One of the hardest things for a new artist to do these days is convince Europe’s jaundiced critics that his style is 1) new, and 2) worth having. A modest 42-year-old Javanese painter named Affandi ...

Yogyakarta is the cultural center of Java and nurtures one of Indonesia’s hottest art scenes. The local branch of the Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) has turned out many of the nation’s most prominent ...

When an Indonesian and Australian couple bought Yabbiekayu, their first visitors were foreigners. Now, they aim to be part of a “cultural awakening” in the region. By Nina Siegal Reporting from ...

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