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


By Michael Neo

21 Nov 2023

Crossing Continents, Converging Culture: The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Review

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The beginning of November saw the close of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Singapore, featuring artists from over seven different countries in Asia and Europe. Michael Neo shares their …

By Kerrine Goh

01 Nov 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: 2023 | Highlights

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival, a celebration of the vibrant cultural tapestries of Asia and Europe, made its debut in Singapore from 22 October to 1 November 2023. Organised by the …

By Sharbendu De

10 Jan 2023

Visual Storytelling for Climate Change

Sharbendu De explores the initiatives taken by South-Asian photographers to deal with climate change through their artistic responses.

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 Winnie Lim

12 Nov 2021

Spaces in Suspension | A photo documentary of the Grand Hotel Verdala, Malta

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As part of the media partnership with Spazju Kreattiv, we have interviewed the documentary photographers Joseph P. Smith and Therese Debono who created the exhibition Spaces in Suspension. For this …

Creative Responses to Sustainability | United Kingdom Green Guide launched!

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culture360 and Invisible Flock are delighted to announce the launch of a new Green Guide for the United Kingdom, the 8th in the series Creative Responses to Sustainability.

By SJ Armstrong

28 Jan 2021

Invisible Borders: How transnational artist residences are adapting to travel bans

Art transcends borders. Physical borders, mental boundaries, transnational highways that bind us in place. Travel has been savaged by the ‘new normal’.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

14 Jan 2021

Funding the Arts in the time of pandemic

This article by Veerangana Solanki looks at various art funding models that emerged in three South Asian ASEM countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan – to support artists and art practices …

By Zane Šime

18 Mar 2020

#art&technology: Greenness in the Anthropocene

The art exhibition “UN/GREEN” showcased at the Latvian National Museum of Art enriches a wider reflection process on the multi-faceted implications of the new geologic epoch.

By Valentina Riccardi

29 May 2019

Creative Responses to Sustainability | Green Guide for Portugal launched!

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culture360.ASEF.org is delighted to announce a new Green Guide for Portugal, in partnership with Ci.CLO.

By David Fernández

21 Aug 2018

Independent Hubs: Interview with Henry Tan | Tentacles | Bangkok, Thailand

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This new series ‘Independent Hubs / Creative Entrepreneurs’ takes into account the emergence of independent hubs and creative entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and maps individual stories and perspectives from artists, …

By Valentina Riccardi

13 Aug 2018

Creative Responses to Sustainability | New Guide for Australia launched!

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culture360.ASEF.org publishes a new Guide on Australia in the series Creative Responses to Sustainability, written by Claire Wilson.

By David Fernández

14 May 2018

Independent Hubs: Interview with Liza Ho | OUR ArtProjects | Kuala Lumpur 

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This month culture360.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews titled ‘Independent Hubs / Creative Entrepreneurs’. This series takes into account the emergence of independent hubs and creative entrepreneurs …

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Jun 2017

Photography in Bangladesh | New publication launched!

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ASEF culture360 is delighted to launch a new research on contemporary photography in Bangladesh. Commissioned to the multimedia organisation Drik and researched by Mr Imran Ahmed, Chobiwalas of Bangladesh maps …

By David Fernández

31 May 2017

By people / In cities: Hong Kong | city profile

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This month culture360 contributor David Fernandez travels to Hong Kong. In this article he illustrates the local arts & cultural ecology of the city, focusing mainly on the emerging creative …