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C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia

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

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

ASIA brings together all the Asian participations at the 59th Venice Biennale.

Joyce Ho, DOTS, 2021, installation view at "Phantasmopolis", 8th Asian Art Biennial, 2021. Image courtesy Asian Art Biennial.

The 8th Asian Art Biennial: Phantasmopolis looks “back to the future” in times of COVID

The 8th Asian Art Biennial "Phantasmopolis" turns to Asian futurism and sci-fi culture to provide different perspectives on Asia’s past and present, as well as new imaginations of what the future might look like in a post-pandemic era.

UuDam Tran Nguyen, Serpents’Tails, 2015, installation view. Image courtesy National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.

7 Asian contemporary art exhibitions to see this Christmas 2021

ASIA features a selection of must-see exhibitions of Asian contemporary art around the world this Christmas.

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, and awards Saudi Arabian artist and designer Ajlan Gharem.

Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) during the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Image courtesy Seoul Museum of Art.

11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale: One Escape at A Time

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale reimagines escapism as a tool for navigating our fractured realities.

Yee I-Lann, with weaving by Kak Roziah, Kak Sanah, Kak Kinnuhong, Kak Koddil, Tikar Reben, 2021, video still. Image courtesy Andy Chia.

Yee I-Lann: Until We Hug Again at CHAT, Hong Kong

Yee I-Lann's textile works encourage to embrace and reconcile differences, as well as local cultural traditions, while resisting cultural homogenisation.

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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.