To ensure the survival of their species, the dominant male of a school of Tu’u’u-lumane, or the pink skunk clownfish, will change their sex to female. For Yuki Kihara, this phenomenon of the fish’s kinship system debunks the assumptions of […]

One of the first references to the presence of a third gender in French Polynesia in the Western archive can be found in the diary of a marine officer. In 1789, during a stay on the island of Tahiti, George […]

  ‘One of the most remarkable names to emerge from this year’s Venice Biennale is interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara. The first fa’afafine (the Samoan term for third gender). Pasifika, and Asian artist to represent New Zealand there, Kihara reframes history […]

Don’t miss Yuki Kihara in conversation with Kirsty Baker on identity politics, decolonisation, and the environmental crisis through her immersive new work ‘Paradise Camp’ at the 2022 Biennale de Venezia: Artist Profile Issue 59 from Artist Profile on Vimeo. Read […]

ArtReview sent a questionnaire to artists and curators exhibiting in and curating the various national pavilions of the 2022 Venice Biennale, the responses to which will be published daily in the leadup to and during the Venice Biennale, which runs […]

An exhibition showcasing a cultural story of Samoa’s third gender, Fa’afafine by Yuki Kihara, is coming alive thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed in New Zealand. Interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Samoan descent Yuki Kihara is representing New Zealand […]