Visual Arts

Art and activism combine to drive the discourse about female sexuality on Instagram

Textiles from Java

An exhibition of wall-hangings and mixed-media depicts the experiences of European Dutch and Eurasian people in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation, the Revolution and after

Reflections on contemporary Indonesia and Australia-Indonesia relations at the AsiaTOPA festival

Contemporary Indonesian painter Mahdi Abdullah exhibits Acehnese culture in Melbourne 

How UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage program transformed the batik neighbourhood of Laweyan

Popular forms of writing in public reveal the richness of Balinese revitalisation

Reincarnations of works by the great Indonesian comic artists challenge manga’s dominance

Stiker kota revisited

Artist merchandise in Yogyakarta

Local design thinking in Bandung

Essays and Fiction is a new series of writing in Inside Indonesia that aims to give voice to more personal stories about Indonesia. We welcome submissions in the form of reflective pieces, fiction, artwork, or essays about travel and fieldwork experiences.

A link to Australia’s support of the Indonesian revolution

Indonesia at the Venice Biennale, 2013

The generation of artists rising after Reformasi is failing to create meaning outside the art market

Budi Brahmantyo continues a lineage of scientific art for which West Java’s natural resources have provided the subject