Command & Conquer

A look at the inaugural Art Stage Jakarta 2016.

- Nadya Wang

The boutique art fair, Art Stage Jakarta, will take place from 5 to 7 August 2016 at the Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, with a focus on art from Indonesia. It complements Art Stage Singapore, which held its sixth edition earlier this year. With the support of an active collector base, as well as the strength of artworks that have emerged from Indonesia in recent years, Art Stage Jakarta is poised to reinforce Art Stage Singapore’s success and recognition as Southeast Asia’s international flagship contemporary art fair.

Altogether, there will be approximately 50 galleries at the fair. The majority of thegalleries will come from Indonesia. From Jakarta, the following galleries will participate: Andi’s Gallery, Galeri Canna, D Gallerie, Edwin’s Gallery, Nadi Gallery, Rachel Gallery, REDBASE Art, ROH Projects, Ruci Art Space and Sunrise Art Gallery. Bandung-based Bale Project, Lawangwangi and Zola Zolu Gallery will also be at the fair, together with Equator Art Projects and Srisasanti Syndicate from Yogyakarta, as well as Semarang Gallery from Semarang.

Galleries from Singapore form the next biggest group, with representation by Art Porters, Element Art Space, Gajah Gallery, Intersections, Mizuma Gallery, Ota Fine Arts, Pearl Lam Galleries and Yeo Workshop. Among these galleries, Gajah Gallery also has a space in Yogyakarta, while Mizuma Gallery and Ota Fine Arts both have spaces in Tokyo, and Pearl Lam Galleries is established in Shanghai and Hong Kong as well.