Since its first bold steps in 1993, Australia’s Asia Pacific Triennial has become a leading institutional showcase for the art and culture of the region—a designation that will only be reinforced by this seventh iteration, which will feature works by seventy-seven artists and groups from twenty-seven countries across a wide, and ever widening, “Asia Pacific.” Poised to reverse the triennial’s recent tendency toward curatorial centralization, the QAGOMA team will host a variety of special projects, including commissions from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Vietnam, along with work by West Asian artists living as far afield as Turkey, Kazakhstan, and the Middle East. At this point, breadth is assured; aficionados will be looking for depth.

— David Teh