ART SPACES TOUR

In this occasion I would like to give you some information about Art Spaces in Yogyakarta for you to visit!

Why Art Spaces?

Yogyakarta is not only known for its traditional culture yet, It also give opportunities to the development contemporary art. Proven by the amount of art spaces in Yogyakarta. So, we recommend it to those who want to explore the space of contemporary art in Yogyakarta.

Yogyakarta Contemporary Art Map

ART SPACES

1. Affandi Museum (Jl. Laksda Adisucipto 167, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia)

Affandi Museum is a place where we can see all part of Affandi's life as a painting maestro. At the bank of Gajah Wong River, Affandi used to live, work, and transform his knowledge and now he lives in his eternal home there.

The architecture of this museum is very unique. Affandi made the design by himself. The roof of the museum looks like banana leaves. It is because banana leaves was used by Affandi to protect his painting in the past, when he still sold his painting in the street. So, after he had had his own gallery, he wanted to use the value of banana leaves that protect his art works until now.

3 Main Galleries

The first gallery was personally opened by Affandi in 1962 and was inaugurated in 1974 contains some of his paintings from the early time of his work to the late time of his life. 

The second gallery was inaugurated in 1988. It exhibits some of Affandi’s painting that are purposely to be sold and several of his old sketches.

The last gallery exhibits the paintings by Affandi’s children and wife.

Information Details

•Ticket
IDR 10,000 (child)
IDR 20,000 (adult)
IDR 50,000 (international)
IDR 20,000 (camera)
IDR 10,000 (handphone camera)

•Open daily 
09.00 a.m - 04.00 p.m

•Close
Sunday and national holiday

•Can be accessed by

   Trans jogja, ojek, taxi, private vehicle

2. The ARK (Jl. Suryodiningratan, No. 36A, Suryodiningratan, Mantrijeron, Yogyakarta City, Special Region of Yogyakarta 55141)

The Ark is one of the biggest contemporary art gallery in Indonesia. It was established by several Indonesian curators who had joint project to hold art exhibition. Before, it was located in Jakarta, but in 2013 it moved to Yogyakarta

Usually in one year they only hold 5 or 6 exhibitions and the duration for each exhibitions is four until six weeks. The artists who can hold an exhibition are selected by the curators. Since it is a contemporary art gallery it exhibits painting, installation video, drawing and photography. 

Information Details

•Ticket

    Free

•Open

    11.00 – 18.00

•Close

    on Monday

•How to get there

    by ojek, taxi, and private vehicle

3. Sangkring Art Spaces (Jl. Nitiprayan Rt 01/Rw 20 No.88, Ngestiharjo, Kasihan, Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55184, Indonesia)

Sangkring Art Space was established on 31 May 2007 by Putu Sutawijaya. It has 3 main buildings.

The first space is the front building which designed in International standard

The second space is Sangkring Art Project, it is located on the second floor. Event that is held in Sangkring Art Project is not always in form of art exhibition, but there are  also some events like art performance, art collaboration, art presentation, etc.

The third space is Bale Banjar, adapted from Balinese local spirit that was brought by Putu Wijaya, this room was built as public space for Sangkring Art Space. 

  

Information Details

•Ticket

    Free

•Open

    11.00 – 18.00

•Close

    On Sunday and public holiday

•How to get there

    by ojek, taxi, private vehicle

TIPS!!

•You have to look for the exhibition that is going to be held at the time you are going to visit.

•You may ask for Yogyakarta Contemporary Art map at the art space that you will visit.

•Ask for recommendation about art exhibition that is currently held and where it takes place.

•You have to arrange time estimation after you got the information about the exhibition.

•You have to be able to read maps and understand the direction. And if you still feel lost you could ask some natives there because the location is inside village complex.

•If you ride your own vehicle, you have to make sure that you have enough fuel in your tank.

•For the place to stay, you may look for homestay around Dipanjahitan Street. Or if you want to stay in a place that near many tourist attraction, you can stay around Malioboro.