Scholars, cultural professionals and heritage experts from 19 ASEM countries gathered in Amsterdam to discuss challenges in heritage management and prepare recommendations for the ASEM Culture Ministers who will gather in Poznan from 8-11 September 2010 to specifically discuss the topic of “Heritage and Challenges of the Present.” At the Roundtable: The Cultural Heritages of [...]

“Piracy is a problem for commercial cinema, but for all other aspects of cinema, for loving, seeing and distributing cinema it is heaven.” Gertjan Zuilhof   The following article is a review of the conference organised by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac), held in Delhi from the 18-22 August 2010. In addition to [...]

The Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM), with the support of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Open Society Institute , will bring together filmmakers and film industry professionals from Asia, Europe, Central Asia, the USA and Mongolia for the first of its kind event ever to be held in the country: the “East Meets West Film Forum and Festival”, Ulaanbaatar, 5-8 [...]

A walk through the gallery district 798 in Beijing opens up a number of perspectives on the varied scope of works being created by contemporary Chinese artists today. It also conveys an updated idea of the contemporary visual art market in Hong Kong, Korea and even Europe. In addition, for a tourist looking for the spirit [...]

The Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS) will celebrate its 10th anniversary at its 2010 General Conference in Paris, which will be held at the musée du quai Branly. Over 80 museum representatives from Asia and Europe will meet from 8 to 10 September to assess the outcomes of the first decade of collaboration and to discuss new [...]

The 4th ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting (4th CMM) will be held in Poznan, Poland on 8-10 September 2010.The theme of this meeting is “Heritage and the Challenges of the Present”.Since the 1st CMM in 2003, ASEF has participated and presented its work in Arts and Culture. Ministers have always noted their appreciation for ASEF’s contribution in [...]