But the world-famous waltz truly travelled among the stars on Saturday when the European Space Agency's antenna broadcast a live performance of it into space to celebrate the composer's 200th birthday.
6 days agoInspired by the Batavia shipwreck incident in the 1600s, the exhibition underscores the lasting colonial impact alongside Jakarta’s pressing environmental challenges.
1 week agoThe photographer leaves a unique legacy of images from his hundreds of journeys through the Amazon rainforest and across the planet, from Rwanda to Indonesia, capturing with his lens human tragedies such as famine, wars and mass exoduses.
1 week agoHere are 20 local museums and art galleries in Indonesia to go on museum dates.
2 years agoRenowned for his social commentary artworks, Naufal Abshar’s new exhibition pushes the social aspect further with a focus on visitor participation.
2 years agoTo keep the iconic Indonesian dagger relevant today, kris experts carried out the age-old puja rahayu ningrat ceremony at Jakarta’s Bentara Budaya cultural center.
2 years agoAn Afghan-born Yogyakarta artist escaped death and destruction in his homeland before settling in Indonesia. Today, he uses art to help free others like him from marginalization and oppression. This is part two of a two-part story. Part one was published yesterday.
2 years agoAn Afghanistan-born Yogyakarta artist escaped from the death and destruction of his homeland before settling in Indonesia. Today, he uses art to free others like him from the consistent terror of marginalization.
2 years agoIn a new book, British journalist Mark Eveleigh recounts his caffeine-fueled travels through Indonesia and the multifaceted insights he gained along the way.
2 years agoThe 2madison café and gallery bring contemporary Indonesian from their art hub in South Jakarta’s hip Kemang district onto the wider world.
2 years agoTwo social traditions from South America were honored Tuesday as UNESCO recognized the rapidly disappearing skill required to make black pottery in Chile and the ancient knowledge of Colombian Indigenous groups as intangible cultural heritage practices.
2 years agoFictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.
2 years agoDozens of modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian strikes that have already done huge damage to Ukraine's cultural heritage will go on display at a Madrid museum on Tuesday.
2 years agoDutch artist Noella Roos exhibits an authoritative body of works painted over 10 years in Bali. Pentimento invites the audience to learn about Western painting by exploring the human form.
2 years agoOther discoveries include more than 50 bronze coins from the late Roman period as well as a silver coin from around 170-171 AD to commemorate 10 years of rule of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.
2 years agoIndonesian contemporary artists scrutinize the country's present and future through their work in the Fragmenting Today, Reshaping Tomorrow exhibition.
2 years agoCorrida in which the animal usually ends up killed by a sword thrust by a matador in shining costume, is for supporters an age-old tradition to be preserved, for critics a cruel ritual that has no place in modern society.
2 years agoThe government, ethnic music groups and other stakeholders join in to promote Indonesian ethnic music.
2 years agoClothing designers inspired by traditional Mexican motifs, embroidery and colors are exhibiting their work at a fashion fair in Mexico City promoted by the government to support marginalized indigenous communities.
2 years agoAndy Warhol's nephew will put two works by his late pop artist uncle on the market for the first time Tuesday in New York.
2 years agoFamed Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar continues to loom large in the country’s literary scene, as seen in a centennial exhibition at South Jakarta’s Salihara Arts Center, which celebrated his life and work.
2 years agoUnder Taliban rule, teenage girls in Afghanistan are banned from schools, prompting parents to marry them off to much older men.
2 years agoClimate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream in Oslo on Friday to protest against Norway's oil industry, but guards intervened and the artwork was undamaged, police said.
2 years agoA dynamic new initiative envisions a sustainable art ecosystem in Bali.
2 years agoFive paintings entered the exclusive club of works of art sold for more than $100 million at auction, the New York auction house said, in a sign that the art market continues to grow despite economic uncertainties related to the war in Ukraine and inflation.
2 years agoMany believe that the digital world has us estranged from the real world. But is it true? These days, isn't the digital world also the “real world"? We are never truly separated from the Internet, after all.
2 years agoClimate protesters glued themselves to an Andy Warhol painting at the National Art Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of activist demonstrations in art galleries around the world.
2 years agoThe Rasasastra artistic collective is seeking to take the creative process to new heights by engaging budding avant-garde artists and the public alike through the Union Art Festival, its collaboration with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
2 years agoArt experts in the Netherlands unveiled an oil sketch by the famous Dutch master Rembrandt after it languished for a century in a forgotten corner of a museum, believed to be an imitation.
2 years agoA Dutch court on Wednesday sentenced two climate activists to two months in jail, one of them suspended, for targeting Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, news agency ANP said.
2 years agoIn past weeks, the story of an Egyptian pop star admitted into a rehabilitation facility has spilled beyond celebrity gossip, and sparked new debate on women's rights in the conservative country.
2 years agoIndonesian artists share their aesthetic take on sustainability in Distrik Seni X, an art space at Sarinah, Jakarta’s oldest and most iconic mall.
2 years agoMurai Art Projects presents a unique exhibition that combines artistic flair and functional furniture designs.
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