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Looking after the dark: Bandung’s light festival reimagines the city

Bandung’s heritage warehouses light up as artists explore the space between shadow and illumination.

5 days ago
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Earth Society: Art in a time of unraveling

At ICAD 15, artists from Indonesia and beyond confront humanity’s uneasy relationship with the planet, weaving stories of decay, resilience and renewal through installation, sculpture and design. ...

1 week ago
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Where worlds meet, ‘Power in Equality’ finds its voice

At the 15th UOB Painting of the Year Awards, Indonesian artist Eddy Susanto unveils an award-winning work where Javanese philosophy meets Renaissance ideals, weaving eras and cultures into a reflection on humanity and spiritual depth. ...

2 weeks ago

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Russian artist and Ukrainian in Bali collaborate on message of unity

A Russian artist and a Ukrainian owner of a villa complex on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have come together to promote peace and unity through a giant work of art. 

3 years ago
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Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait expected to fetch $200 million at auction

Andy Warhol's iconic sage-blue background portrait of Marilyn Monroe has been tipped to sell for a record-breaking US$200 million at auction in the spring, Christie's announced on Monday.

3 years ago
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‘Tumpengan Instinct’: Articulating mothers' massive duty to pass on wisdom

By intersecting political intrigue with the obligation of transferring cultural knowledge to future generations, artist Manda Selena explores identity and the creative power and plight of motherhood in the modern age.

3 years ago
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Transgender outcasts turn artists in India

On a giant flyover in the sprawling Indian metropolis of Mumbai, a transgender art collective is trying to change attitudes as radically as it transforms the concrete pillars into brightly colored murals.

3 years ago
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Shedding new light on Indonesia’s war of independence

An exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijkmuseum uses posters, personal belongings and other objects exhibited for the first time to put a human face on Indonesia’s war of independence against the Dutch which lasted from 1945 to 1949.

3 years ago
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Burkina's 'Opera Village' by its groundbreaking architect

With its imposing, angular proportions made out of clay, the Opera Village cultural and educational project, designed by Burkina Faso-born architect Francis Kere, blends into the landscape.

3 years ago
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From Da Vinci to Picasso, doodles on display in Rome

Hidden on the backs of canvases, doodles have allowed artists down the ages, from Michelangelo to Picasso, to test, explore and unleash their creativity.

3 years ago
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Violin becomes ‘weapon of resistance’ in Ukraine shelters

From her shelter in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, Vera Lytovchenko has become a social media sensation with her violin performances that help her forget the war, if only for a few minutes. 

3 years ago
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St Patrick's Day parades return to Ireland after Covid hiatus

Hundreds of thousands of Irish and international visitors flocked to Ireland for St Patrick's Day festivities after a two-year halt due to coronavirus.

3 years ago
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'Twenties': 20 Indonesian heroes you should know but probably haven't heard of

‘Twenties’ is a new column in which we give our top 20 list of anything and everything of interest, from food and history to pop culture and lifestyle — and more.

3 years ago
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Widows brighten the day as India celebrates Holi

India's colourful festivities to mark Holi are underway, including in a town usually associated with grief as a so-called "city of widows".

3 years ago
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Decades on, Heri Dono continues to uphold his ideals through his art

For renowned artist Heri Dono, the archives of materials related to his work are as valuable as the works themselves. 

3 years ago
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Chinese artist unveils painting for Ukraine, 'which has already won'

China has so far refused to condemn its ally Russia's war, but Chinese painter Huang Rui is convinced that Ukraine has already won.

3 years ago
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‘Woven air’: Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history.

3 years ago
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Artist Citra Sasmita “hacks” patriarchal Balinese traditions

Growing up in a less privileged family from a low caste in Bali and being discriminated against as a woman, Citra Sasmita brings forth equality issues in her artworks.

3 years ago
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Iraq's National Museum reopens after three-year closure

Iraq's National Museum reopened Monday to visitors after a three-year closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest.

3 years ago
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PROJECT ETERE: breathing new life into Bali’s ghost buildings

An artist creates art out of abandoned buildings.

3 years ago
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Javan myna: A story of birds on the run

Dutch-Spanish photographer Anaïs López celebrates an Indonesian bird in her latest work

3 years ago
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In Bolivia, miners sacrifice llamas to appease ‘Lord of the Underworld’

Once a year, miners from the Oruro region, on the high planes of western Bolivia, gather to offer sacrifices to appease El Tio, "Lord of the Underwold". 

3 years ago
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French art star Messager opens Tel Aviv retrospective

French artist Annette Messager, a global star whose retrospective opens in Israel on Tuesday, says her work has been changed by the Covid pandemic, "the masks we wear and all the death". 

3 years ago
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Iraq unveils restoration work at ancient city ravaged by IS

Iraq unveiled three monumental sculptures in the ancient city of Hatra on Thursday, newly restored after being vandalized by militants of the Islamic State group during their brief but brutal rule.

3 years ago
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9,000-year-old ritual complex found in Jordan desert

The Stone Age shrine site, excavated last year, was used by gazelle hunters and features carved stone figures, an altar and a miniature model of a large-scale hunting trap.

3 years ago
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Michelangelo's three 'pietas' united in historic first

That is why Florence's Opera del Duomo museum in Italy is putting on display together for the first time all three versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son Jesus Christ.

3 years ago
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Guggenheim gala exhibits encourage 'engagement'

Dior and the Guggenheim Foundation enliven the arts through a series of ongoing solo exhibits launched during the 2021 annual gala.

3 years ago
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Chile museum to return Easter Island 'head'

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

3 years ago
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Chile museum to return Easter Island ‘head’

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said on Monday it would return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

3 years ago
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Istanbul skyline row erupts over new build near iconic mosque

The soaring minarets of Suleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of Istanbul, but that is now blighted by rickety wooden scaffolding at a nearby construction site.

3 years ago
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'Little Prince' manuscript visits France for first time

The manuscript of The Little Prince travels to France for the first time this week as part of an exhibition about its legendary author Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

3 years ago
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Chainsaws, ice and a sauna in India's frozen north

Artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river in the Indian Himalayas, creating what they hope will be the beginnings of India's answer to China's Harbin International Ice Festival.

3 years ago
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Art exhibition encourages visitors to reclaim history, call it their own

After a two-year hiatus, the National Gallery is holding an art exhibition titled "Para Sekutu yang Tidak Bisa Berkata Tidak" (The Acquiescent Allies), held by Goethe-Institute in collaboration with art institutions in Thailand, Singapore and Germany.

3 years ago
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