Sarena Abdullah | Soft Power in Post-independence Malaya

London, Asia | Talk

Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan | Cabinet of Resistance I

15 Invitations | Exhibition

Artist-in-Residence | Ho Tzu Nyen

Residency Programme

Ruangrupa | Toko Pura-pura

15 Invitations | Workshop

Event File (Vietnam): The Mekong Art and Culture Project

Beautiful Dragon

Soka's View: Southeast Asian Contemporary Art

Inherited & Salvaged: Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection

City: Rememberance, Reimagining

36 Ideas from Asia: Contemporary South-East Asian Art

Visions and Enchantment: Southeast Asian Paintings

Cheong Soo Pieng: Visions of Southeast Asia

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

Toko Pura-Pura (Quasi-shop)

A Jakarta-based artist collective creates a transactional space where knowledge and ideas are exchanged through collaborations

A Short Story of Bagyi Aung Soe in Five Images

Yin Ker discusses the transformation of desire through meditation on desire

Contemporary Asian Art at the Guggenheim

Three approaches to framing contemporary art outside a Eurocentric framework

Spatializing the Contemporary, Philippine-Style

Oscar Campomanes provides a conceptual and cultural critique of The Philippine Contemporary exhibition

Interview with James Chu

The artist discusses Macau, his work for the recent Venice Biennale, and how he became an artist

An Expanded Questionnaire on the Contemporary: Part II

AAA expands upon Hal Foster’s 2009 questionnaire on "the contemporary"

Photologue | Passage Through India

Images of a trip to India during the India Art Fair

Interview with Fang Lu

The artist reveals her interest in food as an artistic medium and discusses the reality of being a female artist in China today

Photologue | Drawing Lines: Shadows along the Equator

Images of Biennale Jogja XI

Photologue | The New Generation of Manila’s Artist-Run Spaces

Images of the newest artist-run spaces in Manila

Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990

In 2006, AAA began locating, collecting, and preserving a large body of important material from the 1980s, a period in China's art history that was in danger of being lost.

Interview with Manuel Ocampo

The Filipino artist shares how his practice has changed since he started painting, his return to Manila, and the gallery and art school he has started there

Photologue | Shanghai Highlights

Images of exhibition openings during the SH Contemporary in Shanghai

Interview with Arin Rungjang

The Thai artist reveals the role collaboration plays in his work and discusses his interest in everyday objects and exchanges

Art as Voice: Political Art in Southeast Asia at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

Art as an important sociopolitical voice on inequality, corruption, the environment, and authoritarianism

Photologue | Hong Kong Heat Wave

Images of Hong Kong's art scene in the summer

Interview with Roslisham Ismail (a.k.a. Ise)

The Malaysian artist discusses his collaboration with six Singaporean families and the socioeconomic problems stemming from Malaysia's New Economic Policy

Photologue | Probing the New: Open Edit and More in Ho Chi Minh City

Images of a trip to Ho Chi Minh City during AAA's Open Edit: Mobile Library

Off the Shelf | On Censorship

The AAA team considers past cases of censorship in a region where freedom of artistic expression is in many cases impossible

Photologue | Guests at Open House

Images of the Singapore Biennale 2011

Interview with Alice Kok

The Macanese artist discusses her projects exploring language, family, and meditation

Photologue | From Shanghai to Nanjing: Two International Biennales and the In-Betweens

Images of the Shanghai and Nanjing Biennales

Interview with Wu Mali

Wu Mali talks about her work, her collaborations with communities, and the art scene in Taiwan  

Research Log | Logic Behind The Chaos: A Glimpse into Performance Art in Indonesia

Observations on the divisions within the Indonesian contemporary art scene

Predicaments and Promises: Reflections on Art Writing in Malaysia and Singapore

Kelvin Chuah argues that new, transdisciplinary efforts are needed to analyse modern art in Malaysia and Singapore

Research Log | A Cloud Over Baguio

Memories of the Baguio Art Festivals in the 1990s

Photologue | Shanghai Today

A look at exhibitions in Shanghai during Expo 2010

Interview with Cheng Yee-man and Clara Cheung of C&G Artpartment

A conversation with the founders of the art collective and alternative art space C&G Artpartment

The Sustainability of Ideas

Ade Darmawan is an Indonesian artist and Director of the ruangrupa artists’ initiative

