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KEBAYA AND ULOS AT IFW 2026 TAKE ON EVERYDAY STYLE
Komunitas Kebaya Menari brought ulos, dance, and a simplheritage survives when people actually wear ...
ART + CULTURE | a week ago
THE SAGO WORM MILLIONS OF INDONESIANS EAT
Sago Worm, Indonesia's sago palm grub, packs 25.8g of protein per 100g. Here's what it tastes like, ...
ART + CULTURE | a week ago
22 GALLERIES, ONE ISLAND: ART & BALI 2026 JUST DROPPED ITS EXHIBITOR LIST
Art & Bali 2026 announces 22 exhibitors for its Nuanu Creative City fair, 11–13 September. Dates, ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 weeks ago
A FRENCH PIANO-AND-CLARINET DUO IS ABOUT TO CROSS SIX INDONESIAN CITIES IN 18 DA ...
French duo Watchdog is playing 6 Indonesian cities in 18 days from a jazz camp on Mount Bromo to a ...
ART + CULTURE | 3 weeks ago
BOTTLESMOKER'S PLANT MUSIC: BANDUNG DUO MAKES NATURE SING
Bottlesmoker, the Bandung duo behind Indonesia's strangest electronic music, wires plants to biosens ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 weeks ago
AN INDONESIAN ARTIST JUST PUT A 20-FOOT DAYDREAMER ON A BRUSSELS CANAL, AND BELG ...
Indonesian artist Yessiow debuts Daydreamer, a giant inflatable sculpture on a Brussels canal, as pa ...
ART + CULTURE | a month ago
YUDHA KUSUMA PUTERA WINS HASSELBLAD MASTERS 2026 WITH COW PHOTOS
Yudha Kusuma Putera won Hasselblad Masters 2026 for "Waste Colonialism," shot at Yogyakarta's Piyung ...
ART + CULTURE | a month ago
FROM PERTH TO ACEH: HOW ALFIRA O'SULLIVAN BRINGS ACEHNESE BODY PERCUSSION TO THE ...
Alfira O'Sullivan, Artistic Director of Suara Indonesia Dance, shares Acehnese body percussion and T ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
TWELVE ARTISTS WALK INTO A MUSEUM. WHAT THEY'RE CARRYING MIGHT CHANGE HOW YOU SE ...
ARTJOG 2026 opens June 19 at Jogja National Museum. Atreyu Moniaga Project presents Liminal Peripher ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
BALI'S WOVEN METAL ART NOW GREETS STUDENTS IN ISTANBUL
Balinese artist I Ketut Putrayasa's woven metal sculptures now stand at Bahçeşehir University in I ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
THE EUROPEAN FINGERPRINTS HIDDEN ACROSS INDONESIA
How Europe shaped Indonesian culture from Keroncong's Portuguese roots to Kota Tua's Dutch architec ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
TENUN TIDORE IS ALIVE AGAIN. BUT NOT WHERE YOU'D EXPECT.
Tenun Tidore, a traditional woven cloth from North Maluku that disappeared for a century, and debute ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
THE BANDUNG DJ WHO TOOK TRADITIONAL ANGKLUNG TO EUROPEAN FESTIVAL STAGES
Manshur Praditya fused bamboo instrument angklung with EDM — and landed in Copenhagen, Bulgaria, a ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
A SKY FULL OF LIGHT: HOW BOROBUDUR LIT UP THE NIGHT FOR WAISAK 2570
Thousands of lanterns lit the night sky above Candi Borobudur on May 31. Here's everything that happ ...
ART + CULTURE | 2 months ago
THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS FROM BINTARO JUST BEAT 58 COUNTRIES WITH A TRADITIONAL AC ...
Bintaro's Tim Ratoh Jaroe SMP Auliya wins gold at World Dance Festival 2026 in Bali, beating 58 coun ...
ART + CULTURE | 3 months ago
FROM A VILLAGE IN WONOGIRI TO UC BERKELEY: KI MIDIYANTO IS TEACHING AMERICA TO L ...
Ki Midiyanto has taught Javanese gamelan at UC Berkeley since 1988. Meet the man bringing Indonesia' ...
ART + CULTURE | 3 months ago
INDONESIA FLIPS THE SCRIPT AT VENICE BIENNALE 2026 WITH "PRINTING THE UNPRINTED" ...
Indonesia's Venice Biennale 2026 pavilion "Printing the Unprinted" imagines Batak sailors who discov ...
ART + CULTURE | 3 months ago
THE LIVING STAGE: WHY INDONESIAN FOLK THEATER IS THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE YOU'VE ...
From Ludruk in East Java to Randai in West Sumatra, the living stage isn't just a show — it's a w ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 months ago
SULAWESI CAVE ART IS OLDEST IN THE WORLD
New research confirms Sulawesi cave art is 67,800 years old — the oldest ever found. Here's why In ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 months ago
INSIDE FLESH & BONES: HOW HUMANS LEARNED TO SEE SELVES
Inside Flesh & Bones at ArtScience Museum explores 500 years of anatomy, uniting Eastern and Western ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 months ago
FIVE CENTURIES OF PRAYER: LARANTUKA'S EASTER LIKE NO OTHER
Every April, a small coastal town in East Nusa Tenggara draws 60,000 pilgrims to an Easter ritual ol ...
ART + CULTURE | 4 months ago
SHE PAINTS HER DREAMS — AND THE WORLD KEEPS STEALING THEM
Liffi Wongso is one of Indonesia's most quietly powerful illustrators.
ART + CULTURE | 4 months ago
THE ORIGINS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "GUS" TITLE IN JAVANESE CULTURE
The Evolving Meaning of "Gus": From Javanese Royalty to Modern Misuse
ART + CULTURE | 6 months ago
REOG PONOROGO RECEIVES UNESCO HERITAGE RECOGNITION, KHOFIFAH CELEBRATES MILESTON ...
Khofifah Praises UNESCO Recognition of Reog Ponorogo, Calls for Continued Preservation Efforts
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
A REVOLUTIONARY FUSION OF ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND NATURE: BALI'S DOME EXPERIENCE
Bali's Newest Immersive Experience Blends Culture, Technology, and Nature for an Unforgettable Journ ...
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: FLAMENCO MAGIC WITH ADIEN FAZMAIL
Adien Fazmail’s Flamenco Brilliance: A Cultural Harmony of Spanish Passion and Indonesian Soul
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
FRENCH POET ARTHUR RIMBAUD HONORED IN CENTRAL JAVA WITH RAILWAY TRIBUTE
Celebrating Cultural Bridges: Honoring Arthur Rimbaud’s Legacy at Tuntang Railway Station
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
U.S. EMBASSY LAUNCHES CULTURAL PRESERVATION GRANT TO DEEPEN U.S.-INDONESIA TIES
U.S. Embassy's Cultural Preservation Grant Strengthens 75-Year Partnership with Indonesia
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
COLOMBIAN HARP MAESTRO BRIDGES CULTURES IN JAKARTA PERFORMANCE
A Night of Cultural Harmony: Colombian Harpist Wuilmer López Captivates Jakarta Audience
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
CELEBRATING CINEMATIC DIVERSITY AND FEMALE VOICES AT THE FRENCH CINEMA FESTIVAL ...
Empowering Female Voices and Expanding Cinematic Horizons at the French Cinema Festival 2024
ART + CULTURE | 8 months ago
