Alex Tedja is Chairman of the Pakuwon Group and an avid collector who believes art should be accessible to the people. Next month, one of his properties, the Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City, will host the inaugural edition of Art Stage Jakarta, Indonesia’s first premium art fair of international format, from 5 – 7 August 2016. Here is the conversation between Lorenzo Rudolf with Alex Tedja.
read moreIn parallel with the premiere of Art Stage Jakarta which will take place for the first time in Jakarta from August 5-7, 2016 at Sheraton Grand Jakarta, Lorenzo Rudolf , President of Art Stage of Singapore and Art Stage Jakarta have conducted several conversations with prominent art collectors from Indonesia. Dr. Oei’s name is synonymous with his passion for art and impressive art collection housed in his privately built OHD Museum. Born in a small town in Central Java called Magelang, he studied to be a doctor but ended up joining his family business in the tobacco industry. Here is the exclusive conversation between Lorenzo Rudolf and Dr. Oei Hong Djien.
read moreKoleksi lukisan atau secara umum benda-benda seni yang ada di Istana Kepresidenan Republik Indonesia bisa dikatakan luar biasa. Bulan Agustus nanti dari tanggal 2-30, untuk pertama kalinya, sejumlah koleksi tersebut di pamerkan di GNI (Galeri Nasional Indonesia). Salah satu rekaman sejarah bahwa Indonesia memiliki sejumlah seniman ternama yang bisa disajikan terbuka pada publik internasional. Pameran bertajuk “17/71: Goresan Juang Kemerdekaan”. Mengapa baru sekarang dipamerkan? Simak ulasan dari curator seni Mikke Susanto khusus buat www.sugarandcream.co . Mikke Susanto termasuk salah satu dari dua kurator yang dipercaya untuk mengelola konten pameran ini.
read moreUsing art as a ‘catalyst’, artist Marco Cassani from Italy who currently resides in Bali has exhibited a series of objects that excapsulate labour during Artjog 2016.
read moreDibalik seru dan suksesnya Mandiri Art Jog 9 di Yogyakarta lalu, simak ulasan Mikke Susanto tentang bergulirnya berbagai isu dan persepsi mengenai ajang seni tersebut. Program yang telah menjadi agenda tahunan ini bisa dianggap sebagai penanda krusial perkembangan seni rupa kontemporer Indonesia. Dan memasuki tahun ke 9 ini, ajang Art Jog kian memikat perhatian pencinta seni internasional meskipun diwarnai oleh berbagai isu.
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