ony Godfrey in Batangas Province, Philippines with Geraldine Javier's dog Loki. Photograph by Geraldine Javier

Gao Yi Yuan. What is this?

Tony Godfrey. It is a website of interviews with artists in the Philippines – and beyond.

Over the past few years, and especially when researching my most recent book The Story of Contemporary Art (published 2020 Thames and Hudson/MIT) which was an attempt at a global perspective, I had become aware of how few interviews there are on the web with Asian artists, whereas there are so many for artists in the West. Google, for example, Kiki Smith or Sophie Calle and you can find several interviews with each. But do the same for their equivalents in South-east Asia and you are unlikely to find anything. Artists from this region are strangely voiceless. I want to do something about...

Published weekly 2014 – 2020 and monthly 2022 onwards, Tuesday in the Tropics are short illustrated reports on what Tony Godfrey saw in South-east Asia and its art world. All, or nearly all, Tuesday in the Tropics will eventually be placed on this website – with an index. See No. 1 for why I write them.

14th May 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 193

14th May 2024

Dear friends and...

16th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 187[1]

16th January...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 185

30th November 2023

Dear friends and...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 184

24th October 2023

Dear friends and...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 183

3rd October 2023

Dear friends and...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 180

2nd May 2023

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9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 179

11th April 2023

Five days in...

9th January 2024

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 178

4th April 2023

Four Days in...

13th March 2023

7th March 2023

Dear friends and colleagues

You may remember that in my letter 163 (10th March 2020) I talked of how a group...

13th March 2023

TUESDAY IN THE TROPICS 176

14th February 2023

Dear friends and...