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Aisha Khalid,Ishq, 2023, pins on canvas, 40 x 80 in (101.6 x 203.2 cm), variation one. Image courtesy the artist and Aicon, New York.

Exhibitions

“At the Circle’s Center”: Aisha Khalid at Aicon, New York

Dayanita Singh, I am as I am, 1999. © Dayanita Singh

Photography

Dancing with my camera: the photography of Dayanita Singh

Dayanita Singh transcends the boundaries of photography to create unique and intimate experiences

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

Artree Nepal, Godna / Tika Chedna (Tattoo) depicting peacock playing in the garden done in the Tharu tradition by women in the West and Far West of Nepal, photographic research material, 2021. Courtesy of Artree Nepal and Urmila Gamwa Tharu.

Triennales

Kathmandu Triennale 2077: the intersection of contemporary art, folk art and craft

KT2077 features over 100 artists from40 countries across five venues.

Installation view of Ajlan Gharem's, Jana Traboulsi's and Kallol Datta's projects at "Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics" at the V&A, 18 September-28 November 2021. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Art Awards and Prizes

Jameel Prize 2021: Poetry to Politics at the V&A

The Jameel Prize introduces a thematic focus on contemporary design for its 2021 edition.

Korakrit Arunanondchai, Songs for Dying, 2021, exhibition view at 13th Gwangju Biennale, Horanggasy Artpolygon, 2021. Photo: Sang tae Kim.

Biennales

Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning: the 13th Gwangju Biennale — Part 1

ASIA looks at some of the new commissions at Asia's oldest biennale, which sets out to "examine the spectrum of the extended mind".

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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