ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Vojtěch Pulda

09 Sep 2024

Culture and arts as a bridge between Central Europe, Southeast and East Asia

Culture and arts as a bridge between Central Europe, Southeast and East Asia

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Vojtěch Pulda explores how culture and the arts can bridge (and in some cases have already bridged) Central Europe and Southeast and East Asia, areas that seem so far apart.

By Carla Castle

25 Jan 2024

Cultural Diplomacy: What's in it for the artists?

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This article is written as part of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship 2023, organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation, in collaboration with European network on cultural management and policy (ENCATC), in …

By Esther Yeon

16 Jan 2024

Culture, Diplomacy, and Cultural Diplomacy

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Written as part of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship, this article is an attempt to understand cultural diplomacy from a layman’s point of view, by deconstructing the terms and putting …

By Tola SAY

02 Mar 2023

Why Internationalisation Matters and How It Can Be Done

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Supported as part of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship, Tola Say reports on the key topics and trends from the ENCATC Congress that took place in Brussels last October.

By culture360

01 Dec 2022

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival in Brussels - Highlights

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An annual arts festival showcasing Asian and European arts held on 26 & 27 November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium.

ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 | Interview with H.E. Hab Touch, Ministry of Culture & Fine Arts of Cambodia

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Looking back at the first hybrid version of the ASEM Cultural Festival 2021, Preeti Gaonkar and Bridget Lee from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), interviewed His Excellency Hab Touch from Ministry of Culture and Fine …

By Jue Yang

02 Mar 2021

Making systemic changes: reflections from artistic residencies in the Netherlands and Belgium

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? One year into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts sector to …

By Benoit Jacquemet

02 Nov 2018

Exploring the Influence of Cultural Heritage on Contemporary Architecture

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​​​​​​​“A Conversation with Wang Shu and Paul Robbrecht” was the title of the architecture forum held on 22 October at the Centre for Fine Arts – BOZAR in the scope …

By Preeti Gaonkar

29 Oct 2018

Merging the classical with the contemporary | An interview with Pichet Klunchun

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Thai dancer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun presents his work ‘I am a Demon’ at the ASEM Cultural Festival on 29 October 2018 at the Centre for Fine Arts-Brussels (BOZAR).

By culture360

19 Oct 2018

Singing Masks | An interview with Honore d'O

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Visual artist Honore d’O opened the ASEM Cultural Festival on 18 October 2018 at the Centre for Fine Arts-Brussels (BOZAR) with ‘Singing Masks’, a digital and musical installation specially created …

By Florent Petit

13 Apr 2016

By people/in cities: Brussels city profile

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit sketches a profile of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and home to the most important bodies of the European Union. One of the most important …

By Florent Petit

18 Jun 2015

A second life for industrial heritage sites in Europe

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit tells us how the re-use of industrial heritages sites for cultural activities helps reinvigorate European cities and complete urban regeneration policies. Since the beginning of …

By Llobet & Pons

12 Nov 2012

Looking for lost diamonds in Antwerp | a residency project

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Artist collective Llobet & Pons talk about their latest project realised during a residency at Lokaal01 in Antwerp, Belgium - an intense theoretical investigation into diamonds and the secret world …

By Llobet & Pons

22 Aug 2012

Manifesta 9 | Reconversion

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Manifesta is the European biennial of contemporary art, with the special characteristic of being a nomadic show, organised every two years in a different European city. Taking place in 2012 …

By Deepak Srinivasan

29 Jun 2011

Perceiving cultural rights | Politics of development and food production (Part 2)

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In the part II of the "perceiving cultural rights" series, culture36.org contributor, Deepak Srinivasan investigates cultural rights in relation to the politics of development and food production, with 2 case …