ALMANAC 2006

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Preface BY Elaine W. Ng

Almanac 2006

Half of the world’s people live in what we know as Asia-the place once called “the east”, “the orient” or “the far east” but which now, by virtue of its immense economic and political importance and steadily-growing influence, folds its presence around every quarter of the globe.

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GLOBAL

News

Art Festivals

Art Fairs

Auctions

Galleries

Publications

News

FIVE ARTISTS FOR 2005

Cai Guo-Qiang

Shirin Neshat

Rirkrit Tiravanija

Tracey Moffatt

Yoko Ono

Subodh Gupta

COUNTRIES

Introduction

Afganistan BY Rupert Winchester

Armenia BY Harry Perlmutter

Australia BY Rupert Winchester

Azerbaijan BY Rupert Winchester

Bahrain BY Rupert Winchester

Bangladesh BY Gin K. Hsu

Bhutan BY Rupert Winchester

Brunei BY Harry Perlmutter

Burma BY Rupert Winchester

Cambodia BY Rupert Winchester

China BY Harry Perlmutter

East Timor BY Rupert Winchester

Fiji Islands BY Harry Perlmutter

Georgia BY Harry Perlmutter

Hong Kong BY Rupert Winchester and Elaine W. Ng

India BY Rupert Winchester and Elaine W. Ng

Indonesia BY Harry Perlmutter and Gin K. Hsu

Iran BY Rupert Winchester

Iraq BY Rupert Winchester

Israel BY Gin K. Hsu

Japan BY Andrew Maerkle

Jordan BY Harry Perlmutter

Kazakhstan BY Harry Perlmutter

Kiribati BY Rupert Winchester

Korea, North BY Harry Perlmutter

Korea, South BY Harry Perlmutter

Kuwait BY Rupert Winchester

Kyrgyzstan BY Rupert Winchester

Laos BY Harry Perlmutter

Lebanon BY Rupert Winchester

Macau BY Rupert Winchester

Malaysia BY Rupert Winchester

Maldives BY Rupert Winchester

Marshall Islands BY Harry Perlmutter

Micronesia BY Rupert Winchester

Mongolia BY Harry Perlmutter

Nauru BY Rupert Winchester

Nepal BY Rupert Winchester

New Caledonia BY Harry Perlmutter

New Zealand BY Rupert Winchester and Elaine W. Ng

Niue BY Harry Perlmutter

Northern Mariana Islands BY Rupert Winchester

Oman BY Harry Perlmutter

Pakistan BY Rupert Winchester

Palau BY Harry Perlmutter

Palestinian Territories BY Rupert Winchester

Papua New Guinea BY Rupert Winchester

Philippines BY Harry Perlmutter

Qatar BY Harry Perlmutter

Samoa BY Harry Perlmutter

Saudi Arabia BY Harry Perlmutter

Singapore BY Rupert Winchester

Solomon Islands BY Rupert Winchester

Sri Lanka BY Gin K. Hsu

Syria BY Harry Perlmutter

Taiwan BY Harry Perlmutter

Tajikistan BY Rupert Winchester

Thailand BY Harry Perlmutter and Gin K. Hsu

Tonga BY Harry Perlmutter

Turkey BY Rupert Winchester

Turkmenistan BY Harry Perlmutter

Tuvalu BY Rupert Winchester

United Arab Emirates BY Rupert Winchester

Uzbekistan BY Harry Perlmutter

Vanuatu BY Harry Perlmutter

Vietnam BY Harry Perlmutter

Yemen BY Rupert Winchester

Vishakha N. Desai and Melissa Chiu

INFLUENCE: TODAY AND TOMORROW

Uli Sigg

Claire Hsu

Arani and Shumita Bose

Fumio Nanjo

Hong-Hee Kim

Cai Guo-Qiang

Gregory Burke

Eugene Tan

Apinan Poshyananda