For the first time in Barcelona and Spain, you can enjoy a show directed by an internationally famous master such as Fasih ur Rehman, National Dance Award Tamgha E… Read More
‘Building a Shared Southeast Asian Identity’ is the theme of the photo contest organised by Seameo Innotech. It aims to promote awareness of a shared Southeast Asian identity and… Read More
Ken Takiguchi from Performing Arts Network Japan talks to Joe Sidek, director of the George Town Festival on the island of Penang in Malaysia. The Festival’s inviting mix of… Read More
After almost 10 years of renovation, restoration and alteration, the completely renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam re-opened to the public on 13 April. A new Asian Pavilion is part of… Read More
The third interview for By People / In Cities: Phnom Penh invites Fred Frumberg, Founder and Executive Director of Amrita Performing Arts, a non-profit organisation working to preserve and revive Cambodian… Read More
The KIT Information Portal Culture for Development Directory from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) of the Netherlands provides an extensive online directory with links to organisations, e-publications and other… Read More
The importance of passing down the richness of Brunei’s traditional arts and crafts to future generations was highlighted by Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid bin Hj Mohd Jaafar, Permanent… Read More
For its 24th biennial, Europalia International will bring India to the heart of Europe in the europalia.india festival in Brussels and the environs. A preliminary outline of the programme… Read More
The Annual Chiang Mai Design Awards (CDA) by Chiang Mai Creative City (CMCC) is an initiative that aims to promote innovation and creativity across a range of design categories…. Read More
UNESCO Bangkok is currently accepting entries for the 2013 UNESCO Asia‐Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The UNESCO Heritage Awards was established in 2000 in response to increasing threats… Read More
Project Tobong brought together an Indonesian and a British artist, to document the lives of one of the last remaining theatre troupes in Yogyakarta. The exhibition of work is… Read More
Celebrate the power of Stories and Storytelling @ Mahasarakham University in North East Thailand, on 1-3 February 2013. SEAMEO SPAFA will run an Art of Story-telling Workshop training for… Read More
SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts is urgently recruiting a Deputy Centre Director and a Programme Officer. The posts are for 3 year renewable contracts and… Read More
The Wasteland Twinning Network (WTN) hijacks the concept of ‘City Twinning’ and applies it to urban wastelands in order to generate a transdisciplinary network for parallel research and action…. Read More
The German Digital Library DBB has been launched in Berlin and aims to be a network of culture and research, a unique archive of the cultural consciousness of Germany…. Read More
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford presents the first exhibition devoted to the art of Meiji textiles ever held outside Japan. Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji… Read More
Asian Design: Histories, Collecting, Curating is an evening of talks and panel discussions resulting from a workshop organised by M+. The discussion brings together leading international scholars and curators to explore the shifting parameters, and their conceptual and methodological implications, of historicising, collecting and curating Asian Design. Read More
The second interview for By People / In Cities: Phnom Penh invites Mirana Randriananja to share her views on Cambodian art and culture. and reflect on the current transformations taking place… Read More
Luxembourg’s National Museum of History and Art exhibits a rare series of Japanese woodblock prints from Osaka, 1780-1880, in the exhibition ‘Treasures of Kamigata’ The work allows the public… Read More
The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore invites researchers worldwide to apply for research fellowship grants 2013-14 to pursue in depth original study and writing on specialised aspects of… Read More
This month of November, culture360.org is proud to introduce the new re-designed culture360.org community section. Read More
This month Sunitha Janamohanan from the George Town World Heritage presents a new exciting curatorial journey of culture360.org, looking closely at the field of heritage management in Asia. Read More
Ayutthaya – Borobudor- Angkor: Three World Heritage Sites with different challenges for conservation - a talk by Prof. Dr. Hans Leisen on Thursday 8 November 2012 at 7:30 p.m… Read More
This thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development. Read More
The UNESCO Award of Excellence for Handicrafts has been granted to 80 craft products from a total 189 entries in the South and South-East Asian subregions. The high standard… Read More
CONNECT-Asia presents a live stream broadcast from eight Asian countries on 1st November 2012, from UNESCO World Heritage sites, connecting viewers worldwide with Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, South… Read More
The symposium NODEM 2012 HONG KONG will bring together leading theorists, practitioners and artists in conversation about the future of digital heritage, creative practices, design and emerging technologies. Pioneers from diverse countries and cross-disciplinary fields will focus on a range of issues covering new forms of heritage interpretation and the future of new media at the forefront of museum design. Read More
The 2012 ICCN Festival will be held in Gangneung City, Republic of Korea in 2012 on the theme of ‘the great harmony of the millennium, the world, to the… Read More
Artists, researchers and culture professionals coming from countries other than France and wanting to apply for a residency period within a Cultural Centre – Historic Monument in 2013 can… Read More
The BMW Group Award for Intercultural Innovation, in support of the Alliance of Civilizations, under the auspices of the United Nations (otherwise known as the Intercultural Innovation Award) searches for innovative and sustainable projects around the world that are encouraging dialogue and cooperation among people from different cultural backgrounds using novel and creative methods. Read More