ARTISTS
2025
Museum MACAN presents the solo exhibition of Kei Imazu titled The Sea is Barely Wrinkled. The exhibition navigates a 鈥渢ime map鈥� connecting Indonesia鈥檚 colonial past, present ecological challenges, and local mythology.
Museum MACAN presents the solo exhibition of Kei Imazu titled The Sea is Barely Wrinkled.
Everything in the jungle can be your friend or your foe. This principle is well understood by the human inhabitants of Minahasa, a region in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
2024
Museum MACAN opened the major solo presentation of the works by the Thai-born, US and Bangkok-based artist Korakrit Arunanondchai for the first time in Indonesia.
Tontey鈥檚 practice has gained traction in recent years for her madcap explorations of Indigeneity, ecofeminism and posthumanism.
Brings together a wide range of Arunanondchai鈥檚 artistic practices, from his most renowned video installations, paintings, as well as newly created site-specific installations, all of which grapple with themes related to identity, memory, life, death, spirituality and the...
At Jakarta's Museum MACAN, Tontey takes audiences on a fantastical journey, enlisting black-crested macaques in a kind of interspecies peace negotiation.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 has wrapped up its latest edition, leaving a trail of significant sales and a vibrant local art scene.
In the history of art there are many examples of artists and art movements that have spoken out against power, challenged the status quo, and advocated for social, political and cultural change.
For the art world in the Asia-Pacific region, March is a bustling month, especially for those who plan to attend major fairs such as the upcoming Art Basel Hong Kong (Mar 28鈥�30) and Art Central (Mar 28鈥�31).
Most people tend to believe that artists express themselves as individuals. Yet for many contemporary artists the concept of 鈥渧oice鈥� serves as an expression beyond their own, acting as a representation of the communal and the historical.
MACAN, Indonesia鈥檚 first world-class museum dedicated to international modern and contemporary art, has announced today that Venus Lau is its new director.
The聽Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN), Jakarta, today announced independent writer and curator Venus Lau as its new director.
On February 5, Venus Lau was named as the new director of the privately owned Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN), Jakarta.
Eleanor Nairne and Shelley Selim are among the insiders stepping into new roles.