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.

Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship Podcast | In Conversation With Esther Yeon and Carla Castle

Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship Podcast | In Conversation With Esther Yeon and Carla Castle

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The 2nd edition of the Arts Journalism Matters Fellowship was jointly launched by ASEF Culture through its arts and culture website culture360.ASEF.org, with the European network on cultural management and …

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 Kerrine Goh

21 Jun 2023

ECO Film Lab | Interview with Bibesh Roy

ECO Film Lab 2023

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As part of culture360's Media Partnership with the Bangladesh International Academy of Film and Media, culture360 interviewed Executive Director Bibesh Roy, to learn more about ECO Film Lab: An International …

By Grey Yeoh

27 Mar 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Podcast Series: #1 Kamini Ramachandran

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival is a public arts festival organised by ASEF since 2018 to celebrate the artistic diversity of Asia and Europe and to promote dialogue and exchange amongst …

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 Medea Santonocito

09 Nov 2022

Cutting Edge Theatre: Making Performing Arts Accessible

Medea Santonocito spoke to the Artistic Director of Cutting Edge Theatre about equal opportunities and performing arts.

By Nur Ashikin Ali

28 Oct 2022

RondoFest Music Festival 2022 | Interview with Kenny Ooi

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An interview with Kenny Ooi reflecting on RondoFest 2022 that took place in Penang, Malaysia from 6 to 9 Sep.

By Nicole Chang Shu Fun

12 Oct 2022

Arts Engagement Therapeutically Enriches the Dementia Journey: Malaysian Case Studies

As of August 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 55.2 million people around the world are living with dementia. The number is projected to reach 78 million by …

By Hugh Davies

15 Feb 2022

Videogames in the Museum, The Museum in Videogames

Videogames are important cultural artifacts. Not only are they expressive instances of contemporary culture, they also represent the latest chapter in humanity’s ancient obsession with games and play.

By Hugh Davies

08 Feb 2022

Digital Access to the New Museum

As flagship institutions in the global museum sector, the respective approaches of M+ Museum of Visual Culture in Hong Kong and Powerhouse Museum in Sydney give insights into best practice …

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 Madhura Dutta

19 Nov 2021

Community Museums: Revitalising Folk Cultures of Rural Bengal

This article features the research and writing of Madhura Dutta, as a part of ASEF's Call for articles: Latest Trends in the Museum Sector in Asia and Europe. Encompassing their …

By Preeti Gaonkar

08 Oct 2021

Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2021 – Schoolhouse Mavericks

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The Southeast Asian Arts Forum 2021 was a 3-day event organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Arts (ISEAA) that ran from the 28th to 30th July at Nanyang Academy …