ethnic tourism

While the rest of the world was entranced by the dilapidated decadence and unbridled passion and freedom of America’s revolutionary ‘beat’ literary movement, Indonesian Frans Nadjira was living the dream. An ‘artist’ in the true sense of the word, Nadjira gave rein to his artistic fervor at an early age. “When people meet, lives change” chimes the advertising copy-but in Nadjira’s case it wasn’t a person he met, but a magazine. It was a Dutch periodical on the arts, discarded in a trash can, which fell into the hands of a starry-eyed juvenile hipster, and like sails raised in a strong wind, gave his life perpetual direction. “It was an article about the work of Wassily Kandinsky,” Nadjira reminisces, “and it changed my life forever. It was like I had found my calling.”

Certainly, Art Retreat with its diverse collections will be a major source of Asian and Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art, which will benefit Singapore’s already vibrant art scene even more

Local success story, Mario Silver in Bali has grown from a one-man show to become Bali’s leader in silver jewelery design, manufacture and export.

One of the great pleasures of going on holiday, apart from the sightseeing and touring, has to be the shopping. The thrill of finding the perfect item at the perfect price is universal. Whether it’s down an alley in some bustling marketplace, or in the airconditioned comfort of a modern shopping mall, the options for [...]

Will these wooden busts, so vulnerable to decay, soon be nothing but museum exhibits? Probably not. Steps have been taken to safeguard the last representatives of this applied art form of Holland.

Opera music blares in the dusty atelier filled with images of lusty nudes. Antonio Blanco loves Jose Carreras almost as much as he adores the perfect shape of beautiful Balinese women. Moving through his studio with the graceful ease of a ballet dancer, Blanco, even at 68, acts like a star.
Some people say he’s mad, [...]