We are all blue dots on a map, crossing oceans and borders with greater agility than our embodied selves. You have arrived, the map tells you in a confident affirmation of geography (and self-worth), but sometimes, it "can't seem to find a way there".
This week's issue considers how we navigate diverse landscapes—from the urban to the oceanic—and, in the present moment, artistic ones, as New Delhi gives in to the frenetic buzz of the India Art Fair. We bring you a list of exciting artists and galleries to help you navigate the fair. How does a practice hold space for changing geographies? Artist Lim Tze Peng documented Singapore's rapid urban transformation in decades of outdoor drawing sessions, leaving behind an invaluable archive of the changing city from maritime chaos to sleek modernity.
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How do you make your way through the ocean? South Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim traces long temporal arcs of migration in the Pacific, from Korea to Hawaii, shaped by economic and political circumstances. An exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, which is surrounded by increasingly warmer seas, highlights an urgent need for collective oceanic reflection.
Writing from the 16th Sharjah Biennial, 'to carry', informed by plural vocabularies of care and resistance, we wonder: What extended meanings does 'GPS' take on in contemporary society? The GPS, or global positioning system, tells us so much about where we are and how we get there—our place in the world.

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