Lunar Peaks – A Treasure Gone Forever
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Late National Artist Laureate Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal's (1929-2011) heritage sculpture monument, Puncak Purnama (Lunar Peaks), was demolished by the Kuala Lumpur...
How Does Brexit affect Malaysians?
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The UK defied expectations from opinion polls and bookmakers, and voted to leave the European Union (EU). Apart from the inevitable plunge of the British pound...
Creating a City of Culture Costs – But We Should Happily Pay
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Artists – be they painters or sculptors, musicians or even authors – need sponsors. They need patrons. In our commercial age, there is of course t...
An Arts Agenda for Penang
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The BeginningsThere have been many art societies in Penang throughout its history. It was as early as 1920, for example, that Penang Impressionists was formed...
The Arts in Numbers
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As the arts have been burgeoning in Malaysia and Penang, we take a glimpse at the number of arts-related societies and arts and humanities education in the coun...
