Hindsight 2020: How Malaysian arts and culture adapted and survived the year


KLPac co-founders Joe Hasham and Datuk Faridah Merican struggled to keep the arts venue alive, but they never failed to keep people’s spirits up during the lockdown, especially with their online storytelling sessions. Photo: KLPac

The pandemic practically destroyed the 2020 calendar year for the arts and culture scene in Malaysia.

Despite countless festival cancellations, months of theatre closures and art event postponements, we can still look back at how a new, resilient and different creative world has emerged to give arts and culture practitioners a path forward.

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