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04/09/2026

Ubud Art Collect: Celebrating the Mosaic of Art at the Crossroads of Cultures

What does “Ubud art” really mean?
Perhaps there has never been one simple answer.

For generations, Ubud has been a meeting point for different artistic traditions, ideas, people, and ways of seeing. From the intricate visual languages of Kamasan, Batuan, Keliki, and Pengosekan, to the Young Artists movement and the many artists who have arrived from beyond Bali, the art scene here has continued to shift, expand, and reinvent itself.

That history is part of what makes Ubud’s art landscape so alive.

‘Ubud Art Collect’ brings together this sense of diversity through a shared space for artists, collectors, and the public to meet, look, and exchange ideas. Rather than presenting Ubud art as a single category, the exhibition invites us to see the many different threads that have shaped its artistic landscape, and the conversations that continue to shape it today.

Because Ubud’s art story is still being written.

📍 Wantilan Ubud, next to Ubud Royal Palace
📅 4–6 September
🕙 8am–10pm
🎟 Free Entry

Before a Kamasan painting gets its colours and intricate lines, its canvas is polished with a shell.Known as kerang buli...
14/08/2026

Before a Kamasan painting gets its colours and intricate lines, its canvas is polished with a shell.

Known as kerang bulih or kerang kuwuk, the tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) is used in a traditional process called ngerus, helping create the smooth surface needed for Kamasan’s distinctive linework.

It is a small, almost invisible part of the process, but an important one.

A reminder that sometimes, the story of an artwork begins long before the artwork itself.

Save this for your next deep dive into Kamasan painting.

05/08/2026

This website might be more addictive than social media!

‘Google Arts & Culture’ lets you zoom into masterpieces, dive into visual stories, search artwork by color, art games, and literally walk through galleries — all for free 🎨

So, what would you look up first? 🖼️

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: NPAAWNgakan Putu Agus Arta Wijaya, known as NPAAW, is a Balinese contemporary artist whose practice...
20/07/2026

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: NPAAW

Ngakan Putu Agus Arta Wijaya, known as NPAAW, is a Balinese contemporary artist whose practice is built around a single, endlessly generative question: what is space, and what can a painting do with it?

Trained at ISI Denpasar and professionally shaped by years in Yogyakarta, NPAAW has evolved from surrealist figurative painting into a rigorous exploration of dimension, surface, and perception. Working with spray paint, masking tape, and acrylic, he builds layered geometric compositions that move between two and three dimensions, and increasingly, into the dimension of time.

His grids are not decorative. His layers are not purely aesthetic. Every element is part of a method as disciplined as a mathematical formula, and as alive as the small accidents it leaves room for.

The canvas, for NPAAW, has never been just a surface. It is a space with no fixed edges, and he intends to keep folding it.

14/07/2026

Ever find yourself doomscrolling for 30 minutes and remembering absolutely nothing?

Learn “ArtSpeak” instead. One new term can lead to an artist, an artwork, a movement, and a whole new way of seeing art.

Warning: this reel may send you down an art rabbit hole. Consider this your first stop.

1. Impasto: Paint applied thickly to a canvas, standing out in relief from the surface. The brush or palette knife strokes remain highly visible, adding a physical, three-dimensional texture that catches the light.

2. Scumbling: Fundamentally about texture, atmosphere, and optical color mixing. Because the brush is kept dry, it hits the “peaks” of the canvas grain, skipping the “valleys.”

3. Chiaroscuro: Literally “light-dark.” It uses a strong contrast between the illuminated areas and the shadowed areas. But it connects them using soft gradients of light and shadow to transform flat shapes into believable, three-dimensional volumes with physical mass.

4. Foreshortening: The technique of distorting an object or figure to show it receding into space. By shortening the length of things pointing directly at the viewer

💾 Save this reel for your next art deep dive, and let us know in the comments—which term did you find the most fascinating?

16/06/2026

Jejak Tak Bertepi
A Group Exhibition by Surya Candra Art Community

What remains after a moment passes? A memory, a gesture, a mark quietly carried forward. Through paintings, drawings, and sculptures, “Jejak Tak Bertepi” unfolds as a gathering of artistic traces shaped by lived experience, cultural roots, and evolving perspectives.

