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Antonius Kho stitches memory into mosaic world in Year of the Horse show

Balancing handcrafted traditions with contemporary abstraction, the 53-work exhibition explores memory, identity and emotional texture through richly tactile compositions.

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‘Unbound’: Quiet devastation woven through light and form

The exhibition pairs Allyson Jeong’s meditations on movement and release with Diane Tuft’s photographs of serene beauty, weaving a record of ecological loss. ...

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'IWA #4' affirms the position of Indonesian women artists

Marking its final chapter, Indonesian Women Artists #4 traces two decades of research and exhibition practice while presenting new works that reflect unease, memory and shifting social realities. ...

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Social issues: Pictured are Bambang BP’s Dunia Artificial (left) and Gusmen Heriadi’s Masalah (right) at the Bunga Rampai exhibition. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)
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Bunga Rampai exhibition chronicles modern Indonesian art

A retrospective of Indonesian paintings from the late 1980s to the 2000s chronicles the medium’s role in shaping the country’s modern art scene.

3 years ago
To enshrine the dead: A visitor observes Poland-based artist Anna Kedziora's work, which features herbariums enshrining dead plants that are used as indicators of a particular river's condition in Poland. (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)
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Bandung Photography Triennale 2022 highlights the future of the Earth

An impending sense of doom – the first Bandung Photography Triennale opens strong with a bleak dialectic about the future.

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Swiss French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard Godard delivers a speech after he received the 'Grand Prix Design' during the Swiss Federal Design Awards 2010 award ceremony on November 30, 2010 in Zurich. Godard who received an Oscar for his life's cinematic achievements last November 14, 2010 will mark his 80th birthday on December 3, 2010.
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New Wave film director Jean-Luc Godard has died

Godard was among the world's most acclaimed directors, known for such classics as "Breathless" and "Contempt", which pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday.

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Artistic legacy: A visitor looks at Spanish painter Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Guernica during a press conference presenting the Year of Picasso events, marking the 50th anniversary of the painter's death, at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid on Sept. 12.
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Art world to mark 50 years since Picasso’s death

From the Prado museum to the Pompidou Centre and New York's Met, the art world has mobilized to stage "an unprecedented" 42 exhibitions marking 50 years since Picasso's death, officials said on Monday. 

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Unseen children: Pictured is a photo of some children in a Depok bus station, captured by Setyo Manggala Utama and his collaborators. (Courtesy of JIPF)
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JIPFest returns to celebrate visual storytelling from around the world

Indonesia’s most prominent photography festival is back, exhibiting eponymous revival photos. 

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Underneath the painting: Pictured is The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer during a press conference on new discoveries made on one of Vermeer’s most-famous paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Hidden items found in Vermeer’s famed ‘Milkmaid’ painting

A hidden jug holder and basket are found in Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famous painting The Milkmaid.

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Enjoying artwork: Visitors look at pieces of art made by refugees in the Let’s Walk My Journey exhibition, held by Resilience Development Initiative Urban Refugee Research Group (RDI UREF) at Work Coffee in South Jakarta from Aug. 6 to 20. (JP/A.Kurniawan Ulung)
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Let’s Walk My Journey exhibition opens a dialogue between refugees and locals

Art is helping refugees and locals understand each other.

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Art hub: ART SG 2023 plans to bring together collectors from the Southeast Asia region to forge new connections with world-renowned galleries under one roof. (Courtesy of ART SG)
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ART SG 2023 connects collectors with leading international galleries

Southeast Asia’s most prominent art event encapsulates a critical meeting point for international galleries, collectors and key art players.  

3 years ago
South African artist Blessing Ngobeni poses in front of his work during a show at South Africa's Joburg Art Fair, a leading contemporary art exhibition featuring artists from across the African continent, in Sandton, South Africa, September 3, 2022
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Prison life, slavery inspires South African artist at contemporary expo

South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush during a nine-year stint in prison, drawing fellow inmates and birthday cards to "kill time".  

