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Leelee Chan in her studio. 2020. Image courtesy the artist (06/2020).

Art Awards and Prizes

Leelee Chan wins BMW Art Journey 2020

Leelee Chan wins Art Basel BMW Art Journey 2020.

"Constructions of Truths", MCAD Manila, 2020. Image courtesy MCAD Manila.

Constructions of Truths at MCAD Manila

The exhibition encourages us to negotiate the continually shifting perceptions of reality through images.

Paphonsak La-or, Far From Home (Meeting Place), 2019, installation view at National Library, Singapore Biennale 2019. Image courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Every Step in the Right Direction: Singapore Biennale 2019

The Singapore Biennale 2019, titled "Every Step in the Right Direction", brings together the work of 77 artits and art collectives from 36 countries and territories worldwide.

"Our World is Burning", Palais de Tokyo, Paris (21.02 – 1.09.2020). Left to right: Bouthayna Al Muftah, Tag Tag Tagiya, 2018-2020, site-specific installation; Sophia Al Maria, Scout, 2012, fiberglass, resin, digital video, color, light & sound, 16min:36sec, dimensions variable. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

Our world is burning at Palais de Tokyo

The exhibition co-presented with MATHAF explores contemporary art as seen from the Gulf region.

"Future and the Arts: AI, Robotic, Cities, Life – How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019-2020. Photo: Kioku Keizo. Image courtesy Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

Future and the Arts at Mori Art Museum

While the Mori Art Museum remains closed until further notice, ASIA brings you the museum's latest show online.

Kamruzzaman Shadhin, The Fibrous Souls, 2018-2020, jute, cotton thread, brass, clay. Realised in collaboration with Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts. Commissioned and produced by Samdani Art Foundation for DAS 2020. Courtesy the artist and Samdani Art Foundation. Photo: Randhir Singh.

Seismic Movements: Dhaka Art Summit 2020

DAS 2020 explored the notion of movement, and looked at it within diverse social, historical and political contexts.

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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.