ArtAsiaPacific's special annual issue, the Almanac, is a unique alphabetical tour d'horizon of the 67-odd countries covered in ArtAsiaPacific, spanning Afghanistan to Vietnam. The Almanac includes intelligent analysis of the art events of the past year as well as forecasts of the key trends of the year to come. The Almanac also invites influential art world figures to comment on the major cutural events that have shaped the past 12 months. The Almanac is a valuable resource for artists, curators, art professionals, collectors and the general public.

CONTRIBUTORS

Hyundai Motorstudio & Hyundai Blue Prize

Future Humanity: Our Shared Planet at Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, Seoul and Moscow

Hyundai ARTLAB & Global Art Projects

Cultural Accumulation

Maintaining Integrity

GILLMAN BARRACKS SINGAPORE ART WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

WANDER LUST • Realities Beyond the Visible

Shooting the Messengers

Legal Woes

Lattice Tracks

The Revered

MeToo, Part Two

Taking a Stand

Cultural Powerhouses

The Zenith

More Than Interesting

2018 TIMELINE

Stunts Sell

PREMIUM BRANDS

STAYIN’ ALIVE

Figures of Survivance

Lin Tianmiao

Michael Rakowitz

Wu Tsang

Karrabing Film Collective

Naeem Mohaiemen

Sophia al-Maria

Half a Degree’s Difference

AFGHANISTAN

ARMENIA

AUSTRALIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BHUTAN

BRUNEI

CAMBODIA

CHINA

EAST TIMOR

GEORGIA

HONG KONG

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ

ISRAEL

JAPAN

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA, NORTH

KOREA, SOUTH

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAOS

LEBANON

MACAU

MALAYSIA

MALDIVES

MONGOLIA

MYANMAR

NEPAL

NEW ZEALAND

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PALESTINE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PHILIPPINES

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA

SINGAPORE

SRI LANKA

SYRIA

TAIWAN

TAJIKISTAN

THAILAND

TURKEY

TURKMENISTAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UZBEKISTAN

VIETNAM

YEMEN

Living Overground

BARTOMEU MARÍ

ISA LORENZO

ANTONIA CARVER

ZENG FANZHI

BOON HUI TAN

JOSH MILANI

The Great Unmasking

DHAKA ART SUMMIT ’18

MANILA BIENNALE • “Open City”

21ST BIENNALE OF SYDNEY • “Superposition: Equilibrium and Engagement”

ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE 2018

12TH GWANGJU BIENNALE • “Imagined Borders”

BUSAN BIENNALE 2018 • “Divided We Stand”

BANGKOK ART BIENNALE 2018 • “Beyond Bliss”

12TH SHANGHAI BIENNALE • “Proregress: Art in an Age of Historical Ambivalence”

11TH TAIPEI BIENNIAL • “Post-Nature – A Museum as an Ecosystem”

9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Split Screened

Galleries

Museums

Up Next

Hong Kong

Bound by Time

Agenda 2019 • Up next – a world of biennials, festivals and art fairs