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General view of Art Basel Hong Kong in 2019. Courtesy Art Basel.

Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Gallery Lineup for 2020

<b>CLARA CHEUNG</b>, artist and co-founder of nonprofit platform C&G Artpartment, is one of several artists and cultural workers who have announced their participation in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cultural Workers Run in 2019 District Council Elections

MELISSA CHIU will curate the third edition of the Honolulu Biennial. Photo by Greg Powers. Courtesy the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.

Melissa Chiu To Curate 2021 Honolulu Biennial

HUANG YONG PING passed away in Paris on October 19. Courtesy kamel mennour, Paris / London.

Obituary: Huang Yong Ping (1954–2019)

Google is fighting the Delhi High Court's order that it remove from its search engine links to Instagram posts accusing *SUBODH GUPTA* of sexual misconduct. The artist is suing the

Google Resists Order To Wipe #MeToo Posts In Subodh Gupta Defamation Case

Contemporary Istanbul chairperson *ALI GÜRELI* has released a statement defending Turkey's military assault on Kurdish-controlled areas of northeast Syria. Courtesy Step Istanbul.

Contemporary Istanbul Chair Defends Turkish Military Offensive In Syria

Desert X board members *ED RUSCHA*, *YAEL LIPSCHUTZ*, and *TRISTAN MILANOVICH* have resigned in protest against the biennial's plans to launch a new edition in Al-Ula (pictured), S

Desert X Board Members Resign Over Saudi Arabia Launch

Artist and activist *CARLOS CELDRAN* died on October 8 at the age of 46. Courtesy the artist.

Obituary: Carlos Celdran (1972–2019)

Self-taught painter MATTHEW WONG died on October 2 at the age of 35. Portrait of the artist in 2015 by Monita Cheng. Courtesy Karma, New York.

Obituary: Matthew Wong (1984–2019)

*SUBODH GUPTA* has filed a defamation suit against the proprietor(s) of the anonymous Instagram account Scene and Herd (@herdsceneand), which published accusations of sexual miscon

Subodh Gupta Sues Anonymous #MeToo Instagram Account For Defamation

Left to right: artists HAIG AIVAZIAN and AHMAD GHOSSEIN were appointed co-artistic directors of the Beirut Art Center. Photo courtesy Beirut Art Center.

Beirut Art Center Announces New Artistic Directors

Installation view of “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’” at the Aichi
Prefecture Museum of Art in Nagoya. The exhibition was closed by
organizers in early August after the sculpture t

Aichi Triennale to Reopen Controversial Exhibition

Gwangju Biennale 2020 Reveals Title And First Artist List

*MELIK OHANIAN* has been awarded a Visarte Prize for his installation Les Réverbères de la Mémoire (2010–18), commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Photo credit DR, c

Melik Ohanian Awarded 2019 Visarte Prize