Isha Hening and Izzy were appointed as mentors for an exclusive mentorship programme aimed at helping aspiring creators gain more experience and exposure despite the ongoing pandemic
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Lawangwangi Art Gallery is witnessing a rise of new art collectors from a younger demographic. The young collectors also show more awareness of art
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Bukalapak share price skyrocketed on its debut on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) today (6 August), hitting the upper limit which then triggered auto rejection (ARA)
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Digital Bergerak on Wednesday (4 August) started the auction for Mochtar Sarman’s painting for donation. The opening bid was set at Rp10,000,000
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President Joko Widodo on 1 August launched digital platform Rumah Digital Indonesia (RDI) to commemorate Indonesia’s 76th Independence Day
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Video conferencing app Zoom finally agreed to pay $85 million (Rp1,216 billion) and improve its security. The lawsuit accused the company of sharing users’ personal data to third parties
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German socialite Angela Gulbenkian has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after she pleaded guilty over fraudulent sale of Yayoi Kusama’s pumpkin sculpture
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Three smuggled artefacts worth $86,000 or equivalent to Rp1 trillion, on 12 July were returned to Indonesia. The artefacts were smuggled by an illegal antiquities dealers ring
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Scarlett Johansson, through her legal team, sued Disney over a contract breach in Black Widow movie release
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Santosa Doellah, founder of the renowned Indonesian batik brand Danar Hadi, passed away on 3 August. His brother-in-law Achmad Purnomo confirmed the news
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Desty, a local social commerce startup, announced on 19 July that it has raised $3.2 million or Rp458 billion in its pre-Series A funding
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World Architecture Festival 2021 recently published its shortlists consisting of 200 candidates selected from 700 applicants worldwide. Indonesia-based firms RAD+ar and SHAU are among the shortlists
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The price of Pokémon cards is growing during the pandemic. Recently, two forgotten boxes of these cards were sold for more than £19,000 or $26,419
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Indonesian pianist and painter Charlotte Catarina Ter Veer Panggabean passed away in her sleep on Friday (30 July) at the age of 90
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Renowned luxury jewellery brand Tiffany & Co. last month rolled out a campaign with the phrase ‘Not Your Mother’s Tiffany’ as its slogan
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After years of success in the preloved market for women, Tinkerlust decided to tap into second-hand men luxury fashion, launching a men’s preloved line on 2 August
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China’s State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) declared that Tencent’s activities in the Chinese online music market violated China’s anti-monopoly law
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Indonesian conductor Avip Priatna on 27 July 27 was awarded The Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
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