A homecoming event in Sydney to celebrate ArtAsiaPacific’s 25th anniversary and the opening of the 21st Biennale of Sydney—graciously hosted by art patrons Gene Sherman and Andrew Cameron—brought together many editors and contributors from the magazine’s early years in Australia, as well as young artists, students and writers.
All art in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is produced by the state, and is primarily controlled by the three main art studios in Pyongyang: Mansudae, Paekho and Central Art Studio. Mansudae is the largest art “collective.”
In an era full of aspiring, soi-disant collectors, it can be startling to encounter the real thing.
Shen Xin’s video works—which focus on the ways spirituality and everyday life intermingle in a world complicated by power, science and love— convey a perpetual instability.
Survivors of war often carry scars. The inaugural Manila Biennale, and its works under the theme of “Open City,” presented its own array of wounds.
Raden Saleh and Juan Luna are cornerstone figures in 19th-century Southeast Asian art history.
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