KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Design Week 2009 (KLDW'09) Festival is showcasing the 'World's Largest Eco Bag' hanging on the Kuala Lumpur Tower. The bag measuring 51.5 feet high and 29.65 feet wide was created to enhance ...full story

... Manila, Marikina, Pasig, Valenzuela and Quezon City; and the municipalities of Lapuyan in Zamboanga del Sur and Tugaya in Lanao del Sur. All awardees received a Sarimanok trophy designed by National Artist for Sculpture Dr. Abdulmari Asia Imao, ...full story

Wealth managers began advising on art as an alternative investment, and dozens of galleries mushroomed in New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai, along with fancy wine and cheese soirees and waitlists for artists stretching into years. ...full story

... the topical shows are occurring elsewhere: at the Queensland Art Gallery, which recently staged the ambitious Optimism exhibition, the first in a new triennial series dedicated to contemporary Australian art; at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, ...full story

In an amicable mood, Jakarta officials and councilors had lunch Wednesday at the Buddha Bar in Teuku Umar, Central Jakarta, with representatives from the Buddhist community and the restaurant’s management. The lunch marked an end to the debate about ...full story

On your left, you will see Queen's Gallery (101 Ratchadamnoen Klang, 66-2-281-5360-1, closed Wednesdays; admission, 20 baht or 55 US cents), a contemporary five-story building that houses one of the best collections of Thai modern art in Bangkok. ...full story

Such is the case with the New York artist Jonathan Horowitz in this smart, crisply edited retrospective. The works evoke the media-saturated art of the 1970s, the neo-Conceptualist consumer art of the 1980s, and the identity art of the 1990s, ...full story

Born in 1977 in Hanoi, Hieu grew up in the land of Muong people in Hoa Binh Province. After graduating from Hanoi University of Fine Arts and Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Art in 2000 and 2001, he began working for Van Hoa Cong Nhan (Worker’s ...full story

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Art Dubai 2009 has ended with record attendance figures and strong buying reported from both regional and ...full story

Till April 4 at Jamini Roy Gallery and Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The Limitless Luminosity of Lines — a solo exhibition of the works of the well-known painter from Bangladesh, ...full story