art on November 4. Courtesy Whitney Mu

Christopher Lew and Mia Locks to co-curate the 2017 Whitney Biennial

Indian painter Shamshad Husain died on October 24. Photo sourced from The Hindu.

Indian painter Shamshad Husain Dies

Gutai artist Yasuo Sumi died at age 90 on October 12. Courtesy Whitestone Gallery, Tokyo/Hong Kong.

Gutai Artist Yasuo Sumi Dies at 90

Korean painter Chun Kyung-ja passed away on August 6, 2015. Courtesy Yonhap News Agency, Seoul.

Korean Painter Chun Kyung-Ja Dies at 91

Japanese curator Yukie Kamiya was appointed director of Japan Society Gallery in New York on October 7. Photo by Benjamin Warren. Courtesy Japan Society, New York.

Yukie Kamiya Appointed Director of Japan Society Gallery

BASEL ABBAS and RUANNE ABOU-RAHME, The Part About the Bandits, 2012, a video still from the first segment of their

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme Win 2016 Abraaj Group Art Prize

Illustration by DENISE NESTOR, from ArtAsiaPacific Almanac 2013.

Lars Nittve To Leave M+ in January 2016

Portrait of Christine Tohmé. Photo by Tarek Moukaddem, 2015.

Christine Tohmé Named Curator of Sharjah Biennial 13