Programme: Daily 9 am - 6 pm | Restaurant and café 10 am - until late evening
Tickets: 50.000 IDR
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Location: Puri Lukisan Museum
Adresse: Jl. Raya Ubud, Ubud, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar
From the 1930s to today, the artistic output of Bali is kept in the island’s oldest art museum, the Puri Lukisan Ratna Wartha Museum (the Balinese name literally means “the building of paintings"), officially opened in 1956 by the Indonesian Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs, Mohammad Yamin, in the quiet of nature on a hill in the centre of Ubud. Four buildings contain the local art, culture and history in the form of stunning paintings and wooden sculptures created in the most varied of artistic styles. The modern traditional pre-war Balinese paintings and the I Gusti Nyoman Lempad Collection belonging to the celebrated Balinese stone sculptor and architect are held in the Pitamaha Gallery in the first building, where paintings by the island’s European residents can also be found. The second and the third buildings, the Ida Bagus Made Gallery and the Wayang Gallery, host the Ida Bagus Made Estate Collection, that of the original and skilful wood-carver, and the collection of Wayang paintings, the Javanese “shadow theatre”. The temporary exhibitions and new acquisitions are held in the Founders’ Gallery in the last building created about a decade ago on the site of the historic museum. The library, restaurant and caffetteria (balè) are situated on an ample garden with a lotus pond, inviting visitors to linger in their discovery of traditions, practices and customs.
When Michael White, then a young architecture student from Sydney, set sail for Bali in 1973, he was so impressed by the island that he decided never to go back. Made Wijaya, this is the name he gave himself after his conversion to Hinduism, mapped the historic buildings and tropical gardens of Bali, leaving a photographic heritage of great value.
On the hills of Bali, Ubud stands on the edge of the tropical forest and terraced rice fields dotted with Hindu temples and shrines, among the most famous on the island.
Man and nature in perfect balance: the subak system
The fertile soil and the particularly humid climate have made Bali one of the most suitable places for rice production. But what makes Balinese rice unique is the way it is grown: steep terraces fed by an irrigation system devised in the 9th century and known as subak.
The Unconventional Choices of an Art Gallery in Seminyak
Purpa Art Gallery Bali opened its first gallery in Ubud in 1970. The owner, I Nyoman Purpa, was one of Indonesia’s most prominent curators and collectors. In 2014, her daughter Ari Purpa opened her own gallery in Seminyak, specializing in modern and contemporary art by Indonesian and European artists.
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