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Cover of racy Jawi novel published by Qalam Press, Singapore, as shown by Faris Joraimi, Singapore. Image courtesy Shubigi Rao.

Biennales

Asia-Pacific, Central and West Asia at the 59th Venice Biennale

Biennales

Central and West Asia at the 58th Venice Biennale

National pavilions and collateral events representing Middle Eastern countries at the Venice Biennale in 2019.

Zahrah Al-Ghamdi, "After Illusion", Saudi Arabia Pavilion, 58th VeniceBiennale 2019. Photo: © C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia | ASIA.

Biennales

Postcards from Asia at the 58th Venice Biennale

A look at Asian art exhibitions at the Venice Biennale 2019.

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MEL HSIEH & ITEM IDEM, COLD SINGLE, 2019, single channel video with sound, 5min:39sec, edition of 6. Image courtesy the artist.

Art Fairs

Preview ASIA NOW Paris Asian Art Fair

The 5th ASIA NOW features over 50 prominent and cutting-edge galleries presenting over 250 established and emerging artists from China, Korea, Japan, Central and Southeast Asia.

Saatchi Gallery (Duke Of York Barracks), Chelsea, London. Image © Jim Linwood 2008 | flickr

Art Fairs

Preview START Art Fair 2019 at Saatchi Gallery

The 6th START Art Fair in London champions emerging artists from 30 countries.

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.

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