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...Traveling abroad has helped many Indonesian artists develop their identities and own way of painting." The resulting work appeals to both domestic collectors in search of something new, and overseas buyers seeking work with reference points they understand. Some collectors are even paying for artists to go on European museum trips because it allows the artists to experience art more viscerally than they would through books or the Internet...
...missing from this vision of promise for Indonesian artists is official backing. "We don't get any support," complains sculptor Iriantine Karnaya. "There is no shortage of creativity in this country but we need the means and resources to develop it." One of those resources would be a national museum of contemporary art, which Indonesia currently lacks, forcing private collectors to fill the void. Travel-industry magnate Rudy Akili recently built the three-story Akili Museum in West Jakarta to house his own vast collection of Indonesian masters. "I wanted to make my collection visible to the public," says Akili...
...caught the public's imagination like Smeaton. Bloggers post peans to his bravery, and have great fun playing with his assonance-friendly name: "Smeaton meets al-qaeda" one post suggested; another referred to "his smeatness," one more to "the smeatonator"; there were even calls for a national museum: the Smeatsonian...
Rome is buzzing with the weekend-long celebrations of designer Valentino Garavani's 45th anniversary. The festivities kicked off Friday night at the Museum of Ara Pacis where a retrospective of the designer's work has been installed by London-based curator Patrick Kinmoth. Many of Valentino's friends showed up for the opening, including Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Uma Thurman, and Karl Lagerfeld. "We have known each other for so long," Lagerfeld remarked as Valentino led him through the exhibit...
...museum show comprised over 300 pieces - including a white lace dress that Valentino designed while working as a 19-year-old assistant to the Paris couturier Jean Desses - displayed as if in a pagan ritual, culminating at an ancient altar. The first room, all elaborately beaded dresses and coats, suggested the "seed" of an idea. That progressed to a "Peace" dress - white, with the word peace embroidered all over it - which Valentino had designed during the Gulf War. Two dozen white dresses are arranged as if marching toward the altar, surrounded by a "chorus" of dresses in the designer...