ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Michael Neo

21 Nov 2023

Crossing Continents, Converging Culture: The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Review

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The beginning of November saw the close of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Singapore, featuring artists from over seven different countries in Asia and Europe. Michael Neo shares their …

By Kerrine Goh

01 Nov 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: 2023 | Highlights

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival, a celebration of the vibrant cultural tapestries of Asia and Europe, made its debut in Singapore from 22 October to 1 November 2023. Organised by the …

By Kerrine Goh

11 May 2023

Textile Culture Net | A conversation with Takahashi Mizuki and Alessandra Tempesti

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An interview with the members of Textile Culture Net, featuring Takahashi Mizuki, Executive Director and Chief Curator of CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile) and Alessandra Tempesti, Curator of …

By Savitri Sastrawan

13 Dec 2022

Creating new narratives to address colonial heritage in museum collections

Savitri Sastrawan explores through case studies how heritage and post-colonialism issues are related today.

By Jue Yang

02 Mar 2021

Making systemic changes: reflections from artistic residencies in the Netherlands and Belgium

How are the arts adapting to the #NewNormal"? One year into the global pandemic, this series presents experiences and stories of #resilience, #adaptation, and success from the arts sector to …

By Angela Youngman

22 Apr 2020

#art&technology: Visiting Popular Exhibitions and Museums

#art&technology: Visiting popular exhibitions and museums

In culture360.ASEF.org’s series of articles on #art&technology, Angela Youngman highlights the sustainability and overtourism problem linked to museums and how museums are experimenting with virtual reality to alleviate this problem.

By culture360

04 Sep 2019

TodaysArt Festival 2019 | Interview

TodaysArt Festival 2019

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As part of the media partnership between culture360.ASEF.org and TodaysArt, we interviewed Odgerel Odonchimed, Director of the Arts Council Mongolia, who will be attending TodaysArt Festival 2019. Mongolian artist, Bodikhuu, …

By Fatima Avila

07 Aug 2019

Travel & Environmental Sustainability: Can the twain meet?

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culture360.ASEF.org features key points discussed during the closed-door meeting of cultural mobility funders and information points at ASEF Unplugged-Amsterdam.

By Florent Petit

14 Nov 2016

What future for museums in Europe?

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ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit explores the current boom of museums throughout Europe and tries to analyse the trends beneath some of the major projects scheduled for the years to …

By Magali An Berthon

06 Oct 2016

Textile Future at the Textielmuseum of Tilburg | Netherlands

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An institution fully dedicated to textiles in all its forms, the Textielmuseum of Tilburg is a place like no other

By David Fernández

18 Feb 2016

BUKRUK II Urban Arts Festival | Four artists share their views on Street Art

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David FERNANDEZ interviews 4 guest artists who participated in the 2nd edition of the street art, illustration and music festival BUKRUK II in Bangkok, Thailand

By Kerrine Goh

13 Mar 2014

Interview with Christa Meindersma: Saving Heritage helps a community to survive

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[caption id="attachment_40106" align="alignleft" width="240"] Christa Meindersma, Director, Prince Claus Fund[/caption]                   Contributed by Ulla-Alexandra Mattl   Christa Meindersma has been director of …

Cultural Mobility | An interview with Luckana Kunavichayanont | Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

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Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio interviews the Director of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), to discuss issues like mobility, exchange, networking and internationalisation strategies.

By Veeranganakumari Solanki

25 Oct 2012

World Biennial Forum No. 1 | Interview with Marieke van Hal, Director Biennial Foundation

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Marieke van Hal (NL) is the Founding Director of the Biennal Foundation which is co-organising the world's first Biennal Forum this month in Gwangju, South Korea. The event is supported …

By Florentina Bratfanof

15 Nov 2011

Picnic 2011 | Building on our creativity

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PICNIC 2011 is a festival that has taken place at NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam last September. Florentina Bratfanof talks to Kitty Leering, the Program Director & interim General Manager of …