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Reframing Reality: Peiyan Xu’s Digital Worlds

Ethan Hayes
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Between Heritage and Future: The Design Language of Qichao An

Satoshi Nidaira
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Rajni Perera Brings Her Expansive Mythology to Los Angeles

Raymond Dong
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Sailing Castle Through History: Cheng-Tsung Feng in Tainan

Ethan Hayes
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South Asian Modernism Surges as Sultan Sets Record at Christie’s

Ethan Hayes
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Where Stones Float: Yasuaki Onishi’s Copper Landscapes

Raymond Dong
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Galleries at Frieze London Commit Sales to Climate Coalition

Raymond Dong
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Four Asian Artists to Watch This September

Raymond Dong
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CULTURED China Launches in SoHo

Raymond Dong
6 months Ago
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Singapore Biennale 2025: Activating the Everyday through Pure Intention

Raymond Dong
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Encountering Mire Lee’s Expansive World

Raymond Dong
6 months Ago
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MoMA Opens Its First Standalone Bookstore—In Seoul

Lila Bennett
6 months Ago
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K-Pop, Ne Zha, and the Rise of Asian Creativity on the Global Stage

Raymond Dong
6 months Ago
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Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Breaks All Attendance Records in Australia

Ethan Hayes
7 months Ago
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Building a City of Sound: Yuri Suzuki’s “Utooto” at Camden Arts Projects

Lila Bennett
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Reframing Reality: Peiyan Xu’s Digital Worlds
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Reframing Reality: The Digital Worlds of Peiyan Xu

Reframing Reality: The Digital Worlds of Peiyan Xu

What does it mean to see in the age of constant connectivity?
London-based artist Peiyan Xu builds immersive environments that explore how technology shapes human perception — from air-quality data transformed into glowing landscapes, to virtual realms that mirror our shifting relationship with information.

His works Smog (2025) and Primordial Realm (2025) move between research, design, and imagination, inviting us to question what’s real, what’s constructed, and how our senses are evolving in a world mediated by screens.

🔹 3D Design
🔹 Moving Image
🔹 Immersive Installations
🔹 Digital Worldbuilding

A poetic step into a future where data becomes space — and perception becomes the story.

#PeiyanXu #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #ImmersiveArt #Worldbuilding #ArtAndTechnology #ContemporaryArt #LondonArt #DataArt #Perception #VirtualReality #InstallationArt #ACFA

Where Stones Float: Yasuaki Onishi’s Copper Landsc

Where Stones Float: Yasuaki Onishi’s Copper Landscapes
Suspended in midair, thousands of copper molds shimmer like a floating terrain. In Stone on Boundary, Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi bridges Osaka and Utah through 5,000 copper sheets cast from river stones, creating a monumental, immersive landscape at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

The delicate forms, inspired by surrounding mountain ranges, hover within a vast wire grid, inviting viewers to rethink material, place, and perception. 🌿✨

📍 Utah Museum of Fine Arts
📅 On view 2025

Image courtesy of the artist / Utah Museum of Fine Arts

#YasuakiOnishi #StoneOnBoundary #CopperArt #InstallationArt #JapaneseArtist #ContemporaryArt #ArtInstallation #FloatingSculpture #UtahMuseumOfFineArts #ArtAndLandscape #SculpturalArt #ImmersiveArt#ACFA

✨ 4 Asian Artists to See This September ✨ From Sh

✨ 4 Asian Artists to See This September ✨
From Shanghai to Paris, Tokyo to Beijing, Asian artists are reshaping the global art landscape this month. Here are four exhibitions not to miss:

📍 Tao Siqi — The Naked Eye, Capsule Shanghai
Intimate oil paintings exploring desire, memory, and fragility.

📍 Shuo Hao — Huile de vitre, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
Assemblages and texts merging myth, ritual, and transformation.

📍 Maoya Kishi — Unruly, Tatsuro Kishimoto, Tokyo
Sculptures built from everyday and industrial materials, testing order and chaos.

📍 Wan Chaoqian — All Ends Well, Magician Space, Beijing
Sculptural interventions engaging cycles of closure and change.

These four shows highlight the urgency, experimentation, and global resonance of contemporary Asian art.

Image courtesy of the artist / Galleirs

#AsianArt #ContemporaryArt #SeptemberExhibitions #TaoSiqi #ShuoHao #MaoyaKishi #WanChaoqian #ACFA

✨Encountering Mire Lee in Los Angeles & London✨

✨Encountering Mire Lee in Los Angeles & London✨

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of joining the preview of Mire Lee’s solo exhibition Faces at Sprüth Magers Los Angeles, guided by the artist herself. Her sculptural forms—raw, visceral, and magnetic—draw the viewer into a world where fragility and intensity coexist.

