Opening up spaces for transformation: Charting changes in the Myanmar art scene, from socialist rule, to the mid-90s and the present day.

5th Asian Museum Curator’s Conference: Independent & institutional curators from across South East Asia and Japan share their responses.

by Mariana Isa

Conservation statement on Pudu Jail written as part of an MSc thesis. It outlines the historical and architectural significance of Pudu and touches on issues of legislation and real estate value. An invaluable document available for download here on ARTERI.

ARTERI bukan Kakiseni versi 2.0, bukan kingmaker bahkan tastemaker, bukan wakil ‘apakah penting dalam seni dan budaya’ bagi mata dunia atau sesiapa pun.

by Simon Soon

ARTERI is nine months old. Some thoughts on how we work and where we are heading.

by Yin Shao Loong

A trip to the Hma’ Meri (Mah Meri) orang asli village on Pulau Carey leads to an encounter with their arts, crafts, and land struggles.

By Eva McGovern

Editorial thoughts on ARTERI, the good, the bad and the fugly.

by Sharon Chin

Walls, stones and dust.

Thoughts on the destruction of Pudu Prison.

by Simon Soon

On Malaysia Emerging Artists Award (MEA): I’m not necessarily a fan of art competition, but the kind of media attention, spectacle and drama that surround an art award (the stuff that art purists would balk at) form the appealing recipe for creating the much needed buzz and encouragement to introduce new comers into the heady, treacherous yet occasionally rewarding art life.

By Patricia Lajumin

Eyes Wide Open, a recent photography exhibition held at the Annexe Gallery, was an eye opener indeed. The exhibition features a small selection of works previously shown at the inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival 2008.

by Beverly Yong

Passage: Emil Goh, 1966 – 2009

Emil was a super-connector of people and ideas with an unstinting enthusiasm for contemporary art and urban culture. For someone looking in, Emil’s life seemed to be very much about making things happen, and his work about watching things happen, seeing them come together.

by Simon Soon

Art writing in Malaysia gets its fair share of flak from informed audience all the time. Here’s one reason: Writers think readers are too stupid to understand so called ‘difficult art’.

By June Yap

Two different exhibitions opened on the same evening and venue early August 2009: The Air Conditioned Recession: A Singapore Survey organised by Valentine Willie Fine Art, and Curating Lab: 100 Objects (Remixed) organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum.

oleh Brigitta Isabella

Foto-foto yang Agan Harahap tawarkan memang memacu pikiran kita untuk berfantasi. Melalui medium yang memang dia terbiasa dan kuasai, ia juga mampu mengolah imajinasinya dengan sangat menawan.

by Zedeck Siew

Obituary: Yasmin Ahmad, 1958 – 2009

The dreamer, her films I didn’t like, and why we will miss her.