EDITOR’S LETTER 8

HAPPENINGS

STATE OF THE ART

LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL JAPAN 55

NEWS
SYDNEY SHERMAN GALLERIES GOES NON-PROFIT 57 PARIS ARMENIAN ARTISTS MAKE FRIENDS IN FRANCE 57 NEW YORK AND HONG KONG AUCTION REPORT: THE FLOATING BUBBLE 58 BANGKOK THAI ARTISTS ROCK ABOUT LOVE 60 TOKYO SHISEIDO HATCHES NEW AWARD FOR YOUNG ARTISTS 60 SHARJAH SHARJAH BIENNIAL GIVES UAE CULTURE BOOM ECO-FOCUS 61 ABU DHABI ABU DHABI COLLECTS CULTURAL CAPITAL 62 DUBAI DIFC GULF ART FAIR LAUNCHES IN DUBAI 62 VARIOUS LOCATIONS GALLERIES FOLLOW ART FAIR CARAVAN 64 LONDON AICON GALLERY OPENS IN WEST END 64 WHISPERING GALLERY 65

THE POINT
IN SEARCH OF THE REAL THING 66

HOT SPOT
IM PEI'S ACTIVE RETIREMENT 71

PROFILE
MR.: OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE 74 READING TERENCE KOH 76 ERIC CHANG'S RISING STAR 80

ONE ON ONE
ARAYA RASDJARMREARNSOOK: MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH 78

THE BIG PICTURE
HUANG RUI: GOODBYE 798 72

FEATURES
NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT ALSO NECESSARY: ART IN THE PRESENT TENSE
Robert Storr & Hou Hanru 84
VENICE BIENNALE 52ND INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION: AROUND THE WORLD
By The Editors 90
THE COOK THE CURATOR THE BIKE & THE FESTIVALS: VENICE, KASSEL, MÜNSTER
By Andrew Maerkle 98
NASREEN MOHAMEDI: "WHAT GEOMETRY ONE FINDS ON THE BEACH"
By Gregory Galligan 102
AI WEIWEI: THE FREEDOM OF IRREVERENCE
By Charles Merewether 108
HANGZHOU IS ALL RIGHT
By Philip Tinari 112

REVIEWS
MELBOURNE Howard Arkley_118 MITO The Door into Summer: The Age of Micropop_118 HONG KONG Tong Yanrunan: About Face_119 BEIJING Wang Xingwei: Large Rowboat_120 SHANGHAI Body Talk_120 BANGKOK Thakon Khao sa-ad: Between_121 MOSCOW We Are Your Future_122 KARLSRUHE totalstadt. beijing case_122 LONDON Amrita Sher-Gil & Vivan Sundaram_123 NEW YORK Eastern Edge_124 NEW YORK Huang Yong Ping: From C to P_124 WASHINGTON, DC Simryn Gill: Perspectives_125 NORTHRIDGE Island Affinities: Contemporary Art of Oceania_125 SAN FRANCISCO World Factory: Active Witness_126

FILM REVIEW
MONGOLIAN PING PONG 128

BOOK REVIEW
MEMORY, METAPHOR, MUTATIONS: CONTEMPORARY ART OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN 130

PROJECTS IN THE MAKING
EKO NUGROHO: YOUR FREEDOM EMBRASING ME 139

WHERE I WORK
LIU WEI 140