Issue 8: Institutional Futures
2026.10.22
Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief: Jenny Ping Lam Lin
Editorial Assistant: Stephanie Siu Yau Leung
Artist List:
Sun Xiaolan, Esha Malik, Ilona Joy, Maryna Gradnova, Yuwei Hua, Wenyu Yang, Mirriam Domocos, Ismail Ucci, Yurui Fan, Monika Tkaczyk, Jeremy Dennis, Zijing Deng, Muyao Li ziyo, Xiaoyun Chen, Snow(Sinuo) Chen, Fengliang Ye
Art Groups: MOTHEROTHER
Exhibitions and events: Residual: What Never Stays, Best Before
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Institutional Futures invites artists, curators, and art writers to rethink what cultural institutions are for and what they could become. Rather than treating museums, galleries, and art spaces as neutral settings, this issue approaches the institution as an active cultural force shaped by governance, representation, accessibility, and responsibility.
We welcome submissions that explore the future-facing work of contemporary art institutions, including community accountability, ethical collecting and displaying, new models of curating, and approaches that expand who is seen, heard, and included. Through exhibition reviews, artist features, and critical writing, Issue 8 encourages participants to discuss practical possibilities and long-term visions for more inclusive, transparent, and community-rooted art ecosystems.
Whether your contribution comes from personal experience, curatorial research, or observation of the changing cultural landscape, we invite you to ask: How can institutions move from repetition to renewal? What does a future institution look like, and what values would it be built on?