A virtual film screening & artist sharing Okui Lala’s practice takes an autobiographical approach to explore themes that extend into the larger social, cultural and political milieu. Presented as a three-channel video installation, National Language Class: Our Language Proficiency simulates a classroom setting of a discussion amongst six people in different languages. Drawing upon […]
Part of Hikayat's Mini Art Film Festival together with OSP. RM15, including tea, coffee, snacks. Reservation essential by email to info@hikayat.asia: Delving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo. Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who […]
Part of Hikayat's Mini Art Film Festival together with OSP. RM15, including tea, coffee, snacks. Reservation essential by email to info@hikayat.asia: Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist. KUSAMA Princess of Polka Dots explores artist Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing […]
Part of Hikayat's Mini Art Film Festival together with OSP. RM15, including tea, coffee, snacks. Reservation essential by email to info@hikayat.asia: A documentary about the influence of Japanese art on Van Gogh's work. “I envy the Japanese” Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based – […]
Part of Hikayat's Mini Art Film Festival together with OSP. RM15, including tea, coffee, snacks. Reservation essential by email to info@hikayat.asia: Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything […]
Alliance Française de Penang, in collaboration with @hinbusdepot and @openstudiospenang invites you to a new edition of French Ciné! A raw and captivating documentary exploring how artists in Kinshasa, Congo, use their creativity as a form of resistance and expression in a challenging social landscape. In French with English subtitles. RM 10 for Alliance Française members, others RM […]
As in previous years, Hikayat is running a mini art film festival in conjunction with Open Studios Penang 2025. RM15 (including refreshments) Reservation essential: info@hikayat.asia Tokyo Stories, Friday 14 March 2025 | 7.00pm Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from […]
Open Studios Penang is a not-for-profit annual art happening designed for artists to exchange ideas with fellow artists, and for the public to meet the artists, see them at work, and hear directly from them about their creative process and methodology. It is a unique opportunity to see a vibrant range of art from all over Penang, Malaysia and beyond. It is funded entirely by donations and by the artists and venues themselves, and is organised entirely by a team of volunteers.
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