Books
- Erich Auerbach, Dante: Poet of the Secular World, translated by Ralph Manheim
- Tim Parks, Medici Money: Banking Metaphysics and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Andrea Camilleri, The Pyramid of Mud, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, The Overnight Kidnapper, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- August Kleinzahler, The Strange Hours Travelers Keep
- August Kleinzahler, Sleeping It Off in Rapid City
- Andrea Camilleri, The Other End of the Line, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Victor Segalen, René Leys, trans. J. A. Underwood
- Yuko Tsushima, Territory of Light, trans. Geraldine Harcourt
- Julián Herbert, Tomb Song, trans. Christina MacSweeney
- Primo Levi, The Magic Paint, trans. Ann Goldstein, Alessandra Batagli & Jenny McPhee
- Charles Portis, Gringos
- Iris Murdoch, The Time of the Angels
Films
- 하녀 (The Housemaid), directed by Kim Ki-young
- 1987: Untracing the Conspiracy, dir. Jason Soo
- The River, dir. Jean Renoir
- Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso (Canoa: A Shameful Memory), dir. Felipe Cazals
- The Lair of the White Worm, dir. Ken Russell
- Les Créatures, dir. Agnes Varda
- Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Hable con ella (Talk to Her), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Dolor y gloria (Pain and Glory), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Die Mauer (The Wall), dir. Jürgen Böttcher
Books
- Satyajit Ray, The Collected Short Stories, translated by Gopa Majumdar et al.
- Andrea Camilleri, Game of Mirrors, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Carolyn Forché, What You Have Heard Is True
- Pietro Aretino, The Secret Life of Wives, trans. Andrew Brown
- Giovanni della Casa, Galateo, or the Rules of Polite Behavior, trans. M. F. Rusnak
- Andrea Camilleri, A Beam of Light, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Marie Darrieussecq, Pig Tales, trans. Linda Coverdale
- Victor Segalen, Essay on Exoticism: An Aesthetics of Diversity, trans. Yaël Rachel Schlick
- Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbring, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties
- Andrea Camilleri, A Voice in the Night, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, A Nest of Vipers, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Marie Darrieussecq, My Phantom Husband, trans. Helen Stevenson
Films
- Ad Astra, directed by James Gray
- High Flying Bird, dir. Steven Soderbergh
- 마더 (Mother), dir. Bong Joon-ho
- Vom Bauen der Zukunft – 100 Jahre Bauhaus (Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus), dir. Niels Bolbrinker & Thomas Tielsch
Books
- Andrea Camilleri, The Potter’s Field, translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, The Age of Doubt, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Yiyun Lee, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
- Andrea Camilleri, Montalbano’s First Case, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- David Grann, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- Evan S. Connell, A Long Desire
- Perumal Murugan, One Part Woman, trans. Aniruddhan Vasudevan
- Sven Lindqvist, The Skull Measurer’s Mistake, trans. Joan Tate
- Andrea Camilleri, The Dance of the Seagull, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, Treasure Hunt, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Dava Sobel, Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
- Andrea Camilleri, Angelica’s Smile, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Sven Lindqvist, The Myth of Wu Tao-Tzu, trans. Joan Tate
- Eliot Weinberger, The Ghosts of Birds: Essays
- L. S. Asekoff, North Star
- Anne Boyer, Garments Against Women
- Giovanni della Casa, Galateo, trans. R. S. Pine-Coffin
- Giovanni Boccaccio, Life of Dante, trans. J. G. Nichols
- Ugo Foscolo, Sepulchres, trans. J. G. Nichols
Films
- The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray
- Midsommar, dir. Ari Aster
- Serial Mom, dir. John Waters
Books
- Nell Zink, Doxology
- John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All
- Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Sergius Seeks Bacchus, translated by Tiffany Tsao
- Nicola Pugliese, Malacqua: Four Days of Rain in the City of Naples, Waiting for the Occurrence of an Extraordinary Event, trans. Shaun Whiteside
