The Origin of the Island of Painting Artists in Sentani Lake
via National Geographic Indonesia, 03 April 2021: Indonesian article about Asei village in Lake Sentani, Papua, where the people make ...
Tag: Art
News reports related to Southeast Asian art (which is a broad term) and generally used to describe visual art.
Project to restore priceless heritage works of art
via The Sun Daily, 22 March 2021: Focus on the restoration work by the team at the National Art Gallery ...
These Rare Paintings Depict Life in Vietnam in the 17th and 18th Centuries
via The Saigoneer, 04 March 2021 and Watercolour World: A series of paintings depicting Vietnam in the 17th and 18th ...
Asian Civilisations Museum Becomes The First Pan-Asian Museum Of Decorative Art
via Philippine Tatler, 16 December 2020: Interview with the Asian Civlisations Museum's director Kennie Ting and the new pivot to ...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in Thailand)
via Khaosod English, 7 December 2020 (and other sources below): Archaeology-adjacent, and also quite humourous. Funny-looking temple sculptures depicting mythical ...
Thailand’s largest Buddhist art museum opens in Pattaya
via Pattaya Mail, 12 November 2020: The Museum of Buddhist Art Nongprue appears to be a private museum. The entry ...
Why does the Borobudur boat appear in India’s constitution?
via The Wire, 03 October 2020: Op-ed by the esteemed Himanshu Prabha Ray calling for India to appreciate its maritime ...
Mermaid motif discovered in the traditional houses of Papua
via Kumparan, 23 September 2020: The Papua archaeology center reports the discovery od a mermaid motif in a traditional house ...
Megalithic designs become contemporary artwork
via Kumparan, 20 September 2020: A couple of stories showing how designs on the Tutari megaliths become transformed into modern ...
A royal take on heritage
via Bangkok Post, 31 August 2020: This new exhibition based on the correspondence between two Thai princes was featured previously. ...
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