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Futuristic Semar: Cast members of 'Mencari Semar' pose with director Rangga Riantiarno (top, third left), scenographer Deden Bulqini (top, fourth left), Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation’s program manager Billy Gamaliel (top, center) and Teater Koma’s cofounder Ratna Riantiarno (top, fourth right) on July 31, 2025, after attending a press conference at Galeri Indonesia Kaya in Jakarta. JP/Sylviana Hamdani
Futuristic Semar: Cast members of 'Mencari Semar' pose with director Rangga Riantiarno (top, third left), scenographer Deden Bulqini (top, fourth left), Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation’s program manager Billy Gamaliel (top, center) and Teater Koma’s cofounder Ratna Riantiarno (top, fourth right) on July 31, 2025, after attending a press conference at Galeri Indonesia Kaya in Jakarta. JP/Sylviana Hamdani
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‘Mencari Semar’: Teater Koma seeks ancient wisdom in the digital age

The play unfolds in the futuristic realm of the Nimacha Empire, where humans are gradually being overpowered by droids and robots.

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Artistic heritage meets modern beats at 2025 ‘Pagelaran Sabang Merauke’

Music director Elwin Hendrijanto says the show will fuse contemporary arrangements with traditional sounds like Kalimantan’s Karungut and the Batak song “Rambadia”.

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LIFEs 2025 explores national identity through art and literature

The Literature and Ideas Festival returns from Aug. 8-16 with "Menjadi Indonesia", featuring over 35 performers.

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Banksy mural of sneezing woman appears on England's steepest street

A mural of a sneezing woman by Banksy has appeared on a house at the end of what is said to be England's steepest street in the city of Bristol.

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Dutch Rijksmuseum announces landmark slavery exhibition

Amsterdam's famed Rijksmuseum unveiled plans for a landmark show next year about the Netherlands' colonial role in slavery, saying it would tackle questions raised by the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Teater Koma to take viewers away from home with 2020 sci-fi finale, ‘Cinta Semesta’

Theater can be an escape from the current ills plaguing the world, and Teater Koma does just that with an intergalactic romance between a human scientist and his three alien inamoratas in Cinta Semesta, beaming into your homes virtually on Dec. 12-13 (with ticket purchases, of course).

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Mystery metal monolith pops up, this time in Poland

A mysterious metal monolith has popped up on a riverbank in the Polish capital Warsaw, the latest in a string of similar objects that have recently appeared in Europe and the US.

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Chinese 'iron crotch' kung fu masters fight to preserve a painful-looking tradition

Wang Liutai is no ordinary kung fu master. The 65-year-old from a village in central China practices a unique and excruciating-looking strand of martial arts coined "iron crotch kung fu".

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Israel unveils parts of Herod's palace buried by Judean king

Israeli authorities are set to unveil previously off-limits structures within King Herod's palace-fortress Herodium, which the tyrannical Roman-era leader interred as his enormous burial plot.

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After fashion and food, reality TV comes to the art world

A new TV show is offering young London artists the opportunity to present their work to British TV audiences.

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Jakarta Dance Meet Up creates space for cross-genre performances

The Jakarta Dance Meet Up has returned with an extensive program involving artists from across the country and overseas.

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Street artist unveils mural to 'Saint' Diego Maradona

Tributes to late football legend Diego Maradona have included plans to rename a stadium and a street in his honor and put his face on a banknote. Now, a giant mural has been painted in Argentina to remember the icon, who died last month.

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Art exhibition tells stories about kampung, climate change

An art project has involved the residents of eight kampung in Semarang.

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Virus could leave theater workers homeless: Helen Mirren

People working in Britain's theater industry risk homelessness because of the coronavirus outbreak, stage and screen star Helen Mirren warned in an interview published on Monday.

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Louvre Museum puts time with 'Mona Lisa' under hammer to plug COVID-hit finances

As the coronavirus pandemic keeps visitors away, the Louvre is offering time close-up with the "Mona Lisa" and a walk along the French museum's historic rooftop at an auction to help plug a gaping hole in its finances.

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US Supreme Court hears case on art trove bought by Nazi Germany

The fate of an important medieval art collection that Nazi Germany bought from Jewish dealers was in the balance in a US Supreme Court hearing Monday.

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New metal monolith found on Dutch heath

A mysterious metal monolith has appeared on a heath in the Netherlands after similar objects were found in the United States, Romania and Britain.

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New shiny obelisk sighted on Britain's Isle of Wight

A shiny obelisk similar to ones found in the United States and on a hilltop in Romania has been spotted by the sea off the south coast of England.

4 years ago
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Saint Nicholas delivers for Czech kids with drive-through delights

Saint Nicholas day took on some new twists for celebrating Czechs on Saturday, from drive-through visits to kitting his accompanying angels and devils out in gloves and masks so that they could hand out treats.

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Metallic monolith pops up outside Pittsburgh candy store

Since mid-November, shining metal monoliths have suddenly appeared - and then vanished - in the strangest locations, from the Utah desert to a Romanian mountainside.

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'Hope' dance concert to be held live from 11 cities, four countries

Dancers from 11 cities in four countries invite the audience to cheer up and donate.

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Queen’s old masters go on public show in Britain

Art lovers will get a close-up view of one of Britain’s greatest collections from Friday when masterworks from deep inside Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace go on public show.

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Online philosophy festival to start on Monday

With the theme of “The World after Pandemic: Philosophy from the Future”, Philofest ID will respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and rethink and question the meaning of life.

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'We all survived': Wuhan artists keep virus memories alive

In music, graffiti, even comics, Wuhan artists are beginning to pay homage to their city with works referencing its coronavirus suffering, punishing 76-day lockdown, and subsequent rebirth.

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Divers discover Nazi WW2 enigma machine in Baltic Sea

German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets have stumbled upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi military during World War Two which they believe was thrown overboard from a scuttled submarine.

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Google Doodle celebrates Papua’s 'noken'

The heritage has come under threat despite being passed down through generations.

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Monolith monotony? Another mystery structure appears and vanishes in California

A 10-foot-tall metallic monolith appeared mysteriously atop a Central California mountain this week, then vanished just as suddenly early on Thursday in what seemed to be a copycat of one that appeared and then vanished in a Utah desert.

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Larasati’s Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Art Bali sale to help revive art in Ubud

On Saturday, 40 works in a range of styles by Balinese, Indonesian and international artists will go under the hammer live at Larasati Bali Art Space at Tebesaya Gallery, Ubud.

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Exhibition showcases message of defiance during pandemic

An exhibition, aptly titled “LAWAN!!!” (Fight!!!), sends a strong message of defiance, a positive attitude in response to the present situation.

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'Don't leave trash in the desert': Utah monolith removal explained

The mystery of how a metal monolith appeared in the Utah desert remains, but the riddle of its removal seems to have been solved -- and sadly, has nothing to do with aliens.

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Mystery monolith vanishes in Romania: Alien action or local prank?

A shiny metal monolith vanished on Tuesday from Romania's mountainous Neamt county, four days after its sudden appearance close to an ancient Dacian fortress sparked speculation it may be related to a mystery structure seen in the United States.

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InklusiFest 2020: Raising disability awareness via interactive learning and fun

Inclusiveness, interaction, inspiration are just some of the "ins" of the inaugural InklusiFest 2020, which draws together participants living with and without disabilities in virtual events aimed to share and learn – and a chance at breaking a national record together.

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'Christmas will not be cancelled' says Bethlehem, amid little comfort or joy

Bethlehem is shaping up for a dismal Christmas: most of the inns are closed, the shepherds are likely to be under lockdown and there are few visitors from the east, or anywhere else.

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