JICAF 2025 Officially Opens Doors For Indonesian Illustration On The Global Stage
The Jakarta Illustration & Creative Arts Fair (JICAF) officially opened on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at The Space, Senayan City, marking its third edition under the New Heights theme. This year’s event – JICAF 2025 – runs until 5 October, featuring more than 100 artists from 25 countries. As Indonesia’s largest illustration art platform, JICAF
Wirantawan: Art As a Search For Oneness
Article by Jean Couteau | Read his other articles in NOW! Bali A very interesting exhibition has recently been held at the Bentara Budaya, Jakarta, between May 28 and June 8, showing the works of the Balinese artist Putu Wirantawan. When gazing upon Wirantawan’s work, one is immediately struck—if not utterly overwhelmed—by elements that feel
Dita Gambiro’s “Chronospira” Bridges Film and Art at ARTOTEL Gelora Senayan
You wouldn’t expect a hotel gallery next to one of Jakarta’s most high-energy stadiums to be the place where time folds in on itself, but then again, Chronospira is not your average exhibition. Opening 8 July 2025 at ARTOTEL Gelora Senayan, Chronospira is a mixed-media installation by renowned artist and production designer Dita Gambiro. Inspired
Marvel at Make Me Dirty: Ardi Gunawan Solo Exhibition Show
From 4 July to 12 September 2025, Made Me Dirty is the latest solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Ardi Gunawan curated by Hendro Wiyanto, presenting a body of work at ISA Art Gallery that oscillates between satire, political critique, emotional expression, and cultural mass media observation. Known for his humorous, grotesque, and deeply personal visual
ARTJOG 2025: Indonesia’s Premier Art Festival Returns for Its 18th Edition
Indonesia’s premier contemporary art festival ARTJOG 2025 is set to return from 20 June to 31 August 2025 at the Jogja National Museum in Yogyakarta. This year’s theme, Motif: Amalan (Practice) concludes the Motif trilogy that began in 2023, exploring the evolving relationship between art and society. Since 2018, ARTJOG has evolved beyond being merely
ara contemporary, Celebrating Southeast Asian Art
A new contemporary art gallery opens in Jakarta spotlighting artists from Southeast Asia and advocating for their practices both locally and internationally. Located in Jalan Tulodong Bawah, Senayan, ara contemporary was founded by three partners with over 15 years of experience in the art scene Fiesta Ramadanti, Fredy Chandra, and Megan Arlin. The name ara
Natasha Tontey Explores the Roots of Ritual
Indigenous rituals and practices are often taken out of context, exploited or exhibited for their aesthetic and exotic appeal. In reality, such traditions are rooted in ancient wisdom and a cultural identity that tells a much deeper story. This is a message that contemporary artist Natasha Tontey conveys through her art. Tontey reclaims her Minahasan
When She Sings, When She Paints: Satya Cipta Solo Exhibition
Witness an artist’s longing for purity in nature, a desire to become nature, in this one-of-a-kind solo exhibition by Satya Cipta. ‘When She Sings, When She Paints’, on display at Galeri ZEN1 until 19 May, is a gentle but deep visual experience, with pieces inspired by the poems of the Balinese artist’s mentor. Balinese, but
Uncover a Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition with Marker/Matrix
At Galeri Salihara, from 19 April to 18 May 2025; Marker/Matrix is an invitation to reconsider the relationship between action and space, between trace and archive, between the temporary and the permanent in the context of printmaking. In the world of printmaking, the marker is the beginning of everything. It is the result of action,
A Creative’s Guide to Bandung: Art, Design, and Inspiration in the City of Ideas
Bandung has long been a city of innovation. Once the playground of Dutch architects during the colonial era, this West Javanese capital remains an architectural treasure trove of Art Deco buildings. But Bandung isn’t just about its past—it’s a living, breathing hub of creativity, where students, artists, and designers shape its future. Home to some
Where the Sidewalks End: ISA Gallery’s Ode to the In-Between
Have you ever wondered what exists beyond the edges of certainty—the spaces between destinations, the pauses between decisions, the thresholds where one world blurs into another? Well, Where the Sidewalks End, the latest exhibition at ISA Gallery, invites you to step into these liminal spaces, where the familiar dissolves and the unknown hums with possibility.
ARTOTEL Gelora Senayan – Jakarta Holds ‘Emerging Echoes’ Art Exhibition
Entering 2025, ARTOTEL Gelora Senayan – Jakarta presents its second art exhibition in collaboration with local artists. Titled ‘Emerging Echoes’, it features the works of two contemporary Indonesian artists, Firma Summa and Agustan. Emerging Echoes seeks to capture the rhythms and stories of everyday life through each artist’s unique perspective. Beyond just a display of
Kassian Cephas: The First Indonesian Photographer
Often recognised as Indonesia’s first photographer, Kassian Cephas has played an important role in capturing the essence of Indonesian culture, landscape, and society through his lens.Born in 1845 in Yogyakarta, Java, Cephas’s impact on Indonesian photography extends beyond his individual work. He was the first Indonesian to become a professional photographer, laying a foundation for
