... research partners: the British Museum; the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London; the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto; and the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.and more »full story

The event, attracting the participation of young painters from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Ca Mau Povince, asserted Vietnam's territorial integrity and raised public awareness of the strategic role of the border, sea and islands. 5. A ceremony was held ...full story

Once all-powerful spymaster: In this Oct. 20, 2013 photo, Khin Nyunt looks at a petrified wood display at his art gallery in Yangon, Myanmar. He had been among the country's most feared figures - a former junta leader whose intelligence apparatus ...full story

Clark House Initiative, an alternative art space based in Colaba will open And I Laid Traps for the Troubadours Before They Reached Bombay in February. With the project, the Kadist Art Foundation Paris/San Francisco will take residence in India ...full story

JOHOR BARU: Budding artistes can look forward to blooming into great talents, with more arts schools in the works over the next few years. One school is already up and running here while two more, in Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, are expected to open their ...full story

One of the defining characteristics of the Australian art world is its boundless optimism: artists just keep on making and showing art. I saw some good to great shows in 2013 – Soda_Jerk's Dark Matter trilogy at UTS Gallery in Sydney was a standout for ...full story

His words are also in keeping with his legacy as a patron of the arts in the capital, a reputation cemented by the founding, at his behest, of the Taman Ismail Marzuki cultural center in Central Jakarta on Nov. 10, 1968. In fact, the inauguration of ...full story

Six communities from five famous mountains in Central Java recently descended upon Jakarta, bringing art to a six-day event of exhibitions, performances and talks at Bentara Budaya in Central Jakarta. The event was themed “Maneges Gunung,” a Javanese ...full story

Serve the People, the title of the ninth exhibition from Chinese contemporary gallery White Rabbit, was a Maoist slogan used at the height of the devastating Cultural Revolution when all art that did not convey the Communist message was banned.and more »full story

If, when thinking of a city that pulsates with exciting contemporary art and avant-garde possibility, Paris, New York or London comes immediately to mind – think again. You won't find any of those art capitals profiled in Art Cities of the Future: 21st ...full story