In February, the reclusive and gentle Gabriel Barredo (b. 1957) opened the doors to his studio south of Metro Manila to preview “Asphalt,” a 30-feet long installation that has occupied the days—and nights—of this artist in the months leading up to the inaugural Art Fair Philippines (2/7–10).

A traveling show of the largest collection of Andy Warhol’s works opened at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMA) in December. “Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal,” organized by The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to mark the 25th anniversary of the artist’s death, hit Singapore’s Art Science Museum (ASM) in March before coming to Hong Kong and continuing onto Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo. Having visited the exhibition in both Singapore and Hong Kong, I found suggestive differences between the two editions.