The enormously successful Art Stage Singapore, an anchoring event in the Singapore Art Week, is expanding its reach throughout the region by agreeing to host another art event in Indonesia.
The new event — Art Stage Jakarta — will be held at the end of this summer. Dozens of galleries will be featured as a part of the event, and the former director of Bazaar Art Jakarta for the past two years will offer his expert aid in organizing it. Art Stage Jakarta will be an event that complements its sister event, Art Stage Singapore. While Art Stage Singapore is more known as an internationally tilted art festival, Art Stage Jakarta will focus more on celebrating regional art with a focus on Indonesian artists and masterpieces. This will help develop an increased appreciation for art in the Southeastern Asian region, presenting a unique partnership with the international attraction of Art Stage Singapore.
The director of Art Stage Jakarta says its close relationship to Art Stage Singapore will offer previously untapped opportunities to expand the art market in the surrounding areas. Though there are no plans as of yet of forming other Art Stage presences in other countries in the region, one must consider the high interest and good chance to expand the Art Stage brand. Art Stage Jakarta and Art Stage Singapore staff members will work together to offer their various types of expertise to both of the art events. Local considerations will be handled by the Jakarta operation, while international dealings will be handled by the Singapore operation.
Though Art Stage Jakarta is scheduled to take place in August, Art Stage Singapore will be continued to be held at the beginning of the year in conjunction with the Singapore Art Week. This past January’s event saw Art Stage Singapore competing with a rich selection of other art festivals amid Singapore Art Week, including the hotel boutique event Art Apart and a contemporary art festival. Though attendance to Art Stage Singapore was down a little this past year, the level of art in the country continues to impress both regionally and internationally. Art Stage Singapore also has a history of heavily recruiting artists and artworks from Indonesia for representation in the festival. Coupling Art Stage Singapore with Art Stage Jakarta will offer more opportunities for everyone — from galleries to artists to viewers and possible buyers of artwork.
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