Nicholas Gamso considers Ren Hang’s engagement with urban space and queer body politics
Conversations
Propositions for an Archive of Performance Art in India
Sabih Ahmed in conversation with Samudra Kajal Saikia
Essays
Motherhood, Motherland: Photography, Representation, and Agency of the Filipina Overseas Worker
Alice Sarmiento asks whether exhibitions and artist-led initiatives can change how we connect space, citizenship, and acts of caregiving
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | Zubeida Agha with President Ayub Khan
A look at a revealing photo from the Zubeida Agha Archive
Conversations
On Public Mindedness: In Conversation with Vasif Kortun
Being public is not a given, it has to be earned. Vasif Kortun and Özge Ersoy discuss art institutions, publics, and institutional alliances
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | The Semi-Autonomous Zine: Charting Margins and Peripheries in Independent Publishing
Recommended readings on zine and independent publishing cultures in East and South East Asia
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Women in the Visual Arts in India and South Asia: Some Partial Maps
Recommended readings on women in the visual arts in India and South Asia
Notes
Part-time Pedagogies: Introducing Three Places for Emancipatory Learning
Through annotated illustrations, Michael Leung reflects on the potential for emancipatory learning in Hong Kong
Essays
Gendering Her Art: The Category of “Woman” in the Art History of Hong Kong
Christina Yuen Zi Chung looks at gender-themed art exhibitions and their relation to feminist discourse in Hong Kong
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Art Periodicals in the Philippines, 1970s to 2000s
Recommended readings on the rise and fall of the art periodical scene in the Philippines from the 1970s to 2000s
Conversations
Building Asia Art Archive, Part 3
How does AAA make decisions about what it collects? Jane DeBevoise and Anthony Yung discuss AAA’s China projects in relation to this query
Conversations
“Earth Drives Earth Along”: In Conversation with Nilima Sheikh
Nilima Sheikh discusses the histories and materiality of four natural pigments from her studio space in Baroda
Essays
Viewed from a Train: Glimpses of the Artist as Hong Kong Citizen
Valerie C. Doran looks at an arts festival held in a Hong Kong village slated for demolition, and how artists respond to social issues in alternative ways
Conversations
Boris Groys in Conversation with Johnson Chang
On archives as “museums minus the aesthetic experience,” the return of God as a spectator, and the totalitarianism of music
Essays
Notes on the "Vernacular" Milieus of Art Writing
Sneha Ragavan questions the dominance of English in India’s art historiography and criticism
Conversations
A Conversation Between Chen Kuan-hsing and Rasheed Araeen
On art, history, institutions, and decolonisation struggles
Essays
How To Change The World Without Really Trying: Reflections On Performance Art Today
Lee Wen considers whether performance art has lost its edge in resistance to mainstream culture
Essays
Mapping Asia
Note from the Editors
Essays
Criticism and “The Essence of Contemporary Asian Art”
Lee Weng Choy on emerging discourses that stake as well as contest claims about what "Asia" might mean
