When the shortlist was announced in June 1997, some critics asserted that the all female line up was an act of overt political correctness in response to the 1996 all-male shortlist, which...

A review by John A. Walker (2009), the author of Art & Artists on screen. Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made this film for American television and promoted it as the most ambitious and...

A review by John A. Walker, the author of Art & Artists on screen. Life Lessons is a short film directed by Martin Scorsese with a script by Richard Price which appears as one of a trio...

Review of exhibition Dressing Down in Birmingham, England. Over the past few years, Yinka Shonibare has increasingly gained attention with his work shown in London, including the Royal...

Review of installation When Robots Rule: The Two Minute Airplane Factory in London, England. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they fail miserably. The fact that Los Angeles-based Chris...

Excerpts from John A. Walker’s now-classic book. Sylvester Stallone (b. 1946, New York, aka "The Italian Stallion") became a world-famous movie star during the 1970s and 1980s for his action-man...

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has gained international respect for addressing student motivation and providing relevant training for advanced study, professional aspirations, or current job...

Nationalist and revolution era painter Abdul Aziz passed away on January 22nd, at 10.30 am. He was buried the same afternoon in accordance with Muslim custom. Being a Hero of the Republic for his...

At this year’s Nuansa Indonesia exhibition, the group’s third one, nine artists are participating. They are exhibiting their work at the Old Gallery at Taman Ismail Marzuki daily until Nov. 30....

Excerpt from John A. Walker’s now-classic book. In London, during the 1950s, it was the homosexual painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992), who emerged as Britain’s first post-war art star although his...

The second week of August was a busy one for the art public of Yogyakarta. In a single week, five exhibitions were put on, an almost impossible feat in a city which usually saunters about its...

Excerpt from John A. Walker’s now-classic book. Another British homosexual artist who was to become famous after Francis Bacon was David Hockney (b. 1937). Although most of his work was not pop,...

Semsar Siahaan, known to many people in Victoria involved with art, human rights activism, and Indonesia, died of a sudden heart attack in Tabanan, Bali, on Wednesday February 23rd. Semsar was...

With Suharto gone, Indonesia’s most outrageous anti-Suharto artist chooses exile. Why? Born in blood by the authority of guns, the New Order’s preferred art was sweetly decorative and/or...

On June 1, a unique exhibition opens at the National Gallery. Not only are the art works which will be hanging there unusually long; their textures and consistencies are dramatically different...