High season in Jogja the weekend of 6th July, with a slew of visitors from Jakarta, Singapore, KL and beyond. artJOG this year is curated by Bambang Toko, with “Marine Culture” as its theme. FX Harsono is showing a major body of new installations at Jogja National Museum. Adeline and Mella Jaarsma co-curated Dobrak! as part of Cemeti Art House’s Turning Targets 25th Anniversary programme, working with 5 pairings of artists and specialist academics and researches exploring collaborative approaches. Ark Galerie has moved to Jogja from Jakarta, just down the road from Langgeng Art Foundation. And I finally visited Sarang – a stunning residency setting and project site for “Office of Contemporary Art”. (BY)

KUOTA#4 – Kepingan curated by Hendro Wiyanto, at Langgeng Art Foundation

Aminudin TH Siregar, Seri Seni Rupa Idiot (detail)

Iwan Effendi & Paper Moon commission outside the cladded walls of TBY on artJOG opening night

Jumaldi Alfi at artJOG

Eddie Prabandono at artJOG

Heri Dono at artJOG

Iswanto Hartono & Aryo Danusiri, Kitmir Live from Heaven at Dobrak, Cemeti Art House

Ade Damarwan & Nuraini Juliastuti at Dobrak, Cemeti Art House

Ark Galerie, showing Jompet and Wimo in a group exhibition

Sarang

I Can Sleep Even if the Bomb Explodes, 1984

Photographer, writer, educator. It has been a real privilege to work with Ismail in recent years, even in the smallest of ways. We were shocked to hear the news of his passing on Saturday, and offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

So far, just this post from Anil Netto. To read about the artist’s work, see Wong Hoy Cheong’s article in Arteri, Part I and Part II.

Some of the highlights from our trip to Art Basel | Hong Kong last week and other fringe events during the same period.

Jose Legaspi’s large drawings at Drawing Room (PH), Art Basel | HK.

Eko Nugroho’s miniature bronze sculptures at ARDNT (Berlin | SG), Art Basel | HK.

Tawatchai Puntusawasdi’s ‘Pixelated Heaven’ at 10 Chancery Lane (HK), Art Basel |HK.

Eddie Hara presented ‘Deep Polluted Sea Creatures’ sculptures and paintings at Galeri Semarang’s booth (ID) at Art Basel | HK.

Chatchai Puipia’s 2009 Van Gogh inspired paintings at 100 Tonson’s (TH) booth at Art Basel | HK.

Marc Quinn’s ‘Flesh Painting (on Sensualism)’ painting at White Cube (UK), Art Basel | HK.

Yayoi Kusuma had a joint-solo exhibition at Art Basel | HK presented by Ota Fine Art (SG) in collaboration with Victoria Miro Gallery (UK).

Installation of the painted ‘stamps’ by Yao Peng showed at Beijing Art Now (CH), Art Basel | HK.

Detail of the painted ‘stamps’ by Yao Peng showed at Beijing Art Now (CH), Art Basel | HK.

A section of the installation ‘The Universe of Naming’ by Qiu Zhijie at Spring Workshop located in Aberdeen, HK.

Another view of the installation ‘The Universe of Naming’ by Qiu Zhijie at Spring Workshop located in Aberdeen, HK.

“A Journal of the Plague Year : Fear, ghosts, rebels. SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong story” presented at Para/Site in Sheung Wan, HK.

A subsection of ‘A Journal of the Plague Year’ presented at Para/Site in Sheung Wan, HK.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Morakot (Emerald) was specially presented on the 5th Floor of a private flat in Sheung Wan, outside of Para/Site’s space.

Ai Weiwei’s installation of tinned milk powder in Sheung Wan Civic Centre is also part of the extended show from Para/Site.

Ming Wong’s cinematic posters displayed in Sheung Wan Civic Centre, also part of the extended show from Para/Site.

Sutee Kunavichayanont’s video projection of ‘The Class’ is part of the exhibition ‘Subjective Truth’ presented at 10 Chancery Lane’s Gallery off Hollywood Road.

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We lost yet another leading light today. Tan Sri PG Lim, Malaysia’s first woman ambassador and life-long art patron passed away today. Our deepest condolences to the family. May you rest in peace.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tew Nai Tong on 4th of May 2013. Tew Nai Tong’s career as an artist spanned over five decades, from the early days of post-Independence, and is one of the country’s last Nanyang Style artists. Rest in Peace.

Image courtesy of www.mana.my

ourartprojects presented their first showcase, a solo exhibition by Shahril Nizam Ahmad (read Simon’s Soon interview with Shahril Nizam here). We were very glad to catch the show before it closed last weekend. Congratulations to ourartprojects and Shahril Nizam!

More information here.

Banquet

Sembawang Phoenix

If in Singapore, do try to catch this exhibition at ICAS. The nice attendant may tell you that it’s too philosophical for her and Da Wu may have thrown a veil over the wall text, but what it expresses, to me at least, may just be too true, simple enough and yet too complex for us to swallow. A dark fire among the shiny bright lights that the island state basks under. Situationist Bon Ga runs to 10 April, ICAS closed Mondays. (BY)

The 7th Kuala Lumpur Triennial : Barricade, organised by Ray Lagenbach was held at White Box, MAP KL at Publika from the 16th Feb – 2nd March 2013. Those who missed it, can check out more at their facebook page.

Ibrahim Qureishi, Islamic Violins

Subodh Gupta, Untitled

Sheela Gowda & Christoph Storz, Grinding Stones

BRICS Project exhibition at Aspinwall House (video work by Pablo Lobato)

It was well worth the journey out to Kochi to catch this. Inspiring. The official site: http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org/. (BY)