Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita’s large-scale scrolls are a modern reimaging of traditional Balinese Kamasan paintings. - Jo Underhill/Barbican At first glance, you would be forgiven for thinking that ...

BEKASI, Indonesia/KARANGANYAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Spraypainting brick walls in an empty yard, Indonesian artist Kemas Muhammad Firdaus braved midday heat to paint a skull in a straw hat on a black ...

What’s the best way to describe the work of buzzy Indonesian artist Natasha Tontey? Quirky, bizarre, retro, contemporary, absurd, critical, subversive, and kitschy all come to mind, and yet none alone ...

Over the past five years, Indonesia has weathered terrorism, political upheaval and economic crisis. At the same time, the world’s largest Muslim nation has gone through a kind of artistic Renaissance ...

The artistic journey of Indonesia’s great painter, Sindoutomo Sudjojono (1913-1986), was as complex as his favorite subject — Indonesia’s independence and development. During his early career, ...

Hussy, mistress, whore, evil woman – these are just some of the nine example compound words that artist Ika Vantiani was shocked to find listed under the entry for ‘woman’ or ‘perempuan’ in ...

Hand stencil in a cave in Indonesia, dated to at least 39,900 years old (photo by Kinza Riza, via Nature.com) New dating of rock art in Indonesia shows that at the same time stampedes of bulls and ...

TODAY’S visitor to Indonesia will find artists at work in two rather distinct traditions. Let us call one the folk-art tradition, though much of such work is now more sophisticated than primitive, and ...

Thresholds, a group exhibition running at 2 Hong Kong venues, sees 9 artists exploring Indonesian tradition to chart their spiritual journey Bali-based independent curator Galuh Sukardi had long toyed ...

(Reuters) - Hussy, mistress, whore, evil woman - these are just some of the nine example compound words that artist Ika Vantiani was shocked to find listed under the entry for 'woman' or 'perempuan' ...