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


By Medea Santonocito

01 Dec 2021

Keeping Up With The Times: The Museo Egizio in Turin | Italy

As part of ASEF’s Call for Articles: Latest Trends in the Museum Sector in Asia and Europe, Medea Santonocito introduces the Museo Egizio in Turin to identify successful trends related …

By Eva Pedersen

04 Jan 2021

Investing in Lasting Values

Last December, culture360 launched a series articles on how the arts are adapting to the "New Normal. Well over 10 months into the global pandemic, this series will present experiences …

By Elena Lombardo

19 Nov 2019

#peripheries: Culture-led urban regeneration in Sicily: The story of Farm Cultural Park and Favara | Italy

#peripheries: Culture-led urban regeneration in Sicily: The story of Farm Cultural Park and Favara | Italy

culture360.ASEF.org is featuring a series of articles on the topic of #peripheries. The #peripheries have been regarded as being in the geographical margin, distant from the capital cities and cultural …

By Naima Morelli

06 Nov 2018

Manifesta 12: looking at the world through the city of Palermo, Italy

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Manifesta 12, the new iteration of the European Nomadic Biennial, is taking place in Palermo, Sicily. With the title “The Planetary Garden: Cultivating Coexistence,” (16 June to 4 November 2018, …

By Naima Morelli

10 Sep 2018

A story of redemption | Matera European Capital of Culture 2019

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Naima Morelli spoke with Ariane Bieou, Cultural Manager of the Foundation Matera-Basilicata 2019 about the programme for Matera European Capital of Culture 2019.

By Naima Morelli

02 Jul 2018

Contemporary art museums in Rome | The system and the anti-system

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The wind of change which has invested the Italian contemporary art scene has started with museums. Naima Morelli we look at the main actors of this change and the challenges …

By Naima Morelli

15 Jan 2018

Independent Curators Bridging Asia and Europe

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Naima Morelli speaks with Loredana Paracciani, Katerina Valdivia Bruch and Valentina Levy, 3 curators who are bridging the European and the Asian art world through their independent practices.

By Kerrine Goh

22 Mar 2016

Making Naples a home for Indonesian art and literature

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Contemporary Indonesian art and literature have found a new home in the Italian city of Naples.

By Lai DEL ROSARIO

12 Jun 2015

On worldmaking, new empires, and Philippine art | One on one with Patrick Flores

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Art historian Patrick Flores takes us on a tour of the Philippine Pavilion, Tie A String Around the World, in this year’s Venice Biennale.

By Kerrine Goh

04 Jul 2013

Asia at the 55th Venice Biennale

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A long and historical presence at the Biennale for Asian countries include China at the Arsenale, but also in myriads of other collateral events through the city; Indonesia at the …

By Bharti Lalwani

06 May 2013

Indonesia at the Venice Biennale | In conversation with Carla Bianpoen and Rifky Effendy

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This June, the Indonesian Pavilion, under the banner of "Sakti"- in Sanskrit meaning cosmic energy - is all set to be a force to reckon with at the 55th Venice …

By Katerina Valdivia Bruch

13 Jan 2012

Beyond the East: A Eurocentric gaze on Indonesian contemporary art

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From October 2011 to February 2012, the city of Rome presents an extensive programme of events in the frame of the international cultural biennale Vie della seta (Silk Roads).

By Anjali Devidayal

11 Oct 2010

Shanghai-Venice:exploring cultural dialogues

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The video presented here is a cross-interview which took place in Shanghai on 7 August 2010, on the occasion of the forthcoming exhibition Eyjafjallajökul - From Venice To Shanghai and …