Just a week before, I encountered her works in London, including pieces first shown at Tate Modern. Experiencing both contexts in such a short span revealed the breadth of her language: monumental in London, intimate in Los Angeles.
Mire Lee represents a new generation of Asian voices in global contemporary art—fearless, experimental, and deeply affecting. Her trajectory is one I recognize as boundless.

Photo by Raymond Dong

#MireLee #SpruthMagers #LosAngelesArt #LondonArt #AsianArt #ContemporaryArt #ACFA

📚 New Book Available: Ink Dreams ✨ Ink Dreams: Se

📚 New Book Available: Ink Dreams ✨
Ink Dreams: Selections from the Fondation INK Collection explores the ongoing legacy of the East Asian ink tradition within the context of contemporary art. Published in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), this exquisitely designed volume examines how over 50 visionary artists are reimagining ink as a medium beyond its historical conventions.

Featuring influential names such as Xu Bing, Lin Tianmiao, Lee Ufan, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and many more, Ink Dreams presents works from artists across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Europe, and the United States. Instead of being defined by traditional tools — ink, brush, paper, silk — the book emphasizes a spirit of innovation that transcends geography and medium, capturing how contemporary ink art speaks to a global audience.

This publication highlights one of the most significant collections of contemporary ink art in the world, offering a deep reevaluation of what defines ink practice today and how artists extend an ancient tradition into a rapidly globalizing art world.

Hardcover, 256 pages
DelMonico Books, 2021
ISBN: 978-1942884989
Dimensions: 8.5 × 1.02 × 11.75 inches

Image courtesy of the artists / DelMonico Books / Fondation INK Collection

#ACFA #ACFALibrary #AsianCreativity #InkDreams #InkArt #ContemporaryArt #AsianArt #LACMA #ArtBook #FondationINK #ACFAInsights

✨ Discover “New Japanese Clay” at the Asian Art Mu

✨ Discover “New Japanese Clay” at the Asian Art Museum ✨

Step into the world of contemporary Japanese ceramics with the groundbreaking exhibition “New Japanese Clay” — a celebration of innovation, tradition, and cultural dialogue. Featuring visionary ceramic artists from Japan, the show explores how clay is being reimagined through bold forms, experimental techniques, and stunning craftsmanship.

For anyone passionate about Asian creativity and contemporary design, this is a rare opportunity to see works that push the boundaries of material and meaning while honoring centuries-old traditions.

✨ Exhibition Highlights
🎨 Featuring cutting-edge works from leading and emerging Japanese ceramicists
🌿 Exploring themes of heritage, identity, and artistic innovation
📸 Perfect for art lovers, collectors, and anyone inspired by Japanese aesthetics

📍 Venue: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
🗓 Dates: Aug 15, 2025 – Feb 2, 2026
Don’t miss this chance to experience one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the season!

Image courtesy of the artist / Asian Art Museum

#ACFA #AsianArtMuseum #NewJapaneseClay #JapaneseArt #AsianCreativity #CeramicArt #ContemporaryDesign #ArtExhibition #ACFAInsights

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Reframing Reality: The Digital Worlds of Peiyan Xu

Reframing Reality: The Digital Worlds of Peiyan Xu

What does it mean to see in the age of constant connectivity?
London-based artist Peiyan Xu builds immersive environments that explore how technology shapes human perception — from air-quality data transformed into glowing landscapes, to virtual realms that mirror our shifting relationship with information.

His works Smog (2025) and Primordial Realm (2025) move between research, design, and imagination, inviting us to question what’s real, what’s constructed, and how our senses are evolving in a world mediated by screens.

🔹 3D Design
🔹 Moving Image
🔹 Immersive Installations
🔹 Digital Worldbuilding

A poetic step into a future where data becomes space — and perception becomes the story.

#PeiyanXu #DigitalArt #NewMediaArt #ImmersiveArt #Worldbuilding #ArtAndTechnology #ContemporaryArt #LondonArt #DataArt #Perception #VirtualReality #InstallationArt #ACFA

Where Stones Float: Yasuaki Onishi’s Copper Landsc

Where Stones Float: Yasuaki Onishi’s Copper Landscapes
Suspended in midair, thousands of copper molds shimmer like a floating terrain. In Stone on Boundary, Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi bridges Osaka and Utah through 5,000 copper sheets cast from river stones, creating a monumental, immersive landscape at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

The delicate forms, inspired by surrounding mountain ranges, hover within a vast wire grid, inviting viewers to rethink material, place, and perception. 🌿✨

📍 Utah Museum of Fine Arts
📅 On view 2025

Image courtesy of the artist / Utah Museum of Fine Arts

#YasuakiOnishi #StoneOnBoundary #CopperArt #InstallationArt #JapaneseArtist #ContemporaryArt #ArtInstallation #FloatingSculpture #UtahMuseumOfFineArts #ArtAndLandscape #SculpturalArt #ImmersiveArt#ACFA

✨ 4 Asian Artists to See This September ✨ From Sh

✨ 4 Asian Artists to See This September ✨
From Shanghai to Paris, Tokyo to Beijing, Asian artists are reshaping the global art landscape this month. Here are four exhibitions not to miss:

📍 Tao Siqi — The Naked Eye, Capsule Shanghai
Intimate oil paintings exploring desire, memory, and fragility.

