Ilham Gallery

The Ties That Bind: The Body Politic and the Body at ILHAM Gallery

UshaDecember 28, 2019

On May 13, 1969, a violent race riot erupted in the streets of Kuala Lumpur (KL). The Star references a Time magazine report on May 23, 1969, which included the...

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Fracture/Fiction

EllenSeptember 18, 2019

We are currently experiencing a moment in art where it’s almost a requirement for artists and their work to be politically engaged. Institutional critique is no...

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Private Lives, Public Histories

EricMay 11, 2019

There’s an old photograph of artist Chia Yu Chian with a pipe in his mouth, his right arm extended and embracing his wife's shoulders, both grinning, while a po...

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A Taste of Art in Kuala Lumpur – The Western and Japanese Edit

Joanna LeeDecember 1, 2018

So you’ve decided to put aside a day to go gallery hopping in Kuala Lumpur (KL). You would be mistaken to think this is a simple undertaking! Visiting art ...

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Table For Eight

Weng ChoyJuly 10, 2018

As part of ILHAM Gallery’s Patani Semasa exhibition, artist Roslisham Ismail, better known as Ise, hosted a dinner at the Gallery on 14 April 2018. Cempedak Agu...

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The Drama Queen

UshaDecember 2, 2017

Miss Malaysia, Beauty Queen Venue: Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Costume worn by Miss Malaysia 2016, Kiran Jassal at the Miss Universe pageant that year So wh...

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Opinions

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Lifestyle

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Exhibitions

Why Did Melati Suryodarmo Let the Chicken Run?

Dirty Pictures, or An Introduction to the Art of I GAK Murniasih

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