With angels in cocoons, bragging politicians and flickering memorials Dono comments on the situation in his country, but also on the shared Dutch-Indonesian past.
Western clichés have made vodou something to be feared, but in 2009 on Haiti, the still-controversial vodou culture has been nominated to receive its own museum.
On invitation from the Tropenmuseum, an international audience flocked to the free symposium on the new organisation of the museum's permanent collections, December 11, 2008.
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam is a work place and meeting place for young artists from all over the world. Fifty resident artists work for two years in their own workshop. Confrontation with various cultures and the advice from art professionals deepen the artistic skills.
Visual artist Clifford Charles (1965) is always productive, no matter where he is. His work period with the Thami Mnyele foundation in Amsterdam has ended. Charles is back in Johannesburg.