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


By Lai DEL ROSARIO

13 Jul 2023

Artists Who Flee, Powers That Be | Insights on Artistic Freedom from the 9th World Summit on arts and culture

The 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture took place from 2-5 May 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden and focused on the theme of safeguarding artistic freedom. What can we learn …

By Anupama Sekhar

15 Nov 2016

7th World Summit on Arts & Culture, Malta I Key Messages

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The 7th World Summit on Arts & Culture, titled At the Crossroads? Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century took place from 18-21 October 2016 in the historic city of Valletta, …

Transforming Gwangju: Towards the Asian Culture Center

The path towards the opening of the huge ACC (Asian Culture Center), located in the heart of the city of Gwangju, South Korea, is quickly approaching its culmination and the …

By Anupama Sekhar

19 Feb 2014

6th World Summit on Arts & Culture | Critical times, creative spaces

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What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This was the powerful - albeit invisible - question that many speakers were responding to at the recently concluded …

Exchange, Cooperation and Cultural Mobility: Visions from Vietnam | Interview with Nguyen Phuong Hoa

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In order to deepen the research on cultural mobility and to keep exploring the Asia-Europe connection, culture360 contributor Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio took the opportunity to interview Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Deputy …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

02 Jan 2013

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Focus on case studies from ASEM countries | The future of biennials in Asia

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The history of Biennales and how they have developed in Asia is very young when compared to Biennales in other parts of the world. However, with this Shifting Gravity, there …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

11 Dec 2012

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Interview with Sabina Santarossa, Director of Cultural Exchange, Asia-Europe Foundation

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The culture360.org contributor, Veeranganakumari Solanki interviews Sabina Santarossa, Director of Cultural Exchange at the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to get her views on the role of biennials in connecting the two …

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

25 Oct 2012

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Interview with Marieke van Hal, Director Biennial Foundation

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Marieke van Hal (NL) is the Founding Director of the Biennal Foundation which is co-organising the world's first Biennal Forum this month in Gwangju, South Korea. The event is supported …

By Kerrine Goh

08 Mar 2012

Towards a renewed interest in arts and human rights?

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Defence of human rights has grown since WWII and occupies an important symbolic role in the functioning of civil societies as well as in international relations.

By Kerrine Goh

15 Dec 2011

A review of the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture | Australia

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On 3-6 October the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture took place in Melbourne, Australia, coinciding with the development of a National Cultural Policy of Australia, something of real …

By Valentina Riccardi

18 Oct 2011

culture360.org "maps" the impressions of the World Summit

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culture360.org "maps" the creative intersections at the 5th World Summit on arts and culture that took place in Melbourne, Australia on 3-6 October 2011.

By Bharti Lalwani

18 Feb 2011

Beyond an Art Fair – part 2

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culture360 contributor, Bharti Lalwani, was in New Delhi last month to attend the third edition of the India Art Summit. In this second part of her article, she explores the …

By Bharti Lalwani

15 Feb 2011

Beyond an Art Fair – part 1

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culture360 contributor, Bharti Lalwani was in New Delhi last month to attend the third edition of the India Art Summit. In this two parts in-depth, she interviews the founding director …