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85, LORONG SOO HONG, 10200 GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA

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A Wind-Blown Fire Needs Little Effort 

A solo exhibition by He An
7 Mar – 10 May 2026

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This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome YB Wo This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome YB Wong Hon Wai to Soo Hong Lane for a visit to A Wind-Blown Fire Needs Little Effort by He An (@hean6991) at Blank Canvas, and a coffee break at Gilda (@gilda.penang). 
 
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A busy week ahead and not sure what’s happening at A busy week ahead and not sure what’s happening at Blank Canvas? We’ve gathered everything for you here. 📁 

During this edition of 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱, Blank Canvas will be presenting: 

‣ A new exhibition opening, sharing session, and research lecture by He An (@hean6991) 
‣ A collaborative project — Share-Meeting 3 with Yamanaka Suplex (@yamanaka.suplex) 
‣ A special conversation with Florence-based curator Leonardo Bigazzi (@leonardobigazzi) 

➡️ Swipe to explore each programme schedule across the three days. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Penang. 

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📌 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
[5] Introduction & Keyword Mapping Session full topics:
1️⃣: How can the artist and the hosting art space get the best out of a residency program?
2️⃣: How Can We Encourage Collective Learning?
3️⃣: Archive Practices and Who Actually Needs Archives?
4️⃣: Form and Its Limits: What Our Structures Enable and Prevent
 
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𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 
6 – 8 March 2026 
 
#PenangLongArtWeekend #PLAW2026 #GeorgeTown
Blank Canvas is looking for a 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱 Blank Canvas is looking for a 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 to join our team. 
 
If you enjoy creating content, working closely with art programmes, and shaping how audiences experience exhibitions through digital platforms, this role may be for you. 
 
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📨 Send your resume and cover letter to: 
info@blankcanvas.my 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

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𝗔 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱-𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 因风吹火用力不多 A 𝗔 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱-𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 因风吹火用力不多 
A solo exhibition by He An (何岸) | @hean6991 
▌Date: 7 March – 10 May 2026 
▌Time: 12pm – 7pm (closed on Tue & Wed) 

Taking its title from an ancient Zen saying repurposed for a classic book of Confucian wisdom, ‘A Wind-Blown Fire Needs Little Effort’ similarly focuses on the space between two fundamentally different points of view. If the Zen perspective is a detached and passive observing of the experience of time, the Confucian one strives towards a strategy of control and manipulation of circumstances. 

Beijing-based artist He An explores this in-between space in the context of Penang and the Chinese Malaysian experience, with its multiple layers of ethnicity, identity and belonging. The work in the exhibition is the result of a series of trips by the artist to Penang and across the Malaysian peninsula, travelling through its many different cultural, social and political contexts. Fabricated using the skills of a local paper effigy artisan, it plays with the space between action and representation, phenomena and morals, and between the journey and the return. 
 
[ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴀʀɪɴɢ ] 
7 March 2026 (Sat), 5–6pm 
📍Gilda (81, Lorong Soo Hong) | @gilda.penang 
Limited space, registration required. 

[ ᴏᴘᴇɴɪɴɢ ] 
7 March 2026 (Sat), 6–8pm 
(7pm Introduction) 
📍 Blank Canvas (85, Lorong Soo Hong) 

[ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ʟᴇᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ] 
Research Lecture by He An 
8 March 2026 (Sun), 8–10pm 
📍 Exhibition Hall, UAB Building 
Limited space, registration required. 
 
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Special thanks to 
Gallery daSein | @gallerydasein 
 
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𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙤 𝘽𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙞 ▌Date: March 6, 202 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙤 𝘽𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙞
▌Date: March 6, 2026 (Fri) 
▌Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm 
▌Venue: Gilda (81, Lorong Soo Hong, George Town, Penang, Malaysia) 

Blank Canvas is pleased to welcome Florence-based curator Leonardo Bigazzi (@leonardobigazzi ) for a special conversation with our founder, KY, on his curatorial practice and recent projects.
 
Leonardo Bigazzi is a curator and artist’s film producer based in Florence. He is curator at Fondazione In Between Art Film (2020-ongoing). He is also the curator of Lo schermo dell’arte, Florence (2008– ongoing) and the founder and curator of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images (2012– ongoing). He is also a member of the curatorial council of the St. Moritz Art Film Festival.

He has curated exhibitions and film programmes at leading international venues, most recently co-curating Tendered by Karimah Ashadu at Camden Art Centre, London, which will be presented next at the Renaissance Society, Chicago; Radical Tenderness by Ivàn Argote at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague; and Aziz Hazara’s solo exhibition Nightfall at coleção moraes-barbosa, São Paulo. 

He has commissioned and produced over fifty artists’ films, presented at major international institutions including Tate, London; the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Biennale Arte, Venice, among others.

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Limited space available. 
RSVP via WhatsApp +60 16-246 6814 (link in bio). 
 
Photo courtesy: ©️ Edoardo Piva / Artissima 
 
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𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬 — 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 
 
This edition of 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦-𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 unfolds as a two-day programme, bringing together participants through open exchange, keyword mapping sessions, and presentations of the outcomes. 

➡️ Swipe through the carousel to view the full programme schedule. 

Free and open to the public. RSVP required. Register via the 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼.

We look forward to welcoming you. 
 
▌𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 
March 7 (Sat) & March 8 (Sun) 2026 
 
▌𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: 
Event Hall, UAB Building, George Town, Penang, Malaysia 
 
▌𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀: 
Yamanaka Suplex (Shiga, Japan) | @yamanaka.suplex 
Blank Canvas (Penang, Malaysia) | @blankcanvas.penang 

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𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: 
Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation; 
The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur | @jf_kualalumpur ; 
Arts Support Kansai; 
and all supporters who contributed through the crowdfunding 2024 
 
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿: 
Think City | @mythinkcity 
 
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀: 
Kohei Nawa | Sandwich; 
Tocasi Inc.; 
Kenji Yanobe; 
Kenta Ogaya | HIRAGINO BOOKS | @hiragino_books 
Miho Doi 
 
𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹: 
Aayu Homes | @aayuhomes 

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁: 
Tomohiro Yamatsuki | @tomohiro.yamatsuki

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀
Miki Kanai | @tsslbi 

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