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Deborah Kass, Seven Ghost Yentls (My Elvis), 1997, silkscreen and acrylic on canvas, 198.1 x 294.6 x 3.8 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Kavi Gupta.

Art Basel OVR: Pioneers 2021

ASIA looks at some highlights from Asian artists and galleries on show at Art Basel's OVR: Pioneers until 27 March 2021.

Haugue Yang. Image courtesy Hyundai Motor.

MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2020: Haegue Yang – O2 & H2O

MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2020 presents a solo exhibition of internationally acclaimed Korean artist Haegue Yang.

BMW Art Journey: Lu Yang, (f.l.t.r.) Kebyar Duduk dancer I Wayan Purwanto and Rangda dancer Made Sukadana, Bali (Indonesia), 2020. © Lu Yang

Art Awards and Prizes

Lu Yang completes first leg of BMW Art Journey

ASIA takes a look at the Art Basel in Hong Kong BMW Art Journey 2019 winner's first part of the journey in Bali.

"You and I Don't Live on the Same Planet", Taipei Biennial 2020, 21 November 2020 - 14 March 2021, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan. Image courtesy © TFAM.

“You and I Don’t Live on the Same Planet” — Taipei Biennial 2020

Taipei Biennial 2020 has challenged the Covid pandemic and showcased a memorable show on geopolitical discussion.

Lee Mingwei, Our Labyrinth, 2020, performance at The Met in New York City. Screenshot from YouTube.

Lee Mingwei and Bill T. Jones: Our Labyrinth at The MET

Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei presented his durational performance OUR LABYRINTH at The Met in New York in September 2020, in collaboration with American dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.

Art Basel in Basel. © Art Basel

Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms and the digital art fair of the future

"Art Basel has paved the way for what’s to come", with the second edition of the Online Viewing Rooms closing on 26 June 2020.

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ASIA | Art Spectacle International Asia is an independent online magazine covering contemporary art from Asia-Pacific to the Middle East.

Founder and Editor C. A. Xuân Mai Ardia is a Vietnamese-Italian from Padova, Italy. She currently resides near Venice, Italy, but she has lived around the world for more than 20 years. London was her home throughout university and her first forays in the art world and gallery work, until she moved to Shanghai in 2006 where she worked for Pearl Lam Galleries (then Contrasts Gallery) until 2009. She has lived between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Padova, Italy in 2009-2016, where she worked at Galerie Qyunh, Craig Thomas Gallery and contributed to Art Radar.

Mai holds a BA in Chinese | History of Art and Archaeology and an MA in Chinese Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK, as well as an MSc in Development Studies | Conservation of Cultural Heritage from the School of Development, Innovation and Change (SDIC), University of Bologna, Italy. She has worked in the conservation of world cultural heritage in Rome and in contemporary art galleries in London, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City. Her articles have been published in Art Review Asia, Art Radar, The Culture Trip and CoBo Social.

Mai joined the Art Radar team as Copy Editor in May 2013, and became Staff Writer in November of the same year. Continuing to contribute her writing to Art Radar, she took up the role of Managing Editor from November 2015 to December 2018, when Art Radar ceased publication.

To continue on and contribute to the dissemination of contemporary art ideas and practices from Asia, Mai founded ASIA in Spring 2019.