The quadrennial’s inaugural edition, Unruly Waters, will be curated by Tom Eccles, executive director of the Center for Curatorial Studies and the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College; Ruba Katrib, chief curator and director of curatorial affairs at MoMA PS1; Mark Rappolt, editor-in-chief of ArtReview and ArtReview Asia; and Shabbir Husain Mustafa, chief curator at Singapore Art Museum.

Unruly Waters )وحُمُ جُُ ياه(م, will take place from 21 November to 30 April and will feature:

Bani Abidi, Pakistan; Nicholas Galanin, United States; Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lebanon / UK; Shilpa Gupta, India; Yousef Ahmad, Qatar; Hit Man Gurung, Nepal; Khalid Albaih, Sudan; Mayar Hamdan, Palestine; Kamal Aljafari, Palestine; Sohrab Hura, India; Sophia Al-Maria, Qatar; Saodat Ismailova, Uzbekistan; Farah Al Qasimi, UAE; Naiza Khan, UK / Pakistan; Majid Al-Remaihi, Qatar; Saba Khan, Pakistan; Shaima Al-Tamimi, Yemen; Ayoung Kim, South Korea; Meriem Bennani, Morocco; Charles Lim, Singapore; Mohamed Bourouissa, France / Algeria; Imaad Majeed, Sri Lanka; Liu Chuang, China; Diego Marcon, Italy; Ade Darmawan, Indonesia; Naeem Mohaiemen, Bangladesh; Alia Farid, Puerto Rico / Kuwait; Yuko Mohri, Japan; Simone Fattal, Lebanon; Manny Montelibano, Philippines; Cao Fei, China; Jean Katambayi Mukendi, DRC; Oscar Murillo, Colombia; Selma Selman, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hira Nabi, Pakistan; Priya Sen, India; Dala Nasser, Lebanon; Wael Shawky, Egypt; New Red Order, United States; Ahlam Shibli, Palestine; Ho Tzu Nyen, Singapore; Marina Tabassum, Bangladesh; Lydia Ourahmane, Algeria; Newsha Tavakolian, Iran; Pratchaya Phinthong, Thailand; Nathalie Vairac, France / Senegal; Tan Pin Pin, Singapore; Adrian van Wyk, South Africa; Khalil Rabah Palestine; Munem Wasif, Bangladesh; Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Nepal; He Xiangyu, China; Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Thailand; Ayman Zedani, Saudi Arabia.