Interview with Nguyen Huy An

The Vietnamese artist discusses his practice, found objects, and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

Research Log | Green Papaya Art Project: Plan B

One of the last surviving alternative artist-run spaces in Manila has gone through several moves and upheavals

The Chimera of a Greater China: Analyzing the 2009 Fall Art Fair Season in Mainland China And Taiwan

James Donald examines the anxieties, thrills, and unpredictability of the Asian art market

The Politics of Play in Malaysian Art

Eva McGovern is an independent curator, art critic, and lecturer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Interview with Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

The Thai artist discusses her latest series, her views on female artists, and the use of the corpse in her work

Photologue | Bangkok Updates

Images of artists, artworks, and a symposium

Photologue | Seven Days in the Art World of Shanghai

A trip exploring the Chinese contemporary art world through young artist collectives

Interview with Chang Yoong Chia

The Malaysian artist discusses his works, including the series Flora & Fauna and Quilt of the Dead, and his experience participating in residency programmes

Interview with Tsui Kuang-yu

The Taiwanese artist talks about satire, daily life, and his upcoming trip to Antarctica

Regional Formation and the Postcolonial Question: Contemporary Art in Hong Kong and the PRD

Carolyn Cartier, Professor of Human Geography and China Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney

Interview with Tsang Kin-wah

The Hong Kong artist discusses his background, artistic practice, and his latest work

Photologue | A Research Trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A five-day trip to galleries, alternative spaces, and artist-in-residencies

Photologue | Touring the South: In Search of Alternatives

A trip in search of art outside the gallery and museum spaces

Interview with Sopheap Pich

Erin Gleeson speaks with the Cambodian artist about sculpture, his daily routine, and the Khmer Rouge

Farm-to-Market Roads

Patrick D. Flores is Professor of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines

Photologue | A First Glimpse into 2009

Images of exhibitions held during uncertain and politically sensitive times

Photologue | Arena Livens Up in Jakarta

Images of Jakarta Biennale 2009

Photologue | Pasong Tamo: The New Artwalk

Images of a burgeoning destination for contemporary Philippine art

Photologue | A Possible World: Taipei Biennale

Images from the 2008 Taipei Biennale

Photologue | China Whirlwind

Images of a week-long trip to China during biennial season

Photologue | Wander and Wonder: Singapore Biennale

Images of the Singapore Biennale

Research Log | Contemporary Art Fair and Art Museum Openings in India

Nabodita Sarkar documents two indelible events for art lovers in India

Interview with Alwin Reamillo

The West Australian-based Filipino artist discusses his collaborative works and social sculptures, his peripatetic life, and his philosophical journeys

Research Log | Documenting Indonesia

On the significance of the Indonesia Visual Art Archive for Indonesian contemporary art

Photologue | A Change of the Guard

Manila's museums make space for contemporary art

Research Log | Northern Lights

A survey trip to Chiang Mai and Lamphun

Interview with Wong Hoy Cheong

Diaaalogue Editor Susan Acret spoke to the artist about the universal themes in his work and his views on Malaysian art

Photologue | After New Year

Images of the contemporary art scene in Bangkok

Photologue | New Delhi, Mar 2008

Images from India's first international performance art festival

Photologue | Manila, 19–23 Feb 2008

A glimpse at contemporary art in Manila

Research Log | Nothing If Not Liberated

Phoebe Wong travels to Myanmar for the Festival of Contemporary Theatre and Performance Art

Photologue | Beijing, 17–26 Jan 2008

Images of openings and events in Beijing

Photologue | Manila, 3–22 Jan 2008

Images of exhibitions and new art spaces

Positionings: A Round-up of Perspectives for 2007

Deeksha Nath is an art historian, critic, and curator based in New Delhi

Biennale Demand

Lee Weng Choy, an art critic and artistic co-director of The Substation arts centre in Singapore

Photologue | 9th Asiatopia Performance Art Festival and Soft Launch of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

Images of two significant art events in Thailand

Malaysia’s New People Power

Kathy Rowland, Co-Founder and Managing Editor of Kakiseni

Photologue | 2007 Asia Art Biennial and Art Spaces in Taichung, 12–14 Oct 2007

Images of a trip to Taiwan

Photologue | A Trip to Shanghai, 20–21 Oct 2007

Images of the local art scene

Photologue | AAA at ShContemporary, 5–9 Sep 2007

Images of artists, installations, and artworks

Photologue | Beijing, 10–14 Jul 2007

Images of an AAA team visit to Beijing

Beyond Vol. I, No. 1: Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art

Flaudette May V. Datuin, Editor and Co-Founder of Ctrl+P Journal of Contemporary Art

Photologue | Guangzhou: Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Southwest China 1985–2007

Images from a visit to the Guangdong Museum of Art

. . . and Malaysia?

