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


By Savitri Sastrawan

13 Dec 2022

Creating new narratives to address colonial heritage in museum collections

Savitri Sastrawan explores through case studies how heritage and post-colonialism issues are related today.

By Dwirahmi Suryandari

21 Dec 2021

Reinterpreting Museum Objects through Rituals: Stories from Yogyakarta and Surakarta

As part of ASEF’s Call for Articles: Latest Trends in the Museum Sector in Asia and Europe, Dwirahmi Suryandari's article seeks to explore the rituals and tradition around objects and …

Virtual Workings | Learning to Interweave New Curatorial Narratives

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Participants of the online residency Virtual Workings Tony Sugiarta (Indonesia), Masako Tanaka (Japan), Arie Syarifuddin (Indonesia) and Marinella Andrea Mina (Philippines) worked together on the topic of "Interweaving Textiles" under …

By Kerrine Goh

05 Nov 2015

Curating Batik collections in Asia and Europe | Report

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Curating Batik involves the exchange of batik collections between museums in Asia and Europe towards an exhibition in 2017.

By Sasiwimon Wongjarin

25 Jun 2015

Curating Batik collections in Asia and Europe

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The Curating Batik event in Jakarta marks the first of several activities being organised as part of a study of Batik collections in selected museums in Asia and Europe, towards …

By Bharti Lalwani

25 Jun 2012

Rethinking Museums | Private Museum Forum at Art HK 12

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culture360.org contributor Bharti Lalwani presents the fifth in a series of conversations with Directors and Head Curators of Private Museums as well as Art Advisors, to discuss the phenomenon of …

By Bharti Lalwani

20 May 2011

Rethinking Museums | The Art Advisors - Part 2

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In the second part of her interview, Bharti Lalwani continues her discussion with Nicolai and Michael Frahm about what aspects make a private museum more meaningful.

By Bharti Lalwani

03 Dec 2010

Malaysia focuses on Islamic art from Southeast Asia

Bharti Lalwani has interviewed Lucien De Guise, Senior Curator at Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (IAMM)

By Bharti Lalwani

02 Nov 2010

Cross-cultural influences shape the island of Sumatra

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Senior Curator of the Asian Civilisations Museum Singapore, Ms. Heidi Tan, shares in the following interview her high points on the first international travelling exhibition on Sumatran culture "Sumatra: Isle …

By Bharti Lalwani

11 Oct 2010

Singapore: an important showcase for southeast Asian art

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Poised to open in 2013, The National Art Gallery, Singapore (TNAGS) aims to provide a regional and cultural framework with a strong Southeast Asian focus.