ArtReview Asia Autumn 2025 Issue Explores Inhabitation and Communication Across Asia
The Autumn 2025 edition of ArtReview Asia delves into the concepts of habitation and communication through diverse artistic expressions. In an interview, Mark Rappolt speaks with Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah, a Sri Lankan artist whose creations reflect on the effects of conflict and the trauma stemming from the Sri Lankan civil war. The Keralan Lakshmi Nivas Collective presents Landscape Lexicon, which investigates animal migration and perspectives on landscapes. Max Crosbie-Jones critiques Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook's retrospective at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, emphasizing themes of mortality and feminism. Mikala Tai highlights Hayley Millar Baker's portrayal of First Nations women as ancestral spirits. Oliver Basciano reviews Naeem Mohaiemen's film addressing US state violence, while Adeline Chia assesses the National Gallery Singapore's rehang for its 60th independence anniversary, along with other exhibition reviews.
Key facts
- ArtReview Asia Autumn 2025 issue focuses on inhabitation and communication
- Includes interview with Sri Lankan artist Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah on conflict and landscape
- Features Lakshmi Nivas Collective's project Landscape Lexicon on animal migration
- Covers Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook's retrospective at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai
- Discusses Hayley Millar Baker's moving-image works with First Nations women as ancestral spirits
- Examines Naeem Mohaiemen's film THROUGH A MIRROR, DARKLY on US state violence in 1970
- Reviews National Gallery Singapore's rehang for Singapore's 60th independence anniversary
- Includes reviews of books and exhibitions across Asia and beyond
Entities
Artists
- Pushpakanthan Pakkiyarajah
- Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
- Hayley Millar Baker
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Munem Wasif
- Daido Moriyama
- Rie Qudan
- Phuong Linh Nguyen
- Kim Tschang-Yeul
- Takako Yamaguchi
- Hiroshi Okuyama
- Alfred Russel Wallace
Institutions
- ArtReview Asia
- MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum
- National Gallery Singapore
- Lakshmi Nivas Collective
Locations
- Sri Lanka
- Kerala
- Thailand
- Chiang Mai
- London
- Singapore
- Bangkok
- Seoul
- Los Angeles
- Kolkata
- Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malay Archipelago