Kei Imazu’s ‘The Sea is Barely Wrinkled’ at Museum MACAN navigates the shadowed aftermath of the 1629 Batavia shipwreck, unraveling the layered histories and lingering impact of colonial ambition on Jakarta’s fragile ecosystems.

Indonesian art collective Tromarama has spent nearly two decades navigating the thinning line between reality and the digital, using humour, everyday objects, and algorithms to question how we live, work, and perceive in the digital age.

Showing for the first time in Southeast Asia, ‘The Soul Trembles’ at Museum MACAN brilliantly depicts Chiharu Shiota’s artistic versatility. Drawing from personal and collective experiences, the artist leads visitors through her navigation of mortality and existence, which is often as complex as her signature web-like installations.

As Indonesia’s first green airport, Banyuwangi International Airport proudly carries the distinguished merit of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022, marking the first for the country since 1995.

Ahead of his upcoming book, Paras, self-confessed ‘hotel enthusiast’ Radit Mahindro reflects on a century of influences that have shaped the island’s hospitality architecture and enduring ‘tropical paradise’ image. 

From custom vessels and deconstructed forms to a playful game of hide and seek, across the city’s fine dining establishments, chefs are looking to visual plating to take on the role of storyteller.

Whether through natural dyeing, working with artisan weavers, or thoughtful reinterpretations of traditional garments, a new wave of Indonesian fashion labels are quietly reshaping our relationship with clothing. 

Embracing his fluid role as an interior designer, visual artist and photographer, Lianggono Susanto is aware of the role emotions play in his artistic process, drawing on the power of memories and his library of ‘archives’.