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A project space for Asian and Asian diasporic contemporary art.
02.10–19.12.26: ‘true names’
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Step inside True Names at @ydp_space. The show brings together diverse international voices to rethink how names and labels shape who we are - disarming colonial classifications through textiles, moving image, and ceremonial portraits. The atmosphere in this Georgian townhouse space makes every work feel intimate and alive. ​🗓 Dates 02 Oct – 19 Dec 📍 YDP London (19 Bedford Square) ​#TrueNamesExhibition #YDPLondon #YanDuProjects #LondonArt #gud1
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Born of the vision of Chinese patron and #artcollector Yan Du (@xs_y) and launched just over a year ago, @ydp_space is an independent nonprofit project space in a beautiful townhouse on Bedford Square in Bloomsbury. ⁠ ⁠ Now a key platform for artists from Asia and its diaspora in #London, it hosts exhibitions alongside a rich public program of talks and performances that extends its mission beyond each project, fostering broader resonance and opportunities for collaboration with institutions across the city’s diverse cultural landscape. ⁠ ⁠ Observer caught up with Du to discuss the cultural ecosystem she has created, which spans acquisition, research and curatorial support. // Read more by @elisartgal at the link in our bio.
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Now Open: Pacita Abad is featured in 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, a group show at YDP, London.  true names considers the power of naming by bringing together artworks emerging from contexts marked by shared struggles and overlapping concerns, exploring how relations among identity, spirituality, and power are mediated and regenerated.  The exhibition features Pacita’s 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢, a large-scale trapunto from her 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 series that was created following the artist’s newfound love of scuba diving after conquering her lifelong fear of the ocean. Though described by critics as Pacita’s least political body of work, the series can be read in connection to the Philippines’ colonial history and cultural identity. In a body of water where different currents both literal and metaphorical collide, Pacita found a space of liberation, recovery, and possibility.  Shown here: 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 2026, YDP, installation view. Photography by Reinis Lismanis. Image courtesy of YDP. Pacita Abad, 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢, 1986
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In October, the art world's focus shifts back to Europe, where its two longtime capitals, London and Paris, compete for the spotlight in a two-week marathon that sees #artfairs and openings unfolding back-to-back, with the U.K. marquee sales in the middle of it all. ⁠ ⁠ Even before #Frieze and #FriezeMasters opened today, London has been buzzing from the weekend's round of openings at galleries, museums and cultural spaces across the sprawling city. ⁠ ⁠ Head to the link in our bio for our full list, curated by @elisartgal, of the exhibitions to catch in #London before you head off to Paris.
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🪔❤️‍🔥🙏 The Spinal Incense Clock series is currently on view in True Names at YDP, London. @ydp_space To everyone who helped bring these works into the world, thank you. To my dear friend and curator Fuca Yuan, for inviting me on this expedition in search of true names. You’ve made me braver, without making me harder. @heichiyuanr To my guardian angel, YDP curator Jun Shen, for caring so thoughtfully for everything seen and unseen, before and after the opening. @junjunbackwards To Yan Du, for believing in the healing power of art in these turbulent times, and for dedicating herself to it. @xs_y None of this would have been possible without the warm and professional YDP team, the art handlers, and the lighting designers. You gave these clocks their first home. @billytanng @_mark.healy_ @erinmoving @cindaymorning @nanaka_kishi @carmenncf @claric3blanche and Natalie Attar To the foundry owners and craftspeople I worked with, for your patience and encouragement throughout the past seasons, and to all the animals and their little ones who kept us company. To my incense teacher Wen Lu, for her deep research into the history of incense in Buddhist practice, and for sharing her knowledge so generously. And to the White Space team, for always being there. @whitespacebeijing You all helped kindle the fire, and keep it burning — in the works and in me. 🔥 #chenzhe #ydp
