Many people have been getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve, which coincides with the ‘malam Minggu’ (Saturday night) fever this week. While most people around the world will be marking the transition from 2022 to 2023 with a fireworks show or countdown parties, the unique traditions below have a special significance for Indonesians.

At the Fashion X AI show in Hong Kong, attendees noticed a certain "alien" quality about the new clothes modelled on the event's narrow catwalk - and the designs were, in fact, not entirely human.

But what began as a hobby has since brought him fame in the rap community and profitable sales even at Sotheby's prestigious auction house.

Indonesia’s NFT scene is seeking to weather the collapse of cryptocurrency markets, as a number of artists have kept the country front and center in the medium’s global scene.

Auction house Christie's on Monday announced record sales of US$8.4 billion in 2022, outshining its rival Sotheby's, which also posted its best-ever result at $8 billion for the year.

A unique exhibition and book titled Aristocrat, featuring outcasts of society, radiates light on the potency of the human spirit.

A watercolor painting exhibition at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Central Jakarta, shows the viability of this old-school medium in an art scene dominated by NFT images, digital media and video collages.

Bali’s art exhibition addresses environmental and social issues that were discussed in this year’s G20.

Debate raged in France Tuesday over whether a star graphic novelist should be feted at a top comics festival despite work accused of evoking paedophilia and incest.

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space’s "Pulang Pada Tanah" exhibition explores the experiences of eight artists in rediscovering their connection with the earth and the quintessence of life.

Japan chose the kanji character for war on Monday as the symbol for 2022 after a year marked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe.

Here are 20 local museums and art galleries in Indonesia to go on museum dates.

Renowned for his social commentary artworks, Naufal Abshar’s new exhibition pushes the social aspect further with a focus on visitor participation.

To keep the iconic Indonesian dagger relevant today, kris experts carried out the age-old puja rahayu ningrat ceremony at Jakarta’s Bentara Budaya cultural center.

An Afghan-born Yogyakarta artist escaped death and destruction in his homeland before settling in Indonesia. Today, he uses art to help free others like him from marginalization and oppression. This is part two of a two-part story. Part one was published yesterday.

An Afghanistan-born Yogyakarta artist escaped from the death and destruction of his homeland before settling in Indonesia. Today, he uses art to free others like him from the consistent terror of marginalization.

In a new book, British journalist Mark Eveleigh recounts his caffeine-fueled travels through Indonesia and the multifaceted insights he gained along the way.

The 2madison café and gallery bring contemporary Indonesian from their art hub in South Jakarta’s hip Kemang district onto the wider world.

Two social traditions from South America were honored Tuesday as UNESCO recognized the rapidly disappearing skill required to make black pottery in Chile and the ancient knowledge of Colombian Indigenous groups as intangible cultural heritage practices. 

Fictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.

Dozens of modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian strikes that have already done huge damage to Ukraine's cultural heritage will go on display at a Madrid museum on Tuesday.

Dutch artist Noella Roos exhibits an authoritative body of works painted over 10 years in Bali. Pentimento invites the audience to learn about Western painting by exploring the human form.

Other discoveries include more than 50 bronze coins from the late Roman period as well as a silver coin from around 170-171 AD to commemorate 10 years of rule of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. 

Indonesian contemporary artists scrutinize the country's present and future through their work in the Fragmenting Today, Reshaping Tomorrow exhibition.

Corrida in which the animal usually ends up killed by a sword thrust by a matador in shining costume, is for supporters an age-old tradition to be preserved, for critics a cruel ritual that has no place in modern society.

The government, ethnic music groups and other stakeholders join in to promote Indonesian ethnic music. 

Clothing designers inspired by traditional Mexican motifs, embroidery and colors are exhibiting their work at a fashion fair in Mexico City promoted by the government to support marginalized indigenous communities.

Andy Warhol's nephew will put two works by his late pop artist uncle on the market for the first time Tuesday in New York.

Famed Indonesian poet Chairil Anwar continues to loom large in the country’s literary scene, as seen in a centennial exhibition at South Jakarta’s Salihara Arts Center, which celebrated his life and work.

Under Taliban rule, teenage girls in Afghanistan are banned from schools, prompting parents to marry them off to much older men.