Malaysian art galleries move exhibits online, target sales in a digital sphere


Phuan Thai Meng's 'A Study of Re-Archived Images-RA01' (watercolour on paper, 2020). Photo: A+ Works Of Art

There is no better moment to reflect upon the importance of art than now. After three months of lockdown, resourceful Malaysian art galleries are finding ways to get pandemic-era creativity out to the masses.

As the art scene slowly begins to reopen during this recovery movement control order phase, several galleries in Kuala Lumpur have already set a path for long-term survival, with new exhibition strategies and a fresh way to approach to selling art in place.

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