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Contemporary Asian art: More online resources

Resources for the study of contemporary art from across Asia and also the Asian diaspora

 


Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995). Video
installation (dimensions variable). Installation view, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1980.
Acquisition number: 2002.23. Source: Ryan Somma, Flickr (edited). Licence.

 

Anime and manga studies
Guide to academic resources in this area.

 

Art Asia Pacific
Online magazine of contemporary Asian art and culture.

 

Art Radar Asia
'Contemporary art trends and news from Asia and beyond.'

 

Asia and Art
Guide to art in the Tate collection.

 

Asia Art Archive
Established in 2000 to document contemporary art throughout Asia.
 

 

Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW)
A non-profit curatorial & educational initiative of Asia Contemporary Art Consortium. Website gives access to the articles gathered in the online journal Field Review.

 

Asian American Art

 

Australian Centre of Asia PacIfic Art
Based at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art.

 

Blouin email newsletters
Relevant newsletters to subscribe to  cover the Asia/Pacific region in general, and also a range of individual countries.

 

Digital Archive of Indonesian Contemporary Art (IVAA)
Switch between Bahasa Indonesia and English at the top of the page

 

Digital South Asia Library
A wide range of content: useful for historical and cultural background as well as material about art.

 

Hou Hanrou bibliography
Reading list compiled by iniva.

 

Longlati Foundation
Hong Kong-based foundation with various projects, including the promotion of women artists.

 

MAP Academy
Online encyclopaedia of South Asian art, including the contemporary. Launched 2022 and initially focussed on India, but aiming to expand to other South Asian countries.

 

Mori Art Museum
Good for images of contemporary Japanese art; also contemporary art from the wider Asia-Pacific area.

 

Seoul Mediacity Biennale
Biennale for new media art.  Website in Korean and English.

 

Taiwan Contemporary Art Archive (TCAA)

 

University repositories
Collections of papers and dissertations from particular universities. Browsing the repositories of universities in the relevant country or region can find useful material, sometimes in English as well  as the national or local language.