In this compelling interview, the Asia Art Council sits down with architect, curator, and educator Javier Peña Ibáñez. Best known as the founder of the international architecture and design festival Concéntrico in Logroño, Ibáñez shares his vision on bridging the gap between fleeting cultural events and permanent community ecosystems. AAC: To kick things off, could...
Asia Art Council speaks with Adib Rizvi, an independent curator and researcher. Drawing on his early grounding in artisan traditions and his extensive work across museum and contemporary spaces, Adib discusses the evolving Asian art landscape, the importance of moving beyond established networks, and how contemporary curatorial practice can honour living craft traditions without reducing...
AAC: What drove you to launch Hypha Studios, how has your background in contemporary art shaped your focus on creative infrastructure, and what new market model are you most energized by today? Camilla Cole: I founded Hypha Studios in 2021, really in response to something that seemed completely absurd to me: cities full of empty commercial...
Asia Art Council speaks with Arjun Garg, founding member of Cambridge Collective, a Harvard-incubated art advisory firm. Drawing on his experience in finance and his personal relationship with art, Garg discusses the need for greater price transparency, stronger diligence and a more collector-centered art market. Asia Art Council (AAC): Can you tell us about your...
“Today Asia Art Council (AAC) have the pleasure of speaking with Ayesha Taleyarkhan, a photographer whose work has spanned the black & white era of editorial photography to the glitzy world of advertising photography, and beyond into the world of photo books and abstract photo-artworks. With a focus on socially relevant topics and the theme...