New Directions

A look at the upcoming Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016.

- Tyen Fong

Bazaar Art Jakarta (BAJ) returns for its 8th edition from 25 to 28 August 2016, held at the Grand Ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place, with Vivi Yip as their new fair director.

Yip is the founder of the Vivi Yip Art Room in Jakarta, supports the Young Indonesians Contemporary Artists community, and has worked as a Southeast Asian Paintings Specialist and Indonesian Representative at Sotheby’s Singapore for more than 10 years. Her addition to the BAJ team will bring a fresh new perspective to the art fair, curating and showcasing the works of local artists to a larger audience.

Incepted in 2009, BAJ has grown in popularity in the Asian art world, welcoming an increasing number of exhibitors and visitors every year. Last year, it welcomed 34 prestigious international galleries from 11 countries alongside 21 Indonesian galleries to showcase the best works of local and international artists, and generated sales over US$3,200,000 with more than 31,000 visitors over four days.

Following the success of the previous year, BAJ 2016 is projected to be even larger, presenting the artworks of world class artists from 34 international leading galleries from 11 countries including Indonesia, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia,Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, UK, and USA.