New Delhi
“Fluid Structures – Gender and Abstraction”
Vadehra Art Gallery
Curated by Vadehra Art Gallery’s Vidya Shivadas, with advisory input from Sonal Khullar, “Fluid Structures” explored the contribution made by six women artists to the tradition of abstraction in India, which dates back to the 1940s with the paintings of the Progressives. The exhibition spanned two generations by showing three artists who... [more]

Istanbul
Istanbul Biennial: “Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary”
Multiple Venues
As one of the first biennials in the non-Western world, the Istanbul Biennial celebrated its 10th anniversary with “Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary: Optimism in the Age of Global War,” curated by veteran roving independent curator Hou Hanru (see AAP 53 & Almanac 3). This installment was a mammoth exhibition of... [more]

Berlin
“Re-Imagining Asia”
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
The title of this exhibition pinpoints its major flaws. Although the show intended to counteract existing stereotypes and clichés applied to Asia, it actually further supported them by positing Asia as a discernable whole. Moreover, curators Wu Hung and Shaheen Merali failed to present the cultural or political backdrop against which they stage their exhibition: ostensibly showing “other images of Asia,” the curators offered no hints as to what... [more]

New York
Hyungkoo Lee: “Animatuseum”
Arario Gallery New York
An unsettling, bulging eyeball in the intricate mixed-media drawing, A06 (2005-06), greeted viewers at the entrance to “Animatuseum,” Seoul-based Hyungkoo Lee’s (see AAP 41, 53) New York solo debut. Part cartoon, part scientific study, the image set the tone for the exhibition, which played humor and objectivity off each other, while... [more]