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Stephanie Crowchild from the Tsuu T'ina Nation and owner of Stephanie Eagletail Designs poses for photos in her hotel room ahead of her New York Fashion Week debut, in Edgewater, New Jersey, U.S. September 6, 2022.
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New York Fashion Week kicks off with Proenza Schouler, Men's Day

This year's New York Fashion Week will open with emerging designers from New York Men's Day and new collections from Proenza Schouler.

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Back in time: Princess Diana (right) and her son Harry (left) watch the march past on a dais on the mall as part of the commemorations of VJ Day in 1995.
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BBC pays £1.4 million to charity over controversial Diana interview

The BBC said Friday it had donated sales proceeds derived from a 1995 interview with Princess Diana to charity after it was found she was tricked into the bombshell expose.

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Royal fan John Loughrey, shows off a cake with a picture of Princess Diana covering it, as he pays tribute to her, on the 25th anniversary of her death, outside Kensington Palace, in London, Britain, August 31, 2022.
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Princess Diana exhibit in Vegas invites guests to have their own royal wedding

A new exhibition that celebrates the life of the late Princess Diana opens in Las Vegas on Friday, days after the 25th anniversary of her death in a car crash in Paris.

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Ethnic representation: Jesral Tambun’s gorga carving art explores symbols and stories drawn from Batak mythology, such as in this woodcarving that resembles a mask. (Courtesy of Jesral Tambun)
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Creating against the tide: Indonesia's ethnic artists dare to push the bounds

In a country with strong religious underpinnings, Indonesian ethnic artists face unique challenges in pursuing their craft and preserving their cultures.

3 years ago
Unwind after work: 'Sento ambassador' and writer Yasuko Okuno posing for a photo after an interview with AFP at the Kanamachi public bath in Tokyo on Jul. 30.
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Japanese bath houses find new ways to stay afloat

Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo's last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak.

3 years ago
In this picture taken on June 2, 2022, Indian naturalized textile designer Brigitte Singh displays an original fabric of the 17th century with a poppy flower design made for Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, in her office in Amber on the outskirts of Jaipur in India's Rajasthan state. Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant made probably for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago.
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French-Indian textile designer brings back Mughal patterns

Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago.

3 years ago
All glassed out: Patricia Untario's "Journey #3: Just in Time" (2022) mounted on a glass panel, 'hiding' in plain sight in Ruang Sayap (the Wing room) at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung. (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)
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Bandung long-standing art space introduces annual women artists exhibition

Bandung’s Selasar Sunaryo Art Space’s annual collaborative exhibition titled Titicara offers an expansive discourse on methods through the eyes of women.

3 years ago
To the finish line: 'Balap Karung' is a staple game to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day. (Wikimedia Commons/Herusutimbul)
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Twenties: Reminiscing the dying art of Indonesian traditional children's games

Indonesian traditional children's games hold special meanings, traditions and origins associated with each of their respective cultures. Here are 20 traditional Indonesian children's games for a nostalgic journey.

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Meditation on age: A visitor takes a photograph of the massive puppet ‘Boneka Abak’, from the Papermoon Puppet Theatre’s ‘The Translucence’ show. ‘Abak’ and puppets looms over ‘Bodies Without A Head’ (left), ‘Ojisan’ and ‘Obasan’ are featured in the ‘Kelana Boneka’ marionette and puppet exhibit, running until Sept. 4, 2022 at Salihara Arts Center in South Jakarta. (JP/Tunggul Wirajuda)
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Salihara puppet exhibit wanders beyond imaginative bounds

Jakarta’s Salihara cultural center holds an exhibition of puppets in all shapes and sizes that will let one’s imagination wander.

3 years ago
Rose of Tralee winner Rachel Duffy (C) from Westmeath smiles on stage during the Rose of Tralee live show in Tralee Co. Kerry, Ireland on August 23, 2022.
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Traditional beauty pageant battles to keep pace in modern Ireland

As the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant concluded this week, the contestants in colourful ball gowns swayed as they sang the 19th-century ballad that inspired the competition.

3 years ago
Actresses perform at the Mykolaiv Drama Theatre for the first time since the start of the war in Mykolaiv on August 25, 2022.
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'The cultural front': Ukraine theatre goes underground

It's an opening night like no other at Mykolaiv's theatre, with the audience ushered down into an underground shelter this week for the first performance since war broke out.

