JANUARY
3
India approved AstraZenaca Covid-19 vaccine
6
Donald Trump supporters stormed US Capitol to overturn election results
11
Forty-year-old Hara Museum of Contemporary Art closed permanently in Tokyo
18
Shiga Lieko and Takeuchi Kota won 2021 Tokyo Contemporary Art Award
23
Hương Ngô and HồngÂn Trương canceled performance at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in solidarity with laidoff staff
25
Stanford University launched the Asian American Art Initiative
26
Indigenous artist Frances Belle Parker’s Angwirri (2021) projected onto Sydney Opera House
26
Indian farmers blockaded New Delhi with tractors and stormed Red Fort
27
Arario chairman Kim Chang-il sentenced to jail over cinema concession stand
30
Students at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University arrested for displaying LGBTQ artwork
FEBRUARY
1
Myanmar military launched coup d’etat, arrested Aung San Suu Kyi
3
Burmese artists joined mass protest movement against military
4
Over 150 art workers called for resignation of Leon Black as
