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The
Journal.

Published
Weekly
Contributors
14 writers
Issues to date
48
Cover story  ·  Issue 48  ·  12 min read
Why Affandi
painted with
his hands.

On the seventy-second year of his life, the painter abandoned his brushes for good. A short essay on intimacy, age, and pigment — and what it means to read the marks of fingers on canvas.

YANA KUSWANDI12 MAY 2026YOGYAKARTA
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— Essays & market

Recent
writing.

The Journal publishes one long essay and two shorter pieces each week. Market analysis, conservator profiles, and field notes from inside the museum.

Market · 4 min
Indonesian modernism is up 24% year on year.
A look at the secondary market for fractional Indonesian works. Volume, holding periods, the shift from speculative to long-form ownership.
REZA PRATAMA · 05 MAY 2026
Profile · 8 min
The conservator who saved Hendra.
For thirty years she has restored the impossible, working alone in a studio in Jakarta. We sat with her for an afternoon.
MIRA SASMITA · 28 APR 2026
Field guide · 6 min
How to read a provenance document.
Provenance is more than ownership history — it is argument. This is what to look for, what to question, and what the gaps mean.
EDITORIAL · 21 APR 2026
History · 10 min
The 1970 Biennale and what it started.
A survey of Indonesian art from 1970 to 1990: the moment the country began to take its own painters seriously, and what it still owes them.
BASKORO HARI · 14 APR 2026
Interview · 7 min
Kartika Affandi on inheriting a name.
She is her father's most vigilant guardian and her own most demanding critic. On the burden of legacy, and the freedom she found inside it.
NADIA PURNAMA · 07 APR 2026
Legal · 5 min
What a deed of fractional ownership actually says.
We publish every smart contract clause in plain language. Here is what the version 2.1 deed grants you, and what it does not.
EDITORIAL · 01 APR 2026
— Calendar

Upcoming
events.

Exhibitions, auctions, and private viewings for the quarter. Patron members receive invitations and reserved seating.

Live auction
22
MAY
2026
Spring Sale — Session II
Online & Galeri Nasional Jakarta 10:00 – 18:00 WIB
Registration open
Private viewing
03
JUN
2026
Affandi Centennial — Curator's Evening
Museum Affandi 19:00 – 22:00 WIB
♔ Collectors only
Exhibition
15
JUN
2026
Indonesian Masters — Singapore Residency
ArtScience Museum, Singapore Opens 15 June — runs six weeks
↑ Free admission
Webinar
20
JUN
2026
Fractional Ownership: A Guide for New Collectors
Online · Hosted by Art Piece 14:00 WIB · 60 minutes
↑ Free registration
Auction preview
10
JUL
2026
Autumn Sale — Collector Preview Day
Jakarta viewing rooms By appointment only
♔ Collectors only
Live auction
14
JUL
2026
Autumn Sale 2026 — All sessions
Online & all viewing rooms 14–16 July 2026
↑ Registration opens 1 July