- Miriam Toews, Women Talking
- Roland Topor, Head to Toe Portrait of Suzanne, trans. Andrew Hodgson
- Andrea Camilleri, The Brewer of Preston, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Gabriela Ybarra, The Dinner Guest, trans. Natasha Wimmer
- Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor, trans. Stephen Snyder
- Andrea Camilleri, The Paper Moon, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Claudio Magris, Snapshots, trans. Anne Milano Appel
- Andrea Camilleri, August Heat, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Jeffrey Yang, Vanishing-Line
- Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar, trans. William Weaver
- Sven Lindqvist, Exterminate All the Brutes, trans. Joan Tate
- Sven Linqvist, Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One’s Land, trans. Sarah Death
- Andrea Camilleri, The Wings of the Sphinx, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, The Track of Sand, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
Films
- Sylvia Scarlett, directed by George Cukor
- Cry-Baby, dir. John Waters
- Pájaros de verano (Birds of Passage), dir. Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego
- If Beale Street Could Talk, dir. Barry Jenkins
Exhibits
- “Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s–1990s,” National Gallery, Singapore
Books
- Andrea Camilleri, The Snack Thief, translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, Voice of the Violin, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, Excursion to Tindari, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Robert A. Kaster, The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
- W. Somerset Maugham, Maugham’s Malaysian Stories, edited by Anthony Burgess
- Goliarda Sapienza, The Art of Joy, trans. Anne Milano Appel
- Andrea Camilleri, The Smell of the Night, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, Death at Sea, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrea Camilleri, Rounding the Mark, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Tim Parks, A Season in Verona
- Tim Parks, Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
- Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse, trans. Heather Lloyd
- Françoise Sagan, A Certain Smile, trans. Heather Lloyd
- Jeffrey Yang, Hey Marfa
- Andrea Camilleri, The Patience of the Spider, translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Films
- Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, directed by Quentin Tarantino
- Bridges-Go-Round, dir. Shirley Clarke
- Event, dir. Siah Armajani
- To Perceive 10,000 Different Squares in 6 Minutes and 55 Seconds, dir. Siah Armajani
- Before/After, dir. Siah Armajani
- Inside/Outside, dir. Siah Armajani
- Rotating Line, dir. Siah Armajani
- Line, dir. Siah Armajani
- Koko: A Talking Gorilla, dir. Barbet Schroeder
- More, dir. Barbet Schroeder
- Bisbee ’17, dir. Robert Greene
- 薔薇の葬列 (Funeral Parade of Roses), dir. Toshio Matsumoto
Exhibits
- “Filippo Sciascia: Godspeed,” Yeo Workshop, Singapore
- “Phyoe Kyi: The Museum Project,” NTU CCA
- “Siah Armajani: Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.” NTU CCA
- “Poor Imagination,” Sullivan + Strumpf
- “Singapore Utopia,” Chan + Hori Contemporary
- “Summer Collective Exhibition 2019,” Mucciaccia Gallery
- “Hilmi Johandi: Stagecraft: Landscapes and Paradise,” Ota Fine Arts
- “Than Sok: Currents,” Richard Koh Fine Arts
- “Bree Jonson: Notes on Stillness,” Yavuz Gallery
- “Arin Rungjang: They Beat Your Father/Shooting an Elephant and the Leader,” Shanghart Gallery
- “Neverendingsummer,” Fost
Books
- Robert Byron, Europe in the Looking Glass
- Tim Parks, Italian Neighbours
- Tim Parks, An Italian Education
- Italo Calvino, The Road to San Giovanni, translated by Tim Parks
- W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up
- Andrea Camilleri, The Shape of Water, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
- Andrew Camilleri, The Terracotta Dog, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
Exhibits
- “My Dearest Sweet Love: Christopher Isherwood & Don Bachardy,” Schwules Museum, Berlin
- Parco Archeologico di Baratti e Populonia, Piombino, Italy
- Galleria Barberini, Rome
- Centrale Montemartini, Rome
