Reviews Across Asia

Sex, myth and history entwine in a display of the artist’s sketches, photographs and ephemera

‘IF THE SNAKE’ shows a world caught in limbo – or hell  

Drones, 1980s synth-pop and a giant chess board turn the show into a game whose rules are never quite clear

With KIAF in town, your guide to the best exhibitions 

The Singaporean artist’s provocative performances constantly challenged power and prejudice

Amid widespread civil unrest, a timely show at Para Site speculates on the future of labour and politics in our technological age

At HB Station in Guangzhou, the artist offers a shattered version of domestic bliss

At Singapore’s Yeo Workshop, the artist unsettles the image of Southeast Asia as a tropical getaway

At Shanghai’s Qiao Space, the artist’s ambitious new project raises more questions than it answers

At Hive, Beijing, Yu Linhan’s abstract representations of medical equipment are unsettling and beautiful

The queer cyberfeminist pioneer’s Taiwan Pavilion in Venice explores surveillance, pleasure and control

A retrospective at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, showcases the forms and themes that underpin the artist’s singular career

The artist’s sculptures turn urban detritus into natural-looking forms  

The sixth edition of the Sri Lankan arts festival uses the sea to press issues of migration and gentrification, climate change and the future of labour in the wake of automation

The artist’s second solo show at Urs Meile in Beijing uses abstract neons to comment on social realities

The latest edition uses interdisciplinary collaborations between artists, scientists and activists to highlight a new approach to exhibition-making

At MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai, the Beijing-born artist blends socialist realism with conventions of lianhuanhua, palm-sized Chinese picture books

A group show engaging with botanical histories and nonhuman futures at Edouard Malingue Gallery, Shanghai

A touching show by the late American artist Bruce Conner in an unfinished church is a highlight of the city's burgeoning art scene

'Frontier' at OCAT, Shanghai traces contemporary Chinese art's geopolitical concerns and the new complexities of living in a cosmopolitan world