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Take a look at some of the key takeaways from last week’s London Forecast, featuring Selvi May Akyildiz (@selvimayz), Jane Beese (@beese.jane) and Lotte Johnson (@lotterebjohnson). Session moderated by Beth Greenacre (@bethgreenacre_london). AWITA members have exclusive access to the full event recording. Email info@awita.london for information. #AWITALondon #AWITAForecasts #WomenInArt #InternationalCommunity
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A new commission by Pao Houa Her opens in 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 at YDP in London, a group exhibition that considers naming as an ethical practice that opens a space for socio-political negotiation. A true name often carries the magical power to mark a crossing between person and spirit, self and community, past and future. Across many traditions, the act of naming is a means of sharing knowledge and making connections in response to different historical and material conditions. Diasporic and Indigenous communities have long histories of concealing or modifying names when confronted with displacement, assimilation and political violence. // Between concealment and revelation, ‘true names’ opens a field where imperial epistemologies and capitalist regimes of value can be disarmed. Bringing together artworks emerging from contexts marked by struggles, the exhibition explores how relations among identity, spirituality and power are mediated and regenerated. // In ‘true names’, different magics, languages, histories and worlds brush against one another and remain interrelated, without being fully translated, possessed or made the same. – Yuan Fuca, curator 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 October 2 - December 19, 2026 YDP 19 Bedford Square, WC1B 3JA London Other exhibiting artists include Pacita Abad, K Allado-McDowell, alyene, Bernice Bing, Chen Zhe, Stephanie Comilang, Sara Flores, Gauri Gill, Hanna Hur, Dorothea Lange, Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Georgia O’Keeffe, Natalia Papaeva, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, and Shao Fan. Graphic design: Stinsensqueeze (@stinsensqueeze) Images: 1. Stephanie Comilang, Manton de Manila - 1 (detail), 2024. 2. Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Tierra en trance (still), 2022. 3. Võ An Khánh, Extra Curriculum Political Science Class 7/1972, 2010. 4. Hanna Hur, Visitor (detail), 2023. Soundtrack: Li Daiguo, Book Of Prayers, 2023. Courtesy of Pollux records @paohouaher @ydp_space @heichiyuanr @junjunbackwards
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📍London @ydp_space next exhibition ‘true names’, a group presentation that explores naming as an ethical practice that brings forth and safeguards identities while creating a space for social-political negotiations. ‘true names’ is conceived and guest-curated by Yuan Fuca, in collaboration with YDP curator Jun Shen. #Repost @ydp_space with @use.repost ・・・ Two weeks to go! ✨ Our new group exhibition, ‘true names’, will open on 2 October. Make sure you sign up for the exhibition opening and upcoming guided tours via the link in our bio. Exhibition opening 📅 Friday 2 October ⏰ 6:00–8:00pm Guided tour 1 led by guest curator Yuan Fuca with artists Chen Zhe, Pao Houa Her, Natalia Papaeva and Tuguldur Yondonjamts 📅 Saturday 3 October
⏰ 4.00–5.00pm Guided tour 2 led by YDP curatorial team 📅 Tuesday 3 November
⏰ 6.30–7.30pm Guided tour 3 led by YDP curatorial team 📅 Wednesday 25 November
⏰ 6.30–7.30pm ‘true names’ is a group exhibition that considers naming as an ethical practice that opens a space for socio-political negotiation. ’true names’ features: Pacita Abad (@pacitaabad), K Allado-McDowell (@kalladomcdowell), alyene (@taang_qaragha), Bernice Bing, Chen Zhe (@chenzhe_towardsevenings), Stephanie Comilang (@stephaniecomilang), Sara Flores, Gauri Gill (@_gauri_gill_), Pao Houa Her (@paohouaher), Hanna Hur (@hannahurhannahur), Dorothea Lange, Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (@zonaingravida), Georgia O’Keeffe, Natalia Papaeva (@aryatsagan), Julia Rometti & Victor Costales (@rometticostales & @juliarometti), Shao Fan (@shaofanart), Võ An Khánh, Anh Vo (@anhqvo), Tuguldur Yondonjamts (@tuguldur_yondonjamts_), Zeng Xiaolian Conceived and guest-curated by Yuan Fuca (@heichiyuanr), in collaboration with YDP curator Jun Shen (@junjunbackwards). Graphic design: Stinsensqueeze (@stinsensqueeze)