- “Dentro la strada novissima,” MAXXI, Rome
- “Maria Lai: tenendo per mano il sole,” MAXXI, Rome
- “Paola Pivi: World Record,” MAXXI, Rome
- “Al norte de la tormenta: i capolovari della collezione dell’IVAM di Valencia,” MAXXI, Rome
- “Olivo Barbieri, Paolo De Pietri, Petra Noordkamp: Terre in movimento,” MAXXI, Rome
- Villa Farnesina, Rome
- “Robert Mapplethorpe: The Sensitive Lens,” Galleria Corsini, Rome
- “Chiara Dynys: Enlightening Books,” Mattatoio, Rome
- Musei Capitolini, Rome
Books
- Georges Simenon, The Hand, translated by Linda Coverdale
- W. Someset Maugham, Up at the Villa
- Jamie James, The Glamour of Strangeness: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic
- Jacques Roubaud, Poetry, Etcetera: Cleaning House, trans. Guy Bennett
- Natascha Sadr Haghighian, How to Spell the Fight
- Haytham El-Wardany, How to Disappear, trans. Jennifer Peterson & Robin Moger
- Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Heads of the Colored People
- Beppe Severgnini, Mamma Mia! Berlusconi’s Italy Explanied for Posterity & Friends Abroad, trans. Giles Watson
- Beppe Severgnini, Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life, trans. Anthony Shugaar
Exhibits
- Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
- Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
- Neues Museum, Berlin
- Altes Museum, Berlin
- “Heike-Karin Föll: Speed,” KW Institute for Contemporary Art
- “Anna Daučíková,” KW Institute for Contemporary Art
- “Image Bank,” KW Institute for Contemporary Art
- Museum für Naturkunden, Berlin
- “Biester der Zeit – Lynn Chadwick, Katja Strunz, Hans Uhlmann,” Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
- “Bani Abidi: They Died Laughing,” Gropius-Bau, Berlin
- “Garten der irdischen Freuden,” Gropius-Bau, Berlin
- “Kerker der Phantasie,” Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Berlin
- “Klee und die Abstraktion,” Museum Berggruen
- “Gustave Caillebotte: Maler und Mäzen des Impressionismus,” Alte Nationalgalerie
Films
- Dolor y gloria, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Books
- Grace Chia, Mother of Questions
- Cyril Wong, The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza
- Andrew Martin, Early Work
- Joshua Ip, Sonnets from the Singlish
- Gina Apostol, Gun Dealers’ Daughter
- W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
- Edmund White, Skinned Alive
Films
- Hellzapoppin’, directed by H. C. Potter
Exhibits
- “Food for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography,” C/O Berlin
- “Elfie Semotan: Contradiction,” C/O Berlin
- Bildergalerie, Sanssouci, Potsdam
Books
- Daryl Lim Wei Jie, A Book of Changes
- Ng Yi-Sheng, Eating Air
- Stefania Heim, Hour Book
- Laurie Lee, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
- Darius James, Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
- Jayanti Sen, Looking Beyond: Graphics of Satyajit Ray
- Georges Simenon, Red Lights, translated by Norman Denny
- Claire Tham, The Inlet
- Forrest Gander, Be With
- Georges Simenon, The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Georges Simenon, The Mahé Circle, trans. Siân Reynolds
- Georges Simenon, The Blue Room, trans. Linda Coverdale
- Jason Wee, The Monsters Between Us
- Cyril Wong, Satori Blues
- Cyril Wong, The Dictator’s Eyebrow
- Sandra Liu, On Poems On
Films
- Le mystère Koumiko, directed by Chris Marker
- 기생충 (Parasite), dir. Bong Joon-ho
- 万引き家族 (Shoplifters), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Books
- L. S. Asekoff, Freedom Hill
- John Gaskin, The Traveller’s Guide to Classical Philosophy
- Cyril Wong, ed., Here and Beyond: 12 Stories
- Irish Murdoch, Nuns and Soldiers
- Raymond Roussel, The Alley of Fireflies and Other Stories, translated by Mark Ford
- Lavinia Greenlaw, Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland
- María Gainza, Optic Nerve, trans. Thomas Bunstead
- Catherine Lim, Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore
- Daniel Swift, The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics and Madness of Ezra Pound
- Cyril Wong, The End of His Orbit
- Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul
Films
- Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder
- The Hitch-Hiker, dir. Ida Lupino
- The Lavender Hill Mob, dir. Charles Crichton
- Private Life, dir. Tamara Jenkins