3 years ago
Tradition: Two bissu prepare for a traditional wedding in Soppeng, South Sulawesi. Several cultures in Indonesia consider gender nonconformity to be sacred. (Kompas.id/Reny Sri Ayu Arman)
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Indonesia's nonbinary traditions in spotlight amid LGBTQ discrimination

Nonbinary has always been part of our culture. It's time to recognize and embrace it. 

3 years ago
Visitors look at Sinjerli Variations I-V, by American painter Frank Stella in 1977, during the 'Minimalism and Conceptual Art' exhibition, which showcases works from the 19th and 20th-centuries by American and European artists, at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in the Iranian capital on August 22, 2022.
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Thousands throng to Iran museum with Western art masterpieces

Over 20,000 people have flocked to an Iranian museum showcasing renowned Western artists' works, some for the first time -- part of a treasure trove amassed before the Islamic Revolution.

3 years ago
Details: Pictured is a bangle by Amero Jewellery with a dovetail design. (Courtesy of Team Muara Bagdja)
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Amero Jewellery launches Borobudur-inspired ‘Lavani’ collection

Local jewelry company Amero launches latest collection, inspired by the Borobudur Temple.

3 years ago
Cultural heritage: Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (center) poses with participants at the launch of the Heritage Diplomacy program at the ASHTA District 8 shopping mall in South Jakarta on Aug. 11.
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Cross-cultural Jakarta textile installation promotes stronger diplomatic ties

A cross-cultural fashion exhibition with a diplomatic bent called Karpet Merah Jagantara, which brought new combinations of traditional local fabrics and international forms to South Jakarta, concluded on Tuesday.

3 years ago
Evoking Masmundar: Novan Effendy poses with his installation at the Biennale Jogja XVI, held in October 2021 in Yogyakarta. The piece was a tribute to the late Damara Kurung master artisan, Sriwati Masmundar, and reproduced her bedroom. (Courtesy Damar Kurung Institute)
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Transcending light: Expanding cultural reach of ‘Damar Kurung’ lanterns

Light art and interdisciplinary artist Novan Effendy talks about his approach to preserving Damar Kurung lanterns and expanding the meaning of the cultural object native to Gresik, East Java.

3 years ago
‘Transformed country’: Ukrainian novelist and poet Serhiy Zhadan recites his poems in the House of Cinema in Kyiv, on Aug. 13, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s punk poet sees victory for ‘transformed’ homeland

Six months on from the start of the war, writer Serhiy Zhadan believes that Ukraine will win against Russia thanks to the courage and extraordinary mobilization of its citizens.

3 years ago
In action: Supri 'AJ Archery' poses with a flight-shooting Ottoman bow. (Courtesy of Supri 'AJ Archery')
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Making traditional Asiatic bows with Indonesia's bowyers

Although Indonesia is better known for its keris, kelewang, parang and other types of short daggers, many hobbyists find leisure in bow making.

3 years ago
NFT art: A gallery assistant looks at a digital reproduction of the painting Madonna del Cardellino (Madonna of the Goldfinch) by Raphael, displayed on Feb. 15, 2022 in the “Eternalising Art History: From Da Vinci to Modigliani” exhibition at the Unit London gallery in London.
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Art market pushes on with rocky crypto romance

The closest most people get to owning a world-famous artwork is to buy a cheap poster from a gallery, but art dealers are determined to harness technology to draw in new collectors.

3 years ago
Newly Parisian bouquiniste, traditional street bookseller, Rachid Bouanou poses during an interview with Reuters, along the banks of the River Seine in Paris, France, August 18, 2022.
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'It's wonderful,' say riverside booksellers as tourists return to Paris

At the very heart of Paris, former sailor Rachid Bouanou opens a large green wooden crate mounted on a wall overlooking the Seine, and carefully sets out the old second-hand books he keeps in there to sell to visitors strolling by.

3 years ago
This photo taken on June 17, 2022 shows factory head Hiroaki Miyazawa checking a finished plastic food sample at an Iwasaki Group factory in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. From the
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Truly tasteless: Japan's plastic food artists get creative

From the "leaning tower of pizza" to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans' quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo.

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