What the Arts in Malaysia Needs: More Transparency, Less Intermediaries
about 71 months ago (07/02/2018)
What the Arts in Malaysia Needs: More Transparency, Less Intermediaries | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles July 2, 2018 By Kathy Rowland (2145 words, 8 minute read) 2 July 2018 – The receding brown moon on millions of Malaysians’ fingernails are a biological marker of the eight weeks since the end of the Najib administration. These past 55 days have seen stunning institutional changes, monitored by an activist public that almost, almost, makes the chaos of the past 20 years worthwhile. For art and culture in Malaysia however, the announcement today of a new Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is a reminder that some hierarchies may take longer to upend than even Barisan Nasional.