After months of lockdown, Penangites are greeted with a large group exhibition that could have benefited from a more focused…
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Gains and losses of performing arts’ online migration
As Penang’s key performing arts festival goes online in a post-pandemic world, the difficulty of translating live arts events for…
Note to future self: Don’t forget what you learned in lockdown
A visual artist, playwright and musician send reminders to their future selves about lessons they want to remember from the…
What’s your job again? Understanding arts management
Aside from creators, there are a host of other people involved in bringing the arts to its audience. We discuss…
How the arts community won this one battle against censorship
After numerous cases of censorship, an avalanche reaction shows us a highly frustrated arts community questioning the state of creative…
Fictional bureau uncovers findings on George Town’s visual culture
Hoo Fan Chon turns relatable local images on their heads in his exhibition Biro Kaji Visual George Town, revealing the…
X marks the way forward: How collaborations may work 2020 onwards
Curator Sharmin Parameswaran weighs in on some predictions for the Malaysian visual arts community in the next couple of years.…
Drawings that tell uniquely Malaysian stories
Rahel Joseph, gallery director of ILHAM, reflects on the power of visual storytelling through the works of Malaysia’s favourite cartoonist,…
What the Malaysian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale really says about us
Carrying the torch into Europe, 4 artists present their personal narratives of being Malaysian at the Biennale. We pay a…