ArtReview Asia's Guide to Autumn 2022 Exhibitions Around the World
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- 04 Oct 2022
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Singapore Biennale 2022
Various venues, Singapore, 16 October – 19 March
Meet Natasha, this year’s Singapore Biennale. Yes, the event is literally named Natasha. Eschewing the typical thematic pronouncements of art events, the Singapore Biennale has christened it instead. Curators Binna Choi, Nida Ghouse, June Yap and Aala Younis want to use the act of naming to inaugurate a more intimate and spontaneous way of encountering art and relating to one another. On the cards are new spaces for interaction and reflection, such as Valentina Desideri’s and Denise Ferreira da Silva’s brand of healing arts that include tarot and astrology. There will also be new readings of traditions and histories, such as those explored by Natasha Tontey’s performances of Minahasan rituals from her native Indonesia. Natasha will happen over several locations, including the Singapore Art Museum’s new outpost at Tanjong Pagar Distripark and several islands in the south of Singapore. Adeline Chia
Bangkok Art Biennale 2022
Various venues, Bangkok, 22 October – 22 February
Over in Bangkok, there are no such plans to anthropomorphise an artistic event. Under the continued artistic direction of Apinan Poshyananda, working for this edition with Nigel Hurst, Loredana Pazzini Paracciani, Jirat Ratthawongjirakul and Chomwan Weeraworawitt, the Bangkok Art Biennale (now in its third edition) opts for a thematic title: Chaos: Calm. Or should that be thematic titles? A clash of opposites? A dialectic? You won’t know until you go. Particularly given the extent to which the curatorial team is split between the commercial and academic artworlds. For the time being there’s an artistic statement that warns America about flexing its military muscles, China about overhyping its international infrastructure programmes, the whole world about vaccine wars and Thailand… Well, it doesn’t have much to say about that. The proof of this particular pudding will be in the efforts of artists ranging from the ubiquitous Marina Abramović (who has been represented in every edition of the event) to locals such as Phitchapha Wangprasertkul. Nirmala Devi
