Visual Arts

Since the Refomasi movement in 1998, political cartoonist Zunar has been detained, charged with sedition…

While setting up a site-specific installation, “Under Construction” at BSVN for the KL Biennale, a…

A public scuplture by the late National Laureate Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal was demolished by…

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic’s wall mural of an old man in Ipoh, Perak, was accused…

Cheng Yen Pheng’s painting, ‘Alksnaabknuaunmo’, was one of two works (the other being Izat Arif…

Izat Arif Saiful Bahrin’s rack of T-shirts emblazoned with the Arabic words ‘Fa Qaf’ (phonetically,…

Artist J.Anu’s mixed media work, from his ‘Alphabet Soup’ series was accused of insulting Islam…

Ernest Zacharevic’s mural of two lego figures riding a bicycle, painted on the side of…

Organised by the Buka Kolektif, co-founded by Poodien, Sharon Chin and Rahman Haron, the two…

The multimedia work, which satirises the then newly installed Prime Minister, was exhibited at Valentine…

Filipino artist Igan D’Bayan’s painting was removed from the Asian International Art Exhibition, themed ‘Manifesting…

Malaysian artist Vincent Leong’s series of four portraits, exhibited at Art Stage Singapore, were in…

The exhibition, on ghosts and the supernatural, was curated by Shamsuddin Ahmad and organized by…

A travelling exhibition of works by Southeast Asian-born artists living in Australia, organised by Asialink,…

Satu Kali was an International Performance Art Symposium, curated by Ray Langenbach and Liew Kung…

Paiman’s mixed-media installation, ‘Perkara Halal’, was part of the Kembara Tenggara exhibition (1999), at Balai,…

At an exhibition held at Balai Seni Lukis (Balai, National Art Gallery), organised by the…

Two days before the opening of Balai Seni Lukis’s 1st International Video Art Festival, some…

Ibrahim Hussein was the resident artist at UM when he painted ‘May 13’, a mixed…