Michelle Antoinette on Malaysian art

Photologue | The Second Lianzhou International Photo Festival

Images of the 2nd Lianzhou International Photo Festival

Thais: Art, Culture, and the Growing Up

Chatvichai Promadhattavedi, Chairman of the Committee of Cultural Management Policy, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

Photologue | Platform

Images of an art project in Bangkok

Photologue | Taipei Biennial 2006

Images of the Taipei Biennial 2006

Photologue | Chengdu, 16–18 Oct 2006

Images of the local art scene

Photologue | Shanghai Biennale, 4–6 Sep 2006

Images of the Shanghai Biennale

Photologue | The First Singapore Biennale, 31 Aug–3 Sep 2006

Images of the first Singapore Biennale

Curatorship and Criticism in Thailand: Between Promotion and Critique

David Teh, an independent writer and curator

Photologue | Xi'an, 14–16 Jun 2006

Images of a trip to Xi'an

Excursion: Group Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Artists in Hong Kong

Jeff Leung, a freelance art worker focusing on Hong Kong Visual Arts

Photologue | 24 Hours in Bangkok

Images of a day in Bangkok

Research Log | Quake in Yogjakarta

Nunuk Ambarwati reports from Yogjakarta

An Art Market with Chinese Characteristics

Jonathan Napack, an independent art critic and Asia Advisor for Art Basel

Photologue | Trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou, 3–6 Apr 2006

Images of a trip to Shanghai and Hangzhou

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Asian Art and Asia Society

Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Art at Asia Society Museum in New York

Research Log | Move on Asia: Clash and Network Seminar

On Alternative Space Loop's seminar at Yonsei University

Report on the South East Asian Tour of documenta 12 Magazine

Keiko Sei, a writer, curator, and educator of independent media

Photologue | 24 Hours in Singapore

Images from exhibitions and locales around the city

Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre

Phatarawadee Phataranawik from The Nation, Bangkok's Independent Newspaper

Floating Towards Venice

Peter Nagy, artist, curator, and Director of Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi

Ho Chi Minh City: Emerging Scenes, Emerging Scenarios

Sue Hadju, visual artist and Co-Founder & Co-Director of a little blah blah

Photologue | Public Art In(tervention) Symposium, Lamphun-Chiang Mai, 17–20 Feb 2005

Images of the panelists and symposium space

Wicked WKCD

Matthew Turner, Professor at Edinburgh Napier University

In Residence in Beijing

Brian Wallace, AAA Academic Advisor and Director of Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

Release, Replica, and Intervention: Review of the 9th NIPAF Asian Series 2004

Jevijoe Vitug writes on performance art's refusal to be treated as a commodity

Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India

Chaitanya Sambrani, curator, and art historian

The Archive and Archiving: The Stuff of My Art

Judy Freya Sibayan is an artist, archivist, and lecturer

Research Log | Visit to Manila

Claire Hsu travels to the Philippines and visits several museums

Layers (or the Pardon of a Narrow Glocal Vision)

Jaspar Lau provides short notes on Hong Kong artists’ initiatives, curatorship, and criticism

Research Log | Touching Base with Yogyakarta

Phoebe Wong notes the essential role "Yogya" has been playing in Indonesian contemporary art

Our Modernities: Positioning Asian Art Now

Xenia Xenia Tetmajer von Przerwa is a Beijing-based art critic and sinologist

Travelogue | CP Open Biennale

Spotlight on the works of 128 Indonesian and international artists

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

Shortlist | Cambodia

Recommended readings on modern and contemporary art in, from, and about Cambodia

Shortlist | Myanmar (Burma)

Recommended readings on the evolution of contemporary art in Myanmar amid the rapid transformations of its society and art scenes

Shortlist | The Philippines

Recommended readings on Philippine contemporary art