Paul Laster is New York Desk Editor at ArtAsiaPacific, a contributing editor at Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art and artBahrain, and a frequent contributor to Time Out New York, New York Observer, Modern Painters and ArtPulse. (c24gallery.com)
That might offend long - time NYT desk editors, but it's a sign the executive editor is prepared to rethink even long - established practices, including having multiple desks handling similar stories. (fortune.com)
Shanghai desk editor Rebecca Catching met with video artist Lida Abdul, a participant in the fifth edition of Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York who is also short - listed for the prestigious 2008 Artes Mundi Prize, to learn how she infuses fantasy and lament into images of a devastated Afghan landscape. (artasiapacific.com)