Art Asia Pacific Magazine

ArtAsiaPacific

Issue no. 50, Fall 2006
Editor and Publisher	Elaine W. Ng
Categories	Art magazine
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	June 1993
Company	ArtAsiaPacific Publishing LLC
Country	Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Language	English
Website	artasiapacific.com
ISSN	1558-8904

ArtAsiaPacific is the longest running English-language periodical solely dedicated to covering contemporary art and culture from Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East. It is published five times a year along with an annual almanac edition that recounts the past year in Asian and Pacific art, and is distributed internationally. A typical issue will include news events in Asian contemporary art, i.e. major auction results, museum openings, appointments, awards, and obituaries, along with profiles of up-and-coming artists, gossip (in the "Whispering Gallery" section), feature articles on important artists, themes, or events, and reviews of exhibitions, films, and books. The current incarnation of the magazine also includes a "Where I Work" series of articles where an artist describes their studio or workspace, and a "Projects in the Making" series where artists will preview works-in-progress.

The magazine first launched as Art and Asia Pacific in June 1993 in Australia. Published quarterly, it began more as an academic journal than a standard consumer magazine and each issue would focus on a different country or theme; a tradition that is continued in the magazine's current incarnation – albeit in a much looser fashion. While the first issue was published by Janet Gough, it was then published and edited by Dynah Dysart/Fine Art Press Pty Limited, Sydney until October 2003 and was then purchased by Gang Zhao and Wendy Siegelman and moved to New York.

In the fall of 2004 Elaine Ng took over as editor-in-chief, and eventually purchased and co-published the magazine along with author Simon Winchester in March 2005, effectively re-launching it under the slogan "Today's Art From Tomorrow's World". This marked a dramatic movement in the magazine's design and focus, shifting from its original small size to a standard magazine format while also changing the style of the articles to both a more journalistic and reader-friendly tone than the previous academic content. In February 2006 the first almanac edition of the magazine was released with the goal of covering the past year in Asian art and culture along with profiles and informational listings of each of the sixty-seven countries covered by the magazine.

As of January 2007, Elaine Ng is the sole publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine. Formerly, produced in an office in the gallery district of Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, the magazine moved production to Hong Kong in 2011.