Recreating art photo challenge keeping audiences engaged
When it was forced to close from March 18 to May 4 due to the impact of Covid-19, contemporary art gallery, Sra’Art came up with some creative ideas to engage the public and art lovers from home.
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Getting to know local urban aesthetics at Sra’Art Gallery
Publication date 26 January 2020 | 21:26 | ICTThe annual Cambodia Urban Art Festival is gearing up for another round of creative fun in Siem Reap until January 29, following its conclusion of activities in the capital on Sunday.
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Doubted self-portrait of renowned artist van Gogh is real, say experts
Publication date 21 January 2020 | 21:08 | ICTA gloomy self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh was declared genuine on Monday after decades of uncertainty, experts identifying it as the only work painted by the Dutch master while he suffered from psychosis.
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‘Open-air museum’ blooms in gritty neighbourhood of Dakar
Publication date 20 January 2020 | 20:57 | ICTMamadou Boye Diallo, an art curator with a penchant for heart-shaped glasses, calls Dakar's working-class Medina neighbourhood an open-air museum.
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Yaleng returns with thought-provoking local film Fathers
Publication date 19 January 2020 | 21:06 | ICTThe upcoming local film, Fathers, has drawn a huge social media following ahead of its premiere on January 30.
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Street art campaign batters faces of famous women
Publication date 16 January 2020 | 21:44 | ICTThe battered faces of Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel stare out of posters in Milan created by Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo to raise awareness of violence against women.
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In the spotlight: Celebrating Phnom Penh’s unsung heroes
Publication date 12 January 2020 | 20:39 | ICTIn a country with no formal recycling system, edjais – the Kingdom’s informal waste pickers – have taken the noble responsibility of collecting plastic wastes which are haphazardly thrown on the streets of Phnom Penh.
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‘Pre-school Picasso’ shakes up German art world
Publication date 09 January 2020 | 21:38 | ICTMikail Akar doesn’t flinch as the cameras click around him. Born in 2012, the German artistic prodigy has spent half his life in the limelight.
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Concert for a cause: A night of jazz music in Siem Reap
Publication date 05 January 2020 | 21:16 | ICTWhat initially began as a simple restoration of a dilapidated piano has transformed into a night of music featuring three gifted pianists at the Kantha Bopha Auditorium in Siem Reap.
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Folk puppets keep heritage of Egyptian satirical tales alive
Publication date 02 January 2020 | 21:00 | ICTIn an era of on-screen entertainment, a simple glove puppet named Aragoz still lures Egyptian audiences with comic sketches showing how wits and skill can defeat the thuggish and corrupt.
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Burning issue: China’s incense makers labour ahead of the Lunar New Year
Publication date 02 January 2020 | 20:53 | ICTDozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of bamboo in herbs, spices and richly coloured powders to create incense sticks that are spread out under the rising sun to dry.
