Cover Story

Women with Bodies of Cloth

Nearly all his canvases tell tales of women – a natural favorite object for male artists, especially if they're young; they're always obsessed with women's bodies. Saepul Bahri, a graduate of the Indonesian Arts Institute (Institut Seni Indonesia, ISI) in Jogjakarta born in 1977, proclaims his esthetic concepts in his latest solo show...more

Features
- Hotel
  
  Editors’ Choice: The 10 Best Hotels in Java
  
  The past three decades saw a boom in Indonesia's travel industry, prompting investors to pour money into the building of new hotels throughout the country. The economic downturn in the late 1990s had indeed slowed down its pace of growth, but in early 2000 hoteliers struck back with a vengeance. Older hotels have been renovated with gusto, while new hotels sprung up everywhere all the time...more
- Bali
  
  Alas Kedaton
  
  Bali has three well-known monkey forests: Ubud in Gianyar Regency, Sangeh in Badung Regency, and Alas Kedaton in Tabanan Regency. You can also find monkeys at many other temples in Bali, since most Balinese, the majority of whom are Hindu, consider the monkey a holy animal, and Hindus seek to maintain good relations with nature, through the concept of Tri Hita Karana...more
- Perth
  
  Terrific Perth
  
  Clean and beautiful—that is one's immediate impression of the city the moment you arrive in Perth, which lies 4,5 hours flight time away from Jakarta with Garuda Indonesia heading southeast. That uncanny impression will linger throughout your stay in the capital city of the state of Western Australia, as Perth is indeed so...more
Departments
- Photo Gallery
  
  Wanita dan Fotografi
  
  "Sebagian orang terheran-heran, bagaimana mungkin seorang perempuan membawa-bawa peralatan foto yang berat dan kompleks, dua bodi kamera, tiga bahkan empat lensa, komputer kadang telepon satelit, pergi begitu jauh dari rumah untuk melihat dan merekam bahaya yang notabene semua orang lari menghindarinya," kata Adek Berry, jurnalis foto kantor berita Perancis di Jakarta...more
- Event
  
  Java Jazz 2008 - Taste the Spirit of Jazz
  
  This year's annual Java Jazz Festival (JJF), held from 7 to 9 March at the Jakarta Convention Center, was the fourth, and each year the festival brings new and different sensations. With the theme "Taste the Spirit of Jazz", the 2008 JJF expanded its musical horizons by presenting more than just "pure" jazz music...more
- Julia’s Essay
  
  The Controversial Cleavage
  
  I was having lunch with a foreign classmate in a cafeteria in Holland in the mid-80s. Like me, he was doing a Masters in politics. Knife-and-fork poised in mid-air, he suddenly announced, eyes wide: "Julia, I looked up 'cleavage' in the dictionary, and it means 'the cleft created by the partial exposure of women's breasts...more