Malaysia
Malaysianews
Malaysia’s contemporary art scene gains momentum with a new fair and nonprofit space
Kuala Lumpur's inaugural Art KL and the opening of Muara Arts will boost the country's burgeoning sector
Art crimenews
$1.2m Picasso drawing purchased with allegedly misappropriated funds recovered by US officials
The work on paper, purchased at Christie’s New York in 2014, was allegedly paid for with money embezzled from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign investment fund
Acquisitionsnews
Serpentine 2017 pavilion snapped up by Malaysian buyer
Francis Kéré’s structure in London will head to Kuala Lumpur next year in deal struck with Ilham Gallery
Malaysiaarchive
Artists in Malaysia facing censorship, ethnic separation and Islamicisation
But it is a lively scene that looks to the international art world