Art Bulletin / Asia Region

Sculptor Kinjo Minoru honors the lives of Okinawans driven to mass suicide by the Imperial Japanese Army at Chibichiri Cave in April 1945 during the World Anti-Fascist War.

Korean social movements are repurposing the tradition of minjung-gayo (people’s music) by creatively incorporating K-pop and messages about women’s struggles today.

Eighty years after the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, we remember how artists from China to Mexico have used art as a practice of solidarity and a tool for revolutionary social transformation.

From Bandung to Yogyakarta, Taring Padi carries forward the Bandung Spirit with radical art rooted in Indonesia’s artistic heritage. Tings Chak explores their vision of internationalist culture and collective creativity.