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Happy New Year! Bouncing into 2010

Hello Future!

A mighty thank you to all readers, contributors, commentators, trolls, supporters and lovers of art and [...]

Rasukan Seni Pascamoden Jejas Industri Seni Tampak?

Oleh Faisal Mustaffa

Pameran Seni Muda / Young Arts di RA Fine Arts Gallery memberi lapangan kepada artis untuk meluahkan isi hati mereka melalui lukisan dan [...]

Rock, Pop, Politics: Yeah Baby

By Eva McGovern

Aswad Ameir’s recent solo show X at Galeri Chandan evokes a heady panoply of experiences with a thematic focus on music and politics through a confident sampling of pop culture. Musicians, images of conflict, song lyrics and the artists own image entertain and confuse viewers in this circus of visual art. [...]

Feeling useful for the first time

by Joseph Ravens

2nd Beyond Pressure Performance Art Festival: I was to be the first performance artist from America to show work in the very first public performance art exhibition in Myanmar. I felt honored, lucky, and a little intimidated to take part in such a monumental [...]

Penang Art: Chance, renewal and sustenance

by Ooi Kok Chuen

What is a city without its art? Being an old cosmopolitan centre, Penang has its fair share of successful artists, and more. But, despite its strong pulse, the future of its art is not [...]

Myanmar: New Media & New Expressions

by Moe Satt

Opening up spaces for transformation: Charting changes in the Myanmar art scene, from socialist rule, to the mid-90s and the present day. [...]

Aladdin’s Cave: Part II

by Sharon Chin

‘You ask Star Enterprise first. If you can’t find it here, it can’t be found’.

Here’s Part II of our feature on Star Enterprise, a well-known stationary shop in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. More pictures and a short interview with founder and owner Mrs. Tan, who seems to get younger every [...]

Studio room to let at MERAH

by ARTERI

WANTED: Practicing artists/filmmakers/writers who is looking to rent a studio space and to bask in the creative and irreverent environment of [...]

2009 Krishen Jit – ASTRO fund grantees

by ARTERI

Drumrolls… Two ambitious book projects, a collaborative theatre production, a participatory installation, as well as a documentary of Malaysian life. Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund announces its 2009 list of grantees. [...]

Nothing is Wasted

by ARTERI and Others

5th Asian Museum Curator’s Conference cocktail: Gather independent curators and curators from institutions across South East Asia and Japan, shake thoroughly with discussion, pour out ideas and drink deeply before heading home.

In their own words, participants respond to being shaken and [...]

Why Collect Art? A BFM 89.9 Podcast

by ARTERI

It’s a gentleman’s game: There’s no doubt that art collectors play a significant role in the Malaysian art scene. Dedicated collectors are a small but passionate bunch. Local art collector Bingley Sim speaks to BFM about why and how he collects art. An entertaining and enlightening [...]

KL Photoawards 2010

by ARTERI

Call for entries: KL PHOTOAWARDS is back with its second Contemporary Photographic Portraiture Competition. Open to all international photographers, from amateurs to professionals alike. This year, the competition is WIDE OPEN, with no distinction between pros and non-pro [...]

Expressions in Three Angles?

by Yusuf Martin

The Malaysian National Art Gallery – Balai Seni Lukis Negara, which might otherwise be called a museum of modern art, currently hosts a retrospective of one of Malaysia’s most esteemed artists – Syed Ahmad Jamal; celebrating his eightieth birthday, and almost sixty years devoted to art and art [...]

Sejarah Kepedihan dan Kebudayaan

ceritalah oleh Karim Raslan

Ulasan: Pameran ‘The Erased Time’ oleh FX Harsono

Bagi Kaum etnik Cina di Indonesia, sebarang kajian mengenai urutan sejarah mereka yang panjang di Republik itu penuh dengan kenangan pedih: ketakutan, kematian, korupsi, rampasan dan diskriminasi. Pertunjukan terbaharu pelukis FX Harsono di Galeri Nasional Jakarta menyoroti tema-tema [...]

The Erased Time

by Karim Raslan

Review: FX Harsono’s The Erased Time @ National Gallery, Jakarta

For Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese, any review of their long history in the Republic is fraught with painful memories: fear, death, corruption, sequestration and discrimination. Are the country’s Chinese really free or are they doomed to re-experience the suspicion and violence of the [...]