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Indonesia's Cemeti Art House celebrates 25 years of ground-breaking work

Indonesia's Cemeti Art House celebrates 25 years of ground-breaking work


Twenty-five years ago a young artist started an independent art space in a modest house in a village in Yogyakarta. The arrival of the Cemeti Modern Art Gallery is one of the most important moments in the history of contemporary art in Indonesia but, as Alia Swastika notes, starting an independent art initiative was not easy during the authoritarian political regime of the late 1980s. Read more…
Image: Cemeti Art House, Indonesia