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Jakarta Provoke! 2026 brings contemporary art outdoors to Menteng Park

Twenty-five artists and 25 curators transform the former Menteng Stadium into a site-specific exhibition reflecting the capital's social, political, environmental and cultural realities.

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‘Where Are We in Time’ reflects a world in flux

Museum MACAN's first exhibition season of 2026 brings together contemporary and historical works that examine how history, memory and power shape the landscapes we inherit, and how we navigate an increasingly uncertain world. ...

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Between mountain and sea, ASEAN's music evolves

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Anne Frank betrayal suspect ‘identified after 77 years’

One of World War II's most enduring mysteries may have been solved after a cold-case investigation identified a Jewish notary as the prime suspect in the betrayal of diarist Anne Frank and her family.

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Gofur does not need many tools in the ritual to drive out the rain. The most important are the kris, handkerchief, incense and chili and onion pierced on a stick. (JP/Ivan Darski)
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Control the weather?: the story of a lifelong rain handler

Working as a ‘supernatural consultant’ for more than three decades, Gofur Purnomo has become one of Surabaya's legendary rain handlers. 

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Outlet: Fandy Susanto began drawing to blow off his creative steam between his work as a graphic designer as an outlet for his thoughts and frustrations. (Courtesy of Fandy Susanto)
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Bitter humor from an introvert: Designer-illustrator Fandy Susanto talks debut exhibit

With a dislike for confrontation, Fandy Susanto uses simple and raw illustrations to criticize the social values of those around him, while also confronting his own psyche.

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Speaking up: Egyptian actress Sumaya al-Khashab (pictured) expressed her solidarity with Aya Youssef, saying that the issue showed the double standard women faced.
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Viral Egypt dance video fuels women’s rights debate

A video of an Egyptian mother-of-three dancing that went viral online prompting her husband to divorce her and her employers to sack her has reignited a fierce debate over women's rights.

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Made from trash: Artist Made Bayak created the Plasticology campaign in the early 2000s when he was a student at the Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) in Denpasar. (JP/Alez Kurniawan Ulung)
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Fighting plastic trash problems the Plasticology way

For 15 years, Balinese artist Made Bayak has promoted a greener Bali through his 'Plasticology' artworks.

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Indonesian fine and functional art are growing markets within the 21st-century global creative economy.  Functional art, where new design ideas combine with the artist’s technical expertise, is an under-utilized economic sector offering an enormous upside that has been lacking in supportive infrastructure until recently.

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In this file photo taken on April 13, 2019 Nadya Tolokonnikova, of Russian feminist protest punk rock group Pussy Riot, performs during a show at La Trastienda in Montevideo, on April 13, 2019.
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Russia labels Pussy Riot members, satirist 'foreign agents'

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Picture taken on June 28, 2021 shows one of the exhibits as preparations are under way for the opening of a new museum devoted to Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in his home town of Odense, Denmark.
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Denmark's Hans Christian Andersen museum gets fairytale makeover

Denmark is honouring its most famous writer, Hans Christian Andersen, with a revamped museum that aims to immerse visitors in the fantasy worlds he created.

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This photo taken on December 24, 2021 shows puppet master Indra Suroinggeno playing Christmas-themed puppetry in Bantul, Yogyakarta. A small community in Indonesia is celebrating Christmas by telling stories about the birth of Jesus through a traditional puppet show in the shadow of coronavirus pandemic that shuttered most public performances.
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Indonesian community tells the story of Jesus through shadow puppets

A small Indonesian community is celebrating Christmas by performing traditional shadow puppet shows about the birth of Christ as the pandemic shutters most public performances.

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Jamal Rassoul Hussein, a 50-year-old Iraqi, practises arabic calligraphy in his workshop in his home in the town of Rania, some 130km north of Suleymaniyah in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on December 17, 2021.
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Building on tradition: Iraqi labourer preserves calligraphic art

When he is not hauling concrete blocks on a construction site in northern Iraq, Jamal Hussein devotes his time to preserving the gentle art of Arabic calligraphy.