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YDP @ydp_space, it was an amazing month—a month of discoveries unlike anything else. This was our first residency as a collective, and the very first one overall for Sofia and Rusudan. Dear team and Erin @erinmoving, thank you for the opportunity you created for us—like a nest from which we weren’t afraid to fly out, even so far from home. Thank you for your support, which allowed us to immerse ourselves in the context of London—its diverse communities, wonderful people, and places—with joy and courage. This residency was a huge experience for us: new meetings, new experiments, dozens of new ideas. We want to express our deep gratitude to the team for the close-knit and coordinated work you did for us, ensuring every part of the display was perfect, exactly as envisioned, and for the warm and intimate atmosphere you gave us. We managed to refresh ourselves, recharge, and return to something important—for ourselves and for the collective. We took the Ayol Sevgi @ayol.sevgi project to the next level, gaining the opportunity to launch a new series of stories, this time in video format—something new for the project. We’re leaving with many new memories, ideas, and opportunities: new connections, new collaborations with artists and cultural practitioners from different backgrounds, and so much inspiration that we hope to carry forward into our future work. Thank you, YDP🫶🏾
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Latest work at @ydp_space for their first summer festival A floating thin sheet made of preserved, edible leaves is suspended as a thin line between two trees. Barely perceptible when you see it from afar. The light throughout the day kept changing— sometimes it hit the line directly lit up the leaves so you saw all its translucency and fine veins. Sometimes it was dark and it almost disappeared A small study on integrating nature back into itself—how to understand our surroundings and thinking about a defined geometric shape against a backdrop of the living leaves 🌱🍃 Each perilla leaf is brined, dehydrated until it pressed flat, brushed with perilla oil and finished with perilla powder and salt. Visitors tear and pluck the leaves to eat like a see through crisp Curated by @erinmoving Assist @semilore_d Images @valentinadezanche
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Beyond the tea room, I invited @yoma.food.art to join me in creating a trio of snacks inspired by “bubbling” for YDP Summer Festival. Grounded in sweet, sour, and savoury flavour profiles, we set out to spark an entirely new, effervescent sensation on the palate. Cover shot gorgeously captured by @_yinglan_ We began by reflecting on childhood treats, taking the popping candy and crisp puffed rice rollers we grew up eating as the foundation for our “Sweet” bite. Alongside the sweetness of popping candy, we introduced Indian gooseberries and lemon verbena, using a bright touch of acidity to bring forward a delicate, lingering aftertaste. In the mouth, it opens with the light crunch of puffed rice. 🌾 As you chew, the rice softens into a sweet aroma that blends with the subtle bitterness of the dark chocolate coating. 🍫 This is immediately followed by the lively crackle of popping candy, the sharpness of Indian gooseberries, and the aromatic citrus of lemon verbena, coming together in three distinct layers of sweetness. 🍋 When crafting the “Savoury” flavour, our minds turned to Fuling Bing, a classic Chinese sweet wafer. I wanted to experiment boldly, reinventing it as an umami-led savoury wafer guided by deep, fermented flavours. We married white miso, fermented black beans, and aged tangerine peel to layer in a profound salinity rounded by time. Paired with toasted nori and cashews, the filling gained an earthy richness and comforting depth. Finally, “Sour”. Childhood snack shops were always stocked with intensely sour sweets that made your mouth water in seconds. Taking inspiration from Suan-ye 酸嘢, the traditional pickled fruit and vegetables, we developed a tart gummy laced with heat. The gummy base was built with hibiscus and tamarind to provide a bright floral and fruity profile, while the hibiscus naturally lent the candy its glowing ruby colour. Each packet was paired with a small portion of spiced fizzing powder. When tasted together, the powder dissolves instantly into fine bubbles like an effervescent tablet, weaving warmth and spice into the bright, sour chew. 🫧 We were also delighted to collaborate with graphic design studio @wearep
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Thank you to the team @ydp_space for organising an incredible DJing workshop for the galdem led by the one and only @djritu - what a legend! Of course I brought my USB stick with drums’ and it was very hard. Respect the selectors 🤗
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