Tag: Sudjojono

Previewing Indonesian Modern & Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sale

by Richard Horstman

The 1-5 April Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sales, a highly anticipated auction on the 2017 global calendar, inevitably will draw increased global attention to the Asian region. Sotheby’s first conducted sales in Hong Kong in 1972. For the first time however, works by iconic Western contemporary artists Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat and Damien Hirst … Continue reading Previewing Indonesian Modern & Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sale

National Gallery Singapore: presenting & archiving Indonesian Art

by Richard Horstman

Assistant Director of the National Gallery Singapore Resource Center Indonesian Art Historian Farah Wardani. Image Courtesy NGS A meeting point for major civilizations, religions and colonial powers, Southeast Asian art has experienced a turbulent social and political history defined by a complex relationship between local traditions and influences from the West. Open from November 2015, … Continue reading National Gallery Singapore: presenting & archiving Indonesian Art