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In this picture taken on December 12, 2021, people visit the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.
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Visitors return to Afghan national museum Taliban once ransacked

Afghanistan's national museum is once again welcoming visitors and exhibiting pre-Islamic artefacts with the Taliban's blessing.

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Creating music: Asep Nayak performs at the opening of Biennale Jogja XVI, in October. (Courtesy of Organizing Committee Biennale Jogja XVI Equator #6 2021)
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'Wisisi' is taking over Wamena, then the world. What is it?

It began as an outré dance subculture initiated by teens in the West Papuan highlands. Now, is wisisi set to become international dance music’s best kept secret?

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron walk past the painting entitled 'Portrait of Mikhail Matyushin' as they visit the opening of the exhibition of 'The Morozov Collection, Icons of Modern Art' at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, on September 21, 2021.
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Art is one area where France and Russia get along

While relations between Russia and France can often feel as frosty as the Siberian tundra, there is one area where diplomacy is working better than ever: art.

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In this file photo taken on February 3, 2021 workers clean the Arabic-calligraphy decorated exterior of the Museum of the Future in Dubai.
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Arabic calligraphy enscribed into UNESCO heritage list

UNESCO on Tuesday added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Gemological Institute of Ratnapura Director of research and development, Chamila Suranga, inspects the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms, which was found in a gem pit, at a private residence in Horana, Sri Lanka, December 12, 2021.
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Sri Lanka shows off giant natural blue sapphire

Local gemologists, who have examined the sapphire, said it was one of the rarest gems in the world as it weighed more than 300 kilograms.

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Swiss museum gives up art treasures stolen by Nazis

A Swiss museum said on Friday it would give up almost 40 works of art after a years-long investigation concluded they were either stolen by the Nazis or of doubtful origin.

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The best system is a sound system: One of Senikanji's most iconic and popular artworks. (Courtesy of the Supomo family)
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Senikanji: How a Chinese-Indonesian factory worker in his 60s became Indonesia's hippest illustrator

Supomo’s modest style of illustration, its Chinese character hand-lettering, and his son Yulius’ witty captions, made him a household name. Along the way, a once-distant father and son relationship blossomed.

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Iraqi actress and director Zahraa Ghandour poses for photo during an interview on the sideline of the 5th edition of the Gouna Film Festival in Egypt's Red Sea resort of el-Gouna, on October 21, 2021. Alongside celebrities gracing the red carpet at film festivals in Egypt, the traditional powerhouse of regional cinema, young Arab women directors are making their mark with documentaries tackling subjects ranging from femicide to revolution.
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Arab women lead 'new generation' in documentary film-making

Young Arab women directors are making their mark with documentaries tackling subjects ranging from femicide to revolution.

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Visitors at the opening of GES-2 contemporary arts center by the banks of Moksva River in Moscow on Dec. 3.
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In Moscow, a new arts centre to brush up Russia's image

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Healing wounds: Papuan art collective delivers activism through fine art

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Tunisia women mix beats and break taboos

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Josephine Baker becomes first black woman in France's Pantheon

Baker, who left the US in 1925 to escape racial segregation and found fame in France, is buried in Monaco.

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New York's Met gets its biggest donation ever

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Notre-Dame in Paris denies redesign is too radical

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UK fashion awards honour Virgil Abloh and other big-hitters

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Singing on: Next-generation 'sindhen' carry the Javanese performing art

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In this file photo taken on May 09, 2004 Stephen Sondheim speaks during the Dramatists Guild Fifth Annual Benefit Dinner at the Hudson Theater in New York City.
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Revered Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91

Legendary Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with revolutionizing American musical theater, died Friday at the age of 91.

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US artist Mark Bradford talks during the presentation of his exhibition 'AGORA' at the Serralves Museum of Cotemporary art Art in Porto, north of Portugal, on November 25, 2021.
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'Shape shifting' US painter Mark Bradford explores racial tensions in Portugal show

In his first major show in Europe in nearly five years, US painter Mark Bradford says he has turned to the mediaeval period to explore contemporary conflicts and racial tensions.

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