📍 Shuo Hao — Huile de vitre, Galerie Derouillon, Paris
Assemblages and texts merging myth, ritual, and transformation.

📍 Maoya Kishi — Unruly, Tatsuro Kishimoto, Tokyo
Sculptures built from everyday and industrial materials, testing order and chaos.

📍 Wan Chaoqian — All Ends Well, Magician Space, Beijing
Sculptural interventions engaging cycles of closure and change.

These four shows highlight the urgency, experimentation, and global resonance of contemporary Asian art.

Image courtesy of the artist / Galleirs

#AsianArt #ContemporaryArt #SeptemberExhibitions #TaoSiqi #ShuoHao #MaoyaKishi #WanChaoqian #ACFA

✨Encountering Mire Lee in Los Angeles & London✨

✨Encountering Mire Lee in Los Angeles & London✨

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of joining the preview of Mire Lee’s solo exhibition Faces at Sprüth Magers Los Angeles, guided by the artist herself. Her sculptural forms—raw, visceral, and magnetic—draw the viewer into a world where fragility and intensity coexist.

Just a week before, I encountered her works in London, including pieces first shown at Tate Modern. Experiencing both contexts in such a short span revealed the breadth of her language: monumental in London, intimate in Los Angeles.
Mire Lee represents a new generation of Asian voices in global contemporary art—fearless, experimental, and deeply affecting. Her trajectory is one I recognize as boundless.

Photo by Raymond Dong

#MireLee #SpruthMagers #LosAngelesArt #LondonArt #AsianArt #ContemporaryArt #ACFA

📚 New Book Available: Ink Dreams ✨ Ink Dreams: Se

📚 New Book Available: Ink Dreams ✨
Ink Dreams: Selections from the Fondation INK Collection explores the ongoing legacy of the East Asian ink tradition within the context of contemporary art. Published in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), this exquisitely designed volume examines how over 50 visionary artists are reimagining ink as a medium beyond its historical conventions.

Featuring influential names such as Xu Bing, Lin Tianmiao, Lee Ufan, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and many more, Ink Dreams presents works from artists across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Europe, and the United States. Instead of being defined by traditional tools — ink, brush, paper, silk — the book emphasizes a spirit of innovation that transcends geography and medium, capturing how contemporary ink art speaks to a global audience.

This publication highlights one of the most significant collections of contemporary ink art in the world, offering a deep reevaluation of what defines ink practice today and how artists extend an ancient tradition into a rapidly globalizing art world.

Hardcover, 256 pages
DelMonico Books, 2021
ISBN: 978-1942884989
Dimensions: 8.5 × 1.02 × 11.75 inches

Image courtesy of the artists / DelMonico Books / Fondation INK Collection

#ACFA #ACFALibrary #AsianCreativity #InkDreams #InkArt #ContemporaryArt #AsianArt #LACMA #ArtBook #FondationINK #ACFAInsights

✨ Discover “New Japanese Clay” at the Asian Art Mu

✨ Discover “New Japanese Clay” at the Asian Art Museum ✨

Step into the world of contemporary Japanese ceramics with the groundbreaking exhibition “New Japanese Clay” — a celebration of innovation, tradition, and cultural dialogue. Featuring visionary ceramic artists from Japan, the show explores how clay is being reimagined through bold forms, experimental techniques, and stunning craftsmanship.

For anyone passionate about Asian creativity and contemporary design, this is a rare opportunity to see works that push the boundaries of material and meaning while honoring centuries-old traditions.

✨ Exhibition Highlights
🎨 Featuring cutting-edge works from leading and emerging Japanese ceramicists
🌿 Exploring themes of heritage, identity, and artistic innovation
📸 Perfect for art lovers, collectors, and anyone inspired by Japanese aesthetics

📍 Venue: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
🗓 Dates: Aug 15, 2025 – Feb 2, 2026
Don’t miss this chance to experience one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the season!

Image courtesy of the artist / Asian Art Museum

#ACFA #AsianArtMuseum #NewJapaneseClay #JapaneseArt #AsianCreativity #CeramicArt #ContemporaryDesign #ArtExhibition #ACFAInsights

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