Адрес: Jl. Nelayan street, Canggu, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung
Bali has a new space for contemporary art, the Russ Gallery, a place with a well-defined soul rooted in the local cultural and artistic ferment. Since the first exhibitions, the gallery has communicated its willingness to contribute to the regeneration of artists by providing support to young Balinese and Indonesian talents who do not have the space to present their works to art connoisseurs. The proposed aim is to offer emerging artists the opportunity to build their careers and to network with curators, collectors, art lovers, art critics and artists. The scheduled events combine different languages, from fashion to painting passing through the most contemporary installations. The works already exhibited broaden the view on the many pictorial styles of the island which, starting from tradition, arrive at a spiritual abstractionism and a pop in a local key, a development that certainly deserves a visit.
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.
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.