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View all search resultsIndonesian 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.
Some of the most recent developments in Balinese contemporary art trace their roots not to the “Island of the Gods” but to Yogyakarta, where the arts scene is a melting pot of cultures from across the archipelago.
The revolutionary development of digital technology within contemporary art is taking the world by storm. It is not aesthetic distinctions that characterize the latest art trend, but a new term associated with the distributed ledger technology that allows for artworks to be easily tracked and traded. The Jakarta Post talks with two Bali-based artists about the crypto art craze.
Art is a way for us to navigate uncertain times by focusing our minds on the magical, the beautiful and the sublime. In this "Art in a Time of Crisis" series, contributor Richard Horstman shares how art functions to serve society and introduces readers to individual pieces that inspire people to draw strength from the painter's creativity and passion.
The Bali administration now has two distinct annual art events, the Bali Arts Festival held in Denpasar in June and July and the Bali Jani Arts Festival for modern and contemporary art, recently conducted in October and November.
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