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Myanmar

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Myanmar Junta Detains Artist-Activist Htein Lin 

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

The artist’s wife, former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, was also detained amid a crackdown on pro-democracy activists.

Posted inArt

In Myanmar, Protests Harness Creativity and Humor

Avatar photo by Emiline Smith April 12, 2021April 13, 2021

As protestors use every possible tool to reject the coup peacefully, the use of art and humor has generated a collective identity in a country marked by social disparity.

Posted inArt

An Artist-Run Nonprofit Helps Open Up Myanmar to Contemporary Art

by Ellen Pearlman September 1, 2017August 31, 2017

New Zero Art Space, led by the artist Aye Ko, emblematizes the country’s emergence into the international contemporary art world.

Posted inArt

A Brief History of Contemporary Art in Myanmar

by Ellen Pearlman July 10, 2017August 30, 2017

Burmese artists have weathered the changes from British colony to free country to military state, building a small but vital creative community along the way.

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After Decades of Silence, Myanmar’s Artists Have a Chance to Speak

by Ellen Pearlman March 3, 2016

HONG KONG — Optimism is the new normal among artists from Myanmar, and with good reason.

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