This exhibition brings together artists from different generations whose works move between tradition and contemporary expression. Some reflect on Balinese identity through familiar symbols and stories, while others approach it through personal imagination and experimentation — creating a collective rhythm that feels both grounded and open-ended.

Rather than presenting a single narrative, the exhibition invites viewers to wander through many voices at once. Each work becomes part of a larger conversation about continuity, transformation, and the invisible marks art leaves behind across time and community.

Featuring works by I Gusti Putu Suteja, I Nyoman Lodra, Mega Sari, I Ketut Kesuma Tirta, Agung Oka, I Ketut Nirta, I Nyoman Suandi, I Nyoman Budiasa, I Made Suja, and Nany Soelistyowati Susianto.

📅 7 June – 7 July 2026
📍 Biji Art Space, Biji World, Ubud
🎟 Free Entry

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: AYU SRI REJEKIAyu Sri Rejeki is a self-taught sculptor based in Ubud, Bali, whose practice moves be...
10/06/2026

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: AYU SRI REJEKI

Ayu Sri Rejeki is a self-taught sculptor based in Ubud, Bali, whose practice moves between personal narrative and physical form. Working primarily in clay, she builds figures that function less as objects and more as entries — each piece a page from an ongoing, unfiltered diary.

Her path into art was not linear. It began with an introduction to sculpture, deepened through years of self-directed learning, and was transformed by periods of illness that reshaped how she understands both making and meaning. For Ayu, the studio is where processing happens — where what cannot be spoken takes shape in the hands.

She also runs Bali Sculpture Class, a workshop space rooted in the belief that sculpture belongs to everyone. Not as a dilution of the craft, but as an honest invitation: sit down, touch the clay, and see what emerges.

Her work does not ask to be perfect. It asks to be true.

ClayArt

05/06/2026

Book Review Series: ‘Balinese Art’ by Adrian Vickers — Chapter 1, Part 1

What if every painting was actually a prayer?
In Chapter 1, Adrian Vickers takes us inside the visual language of Balinese art — where proportion connects the human body to the cosmos, colour is a sacred vocabulary, and empty space simply doesn’t exist.

From Nyoman Mandra’s meditative Kamasan lines to the logic behind every red, white, and black pigment — this chapter reframes everything you thought you knew about Balinese painting.

Not decoration. A dialogue with the divine.

Stay tuned for Part 2.

📚 Available at Ganesha Bookshop & Periplus.

29/05/2026

Connecting Japan Vol. 2: Parallel Currents

Rooted in the spirit of Japanese street culture, the works of DISKAH, MOZYSKEY, and Lui Araki arrive in Bali carrying traces of movement, rebellion, and everyday urban life. Drawing from skateboarding, graffiti, and contemporary visual culture, each artist approaches their practice differently — yet together, they create a conversation that flows across borders and generations.

Presented by Lanö Contemporary Art Gallery in collaboration with CCC, the exhibition reflects on how artistic exchange can become a meeting point between cultures. Rather than blending identities into one, “Parallel Currents” allows distinct voices to move side by side, revealing unexpected connections through image, material, and shared creative energy.

Through this encounter between Japan and Indonesia, the exhibition invites viewers to experience contemporary art not as something fixed, but as something constantly shaped by movement, collaboration, and collective imagination.

📅 15 May – 4 June 2026
📍 Lanö Contemporary Art Gallery, Bali
🕙 Tuesday – Sunday | 10 AM – 5 PM
🎟 Free Entry

15/05/2026

ARTISTRY POP-UP MARKET

Artistry returns for its third edition at SIKA Gallery — bringing together artisans, crafters, and designers from across Indonesia in a month-long celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and contemporary design.

From handcrafted pieces to unique creative discoveries, Artistry offers a space to explore the vibrant spirit of Indonesia’s creative community in the heart of Ubud.

Come discover handcrafted pieces, meet local makers, and explore a curated selection of art, craft, and design from across Indonesia. ✨

📍 SIKA Gallery, Ubud
📅 13 May – 13 June 2026
🕙 Tuesday – Sunday | 10 AM – 6 PM
🎟 Free Entry

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