Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery
Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery

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Dynamic, passionate, cheap: Art Jakarta fair praised for courage in showing young artists, and for its low prices

  • Revamped fair focused on emerging Asian talent, in contrast to more established artists shown at Art Basel, and many works were priced very affordably
  • Some collectors picked up works by young Indonesian artists for as little as US$1,000, while a new work by Filipino Ronald Ventura went for US$600,000

Topic |   Indonesia
Payal Uttam
Payal Uttam

Updated: 12:00pm, 8 Sep, 2019

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Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery
Three editions of Nyoman Nuarta’s sculpture Borobudur IV (2018) were sold for US$168,000 at this year’s Art Jakarta held in the Jakarta Convention Centre, Indonesia. Photo: Linda Gallery
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