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Arts 3 days ago

Questioning and nurturing the self with Abell Octovan

The visual artist explores new grounds and mediums in his first solo exhibition, Am I an Artist.

Art & Culture 3 days ago

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Am I an Artist: A return to art through self-doubt

After retreating inward following personal loss, multidisciplinary artist Abell Octovan shares his journey through a solo show, reclaiming his place in the art world.

Art & Culture 1 week ago

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Abell Octovan’s solo debut explores personal reflection

Known for his vinyl art toys and satirical resin sculptures, Abell uses humor and popular-culture references to depict tensions between different values and ideas.

Art & Culture 1 month ago

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Between melting and weaving: Dawn Ng and Marcos Kueh shape time

Through melting ice and digitally woven textiles, the Singaporean and Malaysian artists offer contrasting reflections on impermanence, memory and cultural identity in Museum MACAN's current exhibition.

Art & Culture 2 months ago

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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.

Arts 4 months ago

60 paintings building to one question: Why do we stay?

In a new exhibit in Singapore, Indonesian artist Clasutta uses animals, oil on canvas and a touch of humor to map the arc of a relationship.

Art & Culture 4 months ago

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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.

Arts 5 months ago

Why this unusual exhibit on waste really wasn’t about waste

At Erasmus Huis, a cross-cultural exhibition asks Indonesians to rethink their relationship with waste, starting at home.

Art & Culture 7 months ago

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Then and Now: Revelations after two decades

An exhibition in Jakarta reunites 11 artists first championed in the late 2000s, tracing how their ideas, materials and methods have evolved amid shifting cultural and technological landscapes.

Art & Culture 9 months ago

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A look inside Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Curious Journey’ at Jakarta’s MACAN

A sweeping three-decade survey at Museum MACAN traces the Icelandic-Danish artist’s evolving engagement with perception, color and climate, inviting visitors to step into luminous, shifting worlds.

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art-exhibition

Questioning and nurturing the self with Abell Octovan

PREMIUM Am I an Artist: A return to art through self-doubt

PREMIUM Abell Octovan’s solo debut explores personal reflection

PREMIUM Between melting and weaving: Dawn Ng and Marcos Kueh shape time

PREMIUM Jakarta Provoke! 2026 brings contemporary art outdoors to Menteng Park